What next for midlevel bard?

[WarpathEQ]

Originally Posted by Vivitron [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks for sharing this, it's a nice spot. I tried it; a rotation of 6 geos gave me about 5% exp at 52, and maybe a 4 or 5 minute break before respawns if the clear was smooth. (14:30 Respawn timer in WL.)

I was able to do about 14 CS wyverns per cycle when they were available. I forgot to note how much xp that yielded. (20 min respawn timer there.)

I also did a few TD raptor aes. Those gave about 10% exp per. It takes me roughly 10 minutes to do the pull + the kill. (12 min respawn timer in TD.)

I felt a little silly trying geos at 52 knowing they are still blue at 59, but it worked better than I expected. The shamans felt dangerous at this level and I avoided any double shaman spawns. Cash and armor gem loot seemed pretty solid. Subjectively heavy on mana use, but that's fine for short sessions with mixed afk. Raptors are easier xp if you can ae consistently without dieing; but I die sometimes, don't like the lock-in of having to kill a pull before I can afk, it gets boring, and no worthwhile loot there. I'll probably do more of both camps.

Yeah I did the Geos starting at 50 so definitely very viable, shamans can definitely be a bit risky at first until you really dial in your twist timing, eventually you get to the point where they rarily even cast on you. Additionally once your base resists (with gear) start to exceed around 100 you will resist a lot of their spells (the blizzard - cold resist seems to be much harder than all the poison based stuff). To your point the camp probably shines more as you get closer to 60 and still get awesome exp from blue cons where the other camps probably start to die out.

[Vivitron]

I'll add I'm about 85% through 53 and I did this level so far on Faydwer guards.

Felwithe: already a few greens at 53. I see necros sticking around longer, presumably because they all drop a 21p sword. I suspect corruption in the city leading to guard enrichment. They're paladins so some care towards getting them fleeing without casting too many heals helps to keep it efficient. My top choice at 53, but often camped.

Kelethin: seemed to be the same level as the Felwithe guards, but with a captain and lieutenant just slightly higher. They're all warriors, mostly dual weilding so charm kills are efficient. About half as much plat per mob as Felwithe though. You can run off the side when you aggro them and kill them on the ground. I still don't know my way to all the spawns.

Butcherblock: easy mode charming. Seemed slightly higher level; I expect it to still be fine xp at 54. Mostly spawn in isolated pairs, just a green con citizen add at one of the huts. NPCs in the huts don't seem to social through the hut walls. I didn't fully explore all the possible spawns, but following the path from gfay up past kaladim and towards the dock killing as you go (skip the entrance to Kaladim guards; they're buffed in this era) seemed solid. The dock guards are tougher than the hut guards but doable. Butcherblock is the worst plat of the Faydwer guards though, they mostly drop ~4p axes.

Of course bards can sneak to sell to hostile vendors, so you get to loot everything and sell it immediately.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by busted [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Every other sky item is rechargable via mana batteries and box of the void.

Not true, wizard snare cap doesn't recharge either. Perhaps there are more examples?

[busted]

There is evidence of it costing 10pp per charge here https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/thec...94.html#p25769 on May 09, 2001

Also some "out of era" proof here https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...05722245193788