Doomfir
11-25-2003, 06:21 PM
Here is how and were to hunt from 1 to 52 in 7 play days and get good pp while you are at it. My experience is DE necro, so that is where I am coming from on this.
1) Neriak rats.. yes I said rats.. There is a spawn point right to the left of the exterminator in Neriak commons (2nd gate). It spawns right after the last one was killed. Absolutely no downtime. This will take you from 1-4 in just a few minutes.
2) Go outside and hunt a bit in newbie area. This can take you up to 7 or so. There is a skele monument just to the left of the EC IZ in Nektulos that is good exp if you are able to handle them. Pretty fast respawn time.
3) EC is also a viable option at the Orc camps when you get high enough.
4) Now you hit 12.. head to Paludal caverns and hang on to your hat. Try to get into recondite bandit group. It will take you from 12 to 21 before you have to go elsewhere.
5) Now you are 21 head to Marus Seru and agro / fear kite to 27 or so.
6) 27+ ... head to Timorous Deep and solo the spirocs on the Ogre island. After you get good with fear kiting here you can be fear kiting 2 or more at the same time. This will take you to 32 or slightly higher. Lead off with engulfing darkness so you minimize the resist rate on your kites and then follow with dooming, until you get high enough that the resists are lower. Another very good viable option here (no exp bonus but safer exp), is the giants in Frontier Mountains at the fort there. Shouldn't be too hard to get a group and the loot is quite good for the level.
7) Now you hit 32.. head to Dreadlands.. there maybe better places than this but it worked great for me. Once you get your 44 pet you will rock with fear kiting to no end here.. When you start to fear kite, get next to the castle on the north side (BW / FM), and pull them all the way to the pad while you run toward FV side of the pad. Now fear them and they will walk back toward the west parrallel to the castle. No adds and easy fear kiting. Stay away from the spiders until you are a fair amount higher. They are more spell resistant and some will snare you and have sow. You might want to group for a bit, but then work into the fear kiting. You can solo till you get a group or solo the whole time.
A Staff of the Dreaded Gaze would be a great help after you are high enough to use the fear effect. P.S. Everyone will tell you that you are too low when you are there to group. Ignore them and fear kite as I mentioned. Skeles camps are slower and harder than the fear kiting if done right (and less chance of adds) so leave them to the less informed necros.
8) So you hit 44.. you can either keep kiting in DL or head to BW to make some good exp and very good loot. The giants at the giant fort drop some of the best vendor loot in the game. Allot of it sells for 40pp - 90pp to vendors. The respawn time is fast too so you will always get giants. you can solo pull everything there too, just be careful as you track them out of the fort that you don't get a second one. Also time the spawns at the bottom of the ramp so you dont get a second one there too. Agro kite them around the side of the fort and you wont pick up any adds. You can also fear kite in SF at 44 but watch what you pull there if you do, There are some mobs that spawn there that you cant take even if you are level 60 without help (lavawalker, guardian wurms, etc). Go with someone to watch the pulls to do it right and you have to have some form of run enhancement. Also leave the chromadracs ALONE. They will DoT you and dispell.
9) Now you are 49.. you have a choice.. head to Skyfire and begin to fear kite the wurms, devourers, drakes, etc.. there, or head to cobalt scar and hunt them there. I personally prefered Skyfire because if you kite in front of the BW valley they will walk back and forth in the valley with no chance of adds, but there is a small experience penalty vs CS. You can make faster exp in CS if you don't get adds. The choice is yours. This will take you to 52 in no time.
So now you have arrived. At this stage of the game it is going to go slow. Velketors Labrynth with the spiders there is an option; also PoJ after you hit 55. There just isnt any really good places to fast level to about 60 when you can go to Plane of Valor and then it will take off again. PoD is great when you can actually get a group there. Resist soloing in the planes till you are much higher because the mob hit so hard and your snares will be resisted ALLOT there. People may try to get you to join them in soloing, but it will likely just get you killed which doesnt lead to any experience anyhow.
Good hunting guys!
1) Neriak rats.. yes I said rats.. There is a spawn point right to the left of the exterminator in Neriak commons (2nd gate). It spawns right after the last one was killed. Absolutely no downtime. This will take you from 1-4 in just a few minutes.
2) Go outside and hunt a bit in newbie area. This can take you up to 7 or so. There is a skele monument just to the left of the EC IZ in Nektulos that is good exp if you are able to handle them. Pretty fast respawn time.
3) EC is also a viable option at the Orc camps when you get high enough.
4) Now you hit 12.. head to Paludal caverns and hang on to your hat. Try to get into recondite bandit group. It will take you from 12 to 21 before you have to go elsewhere.
5) Now you are 21 head to Marus Seru and agro / fear kite to 27 or so.
6) 27+ ... head to Timorous Deep and solo the spirocs on the Ogre island. After you get good with fear kiting here you can be fear kiting 2 or more at the same time. This will take you to 32 or slightly higher. Lead off with engulfing darkness so you minimize the resist rate on your kites and then follow with dooming, until you get high enough that the resists are lower. Another very good viable option here (no exp bonus but safer exp), is the giants in Frontier Mountains at the fort there. Shouldn't be too hard to get a group and the loot is quite good for the level.
7) Now you hit 32.. head to Dreadlands.. there maybe better places than this but it worked great for me. Once you get your 44 pet you will rock with fear kiting to no end here.. When you start to fear kite, get next to the castle on the north side (BW / FM), and pull them all the way to the pad while you run toward FV side of the pad. Now fear them and they will walk back toward the west parrallel to the castle. No adds and easy fear kiting. Stay away from the spiders until you are a fair amount higher. They are more spell resistant and some will snare you and have sow. You might want to group for a bit, but then work into the fear kiting. You can solo till you get a group or solo the whole time.
A Staff of the Dreaded Gaze would be a great help after you are high enough to use the fear effect. P.S. Everyone will tell you that you are too low when you are there to group. Ignore them and fear kite as I mentioned. Skeles camps are slower and harder than the fear kiting if done right (and less chance of adds) so leave them to the less informed necros.
8) So you hit 44.. you can either keep kiting in DL or head to BW to make some good exp and very good loot. The giants at the giant fort drop some of the best vendor loot in the game. Allot of it sells for 40pp - 90pp to vendors. The respawn time is fast too so you will always get giants. you can solo pull everything there too, just be careful as you track them out of the fort that you don't get a second one. Also time the spawns at the bottom of the ramp so you dont get a second one there too. Agro kite them around the side of the fort and you wont pick up any adds. You can also fear kite in SF at 44 but watch what you pull there if you do, There are some mobs that spawn there that you cant take even if you are level 60 without help (lavawalker, guardian wurms, etc). Go with someone to watch the pulls to do it right and you have to have some form of run enhancement. Also leave the chromadracs ALONE. They will DoT you and dispell.
9) Now you are 49.. you have a choice.. head to Skyfire and begin to fear kite the wurms, devourers, drakes, etc.. there, or head to cobalt scar and hunt them there. I personally prefered Skyfire because if you kite in front of the BW valley they will walk back and forth in the valley with no chance of adds, but there is a small experience penalty vs CS. You can make faster exp in CS if you don't get adds. The choice is yours. This will take you to 52 in no time.
So now you have arrived. At this stage of the game it is going to go slow. Velketors Labrynth with the spiders there is an option; also PoJ after you hit 55. There just isnt any really good places to fast level to about 60 when you can go to Plane of Valor and then it will take off again. PoD is great when you can actually get a group there. Resist soloing in the planes till you are much higher because the mob hit so hard and your snares will be resisted ALLOT there. People may try to get you to join them in soloing, but it will likely just get you killed which doesnt lead to any experience anyhow.
Good hunting guys!