Lower Guk

[Ungzaba]

Greetings.

First time poster as a Necro; however, I've pretty much played every class, minus Pally and Zerk.

Most of my EQ Life has been spent as a Wizard/Enchanter.

I recently decided to take up Necroing because I felt I would be a natural Necro and love the blend of power and versitility that a Necro brings to the table.

Enough of my intro.

With the recent change of hot zones, I decided to take my Iksar Nec into LGuk.

My progression was

1-14 FoB

14-26ish I stayed in Kurns because the XP is insane even with out it being a hot zone. However, with the zone being a hot zone, I was getting some INSANE xp even off of light blues. It was hard to want to leave this zone.

26- (currently lvl 39) I went to LGuk at about lvl 26. Now, realize, I am very well equipped. Nevertheless, with undead slow and nukes, I have pretty much tap tanked my way to lvl 39.

At first, I stayed near the ZI pulling the first mobs before the bedroom, then using IU to run into the room before the bats. after clearing the bedroom and bat room, I would use Undead Pac to single pull the Icebones. Eventually, this area went blue and the XP slowed down, so, I have moved deeper. I progressed to clearing EXE and the Scribe room. When these mobs all went blue, I moved deeper in clearing the Cav room to the slave room and the initial mobs in the bedrooms prior to Frenzy. These mobs, even at lvl 39 are still yellow, white and a healthy mix of high blues. With this being a hot zone and most of the mob being undead, it is a necro heaven. Xp is around 3-5% a kill.

Tips:
Bring healing potions. Bring DS potions. They stack with your innate DS. Use your undead pac often for single pulls. Use undead slow. The undead mostly run in this zone, with the exception of the Icebones so, be sure to keep them snared. Lastly, the Undead nukes pretty much own up in here, so, keep that loaded as well.

Typically, I single pull with slow, drop the highest DPS dot on the mob, snare it, then undead nuke, mixed with taps to insure your HPs stay at a healthy level, while allowing the pet to hit the mob from behind.

Enjoy.

[Tiereni]

I hate Guk, both upper and lower. ROFL, I didnt even realize there were undead there. I guess I'm gonna have to bite the proverbial bullet and go try to get some experience there, huh?
On a side note, the first time in about 20 levels that I've decided to go somewhere just because there were undead there, I ended up dead. I've been soloing in IC since about level 31ish. A quest piece dropped today so I /ooc'd that it was available. Someone wanted it, so I invited them to group with me thinking it would be easier for them to find the corpse if they knew where I was. He was also a necro, so we decided to make it a duo. We went to ToFS, thinking we'd be good there. Right inside, where nothing is close, I said afk while I med, gonna go get a cup of coffee. I come back to a corpse. :( He had decided to try and pull a sceptre solo. He made it out fine...
At level 39 (about 12% from it anyway), is LGuk the place I want to be? I'm ready to start going to undead places, ready to become even more impressed with my new main. :p

Tier

[Hanavas]

Going /afk is fine as a necro....in any zone (just about) because we have this cool little spell called feign death. You must remember to fd when going afk in any hostile zone, even if it's just for a minute. I duo with my brother all the time and he plays a necro as well (awsome duo team) and when I need a bio break I fd, same as him when he needs a break....fd, fd, fd, fd...always in hostile areas, even "safe" spots in hostile zones FD!
The Scarlet Desert is the lvl 40 hot zone, if exp in IC is not what it was a few levels ago try there. You could probably do DS if you stay close to the caves (not in them). Don't venture over the hill though because there are Kyvs which are a pita and more dragorns and the other mob (can't remember the name) in a much higher concentration. The gutfeaster spawns under the tree close to the PoD ring, I don't recommend trying to solo him for several more lvls mostly because he summons. I think I went from 45ish to about 51 in that zone with a few instances with my brother and his shammy bot (need 3 toons for the instance). This all before it was a hot zone and exp was real good then. Give it a try :)