49-55 READ THIS! HHK Fastest Experience guide!

[quik2]

http://home.pacbell.net/quik2/hhk.jpg

This camp NETS you a lvl every 2-3hours from 49-55. Which means this is the best experience ANYWHERE.


How do I get there?

Freeport => East Commonland => West Commonland => Kithor Forrest => High Hold Pass => High Hold Keep

If you don't have a clue what I am talkin about go check EQ ATLAS (http://www.eqatlas.com/atlas.html)


What do I kill? What is camp called?

Camp is called Bards/Noble.
As the camp and picture suggest you are killing bards and nobles.


How do I kill these Bards/Nobles?

First thing first, kill all the green guards on 2nd floor first. Lvl 49 pet will own the guards.

Look on picture, first thing you need to do it kill the 2 bards in Isabella's room. Note: Isabella is indifferent and will not assist the bards. Root one of the bards. The other bard will run after you, run all the way to the end of the thick black line. Put insidious Retrogression or Dooming Darkness. Send pet, invoke fear, Bond of Death or Venom of the Snake. Now go back to room, darkness or insidious retrogression other bard. Now sit and med till root breaks, if root breaks before 1st bard is dead, reroot. You pet will finish the first bard before fear goes, either that or it will be in flee mode, so sit your ass down and med. Now wait for root on 2nd bard to break. when it breaks, run to end of thick black line, send pet fear, bond of death or venom of snake. Sit your ass down and med again. Now rinse and repeat on Isabella, u might wanna throw a venom of snake on her, she has more hp. Now 2 bards and isabella down.

NOTE: Fear will make them run down the stairs to 1st floor, don't worry about this, nothing will aggro down stairs, just sit and med, let the pet do his job.

Go to the room where the 2 nobles are on 2nd floor. Don't worry about all other besides the 2 nobles, they won't assist. Root one of the nobles, the other noble will run after you. Run to the end of the other Thick Black Line. Darkness or Insidius Retro, send pet, invoke fear, venom of snake or bond of death. Now go and snare the 2nd rooted noble. sit and med. Pet will finish noble. When first noble dies, fear the 2nd noble when root breaks, send pet. Bam u just gained 5% experience in 4-5mins.

Still have Mana? Good, run up to 3rd floor, kill the 2 guards there, run to the room on my picture where the 3rd noble is. NOTE this 3rd noble has a PH green con gnome. This camp has a 50% chance of spawning a noble. Same tactics, insidious retro, send pet, fear, dot, run back down to 2nd floor, Isabella should be up. 6min spawn remember! Now kill Isabell, then 2 nobles, then 3rd floor noble.

I highly suggest you use insidious retrogression. It does 500dmg and snare, which hits them for close to 40% hp.

I highly recommend KEI and Virtue on this camp. Yes lich is good, but to me I recommend KEI, keep in mind when I did this camp, I only have 1200hp self buffed at 49. Bond of death / lich just waste too much mana, plus u are gonna get hit for sure. Using KEI allows you to use Venom of the Snakes instead of Bond of Death, Bond is just mana hog (360mana vs 160mana) remember you are killing 1 mob a min here, using Bond once a minute is mana intensive. So I recommend KEI. You will have zero down time w/ KEI here. Ofcourse all u l33t twinks could use lich, but I feel safer w/ KEI here, since it has very tight hallways, u gonna get hit for sure. Use whatever you feel comfortable.

I also highly recommend buying mage summoned toys for ur pet, I did this using summoned toys.

This is a highly contested camp, yes ppl will try to KS your mobs deal w/ it. Some ppl will come and tell you nobles/bards are separate camps, u can tell them to kiss ur ass. Just ks them if they try to tell u that. I know I did, outdmged a 62 druid PLing his lvl 30 twink. So it's not hard, bards/noble have very low HP, 2 nukes will net u experience here. So don't be afraid if ppl try to take over ur camp just outdmg them.

Now on down time, go kill all the green guards, they drop finesteel weapons. There's a Merchant on first floor, that will sell to everyone. Banker in the basement will let anyone bank. Easily 2-3k pp a lvl here. I know I made close to 20k here from 49-55.

NOTE: on the MAP 4th floor Labeled 4 is a lightblue mistress, if u have enough mana u can go kill her also. I know I did.

Now let's do the MATH for those who are still not convinced this nets you more experience than anywhere besides being PLed.

2 bards, 30 mins spawn = 4% an hour.
3-4 Isabell/Noble spawn, 6min spawn = 30-40% an hour.
Now add that shit up, 34 to 44% experience an hour.

Now take PON/POD for example, 1 percent a kill, each kill takes bout 5min including med time, 12% an hour equal 8-9hours per lvl. You will lvl 3-4 times faster at HHK. Ravens, Treants, Spiders, LightCrawlers, Ooze, flies, all 1percent a kill. Any of the the above mobs have 10 times more HP than bards/noble.

Now move along and go get experience! Have fun.


Map courtesy of www.eqatlas.com, and no I don't have permission to use it. I'll take it down if needed. Now get off my thread and go lvl.

[Persephonae]

At least on Quellious, is the armpit of Antonica when it comes to the people in the zone. Getting bards AND nobles is hard enough (I cannot tell you how many times people tried to argue they were 2 seperate camps)... guards have about a 10 second life span (I've been in the zone at like 4AM EST and the guards are all lying dead in their spawn points) and seem to be permacamped. And if you leave the floor to look for guards, you may lose the bards/nobles camp...

The XP is easy to the point of deadly dull, but its not the cash camped it wracked up to be simply because you have very little chance on Quellious for clearing guards and the whiny 12 year old maturity level OOC made it a far less than ideal place to XP for me.

Just my 2 cp.. ignore it as you see fit

[quik2]

My advice get on the waiting list, waiting 2hours for this camp is still by far better than lvling at pon/pod/poj/poi. Shit u lvl 3-4 times as fast. Watch tv or something while u wait. Sure it's boring, but u know what? Kiting fucking ooze/lightcrawlers/treants/flies/Blood Ravens for 1percent a kill which takes over 5mins to kill one is beyond boring. I did Blood Ravens from 56-58. 9hour per lvl is mind numbing, not to mention all those dooming darkness resist drives me nutz. Doing POD is even worst, fuckin adds comes outta no where pull in front of castle, espciall those spider, before the new 2min FD thing, those guys never forget you, they aren't static spawn so you have to /q everytime u aggro a spider in pod.


Anyways enough ranting, HHK > ALL if u just wanna lvl fast. If u wanna do 9+ hour per lvl camps which don't even count the time u have to go get a Virtue every 2.5hours and the deaths u will have, stay away from HHK, let others who wants to lvl fast get a chance lol. I did 49-55 in around 15hours. Compare to my 55-58 which took me like 2 weeks. After HHK I almost quit, experience is just horrible. And fuck Dooming Darkness, I'm so glad I have embracing darkness now, that POS snare resists like a mofo.

[Kaimu]

On the Bristlebane server HHK is a hell zone. I do go after the Bards and Nobles but it's a pain when someone walks in and starts a bunch of crap. The only time I go there is when I need to make a few quick plat - the guards are way easy to kill. As for the banker allowing you to bank, go ahead, get too close. At least for me that wench will attack if I get too close. I usually just FD, change views, and send out an OOC that the banker is dead as I watch my pet kill her and everything else that little assistant of hers.

[quik2]

Like I said this zone ain't for normal folks, everyone doing bards/nobles are here for fast experience. Ofcourse ur camp is gonna get contested, but look on the bright side, after 16hours u just ding yourself 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, count them 6 dings. Plus whatever cash those guards weapons sells for. 16hours in the planes is like 2dings at best. IF the camp is good everyone will come.

This camp ain't for the fainted heart, necro will easily outdmg anyone here, except lvl 65's but if they are there at 65 they aren't there for experience since it's all green cons. They are there PLing their alts, which means if they do more than 50% dmg their alt's don't get experience. So 2 nuke from u is all u need to get experience. Else they'll just kill everything and their alt nets zero experience, which means they will probably leave after 15mins or so. Unless they really wanna make ur life miserable. I stuck through w/ that 62 druid trying to take my camp for 15mins. After that he took off, since his alt ain't getting any experience he's basically wasting his time.

Armpit of Norrath or not this place still rocks, doing Planes at 49-55 is just mind numbing, probably make you quit ur toon before you get to 55

[Jebasiz]

I did nobles for a bit, but like people said it's very contested and there are "other" camps. Burning woods is very good 49-52 and Maiden's eye isn't bad 53-56. It's not a level every 3 hours, but it's still very nice, and almost never contested. They're both also much more convenient to get to. Nobles/bards are good and decent cash. Felwithe guards are good too. It may not be what your talking about, but dealing with assholes while exping is something I prefer not to do. There are Katta guards as well around those same levels. Hell even chardok at the zone in/out is doable. Your way may be faster exp, but rushing through everything in a few hours isn't the goal of everyone.

[Thromia]

How is LDoN for 49+?

[Sliderfx]

Depends on the group.

[mjnog]

another easy camp is the dirulia boat in dulak. you can single pull all mobs off boat and fear kite them down the long plank. its not as good as HHK, but it was always camped when i went there and is hell of a run for evil class/race. Dulak also has some nice drops there is a a ring with 4 of every stat and 30 hp/mana that drops of dirulia captain, plus all the blue diamonds and the weapons. Also a mob that spawns on dock very rarey with a 21% haste necklace. Its where i did like 50-55, then i went to PON and i made pet groups and aggro kited. yeah it was boring, but if you get abunch of necros, mages, and maybe a beast or two the mobs die fast, get good xp, and you can have the necros switch off aggro kiting and constantly get xp. PLus like with me I ended up getting all the pages for Cloak of the Wise, which is a nice cloak and just for xping in pon and grabbing a page in POI. Gotta say level 65 necros are the win so dont feel too bad in 50s when cant get a group cause really dont have useful group spells, it gets way better in the 60s :)

[Srell-Meister]

I know the guide suggests not using Lich/BoD and to go with V and KEI. But really do you need that? Is it perfectly possible to do this with Lich and taps? I wouldn't mind lvling to 55 real quick but having to leave the camp to get KEI and V again just doesn't sound like a cool idea..

[Sliderfx]

Anything is possible with Lich/BoD.

[Nenn]

I have been doing this camp on and off for the last week on luclin here is what i have found.
1. This is the best spot solo that i have seen thus far. I get so overweight from gold and plat that i offer to bank my gold and normally the lower levels jump at the chance to make make money, i normally go 75% of what the gold is worth in plat.
2. At 52 some of the nobles are starting to con light blue, it dosent really matter because the money is just that good.
3. If you start at this camp TIME THE DAMN BARDS!!!!! Nothing better than sitting down after hitting one of the nobles with fear and you see two knobs in brown come flying around the corner. Dont panic though the pathing is so bad that if yoiu run in in a circle around the second floor and then hope down the stairs, remember this is assuming you killed the guards, and fd 9 times out of 10 the pet will die and you wont. Most of the time he will take atleast one of them. if you feel lucky pop up snare fear one of the bards and then do the same to the other to save your pet.
Other than that i think the rest is selfexplanitory, on luclin i cant sell to the vendors when fd, and they wont sell to me anyway any more. So bring some weight reduction bags and offer the people lfg to buy the swords at 75% what a vendor pays for it. You make money and they make money win win.
l8ter

[Rakarsis Sskeletor]

I did nobles from 35->52...grouped until 49 and soloed til 52 there. Also got 6AAs while I was at it to get my first AA title on a character. Best XP at that level, but its like PC in that people are always arguing.

++Not a ton of spawns but fast repops.
++Great xp.
---Lots of immature whiners getting their army of level 25 alts up to level 50 and then quitting.

[Rondana]

Nice camp. will try that when i am big :)


btw, it is easier to take PoK stone to rivervale-> got thru rivervale invis -> kithicor ->....


Way faster than going thru commonlands.

[xnavy]

This camp may have changed, at 52 I have had to kill the nobles 2 times for 4 kills to get 1%

[Cress]

aye as xnavy said, it won't go as faster as it told.

and today i found that the some of the nobles and the isabella are conned LB to me at 52

[Rikam]

I believe the xp was nerfed as a way to keep druid/shm from sitting in the wall getting but loads of exp wiht no work. I know hunting there I had a few mobs poof then get a nasty tell saying I was being banned for using exploits. After about an hour of arguinng I had to prove the mob could hit me and he finaly left me alone. So needless to say I don't like it there and try to stay away)

[AnimocityStromm]

Xp in HHK was indeed nerfed, as was PC and I'm told Sol A also (not sure about this...experienced the first two myself). I believe it was to slow down the level progression in the lower levels to help counter the ability to twink so well these days...but that reason is just my opinioin. The xp being nerfed on Nobles is just a sideaffect of the goblins/guards being the target of the nerf...I'd guess.

On a side note...I solo'd the first and second boats in Dulak from 49-53. LOVED it. Kills are safe and easy (Fearkiting is glitchy but agrokiting works fine), loot is good for the level, and pulls are safe (everything is single pullable at 49).

[Xnao]

also on the 3rd floor you can kill carson mccabe, about 2% a kill
he dual weilds nad hits real hard
he drops a 10pp sword and a 2pp sword and sometimes a gem woth 80-200 pp
i wouldnt recomend him till u get the rogue pet, hes not always up has a placeholder name a guard

[Zarkdon]

why i likethe pvp server =)

when someone tells u its camped u just kill them


not that u do it if u want to be polite and at some point ( useually after a lvl or 2) they come at u with a guild raid =)

[Quezquotyl]

This camp is so flipping easy. You can go to 55 on it, but it would take you forever. The XP was never nerfed, it has always been the same. Take Jobtik and park him in the door after wasting the guards in the hallways. Park your butt in the left hand corner just inside the door. Pull Isabell the crazy talking wench and sick your pet, cast fear and she will be dead before she hits the end of the hallway. Now go park Jobtik in the dining room across the hall. Technically you shouldn't need to FD split the Bards but sometimes the both come, pull one to the dining room, fear/ kill. Wait 5 minutes, go back and pull Isabelle again, kill her. Now pull the last Bard. You have effectivley split the Bard spawn. Now go park Jobtik on the stage where the Bards spawn and sit your medding butt in the back right corner of the room. If you get bored run down the hall to the casino and pull nobles, there are two or three in there. You can single pull with no need for FD splitting. This camp IMO is about as effective to 53 as the Giant Fort in BW. Have fun, and go get a book because this place gets boring.

[eidolon]

Technically you shouldn't need to FD split the Bards but sometimes the both come, pull one to the dining room, fear/ kill.

The only time I ever had both bards aggro me, my pet (ROG pet) had engaged one right in front of the door into the bard room. Ie, bring a friend tactics on the bards behalf.

Every time I darked a bard and pulled it down the hall a ways first, I always got singles.

[deahfel]

is this camp doable for a 35 necro? also i hope they didnt change the xp on it because it sounds great.

[Xavier]

I would NOT try this at 34. Its a death trap.....44 maybe. And I would stay past 53 at the most. Dont let pet attack in front of doors they will always assist if they see your pet attcking another member. And pull using the wall. Basically line up where in first person you are barely peaking in. Like one eye in the room and one on the wall. If it was you yourself doing it in RL.

Bards can be pulled directly from the hallway with no assist.

Order I do them in

Isbella (you can walk into the bards room without agro as long as you dont go onto the bards platform...she spawns on the right side)

Pull one bard

Then go and pull one noble

Then the other bard

Then the other noble

Breaks spawn up real nice. I dont give a shit who told you what.....bards are a 12 min timer......isbella and nobles are 6 mins.

[eidolon]

Breaks spawn up real nice. I dont give a shit who told you what.....bards are a 12 min timer......isbella and nobles are 6 mins.

I didn't time them, but I'd have to agree with this statement as I'd kill Isabella and the nobles several times (and many greeny guards) before the bards respawned.

Also, one time, a guard spawned inside the bard room to the immediate left of the doort. I'm not sure why or what was up with it and I haven't seen it again. Just be weary it might happen to ya.

[Sulphuric Ghost]

also wanted to add that it takes about 2 kills to get 1% at 51 as a dark elf, great camp once you get the hang of it, did it from 49-52 without problem, would recommend leaving at 52 now as the exp is very sub-par. take maybe 3 to 4 noble/bard kills to get 1%.

[acemac]

wow i dont care what you guys say i just went and did this camp this morning on povar at lvl 49 and this is the best exp i have ever had in this game short of AA EXP in bot was an amazing camp easly pulled adds were no big deal and was fast. after you get the spawns broken up you can kill no stop and never have any down time... i think they nerfed the LOC of the second noble though as when i use to come here with my ranger he was in the back corner but now he is stnding with the other noble by the tables.. i went from 0% into 49 to lvl 50 in 3 1/2 hours killing non stop and i made 3 k pp so any one that is not getting this kind of result from this camp is not doing it right or they need to think about starting a differant toon!!



BANGIE
hats off to the writer of this post!!!

[Singletear]

at 53 this is a no-oop. I killed 4 nobles, 2 bards for 2% exp - suckers.

[Durmin]

I did this for AA at 52, and it's definitely pretty good for that. For normal experience at that level, though, it really ISN'T better than soloing in the PoD, or even Dulak.

It may have been at the time this guide was written, but as some people have pointed out, it's possible that there was a reduction in the experience modifier of this zone.

I was surprised to find that on the server I currently play on, HHK is largely empty....perhaps as a result of this nerf. In fact, apart from (at most) eight or nine lower levels grouping in the basement, I was hard pressed to find anybody there.. I was quite surprised to find this, as I could remember from my play time on other servers in years gone by just how crowded it was.

At any rate, if it's still a hard camp for you to get, don't go to any extra lengths. If the experience used to be godly all the way up to 55, it certainly isn't anymore. I'd go so far as to say that after 52, the experience is quite a bit WORSE than what you could get elsewhere. Also, the platinum you can get from the heavy fine steel in one session (that will fill up your inventory fast) is easily surpassed by the rare, but stackable, high quality gem drops in Dulak. I can get a blue diamond every two hours or so there, along with about two star rubies and one normal diamond.

HHK is obsolete after 52.

[Xarken]

So can anyone confirm or deny the experience nerf? I'm 51 and soloing on the Lady D boat in Dulak and the exp is going pretty quick not to mention the loot is always a nice bonus. I play on rallos and there is a little more risk of there being pk's in HHK because lots of lower levels go there to get exp and was wondering if it would be worth my time to move to the bards/nobles or should I stay on Lady D? 9 kills = exactly 4% for my Dark Elf Necro.

The kills are very quick and there is basically a zero risk of dying unless a pk attacks me which hasnt happend and I havnet even seen one in the zone since I started 2 days ago. I'm gonna stick it out here until 52 seeing as how 51 is generally a lot easier to get through than 52. From what I can tell its going to take more than 12-15 hours for me to get to 55 so thats why i'm wondering if the bards/nobles camp would be better. I'm looking for the fastest exp possible, loot is not important.

Only thing that stinks about dulak is I cant find a bank and gunthak is kinda far away. The money adds up quick in Dulak and it would have been awesome if I didn't have to walk 10 miles or gate to bazaar.

[Singletear]

At 53 this is no longer a good camp. I killed everything twice for 2%. /sigh

[Xarken]

I also did this till 53, its decent from 52-53 but I think i'm gonna head back to dulak. :( Such a shame they changed this zone, getting 49-55 in 12 hours sure would have been nice.

[Xarken]

Ok just timed the lady d boat in Dulak for all who care. I'm a 53 DE Necro with good gear. I started clearing the boat at 3:15pm today and I checked my exp at 4:15pm and I had gotten 21% exp plus some gems. This camp is little to no risk and has good loot. I recommend it if you are looking for a place to hunt maybe 52-54. I'll see how good it is at 54 when I ding later tonight.

Peace.

[Beatle]

Those of you who don't want to wait on spawn for HHK, I recommend Katta... If your mana is up for it, there are non-stop guards... loot's the same and often better than HHK... and bonus xp. Not sure how it stacks up at 49+ but I did 37 - 44 at about 3hrs per level... I didn't time it, but early on it was around 1 blue per kill... after 44 - 47 it's about 1 blue per 2 or 3 kills... and ITS NON-STOP if you have the mana, so go kick some ass, level fast... can get boring, but at least the action keeps you attentive...

Have fun!!!
Beatle Dung

[LanysTVyl]

I am starting this necro from scratch and on a very pricey server Luclin things in Baz are way too spendy IMO anyway it seems this camp is tuff for 49 with out V & KEI if you do not have any FT gear and try with Lich and BoD its way too hard to keep all spawns and the respawned greenies dead with out V and KEI now it the norm I reup Virt and KEI in PoK whenever there and when it runs out I will Lich and BoD to finish what I am currently killing bu not twinked I need the extra mana pool from int and mana bonus KEI gives Besides those greenies interrupt too damn much /em Cracks whip*
I tryed this camp and BEing DE can sell to the kitchen vendor but havent tried to bank as I reread this I will try banker if she is KoS I will be giving some newbie alot of FS weaps rofl I have a rallic Pack and Lemming fur but thats it for W8t Redux
anywho I am babbleing
if you have uber twink yeah you can Lich/BoD this Camp (ie) uber twink with regen 9-15 and FT5+ but for somone who still uses hand of the rever for the fricking 15 int in Sec and with KEI i am only at 224int and under 3k mana I suggest V&KEI
and focus mage items /nod
enjoy the Humans they may be stringgy but red meat is red meat /grin
*Cracks whip: so, what would you little maniacs like to do first?*

[Kibbelz Nbitz]

All i'll say is, this XP is GOD, i discovered it a while ago, and thought i was gettin too high (mobs had been dark blue for a while, i was 51). I come back because all the other xp is just sucking.. i thought it was just hell lvls, but i thought i'd give it a try.. omg! i level so fast, one day i got 2 levels just xpin for a little while. Oh, and as for the asshole's u gotta deal with while u xp? Haha.. men (and ladies) we are Necromancers [F34R TH3 N3cR0s], pk em'! God i love this zone.
Sometimes it's annoying.. i had a 60 bard hold me in mez for like 15 min b4 i finally just LD'd, only to come back and kick hiss ass. N3cR0's Pwn. HHK rules for xp, jus try it an u'll love it less u r not a tru necro and u get killed by the little dr00d's and things.

[Salkon Necrese]

Just wondering, since I'm not a "leet speek" aficionado... Do you have to think about how to "leet speek" when you type or does it just come naturally??? Seems to me that it's more work to type that way and annoy the hell out of people than it would be to just type normally.

Also I find it no surprise that such a "leet d00d" as yourself plays on a PK Server... God I hated those days...

[Azrioth]

Couple'a things tha cap'n'd like ta address

*Cracks whip: so, what would you little maniacs like to do first?*


We could discuss that more privately on me ship, lass...

As to Salkon's question - l337 sp34k 1s r4th3r 34sy t0 us3 - ju5t t4k3s pr4c+1c3, d3p3nd1ng 0n h0w c0mpl3x0r u w4nt 2 g3t...

[Carlon]

Originally posted by Azrioth@Nov 10 2004, 06:12 PM


[QUOTE] l337 sp34k 1s r4th3r 34sy t0 us3 - ju5t t4k3s pr4c+1c3, d3p3nd1ng 0n h0w c0mpl3x0r u w4nt 2 g3t...
Y3P, 4|_|_ |)3P3/\/|)5 ()/\/ |-|()\/\/ C()/\/\p|i(4+3|) |_| \/\/4/\/+ +() 63+
yep, all depends on how complicated u want to get



^ included a little translation there to help you guys out =P

[Loutish]

Originally posted by Carlon@Nov 10 2004, 11:25 PM


[QUOTE] l337 sp34k 1s r4th3r 34sy t0 us3 - ju5t t4k3s pr4c+1c3, d3p3nd1ng 0n h0w c0mpl3x0r u w4nt 2 g3t...
Y3P, 4|_|_ |)3P3/\/|)5 ()/\/ |-|()\/\/ C()/\/\p|i(4+3|) |_| \/\/4/\/+ +() 63+
yep, all depends on how complicated u want to get



^ included a little translation there to help you guys out =P
Egads, I have never seen such brutality to the English Language in such a small area. I feel like I need a chemical bath for my eyes, the horror.

[Azrioth]

LOLCAKES!~

[Astroshak]

"Leet speak" or whatever you're calling it is a misnomer . . .

Its just plain dumb.

Instead of conferring a sense of superiority upon the individuals using it, it just makes them look stupid. And volunteering to look stupid is morononic at best.

[Azrioth]

morononic ?

Tha cap'n was all set to argue a bit then ye wtf?0wn3d yourself...

;)

[Azrioth]

Seriously though, you're making flawed assumptions, astro.

Labeling and grouping things is not valid most of the time.

[Nerconom]

Ok, have to add my opinion again, I'm sure to get flamed for it.

"Leet speak" as it is so termed, was never designed to be used by people to sound cool.

It stems from programers that have spent more time around computer code than real english. If you have ever talked to some of these programers, it quickly becomes obvious that their people skills usually lacked for how much time was being spent completely submerged in computer code. They became notorious for being horrible spellers as well.

When they were forced to add notes to programs or typing quick notes to co-workers, they would type faster than their brains could spell check, resulting in unusual spellings of things, close to not making sense.

Since then, because most of these same people would play games with others and excel because they understood the games in more ways, other people have begun copying that "leet speak" because it is supposed to make them sound like the elite players they are mimicking. Problem is, now is simply gets foolish with people inventing terms of their own.

And before a bunch of people yell at me, the reason I know this is because I am a computer programer. I have met some brilliant people that have few social skills, and "simple" things like spelling or even caring about spelling completely escape some of them. I don't mean any disrespect to any of them at all.

[Quezquotyl]

People still go to Highkeep? Wow.

[Nerconom]

xp is real weak in highkeep after 51, I know a few people have suggested Dulak, any other suggestions?

[GnekroeGnomicon]

I know a few people have suggested DulakReally, Dulak for me was a level/aa every 3 hours from 49-54, it drops off at 55 and at 56 it is still viable (Dandy gives me about 8% an hour which with the amount of cash that drops is acceptable).

[Sikin]

if you dont mind a mind numbing boring grind, try katta... good exp, fast easy kills... and they already hate you.

[flishtaco]

ya exp blows in hhk was good til 52 I think but after that you have to move or you will go nuts. I would say other options Nadox, Dulak, maybe Velks.

[brahaha]

Katta is great xp, I wish I had known about it earlier. Takes about 3 hours per aa/lvl there atm, and nobody is ever there, cept for last night. =/

Maybe I will use my L33t mspaint skills and make up a drawing of the area for anybody that cares.

[Hamirez]

About HHK I would like to say that I get faction hits from the guards and I cant sell the fine steel swords for profit. The merchant on the 1sr floor wont deal with me.

[flishtaco]

Its a euridite merchant you sell to not the one by the bank. As I recall from entrance its thru the courtyard, straight til you cant go straight then turn only way it lets you which is left. Then in first room on left is a door, open door turn right two merchants one sells bard songs other chanter pet spells. The chanter one is a erudite he will stay on faction good enough to sell to the whole time you are there.

After that its only a matter of going to banker and watching for Captain Bosec( sp) til you big enough to just slap him for standing in your way to banker.

Edit--doh sorry I missed this one sooner in the 2-3weeks you probably gave up and have levelled past HHK sorry spose it goes out to the next necro ahind you then.

[MrSkullhead]

Right then, I just tried this at 51 and I have only one thing to say....

This camp sucks hairy donkey nuts!!!

The cash was indifferent to Ok but from an XP standpoint this experiment was an utter waste of time.
I was only getting 1% XP from 2 or even 3 MoBs. This is very comparable to Dulak. Factor in the time it takes to run to HHK, the unimpressive cash return, the annoyance factor of having to split MoBs and deal with adds (that's right ADDS! Even though they are green, the guards WILL agro and 4 of them is enough to provide a serious style cramp) it all adds up to Dulak being waaaaay better bang for your buck. Both in XP and cash.
If it was once the pinnacle of camps, which I do not dispute, then it no longer is! It's much faster to reach Dulak, the XP-rate is nearly the same, the cash is actually better (IMO) and even the most clumsy oaf could single-pull till the cows come home.

N.B. This is my opinion only, based on my personal experience and play-style. If you disagree with it that's fine with me but instead of wasting time flaming, why don't you just quietly head to HHK and laugh all the way to the bank...

[Rijak]

i didn't find HHK all that bad, once you got use to it... but i will agree that Dulak is more or less identical in terms of loot and xp... and, especially with the newer PoK portal, is much faster to get to