newbie leveling help/shaman advice

[Roth]

Hi, I really have a two part question but it's interrelated. I'm a level 16 soon to be 17 shaman in mostly banded warmor with a poison wind censor that was given to me. I'm duoing with my gf who is a 15 wizard. The problem I'm seeing is that as I level it's getting way harder to meelee even dark blues and live. My question as far as this is, at what point does it get easier or does it?

Now the next part which is the main question is say I can't really solo anymore as a shaman efficiently after a certain point... where do I go? I tried /whoing to see where people are but it seems like everyone is all over the place. What's a good path to group to 50 or 60?

[Ephirith]

Low level shamans without exceptional gear can be difficult to solo efficiently.

It gets much better at 24, as you get Regeneration, Cannibalize, and a nice new poison dot.

Still, soloing as a shaman probably isn't going to be as good xp as a group for a long, long time.

In your level range, many people go to Oasis or Unrest.

In the past, my grouping path has been as follows (and this is a pretty popular path on p99):

14-22 -- Unrest
(Alternatively, 14-18 Oasis, 18-22 Upper Guk. You can build a group in Oasis and take it to Guk)

22-36 -- Mistmoore
______22-27 Pond
______28-30/31 Graveyard
______30-36 Castle Entrance
___Optional: 36-40 Dhampyre

I like to stay in Mistmoore all the way to 38.

38-46 Sol B
______38-43 Window
______43-46 Royals (Can stay to 48 and with a strong group pull bats and bugs)

-or-

38-50+ City of Mist

50+ Many people group in Karnors and Sebilis

As you can see, there is a huge chunk of level range spent in Mistmoore, and kind of a gray area between Mistmoore and City of Mist/Solb at 38/40ish. When I get tired of Mistmoore or it's overcrowded, I like to grab a druid (or wizard), build a group, and go do a fun dungeon like Paw, Kaesora, Droga, etc etc. Which can be a fun way to transition from the mid 30's to the low 40's. Make friends with a druid and a good core group!

[kenzar]

^ Everything he said is accurate. GL with your shammy, its hard now, but its get stupid easy later. Keep with it, it will be well worth it!

[webrunner5]

Yeah, great post Ephirith.