Magician Solo-Guide (Is there One?)

[Eyry]

Hey all,

Getting pretty darn close to level 29 and I am at a crossroads as to where to solo next. Some say MM some say stay in South Karana. The only problem is that south karana mobs are getting a tad low and MM mobs are too close together to get them single pulled.

Is there any place I can solo and get decent exp without getting 2-3 mobs at once?

Also, is there a magician solo guide out that I could take a look at?

Thanks!

[Lonedrahon25]

yeah guards....all the way to 50, i did it.

[Eyry]

Which guards and where?

[Lonedrahon25]

Freeport guards, start with Ledshin and Mizraen, then once u get to low 30s, work ur way up to the others but Kroon and Inofus. U will need to use fire, and chain them.

[Eyry]

Do they have a fast spawn rate or something? Excuse me for asking but I have never killed guards in FP before so I am unsure. Fire shouldnt be a problem as I have my focus item now.

[Stickyfingers]

I think FP guards spawn every 6 minutes. I might be wrong though.

[Reiker]

Which guards and where?

Highkeep. Tons of guards in your level range, good loot, good ZEM, and you can kill Tyrana for some 20 HP rings if you want. You could even move up to nobles and go all the way to 50 in this zone. Also, you don't really trash any important factions.

Note: I never got a chance to do Highkeep since when I was leveling my mage the zone was broken. But Highkeep has since been fixed, and it was the best classic solo exp zone in the game (and nobles were still the better than anything in Kunark for awhile). The only thing that beat it was a charm sola gnome group up to 40. At that point, if you were a shaman, necro, enchanter, or mage, it wasn't worth grouping. Nobles nobles nobles ride the exp train wooooowoooo

[Kraftwerk]

Two words: Sol A.

(I went from 29-50 there in two week period casually and with several thousand plat in loot to boot)

[Eyry]

Two words: Sol A.

(I went from 29-50 there in two week period casually and with several thousand plat in loot to boot)

Did you do this Solo or in a group?

[Kraftwerk]

Solo, such is the life of a mage. I also plvled friends there when I hit 39+ by allowing them the honor of grouping(leeching) exp off me.

[Vyal]

magus can solo anything in the game unless it summons....

[Uaellaen]

magus can solo anything in the game unless it summons....

untrue, can solo summoning mobs too since they will summon the pet ...


only thing mages can not solo is DTing mobs, since DTs will get relayed to the pet owner

[Noleafclover]

Highly recommend sol a as well. My monk got a yellow and a half an hour @ gnomes (pre-LB nerf) from 42-48. Now you'd maybe wanna do like 34-44 or so. HK may be getting an exp nerf soon, so if you go there be on the lookout. Other guards are always good, depending on your race. I hear centaurs in SK is good mid-20s.

[Jify]

I soloed/duoed HHK basement and guards to lvl 34. I'd basically clear the bottom half of the zone, then clear all the guards, then clear the basement, etc etc. At 34 I went to do freeport guards until 50. In those two places you'll rarely get an add, unless you're not playing smart! :)

Hope that helps!

[Critical Error]

How would a necro solo guards in HK? I know I cant fear/normal kite, so pet tank. But is there a safe spot to pull to? Seems like there are Guards near everywhere.

[Eyry]

Well, so much for soloing guards now that the patch has come through. Seems like they upped the spawn time quite a bit...

[Kiwaukee]

You can solo the entrance area gnolls in paw for good exp at 29. When you get the 34 fire pet, it become ridiculous exp. You also get a bunch of bronze/FS/Splitpaw gear that you can sell to the bird merchant at the top of the aviak tower in SK.

[Noleafclover]

Selling from paw, couldn't you sell to the centaur merch?

And yeah, RIP guards :((((

[Seeatee]

I like all the info in this thread, my question is , where is a good place for a mage to solo from say 10 - 30ish? I am having trouble finding a spot i can both pull and handle the mobs, any suggestions?

[Nightblade]

10-12'ish - Najena - Just the entrance - four or five skeletons (large and greater) spawn there, and with your fire pet (recast to ensure it's max level), it goes down pretty quick. Toss a heal here or there, throw in a cheap nuke to ensure your pet doesn't eat the experience. Beware high-level trains from magicians up to you.

12-16 - The Nybright Sisters in LFay - If you're a good race, kill them, collect bronze weapons and each dull necklace, turn in to the drunkard in Kelethin, go back, repeat. Sexcellent experience. Pet can easily handle two at a time.

16-20 - Oasis of Marr - Crocs, orcs, etc. Or just go to High Hold Pass and start raping the orcs at the entrance. With a little help you can keep it fairly clear, or if you need to break the camp, run through invis, send cheap pet in, run to the guards, let the pet die, camp's cleared. Reset at the entrance and omnomnom some greenskins.

20+ is really up to you. There are plenty of options out there, if you just look around at similar leveled folk.

[Noleafclover]

I'm thinking of playing a mage for fun in my spare time, had in mind:

crushbone for 5-12
12-16 I remember misty storyswapper being the best solo exp in the game, and towards 16 I think you start to take her friend. She's lv. 14-16, but she's a huge overcon. Little less of an overcon on p1999 than live because she will actually cast mez on you, but as you don't need to get aggro till the end of the fight, and then you get off two spells to turn the tide, it's not a big deal.

Centaurs in SK are good @ some level. I know a mage friend said there's something in the karanas 16-20, and I actually liked the crag spiders 20-29 when I was playing a necro - seemed good exp, and spider silk was 1pp a piece at the time (they drop 4). But I think crag's're more of a necro mob, w/ fearing/kiting, since they hit hard.

More input would be good for low levels, too. (5-30)

[Elissa]

I'm thinking of playing a mage for fun in my spare time, had in mind:

crushbone for 5-12
12-16 I remember misty storyswapper being the best solo exp in the game, and towards 16 I think you start to take her friend. She's lv. 14-16, but she's a huge overcon. Little less of an overcon on p1999 than live because she will actually cast mez on you, but as you don't need to get aggro till the end of the fight, and then you get off two spells to turn the tide, it's not a big deal.

Centaurs in SK are good @ some level. I know a mage friend said there's something in the karanas 16-20, and I actually liked the crag spiders 20-29 when I was playing a necro - seemed good exp, and spider silk was 1pp a piece at the time (they drop 4). But I think crag's're more of a necro mob, w/ fearing/kiting, since they hit hard.

More input would be good for low levels, too. (5-30)

I leveled from like 20-28 or so in Najena really quickly... was nice to farm all the focus items that way.

[Tenurn]

Centaurs in SK not as good because they are social now :(