Level 4 too early for Orc Hill at Greater Faydark?

[Smalls]

Enemies are still blue outside Freeport, but the amount of experience is so tiny that it would take me hours of non-stop grinding to reach 5. Is this normal, for it to take so long to push through the newbie levels?

Is 4 high enough to start grouping at Orc Hill in GFay? I can't stand grinding out another level here. =(

[Swish]

Yes people are usually at orc hill by level 4, you even see some hopeful level 3's looking for a group.... noobs.

Don't forget to bind!

[Nonamehere]

I had the same problem! What I did is I asked for buffs at the EC tunnels and killed some yellow con puma's and bears large spiders and skeletons in the EC.

[Buellen]

at level 3 and 4 you should only be killing deathfist pawns and beetles rest of yard trash give to little xp. their are more of these mobs in east freeport yard than west and you get a chance at orc scalps from the deathfist centurion level 5 i believe. thier is also wolf level 5 also in this newby yard.

You would do well in greaterfay dark at level 4 plus you have a nice level 5 to 20 zone in lesser fay dark.

[Velerin]

Hah if level 4 feels slow you in trouble. There's so many nearby zones with stuff to kill to keep it interesting without a long boat ride or begging for a port. EFP, NoRo newbie area, pop over to Nek forest and kill shadow wolves, etc.

[Smalls]

Hah if level 4 feels slow you in trouble. There's so many nearby zones with stuff to kill to keep it interesting without a long boat ride or begging for a port. EFP, NoRo newbie area, pop over to Nek forest and kill shadow wolves, etc.

I'm used to leveling speeds in games like Diablo 2, Dark Souls, etc, not having to pour hours of grinding at such a low level just to gain ONE.

[Frug]

I'm used to leveling speeds in games like Diablo 2, Dark Souls, etc, not having to pour hours of grinding at such a low level just to gain ONE.

You're in for a disappointment.

[radditsu]

Eq ain't the game for this guy

[HeallunRumblebelly]

You're in for a disappointment.

I dunno man. My warrior hit 60 in just over a week. I grinded for years on d2, I think I got to 95 on one ladder like once, lol.

[Pint]

you took a wrong turn somewhere along the way op

[Smalls]

Eq ain't the game for this guy

It's not the game for me because I don't like having to grind for hours and hours just to gain one level at the early stages? I'm pretty sure that wasn't a defining feature of the game when it first came out.

[radditsu]

It's not the game for me because I don't like having to grind for hours and hours just to gain one level at the early stages? I'm pretty sure that wasn't a defining feature of the game when it first came out.

Yes it was

[Numbers_]

The first couple of levels are extremely boring unless you are twinked out. Hang in there, it gets better.

[Smalls]

Yes it was

Then the game was either not working as intended, or was poorly designed. It's not supposed to take 4+ hours to gain one level as a newbie. At a higher level, fine, but not for a character that's brand new.

[element08]

4+ hours to get from 4-5 sounds way off if you're killing blue mobs as often as you're able to. What are you killing & what's your class? Make sure to make use of the skills/spells available to you from your class guild. There's nothing wrong with heading to gfay, but it's not going to be very much different than EC or nro.

[Smalls]

4+ hours to get from 4-5 sounds way off if you're killing blue mobs as often as you're able to. What are you killing & what's your class? Make sure to make use of the skills/spells available to you from your class guild. There's nothing wrong with heading to gfay, but it's not going to be very much different than EC or nro.

I'm a Halfling Warrior.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

I'm a Halfling Warrior.

Go to EC and beg. Gear, buffs, all of it. Won't get much but kunark garbage, but, it's far far far superior to crap you'll find at 4-5.

[radditsu]

Troll Carl is troll

[Smalls]

Go to EC and beg. Gear, buffs, all of it. Won't get much but kunark garbage, but, it's far far far superior to crap you'll find at 4-5.

Begging is beneath me. If someone passing by sees me and wants to give me something then I'm happy to take it, but I would never go around begging for free shit. I'm not a brazilian.

[Smalls]

Now I remember why I stopped posting here so long ago. The forum is so full of trolls and assholes, it's easy for them to make them out.

Very well, radditsu has seen me before, I'll give him one guess to my former username.

[radditsu]

Troll Carl is troll

[Smalls]

My name is Beaniron.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

It don't matter. None of this matters.

[element08]

Shouldn't have to beg if you're not into it. Train 5-10 points into the weapon skill for whatever weapon you have equipped. You're going to miss pretty often when the skill is low, so every point counts. Make sure you have food and drink so you regen hp at a normal rate between kills, spam kick every time it's up. Con mobs and only attack blue cons, green give little or no xp and even or higher with a no gear warrior is going to give you downtime between every kill. Sit down between kills to regen faster.

[Clark]

EC tunnel buffs man. Ec/nro/oasis 1-20. Making things much harder than they need to be.

[Nonamehere]

Wow, this thread changed pace pretty quick once D2 was mentioned.

[radditsu]

I prefer D3 of the mighty ducks franchise.

[Frug]

Then the game was either not working as intended, or was poorly designed. It's not supposed to take 4+ hours to gain one level as a newbie. At a higher level, fine, but not for a character that's brand new.

If memory serves, the original intent of the game was to reach level 50 in a year of casual (a few hours a week) playing. That was pre-Kunark.

You can rage on it all you want, but it is what it is, and it was like this in classic. Decrying how wrong it is 15 years after the fact only serves to upset yourself, so either play it and enjoy it, or don't enjoy it and don't play it.

That's not to say you can't ask questions or propose changes; *constructive* criticism is always welcome, but the foundations of the game are exactly what you are experiencing, and there is no need, desire, nor means to change them.

[Tann]

It don't matter. None of this matters.

http://www.thelmagazine.com/images/blogimages/2010/04/27/1272380700-james-hetfield.jpg

[Breeziyo]

I'm a Halfling Warrior.

You're doing it wrong. Go back to Misty Thicket. It's probably the best newbie zone to level in just because you will always have even con or -1 lvl blues to kill.

Do -not- kill level 1-2 mobs as a level 4 or you will get jack shit for xp. Kill whites or level 3 mobs and med between kills and you'll hit 5 in about an hour.

gfay is such a shit newby zone it hurts. cb is the only reason people flock to it.

[Frug]

You're doing it wrong. Go back to Misty Thicket. It's probably the best newbie zone to level in just because you will always have even con or -1 lvl blues to kill.

Do -not- kill level 1-2 mobs as a level 4 or you will get jack shit for xp. Kill whites or level 3 mobs and med between kills and you'll hit 5 in about an hour.

gfay is such a shit newby zone it hurts. cb is the only reason people flock to it.

+1 Misty is one of the best newbie zones in the game.

[Hollywood]

It's not the game for me because I don't like having to grind for hours and hours just to gain one level at the early stages? I'm pretty sure that wasn't a defining feature of the game when it first came out.

When the game came out originally, there was no alternative to the way you gain experience and how it scaled, because it was one of few games of it's type.

Alternatively WoW ushered in the era of quest-centric gaming and now the grind/group grind/camping aspect is non existent in modern MMOs.

Just think of it as different rather than worse. Additionally, once you get the right class (for solo) or group together and see the mechanics working in conjunction with other players, you'll start to understand the style better.

[Swish]

The first couple of levels are extremely boring unless you are twinked out. Hang in there, it gets better.

http://megaseth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hang-in-there-baby.jpg

[cukazi]

Don't tell me Smalls is this guy (beaniron) http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119202
thought he quit

[Smalls]

Don't tell me Smalls is this guy (beaniron) http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119202
thought he quit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwGTQu8DeTQ