Newbs when Kunark arrives

[alWald0]

What happens to newbs when Kunark arrives? What will be the places to go? Since its right around the corner, id like to know some of the basics for newbs when it arrives. Assuming that there are some.

[baub]

i assume LOIO and OT

[Nedala]

When i started eq back on live kunark was pretty new, i leveled to 16 in old world and then moved to loio. At like 22 or so i moved to frontier mountains and with 30 to OT.
Tho i had no clue about the game so no idea if theres better options for kunark newbies.

[loneless999]

um i remember leveling my first char around freeport did orc camps and derv camps
then it was on to oasis that was pritty much the place to be for everyone
then at 20 people went to eather south karana or LOIO then OT ect ect

from what i remember from my old server the pre kunark zones were still pritty populated more so than the kunark ones

[Savok]

Live Kunark - People wanted to play safe and so stayed in old world zones.

P1999 - people know what to expect and will move to the best exp spots to group in.

[Infectious]

Playing on tz, on the dark side it pretty much was: Kurns (10-20),Ot (20-40), Dalnirs (30-40), CoM (30-45), Skyfire (35-45). As a troll i didnt move to kunark until mid twenties. Kunark in my mind was more of a 40+ spot. After kunark i remember still leveling alot in lguk and solb in my 30's and 40's.

[OneEyedJack]

Sarnak fort Right Ledge FTW.

[Volsic]

Good luck finding people to group with with everyone spread all over the place!

[Baa]

LOIO > FM > OT > DL

Fairly confident there will be groups happening in all those zones

[burkemi5]

LOIO > FM > OT > DL

Fairly confident there will be groups happening in all those zones



I will be extremely surprised if people aren't camped around these areas. If not... more for me :D

[alWald0]

Yea, im not an eq vet, so i have no idea how these places are.

[john_savage1982]

I will surely be zone-kiting a zone in kunark so at least 1 zone will be more or less desolate.

Also, idk if yall remember but kunark mobs are a lot meaner than classic mobs....they hit harder and faster for their lvl...

[Zigfreed]

FoB may indeed be the best but Gfay is the most fun imho. Being a noob monk in FoB is really great tho, all those silly little quests.

[shuklak]

bb anyone? lol... when I start up I will be there!

[Droop]

I hope LOIO has the nice exp bonus that it used to have! When I got back on and played for a summer in 2004 they had taken that exp bonus away from LOIO and the place was a ghost town. It's not that amazing of a spot to level w/o the exp bonus it had. IIRC it has a 15% bonus?

[Dyrkoon]

Skyfire should be busy, Wyrm's will be camped tough for spell drop's.

[Infectious]

Other then the few people kiteing mobs, I dont see many people doin the outdoor except skyfire and DL... The indoor dungeon bonus beats outdoor on this server. Back in early 2000's i dont think many people explored away from cities of fear of the unknown... Thats why they stuck to Fv, Ot and so on.

[azeth]

Back in early 2000's i dont think many people explored away from cities of fear of the unknown....

I agree with this, I definitely expect to see Charasis, Kaesora, Nurga, Droga fully camped at peak hours. As compared to live, at least my Kunark days on Rodcet, where most people seemed content to do the giant fort(s) and wanderers in OT.

[Messianic]

I agree with this, I definitely expect to see Charasis, Kaesora, Nurga, Droga fully camped at peak hours. As compared to live, at least my Kunark days on Rodcet, where most people seemed content to do the giant fort(s) and wanderers in OT.

That's also how I remember it. Droga and Nurga were ghost towns. Occasionally someone would be in there trying to farm a circlet or one of those totem thingies, but usually they were wide open.

Plus the outdoor hunting zones in Kunark rocked, so the danger of Droga, Kaesora, Charasis, etc wasn't worth it if you didn't know the people you were hunting with.

[Versus]

This thread alone has gotten me soo excited for Kunark. I'm regretful that I will be too high to experience LOIO and FM to their full potential, but I guess I'll make an alt eventually.

[Nuggie]

Versus, make a twink! Don't miss out.

[Versus]

Versus, make a twink! Don't miss out.

Haha, still working on my main atm bud :)

[Volsic]

LOIO > FM > OT > DL

Fairly confident there will be groups happening in all those zones

Uh huh... and for those people who prefer leveling in old world zones?

Kunark is going to kill old world zones.

[alWald0]

Lol, I'd love twink items, but im poor as hell :(

[DevGrousis]

can anyone compile a list of what zones in Kunark with carry a ZEM??? (zone experience modifiers/hot zone)

[Opaline]

That's also how I remember it. Droga and Nurga were ghost towns. Occasionally someone would be in there trying to farm a circlet or one of those totem thingies, but usually they were wide open.

Plus the outdoor hunting zones in Kunark rocked, so the danger of Droga, Kaesora, Charasis, etc wasn't worth it if you didn't know the people you were hunting with.

Speaking of Circlet (of Shadow), will the original insta-cast CoS drop or the nerfed version? Original version was huge for SKs pulling indoor and out... Please keep original, true classic version :)

[Tzadarkath]

Speaking of Circlet (of Shadow), will the original insta-cast CoS drop or the nerfed version? Original version was huge for SKs pulling indoor and out... Please keep original, true classic version :)

Its gonna be prenerf at first and then they will nerf it after about as long time as it was on Live. Same was done for manastone drops and so on.