Exp rate 55+?

[bradsamma]

I'm getting about 4% per hour solo exp at level 55.

What are most people getting an hour grouping/duoing?

[theonesler]

There are a lot of factors.
Race/Class, soloing, duoing, grouping, zems, long grinds or short bursts... all sorts of stuff.

I'm a 57 dwarf warrior and I spend the vast majority of my time at Wakening Lands Geonids. In a good group I can top out at around 8-10%/hour and probably average more around 5%/hour.

What race/class are you? Where are you exping currently?

[fortior]

around -2%

[Evia]

I actually had to quit watching and monitoring it because at times it was incredibly bad. Especially lvls 54 and 59. Holy shit! There were times I'd spend 6-7hrs solid with a group practically chain pulling and I'd walk away with 2% gain. Finally after I dinged 55 I just trained myself to stop looking at it and go on 'dungeon adventures' for loot and the social aspect and not even worry about EXP. Whatever trick I could do to not feel like I was making zero to little progress. This is all on a Rogue mind you who has that -10% bonus! I could only imagine if I was like a Troll SK back with the -40% hybrid penalty + racial, my god!

[kjs86z]

Key is to train yourself not to even look at the xp bar.

[P99Druid]

I'm getting about 4% per hour solo exp at level 55.

What are most people getting an hour grouping/duoing?

Depends on the class, my enchanter got 8-10% per hour at 55-60, whereas my cleric got closer to 3-4% per hour since she was dependent on being in a group the entire time.

[Bardp1999]

Make friends with a necromancer/enchanter and beg them to take you to HS with them to eat the pet XP penalty

[aaezil]

What level mob are you killing in what zone

[Troxx]

Rate per hour, as others have mentioned, is hugely variable. Some classes will be much faster than others, but it’s gonna be slow for pretty much anyone.

In general:
-classes that solo effectively do better than those who can’t
-for those classes, solo is generally faster than a full group
-duo/trio is almost always better than a full group
-availability of mobs is more important than ZEM
-velious is typically terrible compared to classic/kunark
-highly desirable group classes will net more xp/hr compared to less desirable classes

Thankfully most classes that are less desirable (ie druid/wiz) have alternative solo prospects that in many cases is superior to group xp.

Best advice: don’t focus on your xp bar. Regardless of who you are and what you’re doing 54-60 is going to feel like a crawl.

[fortior]

Full groups murder your XP, they're for socializing if you're into that thing. Duo/trio is the way to go if you actually want to see your xp bar move. Source: 55 iksar shaman

[Jibartik]

Key is to train yourself not to even look at the xp bar.

the key is to roll a shaman and solo imps and get through 59 in one weekend.

[Dolalin]

Bard AoE in Velks was getting me 1-1.5 blues per pull in 59. I polished it off in a weekend. Having already done warrior, I would never level another char to 60, it's just too painful.

[Jimjam]

I can't remember exactly how it went on my ranger for XP/kill, but it didn't feel too slow. Soloed the back end of LCY in karnors, spiders in Velks or the hunter/forager cycles in TT on my ranger. At 55 this was with swiftwind and dark cloak of the sky but no fungi or earthcaller.

[ineubis]

SK solo fear-kiting lvl 45 mobs at lvl 58, I was making approx 2% per hour.

Just dinged 59 at approx 11:30PM last night, I made about 1/2 that... (1% per hour).... so either 100 hours killing guards, or I need to find a new camp...