soloing highhold keep on a 36 shaman

[bakkily]

pretty much was in paw earlier for a bit, and found that i cant kill the deeper mobs fast enough, and ent exp is damn slow, safe, but damn slow

then someone told me to do highhold keep, so upon arriving in the zone, i invis myself to scout out good areas, safest seems to me is the top lvl, so im still on the top lvl, and doing tunnel area up here, and still learning the area

just wondering if any veteren human, high hold keep killers could help me on some info, seems ill do this place to 40, and mayber higher when solo, or solo/lfg

[Asher]

What information do you need?

When I camped them on my shaman I bound outside and always kept Gate and Root up.

Pop a pet and DoT the mobs. Use swords you acquire to purchase shrink potions if you don't make them yourself.

There is a vendor on the first floor that you can sell things to even if you are KoS here.

If the main reason you are here is because of the supposed high ZEM you are wasting your time because the ZEM here is nothing like live.

Asher

[bakkily]

what merchent allows me to sell to em? and why do you say im wasting my time here?

[Rejuvenation]

If the main reason you are here is because of the supposed high ZEM you are wasting your time because the ZEM here is nothing like live.

Asher

This isn't true, High Keep has a very high ZEM on this server.

[Asher]

This isn't true, High Keep has a very high ZEM on this server.

As I had mentioned in another thread, Nobles give me the same xp at lvl 49 through 53 as Budo does in Misty Thicket. I find it hard to believe that Misty has the same ZEM as HHK.

Asher

[Asher]

what merchent allows me to sell to em? and why do you say im wasting my time here?

I don't know the dudes name. He is an Erudite in one of the side rooms on the first floor.

It is a decent zone to hunt in. I did most of 35 to 41ish here.

Asher

[guineapig]

Misty Thicket is the halfling newbi zone and therefor has a ZEM bonus associated with it.

I don't know of the exact percentages when compared to High Keep though , sorry.

I know people claim that all dark blue con mobs give the same exp regardless of level (ZEM's being equal) but I completely disagree with that statement. Level of mob seems to matter from my experience.

For example, I camped Cynthia (in RM) for quite a few levels on one of my alts. She was never less than a dark blue con and I definitely started gaining exp at a slower rate after a few levels.

[Mardur]

This isn't true, High Keep has a very high ZEM on this server.

If HHK had the same ZEM as live then 50 people would be fighting over the noble camp daily.

[baalzy]

Theres a post somewhere with a Dev saying they lowered the ZEM for HHK because people were exploiting and gaining tons of XP.

Not sure if that change was ever reverted.

[Asher]

If HHK had the same ZEM as live then 50 people would be fighting over the noble camp daily.

/agree

[Asher]

Misty Thicket is the halfling newbi zone and therefor has a ZEM bonus associated with it.

I don't know of the exact percentages when compared to High Keep though , sorry.

I know people claim that all dark blue con mobs give the same exp regardless of level (ZEM's being equal) but I completely disagree with that statement. Level of mob seems to matter from my experience.

For example, I camped Cynthia (in RM) for quite a few levels on one of my alts. She was never less than a dark blue con and I definitely started gaining exp at a slower rate after a few levels.

While I am sure Misty may have some slight ZEM bonus HHK had one of the highest in the game on live. That is definitely not the case here.

Asher

[Hroth]

If HHK had the same ZEM as live then 50 people would be fighting over the noble camp daily.

The couple of times I've been in HHK, I was very surprised to see that the nobles weren't camped. Back on live, I remember having competition for the nobles even up through PoP on my shaman.

I had foolishly thought that maybe people forgot about them, and I wasn't going to say anything in hopes that I wouldn't have any competition by the time I leveled high enough to kill them. A lower ZEM here explains why they haven't been camped.

[Swish]

Why is the ZEM there lower, if I might ask? Who made such a decision to lower it and why? :(