Originally Posted by Auchae (Post 1082668)

Level 3.. The biggest pain in the ass in the life of a mage.

Originally Posted by Tecmos Deception (Post 1082678)

This!

Why in the world enchanters and necros get level 1 pets but mages don't is one of the things about original EQ that really truly boggles my mind. At least xp penalties and most class balance issues seemed reasonable during development. But THE pet class of the game with NO pet? Lol.

Originally Posted by Wotsirb401 (Post 1082534)

Lol level 3 =) i went from 1-16 in an hour on most of my characters.

Originally Posted by Wotsirb401 (Post 1082534)

Lol level 3 =) i went from 1-16 in an hour on most of my characters.

Originally Posted by Wotsirb401 (Post 1082534)

Lol level 3 =) i went from 1-16 in an hour on most of my characters.

Originally Posted by Estu (Post 1082529)

The wiki has a definitive guide on hell levels, but basically, to reiterate and expand on what Tecmos said:
30, 35, 40, and 45 require you to kill approximately twice as many monsters to level as other levels. Also, on the level after a hell level, you will lose approximately twice as much EXP on death (not viewed as a number, but viewed as % to level up, i.e. the yellow bar) as other levels. Also, after a hell level, your overall leveling speed will slow a little. (This is actually the point of them: to increase how many monsters you have to kill per level. But the original EQ devs were bad at math and made it so that you actually have to kill a ton more monsters when that transition happens (the hell levels) in addition to having to kill a few more from then on.)

Then, levels 51+ are all hell levels, but 54 and 59 are double hell levels (it'll take you roughly twice as many monster kills at 51 as at 50 to level up, and roughly twice as many at 54 or 59 than at the previous levels). For simplicity people usually just say that 54 and 59 are hell levels, it being understood that 51+ is much slower in general.