Things I should "work on" while leveling?
 

I'm just wondering if there are things that I can do for exp that I will end up doing later? I'm 49 now and apparently camping some stuff for the VP key was recommended. Not sure how hard it is, but makes sense to me to camp it while I can get exp rather than just kill time at 60.

Are there other things like that?

Keeping defence capped early on goes a long way. Hell, I think the cap at 60 is the same as 40 for silkies.

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S Ro jboots you may be able to do. Perhaps you could bind there and xp in Guk / Oasis and check back every 8pm?

Killing berzerkers for your OT hammer is always worth it, if you can do the turn-ins.

Not really considering its much easier to farm 2k (especially as a mage) and pay for a puppet strings charge. The amount of braids you have to turn in to get to amiably is crazy and you have to forgo grouping in KC and HS until you do it.

In all my time playing EQ. I've learned that Anything you do other than killing for exp will slow down your leveling speed tremendously. Now I know that sounds stupid but seriously all that stuff can wait till you're 60.

Get HS key, Get Seb Key, Get CS Tooth. Get a Leatherfoot Raider Skullcap, Vial of Velium Vapors and OT Hammer.

I don't recommend tradeskills. They are a plat sink and slow down leveling.

Be aware of factions you just may be killing mobs on a faction that has a quest you'll want to do later.

Finally if you seriously plan on getting your epic. Start working on that earlier than later.

Every time you make 10% of your exp bar (5% post 50, 2% post 55, 1% post 59), do 10 pushups with proper form.

You're welcome.

If you think that's bad, look at my magelo: I have seven of them :D. I did them all at 60, and would not recommend the camp for XP, as the named (Ferocious Hammerhead) would probably be pretty rough for anyone who can get XP off the placeholder.

Same thing with the Pained Soul (which I'm currently at hour 20-something on): IF you can get XP from the placeholder but you can still kill the Pained Soul and you want to raid VP someday then maybe, but I'd imagine that's a relatively small level range.

In general, I pretty much agree with Baler: just focus on leveling. However the one suggestion I do have is to do Temple of Droga (or Mines of Nurga for anyone lower level who is reading this) when they're level appropriate. As long as you can deal with the casters it's a great place to level, plus Droga has a couple of good loot camps. But even if you just kill random goblins you'll still pick up a decent amount fo fine steel weapons and such, and you'll build up Chardok faction and get Green Goblin Skins and Mountain Death Salts.

When the Chardok revamp comes (next major patch) you'll be able to turn those items in for more faction, and then with all that faction you got "for free" you can get a couple nice items:

http://wiki.project1999.com/Regal_Band_of_Bathezid
http://wiki.project1999.com/Spirit_Wracked_Cord

It's good exp. I've had a hammer on all my characters around 40-42, way before you'd be in KC and HS. Buying a hammer is lazy if you can do the faction WHILE leveling. :)

Just curious how many braids you actually turned in because you will over level the berserkers by a long shot just to collect enough to get to amiable