Originally Posted by Toehammer
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good advice all around here, I don't like the intense camps like HS wings as much because family loves to interrupt me.
3 camps I have found work best for me (60 troll, epic, fungi, planar, all spells, nothing else special):
1) crypt: I actually only have much trouble with Freglor... he can be a pain in the ass sometimes, other than that I can hold down the other 3 mobs no problem... sometimes Hierophant gets in some extra spells on me though. Getting in/out of crypt sucks, especially not wanting to give up firepots bind.
2) NG, in my opinion this is the most steady, relaxing camp that keeps you moderately attentive and makes good money. Avoid krup wizards and shamans if possible... gate will kill you. However, I pull at least 1 rare gem every 1.5 hours, +5 or so 100pp gems. it is pretty awesome. If you have 8 ten-slot backpacks, you can have like 50-100k pp on you in gems/jewelry. This is how I funded an extra fungi/CoF for my monk. Getting to NG with see invis is a problem, although ask a savvy player about levitate sprinting!
3) frenzied in Lguk... probably a FBSS every 10 hours or so... sometimes 2x/10hr, just kill them quickly. Pretty simple with slow... can even do hand/supplier/arch magi at the same time if careful (nothing to sneeze at in terms of pp). I would avoid using pet here as he tends to warp and drag a whole floor with him.
I was camped out at NG for 4-5 months over a year ago (haven't played much since then) and was pulling usually 3k in 1.5 hours. Then I just started saving rare gems, got some stacks I think, for velious.
Some things in the thread I disagree with though. I don't really see the logic behind fungi being discarded for other chest armor... basically if one fight lasts 2-3 minutes, it is like having a 600hp chestpiece on. Also, it makes you need to pay less attention to torpor/cannibalize. It is one free torpor (1200hp) every 8 minutes, which is huge. In some sense, you can be lazy with regrowth (I would say 50% of the time I don't even have regrowth on) when you have a fungi. Also, no matter how much the troll/barb/iksar/ogre debate rages on, a 60 shaman with torpor/epic makes the race a very very small difference. I think there is really almost no difference between them. JBB helps a lot, regen is nice, frontal bash immunity is good. Also, most interrupts I see are from push, not stun. I think people overvalue frontal bash immunity... I have never died as a troll because I got interrupted trying to slow. If you get interrupted that much you are not rooting/malo/slowing in the right combination or order, and should experiment some more on different difficulty mobs. Once you know what works in general, almost all mobs are easy... slow is the most powerful spell in the game in my opinion.
For leveling, once you get epic, HS entrance is tough to beat. Efreeti mobs and bear pits can be fun, but I find HS entrance/basement is fast. Efreeti camp with a monk IMHO is the fastest way to get 55-60 though for a shaman.
I haven't played in a year though, so these root changes I keep hearing whispers about are scaring me. How bad is it? Have to malo now?
-Ghwerig
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