Reminisce: Your Path From 50 to 60

[meanhappyguy]

I can't recall who sent a tell to whom, but I found myself, a dwarf cleric, leveling alongside two dark elves, a warrior and an enchanter. I tried to keep the mood light by bringing along all sorts of alcohol, and it seemed to do the trick--the two elves kept their focus on killing the mobs and not me!

In the dark elves, I found two mates that kept a similar schedule as I did, had the same passion to reach 60 as I did, and were always up for an adventure. We trio'd with ease most places we went, and although the warrior was often unnecessary, he made both the enchanter and my lives a lot easier, which led to less burnout, and longer play sessions. Also, we felt sorry for him. Dark elf... warrior.

We spent most of 51-54 in the hole, and then we moved to Howling Stones for 54-59 (pre-Velius). It was a blast to clear the entire North wing or West wing with a group of three. It was fun to pre-cast a CH on the warrior, pulling a room of 3-4 harm-touching skeletons, knowing that the enchanter would have the mobs mezzed before they could get to me.

Often I'd just let the enchanter or warrior keep my loot and sell it in Ecom, and they'd toss me whatever my share of the platinum was the next night.

My work schedule got crazy, and I stayed at lvl 59 for about a year before coming back and leveling through 59 in Velks (mostly for the cash camps).

Back on live, 50-60 is where my roots in a guild really started, but so far on p99 I've mostly stayed guildless. I think meeting other folks with similar goals and schedules as your own is always the most fun part of online games, and I'm curious to read the stories of how others accomplished the long haul from 50 to 60.