Popular xp zones

[Bubbles]

Staying on Anotinca -- Highpass (and eventually highkeep) with the bonus that you can bind in the zone as a melee... Upper Guk also great xp and the mesh isn't heavy so even a monk can fill up some bags with it.

Hitting Fayder - Crushbone / Unrest / Mistmoore is a great trio of dungeon zones.

[Nedala]

I always went to Uguk from lvl 14 - around 25. Has groups in it most of the time, nice exp and soom loot.

[Versus]

Girard is right unfortunately. I got a level in Blackburrow, but most of the time I'd have to solo, it's a ghost town. Same with Crushbone. Oasis sucks monster cock but at least there are people there.

As far as the OoT idea, i'll try it but not being able to heal myself is awful. I'm wondering if the exp would be better just grouping Vs. solo + downtime of regen for the sirens.

[Kender]

Originally Posted by Versus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Girard is right unfortunately. I got a level in Blackburrow, but most of the time I'd have to solo, it's a ghost town. Same with Crushbone. Oasis sucks monster cock but at least there are people there.

As far as the OoT idea, i'll try it but not being able to heal myself is awful. I'm wondering if the exp would be better just grouping Vs. solo + downtime of regen for the sirens.

I always go to oasis... not because the xp is good, but because it's one of the most nostalgic zones in EQ (for me). Only thing missing on p1999 is the lack of trains to the docks of spec's and sg's

in fact, there seem to be way less sg's in oasis than there used to be. you used to see them running around all the time killing newbies. now all you normally see is hatar

[Gorgetrapper]

Originally Posted by GirardTheGlorious [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That used to be the case. All the zones you just mentioned are now ghost towns 90% of the time.

64 people in Oasis -- 7 in Unrest, crushbone, etc.

The only time there has ever been less than 10 people in unrest, is during EARLY morning hours when most zones are empty anyway.

Blackburrow IS a ghost town, because everyone would rather sit around EC and get buffs instead. It's unfortunate that shit like this still goes on.

[Randy]

To answer your question, Dungeons are better exp if you get a group but the largest population is always in the Oasis. When you near 20 guktop is generally where you can find a group.

Unrest is hit or miss as far as groups go. Though if you're playing in prime time, you'll probably be fine.

[Dantes]

Oasis sucks for a melee, but it's awesome for solo casters. Upper Guk is the shit, check it out. More plat and more experience to be had there. You can start grouping or setting up groups there at level 15. And if you can't find enough people to join a group, start sending tells to the people in Oasis to come join you. They're probably getting sub-par experience, shitty loot, and having most of their mobs killed by solo casters so they should be happy to move elsewhere.

[Zigfreed]

Get to know the various /who all unrest /who all 'fill in dungeon name" searches and that way you don't do the run to the various places only to discover there is only 2 people in zone, a lvl 37 druid and their lvl 18 twink friend.

That said, unrest is great when its good, befallen is more than likely a very bad idea unless you go with folks who know the place then it's fun. Oasis is totally boring and low xp but safe but folks seem to like boring and slow so its easy to get groups/duo.

Me? I'd go to the gypsy camp in NK and kill wisps for a level or so and make some good plat trading in the GLS for research tomes thingees. 10pp a pop.

[bluntnasty]

I did as follows myself .. started brand new and butt naked 12 days .. am 30th troll shaman now.. 1st-5th in innuthole... 5-12 sro on orcs ( always ask the mages and druids passing threw for a DS) 13-17 sro derv camp by the AC camp ( also ask since there is a druid and wizzie port alot of dS casters come threw)17-20 soloin heart spiders in guktop 21-25 in guktop groups ( scryer/warden/ZL) 25-30 dark deathsinger npc bard mob in innuthole swamp.. worked well for me hope it works well for you.. trolls and ogre's especially since they can bind in grobb.. same for de's.. eatbugz the troll shaman 30th level

[quellren]

Originally Posted by bluntnasty [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I did as follows myself .. started brand new and butt naked 12 days .. am 30th troll shaman now.. 1st-5th in innuthole... 5-12 sro on orcs ( always ask the mages and druids passing threw for a DS) 13-17 sro derv camp by the AC camp ( also ask since there is a druid and wizzie port alot of dS casters come threw)17-20 soloin heart spiders in guktop 21-25 in guktop groups ( scryer/warden/ZL) 25-30 dark deathsinger npc bard mob in innuthole swamp.. worked well for me hope it works well for you.. trolls and ogre's especially since they can bind in grobb.. same for de's.. eatbugz the troll shaman 30th level

Worst advice ever for a monk, particularly the advice on heart spiders and Dark Deathsinger.

Spider poison will hurt bad, moreso for a class that can't heal effectively, cure poison or buff resists.
I can't fathom why a monk would willingly trash not only their Bard faction but also Knights of Truth faction. Thats a good way to get KoS in all of North Freeport. Guess you'll need to find another bank to use. I suppose you could undo the bard faction by farming the shit out of Mistmoore, but AFIAK the only way to repair KoT faction is killing Militia guards in E/W FP. Then good luck getting to your guild trainer as a monk. It seems like such a bad plan all around for a mediocre single spawn camp.
On a slightly related note, Dark is terrible choice to camp when Drizda Tunesinger in Feerrott is also 25 (though inexplicably had slightly more hp) and drops 2-5 PLAT per kill, versus Dark who drops a few silver and maybe a gold.

So this is somewhat helpful to the OP: at 13-14, you might try Sirens in OoT for solo exp. Sirens are level 12, have low hp, don't cast, aren't social and drop decent coin and mermaid scales that vendor fairly well, but also are used in the mage water focus quest. theres 2 on a rock in the middle of OoT, and another single a short swim away. A second camp of 2 is on the first group of rocks as you zone in from Freeport. They don't turn light blue until 17.