If you were to make a 'unpopular' zone leveling route list to 60, what would it be?

[pasi]

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

Kunark city guards are insane.

Insane is an understatement.

You would probably have to find a way to train Deep to guards and then either zone/FD/Blur her. Then just try to kill steal the guard(s).

I'm not sure if they ever made her despawn quickly, but when I was selling demon fangs in 2013, we usually just left her up.

[ithaqua]

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

I did some very basic research and it looks like Butcherblock is possible, regular mobs will get you to ~20, then you have a 23 dwarf NPC, then some 25 guards, then you have one named level 30 goblin with PHers, then a gap until 35 after which you have a good amount of named NPCs / guards to take you to 60.

Looks like the biggest pain will be going from the 25 guards to the 35 guards with only the named 30 goblin to bridge the gap, depending on rarity it might be a better idea to bow kite the 35 guards, neither sound pleasant.

There’s three ~30 goblin/crazed goblin spawns on a 12 minute timer, a bit downtime between spawns but not that bad

[Swish]

1-5 The Feerott
6-9 Innothule
10-13 South Ro
14-20 Lake Rathe
20-23/24 Beholder's Maze
25-29 Ocean of Tears
30-33 Mines of Nurga
33-37 Iceclad Ocean
37-40 (or beyond) Crystal Caverns
41-45 Eastern Wastes
45-52 Western Wastes
52-57 Siren's Grotto
57-60 Cobalt Scar

Some of these zones are very fluid in terms of mob level/difficulty but for the sake of changing every so often that's a basic template of places you'll see little XP activity.

I would like to see someone do 30-60 Velious only and not quit.

[Nomand]

Me and a buddy decided to do this and went chanter/cleric. Neriak > Blackburrow < Gorge < RE < Najena < SolA < Dalnir - is the current zone and about to jump down to 3rd floor. Planning on Kaesora, Nurga, Droga (need that faction for Chardok)

[branamil]

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

this thread got me thinkin, does EQ have a zone where you could do 1-60 without leaving the zone?

swamp of no hope?

west freeport?

obv you can go to other zones to buy stuff, bank, trade etc.

but could you grind out levels 1 thru 60 in a single zone?

East commonlands, but pretty mind numbing.

[Trexller]

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

East commonlands, but pretty mind numbing.

could get to like 55-57 but then slate greens out

im wondering about paineel

[Swish]

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

im wondering about paineel

Paineel guards get slow after the mid-late 40s.

I did try some other NPCs after that but wasn't having a lot of luck. Neriak FQ on the other hand...

[Toxigen]

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

Me and a buddy decided to do this and went chanter/cleric. Neriak > Blackburrow < Gorge < RE < Najena < SolA < Dalnir - is the current zone and about to jump down to 3rd floor. Planning on Kaesora, Nurga, Droga (need that faction for Chardok)

great path

[jolanar]

I don't think I have ever seen anyone leveling in Dalnirs, at least on Blue. It has an insane risk/reward structure.

If you exclude the newbie yards which probably get used fairly often, Toxx Forest has the cat city which I believe can take you from mid teens to low 20s.

Emerald Jungle. Because why would you ever level there instead of City of Mist?

Gorge is also probably almost never used anymore, but it was very popular when they mixed up the ZEMs on green launch.

Aside from that I can't think of many other zones that don't get used to some extent. For example Permafrost, nobody levels on the goblins, but the bear pits are very popular. Or Swamp of No Hope which has 2 very popular camps, but other than those it's pretty useless. Najena is one of the better solo spots for mid 20s, but can't really support groups of people.

[Toxigen]

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

For example Permafrost, nobody levels on the goblins

Did 2 or 3 characters Warrens 1-22, Perma 22-32, then CT 32-43.

People are just bad. The ZEM is insane.