Tell me it gets "better"

[maestrom]

HHK has a very special place in my heart. Great EXP, Bank and merchants in zone, pretty safe pulls, wide range of mob levels.

[starspun]

Befallen is underrated imo, with a good group the XP there is amazing. Spent two nights there last weekend with a group of level 10-14s camping the second level, good times. Not too hard to assemble a group either (but then again that might be because we started out with two clerics and a shadow knight and didn't need much else than damage dealers).

Definitely start groups yourself by looking for people in /shout or /ooc and sending tells to similarly levelled people in the nearby area, rather than wait around for others to start one, or an already established group to start looking for more. You'll get the ball rolling that much faster.

[Aadill]

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

Definitely start groups yourself by looking for people in /shout or /ooc and sending tells to similarly levelled people in the nearby area, rather than wait around for others to start one, or an already established group to start looking for more. You'll get the ball rolling that much faster.

I always point this out to people because sometimes you end up with better groups than the ones you find. Sometimes you end up meeting people who want to group again and again and you start making friends with them. Way better to do this than just type /LFG on and go AFK till someone sends you a tell.

[starspun]

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

I always point this out to people because sometimes you end up with better groups than the ones you find. Sometimes you end up meeting people who want to group again and again and you start making friends with them. Way better to do this than just type /LFG on and go AFK till someone sends you a tell.

Oh goodness yes, this is so incredibly important! Make a mental (or physical) note of who you'd like to group with again and who you'd like to avoid in the future (you don't want that mage that keeps pulling even though you've told them not to half a dozen times already in your group more than once, you really don't), it's very likely you'll end up with a semi-regular group of people you enjoy playing with and can hook up with for XP groups.

[Stormhowl]

I have to admit, much to my shame, I'm fairly inept when it comes to talking to people and forming my own groups, and I lack confidence in building my own groups (e.g., can X class tank in place of a Knight or Warrior? Are people willing to group together to root-rot or have a pet tank instead? Can a Druid or Shaman heal well enough for smaller pulls? Would they even be willing?).

But I suppose it's time for a change huh? Maybe I'll go to EC / NRo and see about forming a few groups (and perhaps even hitting Befallen with a couple anti-undead classes, too) to break up the monotiny.

As for leveling guilds, any recommendations?

And while I'm rambling away, perhaps a quick question: Do people in EC still pay for things like stacks of Silk or LQ/MQ/HQ Pelts and other tradeskill components or do people not care about that sort of thing? I'm tired of being poor. :P

[Seeatee]

shouting and OOC'ing when forming groups seems to work well enough, but I always have more luck with /who all LFG you can even add a level range like who all LFG 10 22 and it will give you a list of everyone with LFG On between those levels.

[starspun]

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

I have to admit, much to my shame, I'm fairly inept when it comes to talking to people and forming my own groups, and I lack confidence in building my own groups (e.g., can X class tank in place of a Knight or Warrior? Are people willing to group together to root-rot or have a pet tank instead? Can a Druid or Shaman heal well enough for smaller pulls? Would they even be willing?).

But I suppose it's time for a change huh? Maybe I'll go to EC / NRo and see about forming a few groups (and perhaps even hitting Befallen with a couple anti-undead classes, too) to break up the monotiny.

As for leveling guilds, any recommendations?

And while I'm rambling away, perhaps a quick question: Do people in EC still pay for things like stacks of Silk or LQ/MQ/HQ Pelts and other tradeskill components or do people not care about that sort of thing? I'm tired of being poor. :P

Take this as an opportunity to learn what works for group compositions and what doesn't, in my opinion! ;)

And yes, you can very much still sell silk and pelts in EC. Just the other day I sold 30 stacks of spider silk and walked off with a good chunk of plat in my pockets and a mage looking forward to a ton of combines behind me. It might take a while before someone bites, but that seems to go for a lot of the things being sold there anyway.

[Aadill]

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

I have to admit, much to my shame, I'm fairly inept when it comes to talking to people and forming my own groups, and I lack confidence in building my own groups (e.g., can X class tank in place of a Knight or Warrior? Are people willing to group together to root-rot or have a pet tank instead? Can a Druid or Shaman heal well enough for smaller pulls? Would they even be willing?).

But I suppose it's time for a change huh? Maybe I'll go to EC / NRo and see about forming a few groups (and perhaps even hitting Befallen with a couple anti-undead classes, too) to break up the monotiny.

Druid, Shaman, Paladin, Ranger, Monk, Wizard. Paladin uses Deepwater helm to heal Shaman that's casting Cannibalize non-stop and healing the Monk tank while the Druid CCs, the monk tanks, and the ranger and wizard beat the mob up. I got more experience in such a short time frame in that group in Karnor's Castle than I ever did before and it lasted for hours. Sometimes you just gotta figure out what works by finding new ways of doing things [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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

As for leveling guilds, any recommendations?

Take a look at the guild discussions thread. There are a lot of guilds that do not have level requirements and are friendly to players that are new to the server or even the game.

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

And while I'm rambling away, perhaps a quick question: Do people in EC still pay for things like stacks of Silk or LQ/MQ/HQ Pelts and other tradeskill components or do people not care about that sort of thing? I'm tired of being poor. :P

Bone chips, silk, you name it!


EDIT: I guess it's bad I'm talking about "oh grouping is easy" when my signature says "PERMANENTLY LFG"

[Stumpes]

You're just in a part of the world that people don't typically level. The amount of twinks at low levels is very high, and typically those people don't want to group at 4 because it would drastically slow down their experience.

Like it was mentioned before. You should try and make your way to Freeport and level in the east commonlands and northern ro.

[Vondra]

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

How are places like NRo and Oasis for grouping? Just as bad as my experiences have shown in Blackburrow? I would've imagined they'd be where all the Faydwer newbies would congregate eventually once they reached the appropriate levels.

Oasis gets good traffic. Usually a group (or 2, or 3) in oasis killing crocs or at orc highway or whatever