What to do starting out?

[Videri]

All these wizards that can't find groups should rope themselves a bard and tip for a Protection of the Glades from a 60 druid, and go do something really nuts. Like a rotating quad shenanigan, or everyone just quad in the same zone and let the bard AFK mana on a rock in the middle of the zone like a mana-fountain.

[Mystero]

Might want to check out Cuburt https://wiki.project1999.com/Cuburt probly when like lvl 6. Mobs spawn a lot in aquaduct and the quest for 3int earing is great.

[Snaggles]

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

…but wondering if there are some other things I should be doing instead of just mob grinding?

Cheers!

Ah the question I’ve been trying to figure out for over two decades [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Really though, it’s a slow drip game and 99% your xp will be from grinding. Likely solo as a wizard whether single-nuking stuff down and medding while watching TV or killing four things with snare and the targeted-AOE spells and also medding while watching TV.

Quadding gives you a longer window of time you can do something else so most choose that path. Single target stuff isn’t horrible though; you have more possible places to hunt but it’s slower xp and more attention demanding.

If you aren’t married to the idea of a wizard a Druid would give ports and some of the same functionality. A magician too (minus the ports). You could save up some plat and get a Soloist Wand which makes the lvl 12-29’ish grind way better with free click damage.

[ohatcheejack]

Down time is great for me actually!

Thanks everyone for the advice! If you see a wizzy named Majisto in game, gimme a Hail!

[Loadsamoney]

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

Down time is great for me actually!

Thanks everyone for the advice! If you see a wizzy named Majisto in game, gimme a Hail!

Are you on green or blue?

[ohatcheejack]

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

Are you on green or blue?

Green

[Loadsamoney]

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

Green

Darn, was gonna see if I had any newbie stuff for you. I play on Blue though.

[dragolyche]

Wizzy is not easy as a noob, but it could be fun. In i suggest to you: use rain's spells. There are really mana efficient and you will do good dmg.

I still use rains in raid, but you have to watch if add were mezzing, and they are not really often resist. Especialy if yu ll do Staff of temperate flux quest.

Enjoy nuke, port and quad.

[Loadsamoney]

Here's a path you can follow to earn money while you level and set yourself up well for the high 30s and beyond.

1-5: Decaying Skeletons. Hold on to the bone chips, assemble a suit of Cloth Armor, sell the excess crap. By the time you hit level 5 you should have at least 100pp worth of Bone Chips, easily enough to afford you a starter weapon like Sacrificial Dagger, or Dagger of Frost.

5-9 Orc Pawns and Centurions in Crushbone. Vendor the trash, save the belts. They can be turned in for exp later, or sold to players for 2pp each.

9-12: More Centurions and Slavers in Crushbone, or dread corpse camp in Misty Thicket for more Bone Chip selling. The money raised up to this point should allow you to afford some Gold Fire Wedding Rings or better, the most critical upgrade after your weapon for the raw HP. Leave some for spells though.

12-18: Bandits in Lesser Faydark. Ideally these would be the Nybright Sisters near Mistmoore zoneline, but they are camped fairly often so you may have to play the waiting game for them. They almost always drop bronze weapons which vendor for 2-3pp each, and an inn is not too far from them, a bit northeast. Alternatively, if the camp is taken there's another bandit camp to the north, close to the zone wall. These are 3 instead of 4 and are close enough to social, but offer similar monetary prospects. Watch out for the shadowed man that wanders nearby the bandits and the named unicorn that patrols the zone. For both camps, pull to the wall.

There is also the bandits in Western Karana. They occasionally drop bandit sashes which can be turned in at Qeynos for exp, coin, and a bronze weapon each. Beware the Brigands, they will be too much for you at this point.

18+ The grind for Paineel:

This is where it gets time consuming, but it's a chance to raise a bit of extra plat as well, to get some cheap armor or better HP rings. Go into the Warrens and slaughter the kobolds en masse. The various feudal weapons and armor they drop vendors somewhat well, but more importantly, each one killed is 1 faction gained with the Heretics. Odds are unless you started as an evil race/religion you will be KoS to the Heretics to start. It will take you some time, many hours, maybe even a few days, but just keep slaughtering the kobolds in the first half of the area until you get to Amiable with the Heretics, which you can check by conning the skeleton guards in the newbie area of Paineel.

Once you are amiable, hail Guard Heridion and say 'keyz', and you will get a key that lets you activate the elevator into Paineel. Bind here and start slaughtering the lower level guards, starting with the four at the back wall of the palace. They are easily to kill, each on a 6m30s timer, can be pulled one at a time or otherwise rooted, and each one drops a bronze bastard sword and a kite shield, a minimum of 8pp per kill. You can get to level 24 this way easily and raise several thousand plat doing so, enough for a full suit of lowbie armor and a decent mage shield.

At 24 move to the pond in front of the SK guild, just before the first gate. These ones are a little higher and can get you to 27-28 with patience, again raising several grand in the process. At 28 or so, with enough gear upgrades, you should easily be able to take Pendleir just inside the SK guild. His level range is 24-27, also on a 6m30s timer and can get you to 36-37 easily, and there's no other aggro to worry about since he doesn't flee.

By then you'll have made easily 10k or more and very few deaths along the way, and all kinds of options open up to you at that point. The only downside as a Wizard is that you'll probably be behind on research spells, but that can be worked on later.

If you still want Paineel guards, the four around the moat of the palace are 33-37 and can take you to 49 or so, but they're on 27 minute timers and they social aggro with their buddy beside them, so be warned.

[ohatcheejack]

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

Here's a path you can follow to earn money while you level and set yourself up well for the high 30s and beyond.

1-5: Decaying Skeletons. Hold on to the bone chips, assemble a suit of Cloth Armor, sell the excess crap. By the time you hit level 5 you should have at least 100pp worth of Bone Chips, easily enough to afford you a starter weapon like Sacrificial Dagger, or Dagger of Frost.

Thanks for all the info, this is great.

Am I selling bone chips to other players? Is there somewhere where players gather for trading?