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Old 11-06-2021, 01:33 PM
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Kurns basement 20-24 then:

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Old 11-12-2021, 01:35 PM
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There is zero reason to skip Kaesora 34-42+ and get your feet wet charming. You can be done with the zone when the church (Xalgoz) area greens out. Get your HS key piece and maybe a fear staff to boot. I wouldn't recommend gung-ho solo Xalgoz right off the bat, but with enough time spent there you're bound to run into folks coming in looking to acquire a key. Just team up.

Bind outside for emergency gates + a short run over to Cab for selling / spells / restock.

Also recommend camping the VP key pieces while they still give XP after Kaesora. I forget which order from easiest to hardest (wiki it), but why not at least get the pieces while it gives xp? Even if you don't want to raid, if you have the full Jarsath and Obulus MQs to sell thats a big chunk of plat.
Went there at 35, the Dungeon itself is so confusing.... Died on my 2nd pull of mobs, can't really find the undead side, i found a spectral guardian, i did charm him, i made him fight a spider, charm breaks, FD gets cancel cause spider casts spell in the last second of my FD, 2 roots resists, 3 gate interrupts (i was against a wall)... I don't really know how good this place is, but sure i do hate that there is minimal space to kite and also it does really look so confusing and easy to get lost.
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Old 11-12-2021, 01:37 PM
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Kurns is fun. The skeletons don’t social, so you can fear kite there as long as you keep your pet on a short leash. Can move into the basement until 20. It’s a good place to practice your very first charm killing, too. Won’t be super efficient, but still fun.

WW giant fort can take you from 22-28 easily and profitably.

At 28, the brutes up by Dalnir are where it’s at. Best money you’re going to find for awhile and super easy. They don’t assist or even aggro, despite what the /con message says, and it’s close to a zone line if things get dire. Their gem drop rate is amazing.

At 33/34ish the brutes will green out enough that you’ll probably want a new place. Root rotting in Nurga is fun at this level. Charm killing in the fields in front of the sarnak fort or fear kiting at the goblin fort in LOIO are also good. So’s the FM giant fort. You can also venture far afield and play in SolA or SK or Splitpaw until 38ish.

Around 38, you’re going to want to buy a Circlet of Shadow. This will change the game for you in a big way. It should be your first big purchase (jboots after). I know, all that +INT/+HP gear looks so attractive. Resist! Caster itemization is terrible in p99 EQ. No amount of normal gear will impact your gameplay even 1/10th as much as a CoS alone, and jboots are just gravy on top.

At 38 with a CoS, big options open up. I recommend reverse charming in Kaesora. Charm a mob, send it at a big group, root all members of that group, then break charm right before your pet dies. Murder your pet with a single spell, then charm one of the rooted undead mobs in the mass and repeat. Xp will fly. The second floor of ToFS is another (albeit riskier) possibility at this level, but Kaesora is fantastic. You’ll actually get a few upgrades, and the vendor trash is fantastic. Do library until 40ish then towers/church until 44.

At 44 you can learn underwater fighting at the bloodgills in LOIO of practice charming more in LGuk. Both are wonderful. Ignore ZEMs when you’re charm killing too. You kill so fast and so constantly that low-zem undead like LGuk is going to be better than almost any other xp in the game (bloodgills and oasis specters are only things that really edge it out).

At 51 you get Splurt. Splurt + Root means that the world is your oyster. You can basically kill any mob you can stick spells to so long as it has any **one** of the three following properties (1) vulnerable to fear, (2) doesn’t summon, (3) is undead. There are exceptions, but not many. Explore the world until you get 54, then go to Howling Stones.

Howling Stones basement will take you to 60. If you get bored, mix in KC or CoM. Both are better money than HS and their xp is good, but nothing compares to HS. Fear-kiting Skyshrine wyverns in your mid-late-50’s is also a profitable way to take a break from HS and get some good upgrades for yourself.

Or, ignore all of this! EQ is a game of adventure and exploration. Go where you want! If it isn’t the fastest xp or then best money but IS fun for you, then you’re in the right spot. Take chances!
Thanks, i do like some of the places you mention, the only 'con' i see, is the ZEM in those areas, besides that, it seems like solid places to be hunting at, i might give it a try if my 2nd attempt to Dungeon Crawl into Kaesora fails. (I am currently level 35), i did have CoS since level 20 and i totally agree, is a must, i am missing JBoots, which should be my priority also to get.
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Old 11-12-2021, 01:38 PM
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I did try the Iksar exiles spot and then the Servant of Sythrax spot, very solid xp places, at least Sythrax does drop words that can be useful for some spells.
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Old 11-12-2021, 01:57 PM
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Went there at 35, the Dungeon itself is so confusing.... Died on my 2nd pull of mobs, can't really find the undead side, i found a spectral guardian, i did charm him, i made him fight a spider, charm breaks, FD gets cancel cause spider casts spell in the last second of my FD, 2 roots resists, 3 gate interrupts (i was against a wall)... I don't really know how good this place is, but sure i do hate that there is minimal space to kite and also it does really look so confusing and easy to get lost.
FWIW, that sounds like the typical learning to charm experience:-/ It's tough to figure out (or it was for me anyway), but you feel super OP once you get it figured out.

I'm case you weren't already doing some/all of this, I figured I'd provide a couple of tips that help make things easier. If you're already doing all this, then ignore me [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

1-Root your target as soon as you have him positioned where you want him. That way, when charm breaks he and your former pet don't both run over and start beating on you.
2-Keep your pet targeted except to check the HP of what you're trying to kill. That way when charm breaks, you don't have to scramble to target him
3-The moment charm breaks start casting Screaming Terror on your pet. In my experience, he may interrupt you once, but probably not twice, even if you aren't positioned against a wall. As soon as Screaming terror lands recharm him.
4-When fighting casters try to hide behind corners to LOS them when you don't actively need to cast on them.
5-I don't keep Gate on my bar, though I do keep HS. Just a matter of preference I'm sure!

While deaths in your 30s and 40s feel rough, you're wise to get the learning curve out of the way now instead of in your 50s...like this dumb necro I know [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Stick with it! You'll feel like a rockstar when you get it figured out
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Old 12-09-2021, 04:38 PM
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I went to the Warren's and can now vendor and purchase spells in paineel... wouldn't look back honestly
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Old 12-17-2021, 10:40 AM
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Just to put in my 2cp about Nurga: it's rough. Quite doable as a 34 Necro, but it is butthole clenching. Between all the dots, nuking, dispel, and harmtouch, every fight besides Whipcrackers is very risky. I got about 40% of a level there and didn't die, but came damn close a few times. The EXP is quite good, and the loot is decent, but man is it a rough spot to fight. Getting pretty much any class to come duo it with you would make it amazing.
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Old 12-17-2021, 03:21 PM
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Went there at 35, the Dungeon itself is so confusing.... Died on my 2nd pull of mobs, can't really find the undead side, i found a spectral guardian, i did charm him, i made him fight a spider, charm breaks, FD gets cancel cause spider casts spell in the last second of my FD, 2 roots resists, 3 gate interrupts (i was against a wall)... I don't really know how good this place is, but sure i do hate that there is minimal space to kite and also it does really look so confusing and easy to get lost.
You don't kite anything while charming.

You charm a mob, attack other mobs. Keep target rooted so when charm breaks you're only dealing with your break.

Are you on blue? I'd be happy to give you a quick tour of Kaesora.

There is no better place to do 35-42 ish if you can get proficient charming.
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Old 12-20-2021, 02:03 PM
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You don't kite anything while charming.

You charm a mob, attack other mobs. Keep target rooted so when charm breaks you're only dealing with your break.

Are you on blue? I'd be happy to give you a quick tour of Kaesora.

There is no better place to do 35-42 ish if you can get proficient charming.
How do you manage the first room on the right, when you drop down from the entrance? Every time I go there I find at least one Briarweb Spider that sees through standard invis. Am I supposed to just run past and try to lose aggro with FD? 35 Nec btw.
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Old 01-26-2022, 07:11 PM
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anyone that says live in kaesora starting @ 34 or sythrax charming is lying to you (or did it before current green era where shit is actually fixed and tuned)

Here’s my IKS NEC experience TO DATE

24-34 warslik woods brute caves fear kite EZ MODE (or fort groups)
34-35 dalnir (iksar forsaken area deep in, oddly enough is doable)
35-40 timorous deep (the great oompwomp fear kite EZ MODE)
i am here now deciding on the following:
40-50 city of mist or kaesora (44-50 kaesora charm EZ MODE)
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