Dungeons are massive - enjoy the crawl

[Ellay]

I am not sure on the dungeon finder feature yet either because I am mentoring down other characters so they cannot queue together and playing 6 total.
So far having 6 different classes is amazing because there is so much to learn from it all.

[moosejaw]

Are you using "hotzones" for leveling? I found recommended leveling paths/zones for both games using the extra exp zones. Also, this weekend begins double exp for the anniversary celebration.

[Ellay]

Nope, not even sure where to see the hot zones thing. I've literally been jumping from dungeon to dungeon. With a druid and wizard in the group getting anywhere is very easy but if you have a guild that has the portals (most do) it's the same thing. Travel in this game is much easier, then buy a mount for each char (can use at lvl 10) and you now have 130% run speed.

Just finished up Mistmoore castle, and the fights are getting better. I've had to go through my hotkeys and actually work out defensive cooldowns and coordinate cc better. So far level 72 and have yet to "grind". I've explored an entire dungeon and kill everything on my way and move on.

[Lyonheart]

The exp is way faster than last time.. i was using RaF before FTP and im leveling close to the same now.. with just rested exp. But I did the same thing, mostly dungeons and some questing.

[Lyonheart]

Are you using "hotzones" for leveling? I found recommended leveling paths/zones for both games using the extra exp zones. Also, this weekend begins double exp for the anniversary celebration.

Will this be for both EQ1 and EQ2? and where you get that info.. i only see people talking about it in teh EQ1 forums. ( its EQ1s anniverary )

[moosejaw]

Here are some zone guides for EQ and EQ2

EQ: Zone level chart that shows the hot zones. Using the Serpent spine zones netted my team 31-46 in 2 days. About 3%/kill at even con.
Leveling guide that is a little dated but still useful.

EQ2: Progression charts showing the "golden path" and normal paths.

[Lyonheart]

Well, i spent the day getting to 20ish so i could start doing dungons ( you can start earlier, but i was enjoying the starting area quests ) I did ok with just my two BLs and their warders ( pets ). On yellow ^^^s i needed to pull out my two mercs.. mystic and paly for now.. going to try different tanks/healers as i level. The paly held agro well! He might be a keeper 8) Im going to upgrade my 3rd account for a a wiz for ports. You dont really need them for that..but they do crazy DPS as well, will be nice, and ill give him a healer type that can dps when the extra heals are not needed.

I had a blast, i was so happy to get to 20, i dont mind questing, but I forgot how enjoyable dungon crawling is! And the FEEL like dungons! Im in Stormhold now, tight corridors , maze like hallways.. multi level greatness! I love doing the quests you find inside them, and clearing rooms for nameds! If you dont have EQMaps..GET IT! it's great.. tells you all the quest objective locs and named locs 8). I have a ton of exp potions from all the vet rewards.. i am using the lesser ones ( 20-50% exp boost ) for these lower levels ( after vit is used up ) And ill save the better ones for high levels.

[Starbuck_Jones]

The paladin and shadowknight mercs are crazy tanks. They can literally powerlevel you through content and dungeons up to 80. The assassin merc will make you cry with it's dps. The inquisitor merc is the only heal merc that actually knows what it's doing. He wont mess around getting rid of debuffs and healing you, but I found it hard to keep him alive if he participates in combat inside dungeons. Just stick him on follow and enjoy the 5 group buffs or so and let him herp-derp it up as he heals/cures you all day long.

[moosejaw]

I just bought the Age of Discovery exp today and plan to test out a merc tonight. I took my 6 box team back into Stormhold last night and it was much easier than I remember. Damn I love the server side settings of EQ2. All I did was setup Isboxer and my macros were still saved where I left them 3 years ago. Jumped right into the dungeon and started fighting. I'm Lovin It!!

[Lyonheart]

I just bought the Age of Discovery exp today and plan to test out a merc tonight. I took my 6 box team back into Stormhold last night and it was much easier than I remember. Damn I love the server side settings of EQ2. All I did was setup Isboxer and my macros were still saved where I left them 3 years ago. Jumped right into the dungeon and started fighting. I'm Lovin It!!

Yea..love that the macros were saved! I had some wrong though.. was lowest recast time to longest.. that's backwards 8(.. i am using my dirge atm with an Ing merc ..paly merc and mystic merc for my two BLs( going to change the mystic i think ). My dirg is 79, mentoring down. About to go test harder content. team is 27 now. people are saying what i have is overkill lol.. that is good 8)