Feldon You’ll remember that one of the biggest complaints about the Rise of Kunark expansion is that combat XP was so minimal that hours spent in a dungeon barely budged the adventure level meter. The only means to level was to Solo.
In an ironic twist, players are reporting that it is not possible to level from 80 to 90 entirely by soloing in Sentinel’s Fate.
At level 86 or 87 with mastercrafted or T1/T2 gear, the first wing of the Hole should be no problem for 2-3 casual players. And you’ll earn enough XP to reach 90 in just a few hours of play.
If you are a questaholic, then take a look at using a Chronomage to adjust your level to 70 and do the ~50 new quests in Tenebrous Tangle, Barren Sky, and Bonemire. That, plus some of the easier quests in The Hole (which should be soloable at level 88-89) should get you to 90. I do understand some folks play EQ2 entirely as a solo game (I personally feel there are much better solo games out there, but I digress).
We feel that no one gameplay style should be the “only” way to level, so this is worthy of addressing. Hopefully it won’t take 2 years to fix.
The only thing to comment to those people is the same that one should have said to the whiners in ROK: Fook off. If you limit yourself to a certain playstyle, then learn to accept the consequences of your self-imposed limits.
This is a “one time only thing” for people that were level 80 and had completed all quests prior to SF.
I recently leveled a character and hadn’t touched JW or Moors quests before hitting 80. I was about 1/2 way through the KJ line.
Any future players will likely be able to level to 84 or 85 with quests before ever starting in Odus.
imo, it was a wise move considering there is now a overabundance of quests between 70 and 80.
The thing they did incorrectly is that all content in Odus should have been 81+ mobs. There was no reason for the sub 80 content.
Gnova has it right – I dinged 80 in December partway through JW (this was just before the exp streamlining for 65-75), finished JW for AA and saved the Moors for the level cap increase. I was, frankly, concerned about raising the cap with only two overland zones in the expansion, compared to five zones for 70-80. It looks like I’ll hit 83 or so by the time I’m out of the Moors, and I guess I’ll find out if that was enough of a headstart.
(Also remember that the Rime timeline did not exist until last fall, so four of those zones were less populated, and the fifth was added in an expansion a year after ROK. Presumably there will be more content added to the 80’s through game updates, and possibly the next expansion.)
P.S. I personally have level capped characters in both WoW and LOTRO, and I happen to be soloing in EQ2 at the moment… but I digress. 😉
I’m glad I can group to level and that questing is just a part of leveling up. I think that’s the way it should be. I just report the news.
I spent 3 hours chain pulling 90+ mobs by the Seal ring event to earn 62% while using xp pots. I see no difference between the SF grind and RoK grind. I get .2% exp per heroic kill with vitality… Killing 500 encounters to reach a level is not grinding… it’s wasting your time.