Camp with lots of LB mobs for lvl 85?Follow

I am looking for good camp where to powerlevel my SK.

I have a lvl 85 mage with A2 healer merc (Free Player account), so it would be nice to find a camp with lots of light blue mobs, where I can FD my lvl 63 SK and chain pull/kill with mage.

I was in Loping Plains at druid ring killing treants and other stuff, but there’s not enough mobs, I have to run around to find some and just sit and wait till they respawn.
Is there any camp for lvl 85, for example like Maiden’s Eye entrance (zoning from Dawnshroud Peaks) with lots of gorangas or Blackfeather Roost or something like that?


Edited, Oct 1st 2014 9:05am by Surimuri

Thanks, Hexeez! Sounds good. I will check it out!

This camp in Loping Plains Hexeez was talking about is really good - lots of mobs for chain killing.
I will try Riftseekers Sanctum next - I do need augs. Are these 25AC augs no drop?

I tried wandering into RSS with my wiz. It was tough, but doable (I think he's like level 82). Didn't seem like the exp was that great, but that may just be a false impression. I went into MPG and the mobs were a bit easier. Not sure if exp is better there though, but I'd just come from plowing through massive numbers of lt blue mobs in WoS that just greened, so that may be an unfair comparison. Augs might be worth doing though (although, not sure for a wiz, but whatever). I'm kinda in that same "looking for a good hunting spot" range.

Katta? That's an idea. I passed on it with my pally (just didn't work out so great, and no undead). I did look up a bunch of the quest stuff and it looked interesting though. So I'll give it a try. Thanks!

http://lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=70292 from RSS bottom was the one I was referring to. There are others though and some more 25AC from Dreadspire Keep. See https://everquest.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=1&mid=1258744503313114438 for more options.

Yther Ore.

Edited, Nov 4th 2014 1:02am by Yther

Depends as Katta trash mobs are mainly in the 73 - 75 range which may be a little low when leveling vs AA'ing. But If that lvl range is fine for you, I would choose going by the Greenhouse Camp in Katta ,as when you run out of Shissar mobs inside, there are a few more in the nearby ruins and a group of Fire Elementals by a ramp ( launchpad looking structure) next to the Greenhouse as well as the Whirlpool mobs all behind the Greenhouse (looks like a mini tornado's).. So you should have plenty mobs when doing a LOD burn..

Otherwise Loping Plains are 75-79 trash throughout the zone and 77-79 trash in the spot outside the Vamp cave as mentioned above.

Gyro Beza and Zeka are also good spots for a lvl 85's and those are a little tougher than LP or Katta and top out at about lvl 83 for the trash mobs..but with HOT abstruse /terror gear or heroic gear it is much easier than back when it was live.


Good luck.

Thanks ! Of course, my problem is I worked two or three characters to low 60s levels, and got a few free 85 HCs. So I'm still learning what 85 can do. I have 3 hot bars now, but remembering what the capabilities are is what I need to work on.

edit: I just have the stock 85 HC armor. Not much in the way of anything else.

Edited, Nov 5th 2014 5:19pm by Geroblue

Hi Geroblue,
Ahh, then Katta Greenhouse is where you could safely practice the abilities etc, but for reg xp for 85 it would be slow, even more so if in a group with lower characters leeching xp while not adding to dps to kill the mobs faster.

The gear that the heroic characters start with is just a tad below Abstruse (HOT t1 group armor) which makes it very good group gear for a level 85 character. I wouldn't even consider re-gearing to anything on the character until lvl 90 after which (from lvl 91) the spell focus will degrade for the castors/priests.



You got zero xp for 20 light blue cons ?
Was that in Katta?
If so, what group make up, how many members/mercs etc and what level spread were the characters in the group?

The reason I ask is because I would think you would get at least some AAXP on the hi characters doing the levelling or even part of an AA (you should see the aaxp bar at least move a bit as a mob is killed)-but if zero xp or aaxp something isn't right.. Levelling should be slow but very easy in Katta for the 85's doing the bulk of the damage/fighting.

Maybe Katta does not cut it at 85..because a level 60 could group with a higher character to 90 and still gain xp, once the high cons see green and up(Katta should be lt blue). But if green or the bottom of light blue cons, the 85s will get a pittance of xp and you should move to higher con mobs..

LP has slightly higher and harder hitting mobs than Katta for 85 characters power levelling 60's characters and there are plenty safe places to set up camp.

Good luck.

Edited, Nov 6th 2014 6:26pm by hexeez

Yes, in Katta. My 85 shaman, a healer merc, and the pet. No one else. I kept checking, no movement of XP or AAXP bars. Not a bit. Only greens I got were the fairies outside the gate in point of Dragon Hills. Which I tried for about 10 minutes, then went to Katta after the giant walking robot hit my character a glancing blow for a large number of hp.

All of the mobs I hit in Katta were light blue. South east area. Two flame elementals ) whisperers I think), several Shissars mobbed my merc and I but I prevailed ( they were around a campfire near some tents. I tried pulling 1 and got most of them after me.), and 2 or 3 prayermakers.

This particular character has a -208 mana regen, yes minus. When I get a mount under the character, it drops to -175 mana regen, but on a mount it goes back up to 100 percent full with the -175 still there. I haven't noticed this on one other 85HC I checked.


edit: Dragonscale Hills, not Dragon Hills. Besides the green wood nymphs, I also took on a few lb wolves. No xp change for them either.

Edited, Nov 7th 2014 7:21am by Geroblue

No -208 this morning... I checked another 85 HC on the same account and server, not there. Only thing I can think of is a buff that isn't there now. If it happens again I'll get a screen shot.

I've thought about Teek... mostly what I wanted to do was go to zones I haven't been to before. Which is why I chose Dragonscale and Katta.

I can still do Teek. It will have to be later today though, or maybe tomorrow. Depending on my schedule with the relatives. Maybe there will be double XP for Veterans' Day holiday weekend ?

Wait. You're saying that in an hour and 15 minutes of hunting lt blue mobs, you gained just 3% regular exp and 13% AA? That's... slow. Are you killing mobs at a steady rate, or running around a lot? Because it sounds like you're not being terribly efficient if you're actually trying to gain exp.

If I may make a suggestion? I don't play a shaman, but it seems to me like a tank merc might be more efficient given as you have decent healing (and should be able to heal against lt blu mobs just fine). With a healer merc, your damage is limited to your own spells. Which isn't bad assuming you're stacking your dots properly, but someone has to be tanking the mob unless you're root rotting or something, in which case, why have a merc at all? And your pet become a liability rather than a benefit. Using a tank merc you can let him tank while you heal and dot/nuke, while the pet adds extra damage (and wont take any cause the merc will be tanking). Seems like a much better way to go, although maybe some other folks who play shammies can make even better suggestions.