Leveling Solo above 65Follow

For a relaxing, safe camp area to XP in when solo/molo you can head over to either The Steepes or Sunderock Springs to XP.

If Sunderock, I would take the 65 Beast to solo/molo the Seething Mist and Seething Steam Drakes south of the Wizard Spires (Wiz port in) to fight until you get closer to 70 (there is a large spout/tornado looking thing in the centre of the clusters of Drakes).. These are the lowest mobs in the zone that you can get in groups/clusters large enough to xp efficiently or burn a LOD.. Then when the Beastlord gets 3-4 levels, he can take on the higher level 70 Basilisks and Drakes near the Goru zone line.

The 65 Beast needs to be in Defiant Gear or better as they mostly con white to yellow at 65. The per kill XP is not great but they have lower hps and do not hit as hard as the mobs at the entrance from Goru..They also flee at low health but there is plenty room on the outskirts/perimeter to make it not an issue, even without a fast refresh snare option.

Vendor fodder is not that good but there are two or three useful augs you can get off of them. Including a rare 20 AC Aug and the old Hotzone AC aug with some HPs and heroic stats.

At 65, there are also many other old world options though ie Nobles Causeway (staying above the canyons and clearing your way deeper into the zone). They are mostly dark blue to 65 and have lower HPs than TSS mobs of the same level range, but you will get some adds there. The loot is definitely better than Sunderock, ie diamonds, ruby's, old world gear- some with good tribute value and other vendor fodder.

Good luck.

Personally I would recommend not levelling in TSS zones. I levelled a paladin up to 85 and found it much, much faster and more enjoyable to fight in older content that was level appropriate. My main problem with TSS zones is the mobs have too many hitpoints. When you're a low damage class, it just takes longer to kill mobs, which is more boring (particularly when you're solo). IMO the zones are also bland/ugly, flavorless, and rely too much on global drops to feed you, which means the loot table is generic and boring. I found it much more enjoyable and lucrative to fight in old zones. At 65, I used zones like: Crypt of Decay, Temple of Droga, Sebilis, The Hole, Chardok, Plane of Nightmare, Acrylia Caverns, Maiden's Eye, Wall of Slaughter, and LDONs. The Kunark zones particularly have good loot, are interesting to run around in, and the kills come much faster. You're not fighting yellows, but you can kill multiple mobs at once, which I find more interesting than soloing a yellow, medding back to full health, and doing it again. Around that level I started running LDONs with lobby buffs to save up for that one aug, the dodge aug. I found they're pretty good for quick AA, provided you can kill relatively quickly. If you're truly solo though you might find it difficult to request them.
I also recommend using a DPS merc if you can, rather than a healer, and buy the spider bite potions religiously.

Also, isn't the level 65 hot zone still the aptly named PoS? Terrible terrible idea for a hotzone.

Don't have much to add except my agreement that killing lots of lower level stuff is generally faster and more fun than struggling to kill one yellow at a time. Unless you're hunting for drops, stick to lower level stuff IMO. And frankly, even if it's about drops, the fastest route to better gear is to level anyway. The stuff you'll struggle with today will be easy in a few levels, so why not just focus on leveling and money instead? Just buy gear in the bazaar and level. Most importantly, have fun. If you're not having fun where you are, move to somewhere else. At the end of the day, it's a game, right?

Edited, Jun 8th 2015 2:55pm by gbaji

Which server you on I have 61 beast maybe we can team up. I am in no rush and take my time as well.

plane of storms?

I get the objective of the idea (and actually agree with it), but I could see some technical difficulties getting in the way. Also, isn't there already a grouping exp bonus? And that doesn't address the issue of dailies at all. They've always had a set of things that go along with hotzones (increased exp rate, special aug drops (and isn't there a cross zone aug quest?), daily tasks). Honestly, I think that items 1 and 3 are relatively easy to switch in and out. It's number 2 that causes the problem (isn't that always the case ). I suspect they don't want to swamp the game with too many augs, and it takes some effort to create new items, so that creates a roadblock for changing the hotzones.

Dunno. I suspect it's just low on their list of things to fix/change. I don't even care (much) about them changing the hotzones (although, as mentioned, several of them are questionable), but it would be nice if they'd add higher level ones.