(Above may not be true. They may have changed due to a patch, as an unintended consequence. Evidently the plan is to change them every three months. We'll have to see what happens, I guess.)Bold Text
Level 20: South Karana
Level 25: Lake of Ill Omen
Level 30: Solusek's Eye
Level 35: Dreadlands
Level 40: City of Mist
Level 45: Dranik's Scar
Level 50: Velketor's Labyrinth
Level 55: Plane of Innovation
Level 60: Veksar
Level 65: Barren Coast
Level 70: Arcstone, Isle of Spirits
Level 75: Jewel of Atiiki
Level 80: Valdeholm
Level 85: Meldrath's Majestic Mansion
Level 90: Fear Itself (House of Thuale-T3 zone)
Level 95: Sarith, City of Tides
They dropped the alternate Level 90 zone and added a Level 95. Makes sense. No idea why they didn't add a Level 100. I can see not having a hot zone for "max" level toons (105), since they don't need the boost just for AA's, which are quick enough to acquire. But level 100 could use one.
In terms of zone quality for XPing, they all look pretty good. Zones like Karana, LOIO, Dreadlands, SolA, Velks, PoInnovation, Dranik's Scar, are all nice "open" zones packed with mobs to fight. Each can easily provide sustenance for multiple groups. Same for Veksar, Barren Coast, Arcstone, Valdeholm. I'm less currently familiar with the rest but IIRC they all are well designed for this purpose. At least they didn't pick horrible zones like Plane of Sky.
I read Sarith is "bugged" somehow in terms of the kill task giving the desired results. I just did the "Kill 5 mobs" with king crabs and I had no problems. Earned 10 AA's for 10 minutes work, and that was with no XP boost running AND using a merc. Frankly, I was surprised to be alone in the zone, since this is a nice AAXP reward for anyone not maxed out.
Fear Itself gave me 5 AA's, at level 105, and again that was with no XP booster and a merc. A group with Lesson running would probably earn more than 10 aa's per member. Fear Itself is a bindable zone, btw.
The biggest issue with some of these zones is getting to them, which can take some running around. For a quick daily task you don't want to spend as much time getting to the zone as fighting in it. Might want to make friends with a wiz or dru who is willing to bind himself there and port the group right to the camp spot!
Now let's see if they keep the promise of new zones every 3 months, like in the Good Ole Days...
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Well, it looks like the hot zones can change DAILY. When I took the level 95 task today the zone changed from Sarith to Pillars of Alra. The level 90 changed from Fear Itself to Arthicrex. I haven't checked out the lower zones. This is rather intriguing and a GREAT way to get players to explore a variety of zones. I like it! Also makes it pointless to bind in a hotzone expecting to go back every day...
In a duo with Lesson running (no mercs) both toons got 17aa's for completing the task in the level 100 hot zone.I read in chat that "hot zone XP is broken" so not sure if this is what is supposed to be awarded or what.
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