Grinding at lvl~60

[Heartfang]

ahh so much talk about C4 now so I guess this tread will stick out a bit :)

anyway, again I need help with hunting-grounds for lvl~60.
I dont realy care if its x1 or x4 mobs, as long as they are "easy" to hunt.. (no big groups, no stunners, and I prefer not running around to much)

so, I have tried some places, and havent found any good yet.

*Enchanted valley. more than 50% of all mobs have turned blue. sure, its still possible to hunt here but there is some XP loss cuz of the blue mobs :(

*Apostate. have to venture deep to get past the stun mobs, into medusa rooms. its hard to keep one room clean with low SO buffs (mainly vr1)

*bandit stronghold. I think they are still green, not 100% tho.. BUT, its a LOT of running around, and somehow I cant keep my buff-bot running after me. he always stops, dont knw why :(

*Giant cave. there is some stunners here, but I havent tried to solo the place yet...I guess its possible if you are careful..not sure tho.

so, any other suggestions? or do I have to stick to enchanted valley? (oh, I realy hate those books...)

[FelineFury147]

So you're using bots huh?

[TemplarZ]

Fields of Massacre

[_Charmille_]

Get into a party >.>

Ok, Devastated castle area has some nice mobs a clanny TK soloes there with self buffs so you should be fine with low SO buffs too. You might also wanna try Antharas lair entrance, death waves, bloody queens and cave beasts altho I'd rather go there with a 3 man party. You could also always try ToI 1/2nd floor, might be good. Or, go to Valley of Saints, seems to be a nice place for those in their early 60s.

[DorelliunGustin]

I dont realy care if its x1 or x4 mobs, as long as they are "easy" to hunt.. (no big groups, no stunners, and I prefer not running around to much)

--Lineage was never intended to be easy. If you don't put in the work, don't expect the rewards to come running to you. In rapturous joyful tear-laden mirth, I am very happy to state that Chronicle 4's partial solution to the botting problem is a good one. Monsters are smarter now, which spells disaster for looping routine-scripted bots. If someone wanted to watch a game that played itself, all they need to do is just turn on a television to the Cartoon Channel. I have no sympathy for bots that don't survive.

That being said, I have found my favorite spot for my spellhowler was the Valley of Saints. Lots of very quickly spawning mobs there that I two-shot with hurricane. Watch out for the Pilgrim mobs. They have a chain nuking attack pattern that will eat you alive. If you take the solo monsters and are alert, you will make a lot of experience in a very short time. Also be watchful of new unexpected attacks, including ressing dead monsters, summoning monsters, casters that debuff, cancel and teleport.

Additionally, there are 2 quests that overlap there at about your level. Talk to Trader Vladimir in Rune Castle Town's market area.

[Heartfang]

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So you're using bots huh?

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I am? im boxing, I dont think thats the same as using bots..

yea i have checked field of massacre, its seems ok, but there will be a lot of running around, and it was full with bots, but yea it may be a good spot. good drops and XP as well.
(6000 xp for a x1 mob wtf..--> archers)

yepp I have been in Toi1. its possible to solo, yes, but vr1 is barely keeping me going, and adds are realy dangerous there. those ghosts nuke the [censored] out of me if I aggro 1-2 by misstake :( me and a WC couldent even keep the room clean.. :( but yea, If I could I would lvl there, they drop fluids :)

partys are best yes, small partys..a trio..big partys give very bad xp, at least in my experiance. a trio is nice, but I need to know good solo spots so I dont have to stand in town waiting for alliance/randoms to need a bd.. while Im waiting rather get som good xp :)

[cccya]

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*bandit stronghold. I think they are still green, not 100% tho.. BUT, its a LOT of running around, and somehow I cant keep my buff-bot running after me. he always stops, dont knw why :(

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you said bot not anyone eles.....

well being in my 60 aswell i still hunt in EV with a low lvl clannie around lvl 50. sure xp isn't great but because of so many mobs even if other groups are there we can kill very fast with little running... we get VR2 somtimes and we have no down time....

[CimexusSH]

- Forsaken Plains.
- Devastated Castle
- Area closeby to Forbidden Gateway with the Drakes and Kadios and things.

But most importantly:

- PARTIES. L2 is a party-oriented game and with a very few exceptions, most classes cannot solo effectively at high lvls. Plus, the profitable quests for 60+ levels are mostly group quests. Also, I noticed you are a BD...what the hell are you doing soloing, you are one of the most desired group members there is :)

[Heartfang]

cccya, yea, buff-bot..whatever..its a boxed SO that I have made /follow. call it a boxed SO or a buff-bot or whatever you like. just becuz people say they have a buff-bot it doesent mean they have a BOT. its nopt the same thing. not for me at least.

Im a BD yes, and I must say they solo very well. sure they may be a very wanted class for parties, but please tell that to my alliance or other players so I can join them :)
and yet again, I have no desire to join a 9 peope party..mostly they give half the xp / mob, and kill slower than I am soloing. so i dont see the point. except for drops and quests i supose, and if you dont like to solo.

EV is still good i think, yes, but all that books..omg..

[sudekii]

as a lvl 63 BD i can say that solo is deffinatly the fastest way to xp....at your lvl, feilds of massacre is the way to go.

Unlike you tho, i have got all these lvl's easy enough without even haveing a heler/buffer, there is no need, bd's are just that nice to solo with :), ya it will make it easier, just saying i did it without, so u can do it easy with.

[_Charmille_]

Get into a ToI 10th floor or 11th floor nuker party and the exp will flow, 15k per angel, good drops, fast killing and fun :)

Or, Valley of Saints, pretty easy if you're carefull, gives good exp(in duo 5-6,5k per mob)Fast spawn, altho most mobs attack with magic but full BO set helps at that ^^

[Heartfang]

no buffs? ****, with no buffs (no vr) I need like 1 Greater healing potion / mob.. but I have vr1 and that keeps me going.
I just hope my SO doesent get killed to much there tho..

[sudekii]

i have GHP for emergancy, but i commonly use normal healing potions, still turn out a profit......+4 str, +4 dex, -8 Con.....easy and fast solo, makes partys a thing of the past....and now with the beast farm, go get a trained cougar and it gives you vr3, btb5, and heals you, <3 it....oh and valley of the saints is easy for me to solo at 63 and like 8k or more xp per mob :).....<3<3<3 C4

[Heartfang]

the cougar, it gets vr3? o.O
where can I get info on the new pets? if you know please send me a pm where to find it :)
ty

[Bhodosativa]

I like valley of the saints. Oh my god... two nukes for 9-11k exp ( on overhit, 8+ otherwise ). So ****....

It's also very dangerous. Most of the mobs are aggro, and all are social with each other... and some form small parties, yet others teleport to you when you attack another. Oh, and more then half of them are nukers, and have debuffs like slow, cancel, poison, seal of flame, and etc.

Very dangerous, but very good exp.

[Stanimir]

beast farm and i advise agaist trying to get. it last some time (not too much). if you log off it will go away for sure (w/o noblesse port, well now there are it take awful time just to get there). it's dangerous to train (aside it costs some money). even as 77 storm screamer it's not so easy to train them. you may end up w/ a 6x mob aggro on you. plus there are some aggro mobs there as well.

it's fun to do it but not really as a way to help solo.
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cemetery, devastated castle, LoA entrance (outside), FG, Forsake plains... etc
there are many solo areas. just try 'em out.

[Kruken]

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I like valley of the saints. Oh my god... two nukes for 9-11k exp ( on overhit, 8+ otherwise ). So ****....

It's also very dangerous. Most of the mobs are aggro, and all are social with each other... and some form small parties, yet others teleport to you when you attack another. Oh, and more then half of them are nukers, and have debuffs like slow, cancel, poison, seal of flame, and etc.

Very dangerous, but very good exp.

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Valley of the saints is a nukers dream I love it there. Oh ya dont forget the blood saint quest collect 300 and you get to choose from xp, sp, or adena when you turn them in. Friend turned in 300 and got 150k xp.

[Lunori]

**** i never been at new grounds of c4,
Would fields of massacre fit for the soloing SK? I would appreciate some info about those grounds, as i understand archer mobs live there (wery good, deflect arrow ftw). What is hp and lvl of mobs there?

[Bhodosativa]

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Valley of the saints is a nukers dream I love it there. Oh ya dont forget the blood saint quest collect 300 and you get to choose from xp, sp, or adena when you turn them in. Friend turned in 300 and got 150k xp.

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O_O

Quest..

Details..

NPC..

NOW!

[Heartfang]

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**** i never been at new grounds of c4,
Would fields of massacre fit for the soloing SK? I would appreciate some info about those grounds, as i understand archer mobs live there (wery good, deflect arrow ftw). What is hp and lvl of mobs there?

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I have hunted there some hours now, and its ok. not the best xp, but I have a low-lvl buffer in my group so he drags the xp down a bit (he is more than 20 lvl lower than me = xp penalty) but I think they give around 5500xp or so, the archers..very low def and they die fast. and there is nothing dangerous in that area, sure some aggros, but its not dangerous even if you get 3 or 4 or 5 on you at the same time. at least not for a BD. (only have vr1)
gl

[Kieva]

Mid 60's would say beast farm. I was up there with my 66 PR this weekend and it was actually pretty good exp. As someone warned though you have to take care up there. Trainning the pets is a bit tricky you feed them golden spice or crystal spice (theres NPC's up there that sell it) to the baby cougars, buffallo, or two headed birds.

First time you feed the mob will grow and agro, same with second time, thrid time I think (or maybe it 4 tmes) you have a chance to train the pet or it turns on you and is 4X (havent seen any 6X mobs). The buffallo and birds are white to my PR but the cougars where still yellow. If they dont train and turn on you it can get dangerous really quick...they hit hard and also nuke.

But if you do train one they are handy. Seem to stay with you as long as you have spice in your inventory although I did have one run away from me. The cougar is the one I usually got and the buffs varried. Seems it will cast 3 buffs on you no more. Buffs I got from a cougar have been Bless the Body 5, guidence 3, Vr3, Regeneration, and haste 2. Again will only cast 3 buffs on you and if you already have one of the buffs they cast it wont cast it (example if you have a swift attack pot you wont get Haste2 from it). They also heal for about 833hp a heal. Sometimes they are very active and heal alot...other times you wonder if the pet went afk so be sure you have heal pots of your own just in case.

At 66 most of the mobs up there are white (cougars are yellow) but most also have crit attack pwr and crit dmg on them so you can get hurt pretty quick..they nuke and use soulshots at times as well. Duoed with an EE up there for a bit and he would go feed other pets spice to grow them up but not train them and we would kill them...they are 3-4X mobs and was getting 15k to 20k per on thoses. Normal mobs like the bears and raiders that are agro got 7-9k solo and in duo 5-6k. Fast spawn rate so was constant pulls with really no down time with the trainned pets healing/buffing and in the case of nukers/healers recharging.

Fun place.

[HIeverybody]

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I like valley of the saints. Oh my god... two nukes for 9-11k exp ( on overhit, 8+ otherwise ). So ****....

It's also very dangerous. Most of the mobs are aggro, and all are social with each other... and some form small parties, yet others teleport to you when you attack another. Oh, and more then half of them are nukers, and have debuffs like slow, cancel, poison, seal of flame, and etc.

Very dangerous, but very good exp.

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Valley of the saints is a nukers dream I love it there. Oh ya dont forget the blood saint quest collect 300 and you get to choose from xp, sp, or adena when you turn them in. Friend turned in 300 and got 150k xp.

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a nukers dream? not if u are a cheap necro that refuses to use deathspike... try cdling there! I swore off the valley of the saints.... great exp though... I almost could stay at positive exp... maybe i will try again tonight....

[Bhodosativa]

You need to find a good spot... that's all.

I found a good line of spawnings on a ledge. I think there are about 8-12 spawns there... running back and forth.. it works out nicely. Bladers, Flashes, Wisdom, and Angers spawn there. Three nukers, one melee ( The melee spawns a clone of itself ). They're pretty predictable, and they are well spaced. As a nuker, I have enough time to pull two and coming out on top without a single hit.

I might try CDLing them myself... Necros FTW.

[SinPalabras]

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You need to find a good spot... that's all.

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That is the key with VoS. Location, location, location. And of course the ~ 8K xp per mob is decent.

But even then, expect to do some running around. I hunted in VoS over the weekend with my SH and my biggest complaint is it is much slower xp over time compared to DC or some other places. Even FG has faster respawn rates and less ground to cover. I can't speak for other nuker classes, but DE nukers get the most out of Avadon, acumen stacked, Deathspike, Body to Mind, and Corpse Life Drain when there are plenty of fast-spawning mobs in a small area.

As for the melee DE classes, I still think Fields of Massacre is your best bet if you have to solo. Doom Knights will shock you regularly, but everything else in that area near DC is good huntin'!

[Kruken]

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Valley of the saints is a nukers dream I love it there. Oh ya dont forget the blood saint quest collect 300 and you get to choose from xp, sp, or adena when you turn them in. Friend turned in 300 and got 150k xp.

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O_O

Quest..

Details..

NPC..

NOW!

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If you go on the right side to the back of VoS there is a cave down in the valley. Inside the cave is an NPC that gives the quest. I hunted there with 2 other nukers and SE. We all killed our own mobs xp came really fast and in an hour I had 70 quest items and gained 15% xp. Don't know how fast the quest items will come if you solo but should be at a decent pace.

I have found a couple good areas there where they spawn pretty fast and are spread out enough. Being an Sps I walk so I definatley try to find alot that are close together. VoS and the area outside rune are the best areas for my nuker. Everywhere else in the new areas have xhp mobs better xp but suck up tooooooooo much mp.