Guidance for a new Troubador (lvl 13)

[KarKanth]

<div>Hello,</div><div> </div><div>I have a 13th lvl ratonga troubador on Oasis.  The past couple of days, I've practically been living in the Graveyard at Freeport.  I'd appreciate a bit of guidance on what and where I should be hunting to best advance my level.  Roaming across the countryside doesn't seem so far to be the best choice.  (Also, if there are any equipment suggestions, I'd appreciate those as a well.)</div><div> </div><div>Thanks.</div>

[eleven]

<div>I went to ant  and did as many quest as possible.</div><div> </div>

[Kulaf]

<div></div>Quests are your friends at this level.  Do as many as you can find.  The Mooshga quests at the Crossroads of the Commonlands are nice experience and fairly easy to do.

[KarKanth]

<div></div><div>Quests it is, then.  Anyone know any good sources for quest starting points and details?  I'm finding that much of the information I locate is outdated and useless.  Since I've only been playing for about 2 weeks, its all new to me.  (I'm in that always pleasant phase where all your friends are 60th lvl members of elite guilds and have little time to help you out because they're stuck in manditory raids.)  I appreciate your responses, eleven22 and Kulaf.</div><div> </div>

[eleven]

<div></div><p>sorry all my guys were good started in Qeynos</p><p> </p>

[Kulaf]

<div></div><p>Best place to start in your home zone.  Since you are a Ratonga that would be Temple Street.  Just look for every NPC that has the quest icon over their head and talk to em.  Then branch out to EFP, NFP, SFP and WFP and look for those quest givers.  Grab everything you can.....if nothing else they will lead you to explore other zones like the Commonlands the Sprawl etc.  There is a lot of quest overlap going to the Crossroads.....so head there and snag all of those quests.  If you really want to get adventurous head to the Scribe in NFP and buy some book quests from him.</p><p>Good luck and safe journeys.</p>

[Dillin]

<div></div><p>I'm a lvl 14 Troub on Bazaar.  I just went to my home zone, picked up all the quests in there (Blue cirlces on my map) and as I went to other zones to update them, I picked them all up there as well.  I went from lvl 9 to 14 last night in about 4 hours last night from doing this.  When going out to other zones to kill, I waitied until i had a good amount of quests for that zone (8+).  Once there, pick up all the local ones and get to hacking.  For most mobs I was updating at least 2 quests per kill and as many as 4 at the same time.</p><p>As for looking up quests, I use OGaming (<a href="http://eq2.ogaming.com" target="_blank">http://eq2.ogaming.com</a>).  It really hasn't failed me much yet.  Raid zones and mobs, yeah sometimes outdated.  Regular quests, right on target.  I always read the comments as well since people post what they find like changes and such.</p>

[Bassist]

Also, get <a href="http://maps.eq2interface.com/" target="_blank">EQ2Map</a> so you have the little blue dots mentioned in the prior post.  O-Gaming is the place to go for information, as mentioned.<a href="http://maps.eq2interface.com/" target="_blank"><span></span></a><div></div>

[KarKanth]

<div><font color="#ff0033">Excellent suggestions, all of them.  So it sounds like I install the 3rd party software, roam the streets of Freeport for quests, and gear my kills towards fulfilling quests.  Also, stack as many quests as I can to get the full benefit.  Sounds good to me.  I'll give it a try.  </font></div><div><font color="#ff0033"></font> </div><div><font color="#ff0033">Thanks again.</font></div>

[Menjar]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>KarKanthow wrote:<div></div><div> Since I've only been playing for about 2 weeks, its all new to me.  (I'm in that always pleasant phase where all your friends are 60th lvl members of elite guilds and have little time to help you out because they're stuck in manditory raids.) </div><div><hr></div><div> </div><div>Geez, I hear ya!</div><div> </div><div>After 2-3 weeks, I'm level 25 and am in a guild with 250 people, and yet have only teamed with about 5 of them ever, on maybe 3-4 occassions. Until the last few days when we recruited, everyone was level 60 doing raid after raid after raid. At least we have some fresh faces now.</div><div> </div><div>I think I did well, soloing, for what I could handle, but it's nice to group and be able to take on some cool stuff for once. I wish you luck.</div><div> </div><div>Everyone else is saying the same thing, but I'll just repeat that questing (if you have to solo) is probably the way to go. You've got Sneak skills, and you can find lots of quests in Antonica and the Commonlands to do. You will level much faster with the quests. Otherwise you need to grind green mobs, and some blues (depending) -- but usually I just did my grinding as part of "kill X" quests.</div><div> </div><div>If you can find some good pickup groups, go for it; you'll be able to tackle things far beyond your solo capabilities with other people tanking for you. Good luck!</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></blockquote>

[Dillin]

<div></div><p>Recently hit lvl 20 with my Troub.  Be sure to check back in all your home zones.  I've noticed that as you advance, you can pick up higher lvl quests that weren't available before.</p><p>Definitly get EQ2Map.  I'm not sure if SOE, EAQ2Map or my Fetish UI does this, but I get Orange circles from quest givers, solid orange circles for quest updaters/Completions (Not killable mobs).  It makes it much easier to go into a zone and know exactly where you have to go to get or update quests, especially since you can sort by zone and know exactly what you need to do in each zone.</p><p>It's funny, my guildies think quests are a waste of time.  I have remained 2 lvls behind my Illusionist friend who plays 6+ hours more then me a day and he's dropped a ton more money into gear and spell upgrades.  Why?  I do quests and he straight grinds.  Plus, quests keep my mind occupied instead of just going through and killing the same mob over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over... you get the idea.</p>

[911GT3]

I find that camping and grinding heroics with a good group is the best and most entertaining way to level up. You get to relax, chat, and you dont have to worry about much. I never realy enjoy doing quests because they usually involve lots of running around and wasting time.<div></div>

[eleven]

<div></div><div>I agree that there is a lot of running around , but I disagree that they waste time.</div><div>Unless of course your doing quest that are 5 levels old.</div><div> </div><div>For example last night I had a Writ quest that took me to a new zone , i think it is called freeott?</div><div>Anyhow, just looking for the mob that I were to kill x amount of , I ran into new discoveries.</div><div>Finding each discover raised my XP by 3-5% each time. Then I found my target, killed them, got my status points and leveled at the same time.</div><div> </div><div>I'm sure alot of it is just preferece.</div><div> </div><div>I think the best thing to do is find a group of poeple  who you can group with often and do Quest with them. Get the same quest for everyone and complete them together. If you consistantly group with the same couple of people, than everyone stays on the same page.  I go out side my guild many times, in fact my favorite group which gets together on the weekedns consist of 6 people only 2 are from the same guild.</div><div> </div><div> </div><p>Message Edited by eleven22 on <span class="date_text">02-15-2006</span><span class="time_text">07:20 AM</span></p>

[Menjar]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>911GT3 wrote:I find that camping and grinding heroics with a good group is the best and most entertaining way to level up. You get to relax, chat, and you dont have to worry about much. I never realy enjoy doing quests because they usually involve lots of running around and wasting time.<div></div><hr></blockquote><p>Just a matter of preference. I've done both, and while camping/grinding can be fun for awhile with the same group (especially when the named mobs start popping up, and the loot they bring), the same-old keystrokes starts to get boring.</p><p>I tend to like quests better because of the solo potential (so they're flexible) and because I'm more of an "explorer" type than a "social" type gamer. Solowise, I find most of my XP as a troub comes from quest completion -- although my XP gain does accelerate greatly when I group and grind due to the heavier DPS and tanking of others.</p>

[Kulaf]

<div></div>One advantage of questing is that it is not based off your Vitality.  So even if you are at 0.0% adventure vitality you get full xp from a quest.  So they are nice to do when you are letting your adventure vitality recover.