The Road from 60-80?

[Neraku]

<p>Currently lvl 53 and have had no trouble soloing/grouping up to this point, I have also not had the need to upgrade any of my spell beyond adept 1 and just using quest reward equipment. I know they changed it to where you level faster now between 1-60 and boy did they(4 days time played) I'm sure some people have done it way quicker than that. I know that with other classes its a must to get mc gear and adept3 spells to level/group, but so far playing the warlock I have not had the need/desire too since the leveing is going by so fast. The question I have for the Warlock peeps is this.</p><p>1. Does the playstyle/difficulty change that much for 60-80? Meaning can I still save my money by not buying rares/adept3/masters?</p><p>2. Can I still level/group good enough using quest reward items? And is there that much of an extra advantage to getting adept3/masters/mastercrafted gear before 80?</p><p>3. What is the lowest level spell that 80 warlocks cast that needs upgrading to adept3? Meaning what spell do I need to start the upgrading to adept3 with and is there any spells from that point on to 80 that does not need upgrading?</p><p>4. And last question is how much if any does it slow down between the levels of 60-80?</p>

[DwarvesR]

<p><cite>Neraku wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>1. Does the playstyle/difficulty change that much for 60-80? Meaning can I still save my money by not buying rares/adept3/masters?</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000;">It doesn't really change, no.</span></p><p>2. Can I still level/group good enough using quest reward items? And is there that much of an extra advantage to getting adept3/masters/mastercrafted gear before 80?</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000;">You do more DPS, and your job is to do dps.  Can you get away with less than MC gear and Ad3's?  Sure, but you also won't be on anyone's friend list as a "good dps'ing warlock" either.</span></p><p>3. What is the lowest level spell that 80 warlocks cast that needs upgrading to adept3? Meaning what spell do I need to start the upgrading to adept3 with and is there any spells from that point on to 80 that does not need upgrading?</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Your level 55 deaggro spell is the lowest one that doesn't upgrade.  Everything else is all 71+, IIRC, anyway.  You can double-check me <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~eq2gamedata/warlock.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></p><p>4. And last question is how much if any does it slow down between the levels of 60-80?</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000;">No idea.  Most all of my toons were 50+ before the changes, and tbh I don't play my lower ones all that much.  When I have played them they've seemed significantly faster in leveling than before -- getting up to 3 levels in a night, where I might have been lucky to get 1.  After 60 though.... I've not noticed much difference from how I was/am used to.  If you've not experienced the "old speed" then it will probably seem a ton slower to you.</span></p></blockquote>