Trying an EXP experment

Tamalain · 07-08-2007, 07:06 PM

I went into total raid burnout after 5 raids in 2 days. Soooo,

I went and started a new toon for fun. A Big Barbarian Guardian babe with a bad attitude.

Here is the catch. NO COMBAT EXP....EVER.

Things went quite well on the Island. Made it to level 6 before running out of quest, discovery and item exp. I held onto the two collections until level ten for the AA. Have her up to 17 and 11 AA in 3 days. I currently have enough quest from from the books, and antonica alone to get me close to 25 at current rate. Having to pace it so as to not grey them out either.

Do any of you fellow players know of anybody else that has gone down this path for exp? I mean, would it be possible to get to 70 this way?

SMILEY

Lonestryd · 07-08-2007, 08:00 PM

I have a 53 Dirge who has done the same thing. It really allows you to work through each area - the quests, lore, etc. It will certainly help you become knowledgeable about your class and make upgrading gear actually worth the effort.

Cheers.

Spider · 07-08-2007, 08:33 PM

i strongly reccomend betrayal at lvl tenish jstu for he quest xp and aa u can maintaint ur class or even return to your starting city and still get it also the new zones are great for thsi darklight , gfay , butcherblock etc.

and as long as your not on a pvp server you can kill yourself repeatedly to build up xp debt so that quest xp doesnt ding u as fast

its completly possible to if you realy balance it have upwards of 40 + aa by lvl 20

and if u realy want to max the aa aspect once u quests everythign in your level range group with a higher level toona nd go tag along while they kill names in all the zones ( as long as it cons to them ) you wont get xp but you will get aa

currently doign only half of that jsut disabling xp and doing quests and collections ive gottne my lvl 30 (freeport) fae 30 + aa

SMILEY

Writer Cal · 07-08-2007, 09:15 PM

Yep, doing that with most of my alts after caving to guildie pressure and racing through the levels with my main. Fantastic way to enjoy the game and everything it has to offer.

StoneySilen · 07-08-2007, 10:49 PM

Doing that right now with my Coercer. Lvl 17 now with ~12 AA.

Lonestryd · 07-09-2007, 12:14 AM

Wouldn't it be interesting if an entire guild started at 0 and all members played with this philosophy? Working through all the quests with regular groups, all of whom are locking xp down and enjoying the game would be excellent. I'd join that guild in a second.

MadLordOfMilk · 07-09-2007, 12:19 AM

Vinton wrote:

Wouldn't it be interesting if an entire guild started at 0 and all members played with this philosophy? Working through all the quests with regular groups, all of whom are locking xp down and enjoying the game would be excellent. I'd join that guild in a second.

That's.... that's.... brilliant. Pure brilliance. I'd join 'em too - the problem is coordinating playtime SMILEY

firewolf · 07-09-2007, 01:21 AM

I've leveled an inquisitor to level 32 with 39 AA. Turned xp off around level 20. It is fantastic experience. Upgrading gear and spells actually mean something.

StoneySilen · 07-09-2007, 02:15 AM

Vinton wrote:

Wouldn't it be interesting if an entire guild started at 0 and all members played with this philosophy? Working through all the quests with regular groups, all of whom are locking xp down and enjoying the game would be excellent. I'd join that guild in a second.

I tried to get a group in my guild to do it. Nobody cared to so I been doing it solo.

Norrsken · 07-09-2007, 08:19 AM

Kraaj@Everfrost wrote:

Vinton wrote:
Wouldn't it be interesting if an entire guild started at 0 and all members played with this philosophy? Working through all the quests with regular groups, all of whom are locking xp down and enjoying the game would be excellent. I'd join that guild in a second.
That's.... that's.... brilliant. Pure brilliance. I'd join 'em too - the problem is coordinating playtime

We do that quite a bit in my guild. SMILEY

Beldin_ · 07-09-2007, 08:54 AM

firewolf wrote:

I've leveled an inquisitor to level 32 with 39 AA. Turned xp off around level 20.

I never lock my exp, however at level 30+ i always have more AAs then levels. My last two characters ended with 96/98 AAs at level 70. A friend got 100 AAs at 66-67 with his bruiser, and also never locked exp, however .. that char is now still not level 70 .. lol.

orchard54 · 07-09-2007, 03:00 PM

This is fun to do SMILEY

After getting a few high level toons, I started a Monk. Once I got to level 10 I shut off my exp and all I did was quests, collections, and killed named mobs. He's level 33 with 34 AA's, and I feel he is as least twice as powerful as any other toon I've had at that level. I intend to try and keep him that way, only leveling off of quests. I think its quite possible, because even while getting to 33, I have quite a few quests that are about to turn grey. Since level 10 or so I've been doing the lowest level quests I have first, and by the time I have done them all I level enough always have quests that are green, about to go grey. I like how Sony made it so if you want, you could level purely off of quests, and its still pretty fast exp, and great AA! I just never tried it before ^_^

Devilsbane · 07-09-2007, 06:08 PM

Yes, I am a fan of quest exp only leveling myself. I started Raphaela about a year ago on The Bazaar server. Since that was pre EoF AA, she onyl has like 56 Achievement levels. Still it has been a fun time. I have learned to take ^^^ heroic named mobs with ease. Just started an active hydra with a secondary mystic character. That character is now adventure level 19 with 18 levels of achievement.

Tamalain · 07-09-2007, 08:55 PM

It Gladdens me to see others also enjoy this way of play. Slammam is 17 now with 13 AA. Working in the commonlnads now.

MadLordOfMilk · 07-09-2007, 09:39 PM

Ulvhamne@Nagafen wrote:

Kraaj@Everfrost wrote:
Vinton wrote:
Wouldn't it be interesting if an entire guild started at 0 and all members played with this philosophy? Working through all the quests with regular groups, all of whom are locking xp down and enjoying the game would be excellent. I'd join that guild in a second.
That's.... that's.... brilliant. Pure brilliance. I'd join 'em too - the problem is coordinating playtime
We do that quite a bit in my guild.

PvP servers don't count, EVERYONE does that on PvP SMILEY

re1master · 07-09-2007, 10:22 PM

Wait, some people actually read what the NPC's say? (Guilty of clicking the top option rapidly always, and getting frustrated when it isn't the pattern to get a quest)

Steelbreath · 07-10-2007, 02:48 PM

I'd join a guild like Kraaj mentioned. I think it would be fun, in fact I can think of doing it 3 times; once to go through Neriak/Commonlands, once to go through EoF and once to go through Qeynos/Antonica.

Effie · 07-10-2007, 03:06 PM

I did that with my last character (Mystic, level 41) and I'm doing it with my current (Warden, level 17).

Being able to rack up a bunch of AAs at low level makes it much more fun when leveling up.

Bryarfo · 11-09-2007, 04:52 PM

Currently have a level 41 bruiser with 66AA. I stopped exp at level 24 and hoping to have ~75 by level 43-44 SMILEY

most fun Ive had since game release!

Dadurua42 · 11-09-2007, 05:33 PM

A friend and I turned off adventure xp at lvl 10....Did all quest before turning grayand today we are lvl 53 with 100aa's...We put those toons up for now and waiting for RoK SMILEY<img src=

" />Also have completed 1,075 quests SMILEY<img src=

" />We're working on our main chars. for now as they have 70 aa's at lvl 70...Mains were madebefore AA's came into play...This is a great way to enjoy the game! Happy Questing~dadu~

Avokk · 11-09-2007, 05:52 PM

Quester from Permafrost server (guildie) has the long time 1st rank with over 3.2k quests completed if im not mistakenHe also has a toon named Zerokills for which he is now around lvl 64 Bruiser and has done so without killing one single mob in his character`s life... ever !No idea on his AA's but that guy is awesomeGo check his EQ2Players profile, proof is his 300ish attack rating lol (my 70 Wizard has over 1k)

Effie · 11-09-2007, 05:56 PM

According to eq2players, he's got 3 kills and 50+ AAs.

Avokk · 11-09-2007, 06:05 PM

Ekk hes been slackin ! Just upgraded my players access and your right ;(

Bloodfa · 11-09-2007, 06:12 PM

As mentioned above, this is the norm for a large percentage of experienced PvPers. It was worse when you could rack up death debt, and negate levelling up when turning in quests, or complete while dead.

But on a PvE server, you'll have an edge over a quite a few in your tier, I'd assume.

Vinlesu · 11-10-2007, 09:04 AM

A few months ago I found out a guidemate was doing that, and when I grouped with her, I also turned off my xp and liked it so much that 5 of my 7 alts have it turned off. New characters have it turned off at 20, and after 3+ years here, I'm doing quests that I never saw before. There's a wonderful lot to this game but been flying by a lot of it by leveling so fast. Now, I'm a confirmed combat xp disabler.

Thought I would add, to my knowledge, our guild which has about 40 members, only three that I know of have turned off their combat xp.

bigsigh · 11-11-2007, 08:47 AM

I applaud the op, and in answer to his question, yes, you can get to 70 with not too much effort, just on quest and discovery exp.It's not for everyone, but I know who will get the most out of the game between the 'race to 70 crew' and the op SMILEY

onya mate!

Tae · 11-12-2007, 03:53 AM

bigsigh wrote:

I applaud the op, and in answer to his question, yes, you can get to 70 with not too much effort, just on quest and discovery exp.

You run out of quests at around level 64. 60-70 really just doesn't have enough quests for you to manage to get to level 70 without any sort of combat XP. I've never locked, but I had 100 achievement by level 70 on both of my characters because I don't grind - I just quest to level. When you hit the 60s the quests seriously dry up and trying to level without using lots of mobs in instances and such really is bloody impossible.

Galn · 11-12-2007, 04:53 PM

Taear@Venekor wrote:

bigsigh wrote:
I applaud the op, and in answer to his question, yes, you can get to 70 with not too much effort, just on quest and discovery exp.
You run out of quests at around level 64. 60-70 really just doesn't have enough quests for you to manage to get to level 70 without any sort of combat XP.I've never locked, but I had 100 achievement by level 70 on both of my characters because I don't grind - I just quest to level. When you hit the 60s the quests seriously dry up and trying to level without using lots of mobs in instances and such really is bloody impossible.

I have been doing variations of this since EoF lauched. My lvl 70/100 Shadowknight levelled to about 65 with quests only. The quests do run dry around lvl 65 so after that I had to group and do things like the prismatics, peacock and claymore lines.

I also have been tri-boxing a guardian/warden/illusionist for a bit now thats lvl 26 with 36 AA. They have had Combat Experience turned off since lvl 10. These toons make my lvl 57, 44 and 42 that have 15-20 AA look pretty weak.

Khanon · 11-12-2007, 06:24 PM

(please forgive me...I'm not trying to sound facetious here....)Ummm...I thought that's how you were supposed to level in EQII. Again, forgive me. I'm new to the game (just bought it last week). I played EQ1 and I remember that to level meant to kill...quests were few and far between and were for gear, usually, not xp. I went from there to WoW, GW, LotRO, etc. I don't know what made me look at EQII; when I quit after my raid guild completed the second to last raid in G.O.D., I said "never again", but I d/l'ed the free trial and the number one thing I saw different was...? QUESTS!I'm a hardcore quester at heart. I love doing them. So far, in my baby monk's 25 levels of life, I've had to delete I think more quests than I've completed due to there being so many that many go grey before I can get to them. I've done some questing in Antonica, but you can actually get to 20 without ever going outside the Qeynos zones... It's so far and away above the old EQ leveling paradigm that it's almost surreal.Then I peruse the forums more and find more and more people talking about leveling via combat and not questing and to do it via questing be a novel idea?! LOL *sigh* color me confused. I find myself leveling incidental to questing.At any rate, what was the question? Oh yeah! Questing to level is somehow a novel idea people have to be convinced to try?? ...wow...LOL Sorry. SMILEY<img src=

" />The mere fact that there are so many quests that you can't possibly do them all without most of them turning grey on you quickly is what sold me on coming back to a Sony product. My current quest log has 25+ quests in it. I've deleted more than 50, I'm sure, over the past few days, because I just leveled past them. I get tons of orange rings on my map everywhere I go.Personally, I'm hesitant about joining a guild, or even grouping... Too many bad experiences have left me gunshy of the whole guild thing. I'm on AB and I'm in RP mode about 99.9% of the time, but who says you have to be in a guild and surround yourself with people to be rp'ing?errr...to the question once more, and this time with absolutely no tongues in any cheeks... Really, people level in EQII without questing, as a norm? I hadn't even considered it, to be honest.

Leety · 11-13-2007, 11:32 AM

I remember reading about this on the EQ2-Daily forums (the old ones, not the new ones). They have a guild with alts that lock exp and try to do as many quests as they can. I just looked at EQ2Players and the guild is named "Slow Burn" on Antonia Bayle. They are all between 9 and 16, with an average 50 quests complete per member.One of these days I was thinking about going to try it out, but I have been on my main a lot recently. I guess that's what happens when your main is not 70/100...I just hit 60 this weekend!

07-08-2007, 09:15 PM	#4
Writer Cal Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 700	Yep, doing that with most of my alts after caving to guildie pressure and racing through the levels with my main. Fantastic way to enjoy the game and everything it has to offer. __________________ ~Daenee~ Member of the Tom Tobey Fan Club since 2010. Homeshow Designs: Deluxe Seaside Cottage Reckoning Goes Corporate

07-08-2007, 10:49 PM	#5
StoneySilen General Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 883	Doing that right now with my Coercer. Lvl 17 now with ~12 AA. __________________

07-09-2007, 12:19 AM	#7
MadLordOfMilk Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NY Posts: 406	Vinton wrote: Wouldn't it be interesting if an entire guild started at 0 and all members played with this philosophy? Working through all the quests with regular groups, all of whom are locking xp down and enjoying the game would be excellent. I'd join that guild in a second. That's.... that's.... brilliant. Pure brilliance. I'd join 'em too - the problem is coordinating playtime

07-09-2007, 02:15 AM	#9
StoneySilen General Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 883	Vinton wrote: Wouldn't it be interesting if an entire guild started at 0 and all members played with this philosophy? Working through all the quests with regular groups, all of whom are locking xp down and enjoying the game would be excellent. I'd join that guild in a second. I tried to get a group in my guild to do it. Nobody cared to so I been doing it solo. __________________

07-09-2007, 08:19 AM	#10
Norrsken Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,450	Kraaj@Everfrost wrote: Vinton wrote: Wouldn't it be interesting if an entire guild started at 0 and all members played with this philosophy? Working through all the quests with regular groups, all of whom are locking xp down and enjoying the game would be excellent. I'd join that guild in a second. That's.... that's.... brilliant. Pure brilliance. I'd join 'em too - the problem is coordinating playtime We do that quite a bit in my guild. __________________

07-08-2007, 07:06 PM	#1
Tamalain Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 74	I went into total raid burnout after 5 raids in 2 days. Soooo, I went and started a new toon for fun. A Big Barbarian Guardian babe with a bad attitude. Here is the catch. NO COMBAT EXP....EVER. Things went quite well on the Island. Made it to level 6 before running out of quest, discovery and item exp. I held onto the two collections until level ten for the AA. Have her up to 17 and 11 AA in 3 days. I currently have enough quest from from the books, and antonica alone to get me close to 25 at current rate. Having to pace it so as to not grey them out either. Do any of you fellow players know of anybody else that has gone down this path for exp? I mean, would it be possible to get to 70 this way?

07-08-2007, 08:00 PM	#2
Lonestryd Server: Guk General Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 73	I have a 53 Dirge who has done the same thing. It really allows you to work through each area - the quests, lore, etc. It will certainly help you become knowledgeable about your class and make upgrading gear actually worth the effort. Cheers.

07-08-2007, 08:33 PM	#3
Spider Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,112	i strongly reccomend betrayal at lvl tenish jstu for he quest xp and aa u can maintaint ur class or even return to your starting city and still get it also the new zones are great for thsi darklight , gfay , butcherblock etc. and as long as your not on a pvp server you can kill yourself repeatedly to build up xp debt so that quest xp doesnt ding u as fast its completly possible to if you realy balance it have upwards of 40 + aa by lvl 20 and if u realy want to max the aa aspect once u quests everythign in your level range group with a higher level toona nd go tag along while they kill names in all the zones ( as long as it cons to them ) you wont get xp but you will get aa currently doign only half of that jsut disabling xp and doing quests and collections ive gottne my lvl 30 (freeport) fae 30 + aa

07-09-2007, 12:14 AM	#6
Lonestryd Server: Guk General Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 73	Wouldn't it be interesting if an entire guild started at 0 and all members played with this philosophy? Working through all the quests with regular groups, all of whom are locking xp down and enjoying the game would be excellent. I'd join that guild in a second.

07-09-2007, 01:21 AM	#8
firewolf Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 181	I've leveled an inquisitor to level 32 with 39 AA. Turned xp off around level 20. It is fantastic experience. Upgrading gear and spells actually mean something.

07-09-2007, 08:54 AM	#11
Beldin_ Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,343	firewolf wrote: I've leveled an inquisitor to level 32 with 39 AA. Turned xp off around level 20. I never lock my exp, however at level 30+ i always have more AAs then levels. My last two characters ended with 96/98 AAs at level 70. A friend got 100 AAs at 66-67 with his bruiser, and also never locked exp, however .. that char is now still not level 70 .. lol. __________________

07-09-2007, 03:00 PM	#12
orchard54 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Coeur D' Alene, ID Posts: 135	This is fun to do After getting a few high level toons, I started a Monk. Once I got to level 10 I shut off my exp and all I did was quests, collections, and killed named mobs. He's level 33 with 34 AA's, and I feel he is as least twice as powerful as any other toon I've had at that level. I intend to try and keep him that way, only leveling off of quests. I think its quite possible, because even while getting to 33, I have quite a few quests that are about to turn grey. Since level 10 or so I've been doing the lowest level quests I have first, and by the time I have done them all I level enough always have quests that are green, about to go grey. I like how Sony made it so if you want, you could level purely off of quests, and its still pretty fast exp, and great AA! I just never tried it before ^_^ __________________ Mohee - 80 Conj Nektulos ************************************ AMD Athlon x64 Dual Core 3.2GHz XP Pro x64 Edition - 8GB GDDR3 RAM SLI GeForce 8600 GT 512MB Video Card(x2) 22'' Widescreen LCD 1680x1050 ************************************

07-09-2007, 06:08 PM	#13
Devilsbane Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 583	Yes, I am a fan of quest exp only leveling myself. I started Raphaela about a year ago on The Bazaar server. Since that was pre EoF AA, she onyl has like 56 Achievement levels. Still it has been a fun time. I have learned to take ^^^ heroic named mobs with ease. Just started an active hydra with a secondary mystic character. That character is now adventure level 19 with 18 levels of achievement. __________________

07-09-2007, 08:55 PM	#14
Tamalain Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 74	It Gladdens me to see others also enjoy this way of play. Slammam is 17 now with 13 AA. Working in the commonlnads now.

07-09-2007, 09:39 PM	#15
MadLordOfMilk Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NY Posts: 406	Ulvhamne@Nagafen wrote: Kraaj@Everfrost wrote: Vinton wrote: Wouldn't it be interesting if an entire guild started at 0 and all members played with this philosophy? Working through all the quests with regular groups, all of whom are locking xp down and enjoying the game would be excellent. I'd join that guild in a second. That's.... that's.... brilliant. Pure brilliance. I'd join 'em too - the problem is coordinating playtime We do that quite a bit in my guild. PvP servers don't count, EVERYONE does that on PvP

07-09-2007, 10:22 PM	#16
re1master Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 223	Wait, some people actually read what the NPC's say? (Guilty of clicking the top option rapidly always, and getting frustrated when it isn't the pattern to get a quest) __________________

07-10-2007, 02:48 PM	#17
Steelbreath Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 37	I'd join a guild like Kraaj mentioned. I think it would be fun, in fact I can think of doing it 3 times; once to go through Neriak/Commonlands, once to go through EoF and once to go through Qeynos/Antonica.

07-10-2007, 03:06 PM	#18
Effie Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 933	I did that with my last character (Mystic, level 41) and I'm doing it with my current (Warden, level 17). Being able to rack up a bunch of AAs at low level makes it much more fun when leveling up.

11-09-2007, 04:52 PM	#19
Bryarfo General Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 13	Currently have a level 41 bruiser with 66AA. I stopped exp at level 24 and hoping to have ~75 by level 43-44 most fun Ive had since game release! __________________ [Imagine ominous, brooding, handsome, signature portrait of someone here]

11-09-2007, 05:33 PM	#20
Dadurua42 Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 22	A friend and I turned off adventure xp at lvl 10....Did all quest before turning grayand today we are lvl 53 with 100aa's...We put those toons up for now and waiting for RoK " />Also have completed 1,075 quests " />We're working on our main chars. for now as they have 70 aa's at lvl 70...Mains were madebefore AA's came into play...This is a great way to enjoy the game! Happy Questing~dadu~

11-09-2007, 05:52 PM	#21
Avokk Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 102	Quester from Permafrost server (guildie) has the long time 1st rank with over 3.2k quests completed if im not mistakenHe also has a toon named Zerokills for which he is now around lvl 64 Bruiser and has done so without killing one single mob in his character`s life... ever !No idea on his AA's but that guy is awesomeGo check his EQ2Players profile, proof is his 300ish attack rating lol (my 70 Wizard has over 1k)

11-09-2007, 05:56 PM	#22
Effie Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 933	According to eq2players, he's got 3 kills and 50+ AAs.

11-09-2007, 06:05 PM	#23
Avokk Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 102	Ekk hes been slackin ! Just upgraded my players access and your right ;(

11-09-2007, 06:12 PM	#24
Bloodfa Server: Nagafen General Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,873	As mentioned above, this is the norm for a large percentage of experienced PvPers. It was worse when you could rack up death debt, and negate levelling up when turning in quests, or complete while dead. But on a PvE server, you'll have an edge over a quite a few in your tier, I'd assume. __________________

11-10-2007, 09:04 AM	#25
Vinlesu Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 50	A few months ago I found out a guidemate was doing that, and when I grouped with her, I also turned off my xp and liked it so much that 5 of my 7 alts have it turned off. New characters have it turned off at 20, and after 3+ years here, I'm doing quests that I never saw before. There's a wonderful lot to this game but been flying by a lot of it by leveling so fast. Now, I'm a confirmed combat xp disabler. Thought I would add, to my knowledge, our guild which has about 40 members, only three that I know of have turned off their combat xp. __________________ www.rachelsdreams.com

11-11-2007, 08:47 AM	#26
bigsigh Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 48	I applaud the op, and in answer to his question, yes, you can get to 70 with not too much effort, just on quest and discovery exp.It's not for everyone, but I know who will get the most out of the game between the 'race to 70 crew' and the op onya mate!

11-12-2007, 03:53 AM	#27
Tae Server: Venekor Guild: Someone Gonna Die Rank: Officer General Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Europe Posts: 735	bigsigh wrote: I applaud the op, and in answer to his question, yes, you can get to 70 with not too much effort, just on quest and discovery exp. You run out of quests at around level 64. 60-70 really just doesn't have enough quests for you to manage to get to level 70 without any sort of combat XP. I've never locked, but I had 100 achievement by level 70 on both of my characters because I don't grind - I just quest to level. When you hit the 60s the quests seriously dry up and trying to level without using lots of mobs in instances and such really is bloody impossible.

11-12-2007, 04:53 PM	#28
Galn Loremaster Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 351	Taear@Venekor wrote: bigsigh wrote: I applaud the op, and in answer to his question, yes, you can get to 70 with not too much effort, just on quest and discovery exp. You run out of quests at around level 64. 60-70 really just doesn't have enough quests for you to manage to get to level 70 without any sort of combat XP.I've never locked, but I had 100 achievement by level 70 on both of my characters because I don't grind - I just quest to level. When you hit the 60s the quests seriously dry up and trying to level without using lots of mobs in instances and such really is bloody impossible. I have been doing variations of this since EoF lauched. My lvl 70/100 Shadowknight levelled to about 65 with quests only. The quests do run dry around lvl 65 so after that I had to group and do things like the prismatics, peacock and claymore lines. I also have been tri-boxing a guardian/warden/illusionist for a bit now thats lvl 26 with 36 AA. They have had Combat Experience turned off since lvl 10. These toons make my lvl 57, 44 and 42 that have 15-20 AA look pretty weak. __________________

11-12-2007, 06:24 PM	#29
Khanon Defender Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 136	(please forgive me...I'm not trying to sound facetious here....)Ummm...I thought that's how you were supposed to level in EQII. Again, forgive me. I'm new to the game (just bought it last week). I played EQ1 and I remember that to level meant to kill...quests were few and far between and were for gear, usually, not xp. I went from there to WoW, GW, LotRO, etc. I don't know what made me look at EQII; when I quit after my raid guild completed the second to last raid in G.O.D., I said "never again", but I d/l'ed the free trial and the number one thing I saw different was...? QUESTS!I'm a hardcore quester at heart. I love doing them. So far, in my baby monk's 25 levels of life, I've had to delete I think more quests than I've completed due to there being so many that many go grey before I can get to them. I've done some questing in Antonica, but you can actually get to 20 without ever going outside the Qeynos zones... It's so far and away above the old EQ leveling paradigm that it's almost surreal.Then I peruse the forums more and find more and more people talking about leveling via combat and not questing and to do it via questing be a novel idea?! LOL sigh color me confused. I find myself leveling incidental to questing.At any rate, what was the question? Oh yeah! Questing to level is somehow a novel idea people have to be convinced to try?? ...wow...LOL Sorry. " />The mere fact that there are so many quests that you can't possibly do them all without most of them turning grey on you quickly is what sold me on coming back to a Sony product. My current quest log has 25+ quests in it. I've deleted more than 50, I'm sure, over the past few days, because I just leveled past them. I get tons of orange rings on my map everywhere I go.Personally, I'm hesitant about joining a guild, or even grouping... Too many bad experiences have left me gunshy of the whole guild thing. I'm on AB and I'm in RP mode about 99.9% of the time, but who says you have to be in a guild and surround yourself with people to be rp'ing?errr...to the question once more, and this time with absolutely no tongues in any cheeks... Really, people level in EQII without questing, as a norm? I hadn't even considered it, to be honest.

11-13-2007, 11:32 AM	#30
Leety Server: Antonia Bayle Guild: Voodoo Rank: Senior Officers Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 36	I remember reading about this on the EQ2-Daily forums (the old ones, not the new ones). They have a guild with alts that lock exp and try to do as many quests as they can. I just looked at EQ2Players and the guild is named "Slow Burn" on Antonia Bayle. They are all between 9 and 16, with an average 50 quests complete per member.One of these days I was thinking about going to try it out, but I have been on my main a lot recently. I guess that's what happens when your main is not 70/100...I just hit 60 this weekend!