Post by Athalin on Aug 15, 2016 12:57:27 GMT -5
Figured it was time to give back to the community.
Short Introduction
Played on EQ Live from 1999 to 2001, left EQ and followed guild (TGL: main healer) and moved to Anarchy Online(bad choice), DAoC, WoW etc.
By chance earlier this year (forgot how it happened, might have been news about Daybreak...), I found a healthy EQEmu community, so joined P99 and was blown away. Lots of nostalgic fun but just didn't have the length of time to group/level up that was required per Classic rules. So I looked at the server list and saw Solo/Duo, Imperium! The rest is history.
First Impressions of Imperium
Wow! Play whenever, kick-butt however & do content + expansions that I didn't have a chance to do during live, plus all the nostalgia! Huge bag of Kudos to the Creators for achieving this!! Then came the end game folks, ever helpful and generous with advice in /ooc & guides/responses in this forum! My first goal on Imperium was to lay the smack-down on Mayong under 30 seconds (which I witnessed as a n00b while waiting to loot the dagger...). I'd go kill Mayong every time I got some upgrades to see how I was doing
Farming AA starts at 80 (IMO)
Intro: Hit level 80 with Brutish Blade of Balance (given to me from /ooc call-out by end game Champ!) and Mayong's Dagger in hand, I entered Soldungc... got my ass whipped and handed back...
So, what's one to do? Guess I need that Abyss content armor selling in bazaar. After more forum reading and asking in /ooc, started farming PoFire, PoEarth & PoAir to gear up on infused armor then moved on to GoD Yxxta, Kodtaz, Qvic to complete them with Ult augs. Hence this guide to help others get through Imperium's awesome endgame content!
AA Farming Guide at 80 (Best results with 2 box)
Complete PoP progression and kill Quarm in potimeb to gear up enough to proceed with less deaths. Without any infused pieces yet, take it slow with the mass pulls and increase the number of mobs after you start gearing up:
With Bottle of Adventure III (50% bonus exp for 2hrs: costs 100AA at Greedy Goblin), you should get as follows:
PoAir: (75+ AA per toon each time cleared)
#zone poair -656 -1300 319 (pull all the way to the rainbow, almost all light blues to level 80 toons)
Time needed - under 5mins after some infused gear (from loc to rainbow)
PoEarthb: (80+ AA per toon each time cleared)
#zone poearthb (start at zone-in and end up mass pulling entire zone)
Time needed - under 5mins after some infused gear
PoFire: (150+ AA per toon each time cleared)
#zone pofire 630 1062 -289 (zone in location right after swimming through lava to C1 - clear C1)
#zone pofire 704 -1177 -165 (C2 entrance - clear C2)
Time needed - under 10mins after some infused gear
(Buy Swirling Spheres of Metamorphosis from Greedy Goblin for 240AA each time, keep one and sell the other sell for 60kpp, buy non-vis pieces first then mats/craft new pieces of Infused armor, augs etc.)
Move to GoD once infused geared:
Yxtta: (200+ AA per toon each time cleared), Note - wide open zone so pull everything and run inside the temples when you see an entrance for each of the following locs:
#zone yxtta 1170 408 -428
#zone yxtta 516 128 -428
#zone yxtta -407 174 -428
Time needed - under 10mins (not entire zone)
Kodtaz: (300+ AA per toon each time cleared), Note - Run into the closest temples each time (dense mob populations), work on the most efficient pulling paths
#zone kodtaz -1040 1026 -412
#zone kodtaz 858 792 -427
#zone kodtaz -895 -382 -427
#zone kodtaz -982 -2139 -428
#zone kodtaz 1181 -1925 -348
#zone kodtaz 391 -1258 -433
Time needed - under 15mins (only the temples by each loc)
Qvic: (450+ AA per toon each time cleared), Note - Need decked out infused (split pulls according to gear), gets easier with + 1 or 2 ult augs, pre-hatesfury gear
#zone qvic -1396 -48 -380 (Run down towards the temples, pulling everything toward tunnels at SW corner of map)
#zone qvic 125 -730 -398 (Tunnel entrance, can skip previous loc and go straight to tunnels, mobs inside hit for less and die faster, should be able to clear entire tunnels in 2 pulls)
#zone qvic -7 -166 -428 (Pull north then east after doing the tunnels from this loc and you should be able to hit 450+AA)
Time needed - under 10mins (not entire zone)
Happy Farming, especially when LotD refreshes!
Edit1: Do Not use #zone to jump around between locations while actively killing, this is considered warp pulling and will get you banned.
Always #zone to one location, run around and gather up the mobs there, kill them all, then proceed to the next location. Don't #zone if you're in combat.
Have a key like "TAB" setup to cycle through NPC's, you'll need it during the fight and hit it a couple of times after the mass pull is killed off to make sure you've killed them all, sometimes there's one fleeing, kill it then hit the next #zone.
Edit2: Added 3rd Qvic loc after testing it out a couple of times
Final Edit: Different classes & races seem to get different exp and responses from different mobs and zones. There's also RNG in play so please take the exp numbers in this guide as reference only.
Short Introduction
Played on EQ Live from 1999 to 2001, left EQ and followed guild (TGL: main healer) and moved to Anarchy Online(bad choice), DAoC, WoW etc.
By chance earlier this year (forgot how it happened, might have been news about Daybreak...), I found a healthy EQEmu community, so joined P99 and was blown away. Lots of nostalgic fun but just didn't have the length of time to group/level up that was required per Classic rules. So I looked at the server list and saw Solo/Duo, Imperium! The rest is history.
First Impressions of Imperium
Wow! Play whenever, kick-butt however & do content + expansions that I didn't have a chance to do during live, plus all the nostalgia! Huge bag of Kudos to the Creators for achieving this!! Then came the end game folks, ever helpful and generous with advice in /ooc & guides/responses in this forum! My first goal on Imperium was to lay the smack-down on Mayong under 30 seconds (which I witnessed as a n00b while waiting to loot the dagger...). I'd go kill Mayong every time I got some upgrades to see how I was doing
Farming AA starts at 80 (IMO)
Intro: Hit level 80 with Brutish Blade of Balance (given to me from /ooc call-out by end game Champ!) and Mayong's Dagger in hand, I entered Soldungc... got my ass whipped and handed back...
So, what's one to do? Guess I need that Abyss content armor selling in bazaar. After more forum reading and asking in /ooc, started farming PoFire, PoEarth & PoAir to gear up on infused armor then moved on to GoD Yxxta, Kodtaz, Qvic to complete them with Ult augs. Hence this guide to help others get through Imperium's awesome endgame content!
AA Farming Guide at 80 (Best results with 2 box)
Complete PoP progression and kill Quarm in potimeb to gear up enough to proceed with less deaths. Without any infused pieces yet, take it slow with the mass pulls and increase the number of mobs after you start gearing up:
With Bottle of Adventure III (50% bonus exp for 2hrs: costs 100AA at Greedy Goblin), you should get as follows:
PoAir: (75+ AA per toon each time cleared)
#zone poair -656 -1300 319 (pull all the way to the rainbow, almost all light blues to level 80 toons)
Time needed - under 5mins after some infused gear (from loc to rainbow)
PoEarthb: (80+ AA per toon each time cleared)
#zone poearthb (start at zone-in and end up mass pulling entire zone)
Time needed - under 5mins after some infused gear
PoFire: (150+ AA per toon each time cleared)
#zone pofire 630 1062 -289 (zone in location right after swimming through lava to C1 - clear C1)
#zone pofire 704 -1177 -165 (C2 entrance - clear C2)
Time needed - under 10mins after some infused gear
(Buy Swirling Spheres of Metamorphosis from Greedy Goblin for 240AA each time, keep one and sell the other sell for 60kpp, buy non-vis pieces first then mats/craft new pieces of Infused armor, augs etc.)
Move to GoD once infused geared:
Yxtta: (200+ AA per toon each time cleared), Note - wide open zone so pull everything and run inside the temples when you see an entrance for each of the following locs:
#zone yxtta 1170 408 -428
#zone yxtta 516 128 -428
#zone yxtta -407 174 -428
Time needed - under 10mins (not entire zone)
Kodtaz: (300+ AA per toon each time cleared), Note - Run into the closest temples each time (dense mob populations), work on the most efficient pulling paths
#zone kodtaz -1040 1026 -412
#zone kodtaz 858 792 -427
#zone kodtaz -895 -382 -427
#zone kodtaz -982 -2139 -428
#zone kodtaz 1181 -1925 -348
#zone kodtaz 391 -1258 -433
Time needed - under 15mins (only the temples by each loc)
Qvic: (450+ AA per toon each time cleared), Note - Need decked out infused (split pulls according to gear), gets easier with + 1 or 2 ult augs, pre-hatesfury gear
#zone qvic -1396 -48 -380 (Run down towards the temples, pulling everything toward tunnels at SW corner of map)
#zone qvic 125 -730 -398 (Tunnel entrance, can skip previous loc and go straight to tunnels, mobs inside hit for less and die faster, should be able to clear entire tunnels in 2 pulls)
#zone qvic -7 -166 -428 (Pull north then east after doing the tunnels from this loc and you should be able to hit 450+AA)
Time needed - under 10mins (not entire zone)
Happy Farming, especially when LotD refreshes!
Edit1: Do Not use #zone to jump around between locations while actively killing, this is considered warp pulling and will get you banned.
Always #zone to one location, run around and gather up the mobs there, kill them all, then proceed to the next location. Don't #zone if you're in combat.
Have a key like "TAB" setup to cycle through NPC's, you'll need it during the fight and hit it a couple of times after the mass pull is killed off to make sure you've killed them all, sometimes there's one fleeing, kill it then hit the next #zone.
Edit2: Added 3rd Qvic loc after testing it out a couple of times
Final Edit: Different classes & races seem to get different exp and responses from different mobs and zones. There's also RNG in play so please take the exp numbers in this guide as reference only.