I think there's quite a slow setup in the level or two before you
get your new suite of spells every fourth level. I am currently punishing
myself to get to level 16, and I really can't find any one good source of
XP, though the Oasis is doing alright for now.
I think that 8 to 12 is worse than 7th to 8th. You are basically
relegated to killing only undead monsters. All of your other offensive
spells are 1st and 4th level spells (Vampiric Embrace either doesn't work or
just plain sucks) thus most monsters you would face to gain experience in
the 8-12 range will shrug all of those off. If we didn't get Ward Undead at
8th I would say Necromancers would be totally screwed. But we do have it,
and it works wonders once you get it up to a decent level. I just don't
like the fact that you HAVE to hunt Undead from 8th to 12th.
I also think its only really these lower levels that REALLY suck,
because after that you should be grouping up anyway and your new circle
spells are never TWO circles out of date from then on.
7th to 8th is the hardest by far due to many things, mostly being
lack of decent soloing monsters or security as well as underpowered spells.
I would say 8th to 12th is the most boring because its always camping at the
skeleton rune or going to Befallen/Unrest for days on end. Again, without
Ward Undead, 8th to 12th would probably have been the point where I gave up
on being a Necromancer and became something else.
After that you'll start fidgeting whenever you hit that level before
your new spells, but it will never be as bad as those first several levels.
Malark Zaren'Tul, Karana
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Renaissance Man [mailto:cossettb@...]
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 12:19 PM
> To: EQ Necro
> Subject: [EQ_Necromancer] Seventh Level Itch
>
>
> From: "Renaissance Man" <cossettb@...>
>
> This is a question for experienced folks, and some advice for newbies.
>
> 7th level as a Necro to date was the most frustrating level
> for me (Dark
> Elf, not sure if that makes a difference). Probably the main
> reason is that
> a lot of the creatures you used to fight for good EXP now
> /con green to you.
> Almost all large spiders, quite a few shadow wolfs, and a
> number of bears
> /con green and don't give you any EXP when you kill them.
> This leaves skels
> and tree snakes (Nek Forest) as the only reliable EXP you can
> find. To top
> it off, since you're maxed out in spells and armor at this point, you
> usually don't have much reason to kill except to gain EXP to
> level up, which
> just makes it more monotonous. So, any newbie players to the Monks, be
> warned that the 7th level will make you want to quit the
> class (It almost
> did me), if you can tough it out 8th level has some nice benefits.
>
> The question for experienced players is: is this common for
> anylevel before
> a new spell rank? I.E. does level 11, 15, etc. seem to take
> forever? Or is
> it just level 7?
>
> Brad Cossette - cossettb@...
> Sabbaoth (Dark Elf Necro 8) - Bertoxxulous
> "My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife,
> you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates
>
>
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