At 18, I was in LOIO, but SK, Oasis, and
Lake Rathe are good too. The key to soloing a ranger is to pick and choose
your kills. They almost always have to be blue cons. Heal and med
between kills. In Lake Rathe, the best place to go until 20 is Jonas, a
monk hermit. Make sure you snare him when pulling. He is a
consistent level 14 or 15 spawn on about a 6 minute timer. In LOIO, stay
near the beach, and use track to find the blues to kill. Experience will
tell you which mobs hit harder than others, for about the same amount of xp
gained. Oasis, kill dervs, if you can split them, orcs, or gators.
There is also Crushbone, camping the legionnaires. Befallen, on the second
level. Blackburrow, camping the high level mobs in there. Unrest, in
the courtyard, but stay near the walls when medding, due to trains. Upper
Guk, The Warrens, and Najena are good too. There are lots of options at
your level, it just takes a bit of experimentation to find the area you like
best, if soloing. SK, LOIO, and Unrest will take you to 30,
easily.
In groups, agro control is very important,
as odds are that you will not have as much AC as that tank you are working
with. Backing off of the mob for a sec or two, not casting on the mob as
often, and not hitting that taunt button are effective for agro control.
If the mob turns and smacks you only every once in a while, then you are right
where you need to be, since just as soon as that cleric over heals, or the
caster nukes too much, the mob will be on them, and you'll need to cast, and
taunt to pull them back off the healer/caster that overdid it.
Grouping a ranger at the lower levels can at
times be frustrating, as unless a couple people in the group are playing lower
level alts, people don't quite understand how a ranger fits into the grouping
scheme. This does fade, however, so should not be taken personally.
The good news is, that if you tend to solo more than group, you can easily solo
a ranger all the way to 60, if you want to. It just takes a bit of
patience, and knowing where to go.
If you feel like it, you are more than welcome to
email me directly, if you have more questions, or need advice.
Rich
Naedarie
41 Wood Elf Ranger
Onego
32 Gnome Magician
Iinthe
21 Barbarian Shaman
Banaf
16 Dwarven Cleric
Satist
12 Troll SK
Senandary
12 Human Monk
The Rathe
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:47
AM
Subject: Re: [EverQuest] getting
started
I agree and understsand most of this but what or
how
does a ranger aggro control?
Mine is 18 and I find it a little
tough getting exp
right now. High Pass Hold is always too busy.
I am
trying Sk with the KFC birds but as you said, I need a
good tank
and healer since anything higher than a
Darkter wastes
me.
Thanks
Miali - Ranger of the 18th
season