Even thou' EQ allow bigger lvl gap in group for high lvl players, I
personally still find it better to stick close to 2 or less for lvl 10 &
below group. I was grouping with Eldor (lvl 12) and Yiyang (lvl 14~15)
over the weekend, and I'm lvl 9. No doubt I got the gaining XP msg, but as
a whole my xp gain very slow.

On the other hand I solo last night fighting only rattlesnake (blue/green
to me), my xp gain faster. This shows that no doubt grouping allows u to
hunt more powerful monsters, but it's more advisable to hunt with someone
close to you lvl. Yiyang and I also try a trick he mentioned previously -
ie we group and fight a monster, b4 the monster dies, he quit from group
and let me get the xp. Np doubt I will get the xp but I think it's still
lesser from my solo hunt last night. I think this trick dones't work very
well, but I must thank Yiyang for his time training me and let me getting
the loot ;)

I've decided to delete Zilred (enchanter tonight) and concentrate on my
wiz. Can someone help me to transfer items from Zilred to Ziltus tonight?
Both are now at Freeport. Actually Zilred got nothing much except few
cloth and a staff, but I really need $$$ badly to buy scrolls. Lvl 9 now
but my lvl 3 spells are not even half-filled, sigh.

For those lvl 8-9 players (lvl 8 tank and lvl 9 mages), the desert behind
inn 2 of east commonland is quite a nice place to hunt solo. U still have
to con the skeleton and rattlesnake b4 u fight them, thou' so far most r
blue to me. When fighting rattlesnake, make sure you life never drop below
2.5 bubbles coz if it poisons u b4 it die, the poison will take around 1
bubble (for a weak wiz like me) b4 it cure by itself. The snake skin can
be found quite easily and cost 1 gp each. Occasionally u can also find
puma there, which is less dangerous than rattlesnake. H/w, the spot is
pretty close to a mummy lair, u gotta be careful when hunting there coz
sometime mummy will come out and it's agro. I got killed 3 times last
night by mummy while fighting snake/skeletonm, but the place is pretty
close to freeport gate so running there is not a problem. Most of the time
if u r alert, you shld be able to run back to the inn and let the guard
protect u (not when u are stunned by mummy, like in my case). As wiz has
very low HP and AC, I have to mediate after every 1-2 battle. Also note
that graffin visit inn 2 quite often (as compared with inn 4 which I hunted
earlier). If u wanna see guard died, stay there for 10~15 min and u will
get to see the big fight between graffin and guard, hehe, of coz guard
always got killed lor ;) Due to the danger outside inn, it's safer to
maediate INSIDE inn.

One last thing, try not to attack asp even thou it's con blue to u. This
CB snake is damn poisonous as compare to rattlesnake. Once poisoned, it
will drain up to 2.5 bubbles HP. And remember this (&%&$^%#@# Arrowmage, I
think he is a lvl 20~30 char. I was poisoned last night by an asp and
managed to run back to inn but my HP keep dropping very fast. I keep
asking him to heal me and he simply bo chap. He stand and see my HP keep
dropping steady. Lucky the poison cure by itself when I left 5 HP! He
then ask "help of what huh?", damn KNN CB.

On the other hand, if you meet a lvl 15 lady wood elf druid at freeport
gate, name Arsafil, greet her nicely. She is a very helpful Japanese
player who have help me several times. She always give food/drink to me,
not 5 or 10 each but 20~30 each! She will also bind/SoW/armor/invis u for
free if u ask her, one of the nicest helpful players I met in EQ. ;)

Any lvl 8~10 players wanna group hunting in EC?

Ziltus.