zed wrote on Oct 27
th, 2010 at 12:16am:
Obviously it's possible because I saw the guy
No, I guess I just thought it was interesting. I knew people were capping toons quickly, but for the most part it isn't ever quite that obvious. I guess I wasn't paying as much attention when FVS were released.
Aranticus, I'd love to hear any techniques you have. I've been using MrCow's melee TR diary as a starting point for what quests I should be focusing on per level. So far it has served me pretty well, but I could always get faster. I'm lucky to get 50K in 3 hours.
there is really no secret. just run with decent people for a long time. most of the time spent by a lot of players are looking for members. do stuff that you can solo or make it faster with like minded players and you go fast
on my 2nd TR as a barb, i was very fortunate to run with zod and smitherz. we did back to back cabal runs (window for xp/min). each of us know our roles well, ie in the first room, me and smitherz would kill the hobs while zod went to talk to npc. by the time we were done with the killing, the gate opened for us to kill the next set, then we would separate into 2 groups. opening shrine and the 1st objective simultaneously. this cuts the time by up to 40% per run and we would finish cabal in approx 5-8mins. with an xp rating of abt 1.2-1.5k per min, we were hitting abt 80k xp/hr
the quests also play a role. some have solid optional xp, ie wizking is worth abt 14k for approx 10 min run if you get wizking in 1st tower. however, if you can get 2 other players that can solo 1 tower each you stand to get another 12k more in the same amount of time. this cannot be done as effectively say in tear of dhaakan where the quest is more or less linear
this is how i level my TRs
1-3 misery, ringleader, info is key, ww
4-6 stk, TR, deleras
6-9 gwylans, tear, sc, vons
10-12 shadow crypt, relic, wizking, oob, von3
13-15 GH, necro 4
16-18 vale
18-20 IQ, IQ2, amrath