(N)EverQuest Scrolls

Ding 239! Still 61, and that flushes out all of my stored AAs. The last purchase was to get Persistent Casting 3, which I had held off until defensive AAs were at max.

I have come back to Outer Acrylia. If I pick the section near the entrance to Inner, I have the skeletal minions and shik’nar, which are 50% roughly light blue, and I have the pick of bloodpriest and bloodmage spawns, without so much competition, except for the odd person trying to run to Inner without invis. Exp rate here is around 1.3 – 1.4 AA per lesson.

Dragon Necropolis was both good and bad. The phase spiders are just fine; all light blue, non social, etc. No cash drops to speak of, but two problems: the mercenaries are all dark blue and don’t split at this level, and have a significant aggro radius. That wouldn’t be so much of a problem, if it wasn’t for the beetle swarms. Add those two to the long run from overnight as a shroud in PoK, and the limited numbers of spiders, and the zone just isn’t worth it. Exp rate is around 1.2 AA per lesson.

So I checked out some other spots. Nurga, tier 4, is safe, but again, it’s 1.0 – 1.2 AAs per lesson; it’s advantage is safe afk spots, and an effectively infinite number of spawns to pull, with almost no possibility of adds, if you know the zone.

I ought to check for solo in Plane of Innovation, Plane of Valor (unlikely, but still), and deeper in the Hole.

I will continue in Acrylia, possibly trying Inner for a change, and may also try Ward of Xegony instead of epic.

The AA set for 62 will be: ID2, LR2, PP2, IE2, and Suspend Minion 1. 16 AAs total, so I think I’ll be levelling straight through.

Update, 24 May: stored AAs complete, started levelling to 62. Outer Acrylia gives 1.2 – 1.5 AAs per lesson; the variance is explained by RNG related issues of the light blue/green mix, and the odd power leveller thinking that it’s just fine to pull all the mobs in my area that aren’t actually dead, and training them through me. One lesson gave me 18% in 61.