Same thing here, spent 4 weeks at 35 and watched a buddy go from 36-44 in
that same time period. At least now that I am at this level there are no
restrictions on who I group with above me.
Got XP with a level 50 Wizzy who I found soloing Spectres and SGs in Oasis
the other night after he agreed to let me join for the sake of pursuing
lambent stones. Additionally, level 25's are still able to group with me if
I am the upper level group member. Thats a nice range of choices for
grouping and opens up a lot of doors IMHO.
There is definitely a major speed bump at 35th however, and it seems to
break a lot of players.
By the way, after the hell that was 35, is the 36 song Celerity useful in
any way?
-Faras
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Schuldes [mailto:jgs@...]
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 9:02 AM
> To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Group growth speed bump?
>
>
> From: James Schuldes <jgs@...>
>
> Yes - I saw kinda the same thing. My regular group zoomed
> away when I got
> stuck in level 35. There were actually 2 problems. They were
> a few lev's
> above me (high 30's & lo 40's while I was 34) wanted to camp
> lower guk for
> items (which meant very, very, very slow xp for me.) And
> they played more
> hours than me. By the time I was out of 35 (3 weeks) they
> were 45+. Now I
> am a bub off 39 and they are all 50's. <sigh>
>
> So, yes for various reasons, regular groups can get broken
> up. It's quite a
> heartbreak when it happens.
>
> Sylly Songsynger
> <Spirit of the Moon>
> Bard of the 38th song
> somewhere on Innoruuk
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Burke [mailto:tjohnburke@...]
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 7:52 AM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: [eqbards] Group growth speed bump?
>
> From: "Tim Burke" <tjohnburke@...>
>
> My regular group is going through an
> distressing time right
> now...
>
> The leader, who encouraged/dragged us through
> Blackburrow,
> Crushbone,
> Chessboard, Unrest, and now Mistmoore gets bored very
> quickly. He wants to
> see the exp bar move & wants to go where he hasn't gone
> before. There is
> now doubt about the hi risk, hi reward thing.
>
> I just made 28, but most of the group is 33 -
> 36. It seems
> like around 30
> members get real shy about what they are
> willing to try. I
> think we lost
> our ranger last night, due to our leader wanting to move
> past the torture
> room? Not a game issue, but ya'll see the same thing?
>
> Kerouac Dharmabum
> lvl 28 bard Rod Nife
>
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