I need to know where to XP..

[Shaneperkins]

Hi guys, I'm a level 26 warrior, axe specced.. and I'm wondering where I could level, I've tried nightmare act 1, it seems to be ok, even though its kind of slow, I just went to the cow level on normal difficulty, and I wasn't gaining any XP at all (I don't know if it was because they were too high, or too low).
So could any of you guys tell me any good EXP spots for my level?
Thanks.

[Kiwi Legend]

Hi guys, I'm a level 26 warrior, axe specced.. and I'm wondering where I could level, I've tried nightmare act 1, it seems to be ok, even though its kind of slow, I just went to the cow level on normal difficulty, and I wasn't gaining any XP at all (I don't know if it was because they were too high, or too low).
So could any of you guys tell me any good EXP spots for my level?
Thanks.

Leech in a nmcow game Or join full games and do some darwood onwards in nm until lvl 30. . Once you get that lvl you can cruise in nm up to act 4 and lvl 5X with ease using ww as long as you have some ml and ll.

[Shaneperkins]

Leech in a nmcow game Or join full games and do some darwood onwards in nm until lvl 30. . Once you get that lvl you can cruise in nm up to act 4 and lvl 5X with ease using ww as long as you have some ml and ll.

What is ML and LL? *Sorry, noob at nicknames*.

[Kiwi Legend]

What is ML and LL? *Sorry, noob at nicknames*.

mana leech and life leech...my bad :)

[Shaneperkins]

Hmmm... I don't have it.. my gear is pretty lame right now, I can't even do Dark Wood on nightmare.

[XAndrewX]

What I did was get rushed to hell wicked quick. By level 30 I was doing hell cs runs. I just ran around using my healing potions, while gaining soo much exp. See if you can find someone to rush you hell.

[Shaneperkins]

Nobody really seems to be helpful enough to do that, plus I play classic D2.. hardly anybody's ever on.

[squiggle]

What realm do you play on and whats your acc name?

[Shaneperkins]

Europe, and I play Shanus16.

[XAndrewX]

Yeah everyone here plays classic too. Get an account on every realm to see whast the best. I wouldnt go on West because its alll duelers there. Start an account on East. Ladder. Classic.

[WarlockCC]

I play on Europe and the only times when nobody is making public games is after 3'o'clock in the night.
I play Europe / Softcore / Non Ladder / Classic (like everybody here in the classic section :) )

[Dagnome]

See heres the thing with leveling, people will tell you to go to hell cs and just leech xp, I say NO! I think that if you level where your supposed to be you will level alot faster. level 26's could leech nm cows, but usualy those are hard to find, good games I mean. Most cow games are people just sitting in a room spamming "Whose making?!?".
Ok, here is what I would suggest for you, nm cs is a really good leveling tool people dont really utulize on east from what ive seen. I dont know how it is on the other servers. I would say, find a party and just go through nm, you should hit around 30 just from doing the quests and stuff. Then you can easily nm cs till 50-60. I even used my barb and did river of flame runs in a full game and I leveled wicked quick.
I have been playing this game for a very long time, and I have noticed that leveling where you are supposed to be is a quick way to level, besides, the xp you lose from dying in hell cs games is just a waste of time. Thats my opinion.

[Kiwi Legend]

See heres the thing with leveling, people will tell you to go to hell cs and just leech xp, I say NO! I think that if you level where your supposed to be you will level alot faster. level 26's could leech nm cows, but usualy those are hard to find, good games I mean. Most cow games are people just sitting in a room spamming "Whose making?!?".
Ok, here is what I would suggest for you, nm cs is a really good leveling tool people dont really utulize on east from what ive seen. I dont know how it is on the other servers. I would say, find a party and just go through nm, you should hit around 30 just from doing the quests and stuff. Then you can easily nm cs till 50-60. I even used my barb and did river of flame runs in a full game and I leveled wicked quick.
I have been playing this game for a very long time, and I have noticed that leveling where you are supposed to be is a quick way to level, besides, the xp you lose from dying in hell cs games is just a waste of time. Thats my opinion.

If your 30+ with bo staying alive is no problem in hell cs. In sc the fastest way to lvl is definately hell cs from low lvl, I enjoy questing and lvling as I quest. To each his own

[WarlockCC]

If your 30+ with bo staying alive is no problem in hell cs. In sc the fastest way to lvl is definately hell cs from low lvl, I enjoy questing and lvling as I quest. To each his own
ravenclaw + knowing area levels + games with as much as possible other people is the fastest way to level to 30. after 30 it helps to have ench, but you can breeze trough nm with a enchanted ravenclaw.

Leeching CS is the laziest way to level.

Depending on the quality of the CS, even when you're level 50+ it can be very hard to stay alive in CS. If the rest of the party is as low or lower level then you or just generally doesn't know what it's doing. These kind of CS's happen. Far more then anybody wants them to.

[Kiwi Legend]

ravenclaw + knowing area levels + games with as much as possible other people is the fastest way to level to 30. after 30 it helps to have ench, but you can breeze trough nm with a enchanted ravenclaw.

Leeching CS is the laziest way to level.

Depending on the quality of the CS, even when you're level 50+ it can be very hard to stay alive in CS. If the rest of the party is as low or lower level then you or just generally doesn't know what it's doing. These kind of CS's happen. Far more then anybody wants them to.

I agree, I like to lvl to 6X before csing (I do play HC though), By low lvl I ment after 25-30+ is a good time to start the leech. I HATE a singe digit lvl entering cs then spraying 15 bodies all over the ground,

I really despise starting characters without enchant, its like going back to a horse drawn carriage after driving a ferrari all your life. :P

If you have one godly palladin and sorc leeching is a piece of cake

[Shaneperkins]

Thanks to Xamalar for helping me get to hell, and giving me alot of great items, if ever you need anything, i'll be willing to help.

BTW, howcome people play classic instead of the expansion?
And does CS stand for Cows?

[WarlockCC]

Thanks to Xamalar for helping me get to hell, and giving me alot of great items, if ever you need anything, i'll be willing to help.

BTW, howcome people play classic instead of the expansion?
And does CS stand for Cows?
I can't speak for all here, just for myself. Below is my oppinion, if you don't agree, fine, just don't bring your own oppinion into this asif it was fact, that's how flamewars start. Simply illustrate your thoughts and ideas about LoD or classic without putting effort into undermining my oppinion.
It is not my intent to start a flamewar, hence this disclaimer.
I'm not trying to win some souls here, it's simply my oppinion and view of things.
<my_oppinion>
I play classic because I find LoD items overpowered, the best items in the game are the uniques. Once you have perfect uniques, you can't go up. In classic, rares are considered better then unqiues in most cases and you can allways go up with a rare. Even super godly items can be improved upon.
This also means there aren't armies of clones running around with exactly the same items on.(ok this can happen in non-ladder where some dupes exist but still not whole armies like in lod)
The gap between 'rich' and 'poor' is gigantic in LoD while in classic, even if you just start out, you can build up 'wealth'(not talking about the runeword here :) ) quite fast.
</my_oppinion>
I read a list a while back on another forum and it pretty much covered everything concerning. I forgot where though. :)

Oh, and CS is a abbriviation for Chaos Sanctuary, Diablo's cribb.

[goomba]

US East, classic, non ladder.

I rush people all the time to hell cs. Some pay me, some I do out of sheer boredom.

I got a cgrip from someone to get them from hell Dury to Hell CS.

I got lucky, and not only found the end spot in tal rasha's tomb quickly, but mephy was the first teleport after the wp - so all in all, it was like 7 minutes worth of work for a c grip.

finally, my first dupe/highly desired item after 16 months or so of playing...

[DougDadyUsWest]

no offense, but the advice offered to this axer is pretty lame. "leech here" or "leech there". Is that how you forum posters have gotten to where you are. I think not. There is no experience or knowledge gained through leeching. I played DII softcore classic for over a year, had a lv 92 and several 88,89's, but I really had a very limited knowledge of the game. The thing that tought me was switching to hardcore. That really refined my skills, because I had to learn real quick what is going on or waste another day starting a new character.

as the thread poster already got a rush and such, my advice is to use the cs experience to your advantage, get to a strong level, and find good starting equipment killing unique packs in act3 (flayer is a good place, durance much more dangerous but if SC worth good exp). Then, start a new character or two to get a good feel for the game, using the low level gear you've found.

one great thing about 1.10 is that it is really balanced for playing straight through the game. You really don't need to re-do any areas, if you do all the quests going through you will maintain the right level for the area (IF you have a decent 4+ player party going).

good luck to you.:thumbsup:

[Dagnome]

no offense, but the advice offered to this axer is pretty lame. "leech here" or "leech there". Is that how you forum posters have gotten to where you are. I think not. There is no experience or knowledge gained through leeching. I played DII softcore classic for over a year, had a lv 92 and several 88,89's, but I really had a very limited knowledge of the game. The thing that tought me was switching to hardcore. That really refined my skills, because I had to learn real quick what is going on or waste another day starting a new character.

as the thread poster already got a rush and such, my advice is to use the cs experience to your advantage, get to a strong level, and find good starting equipment killing unique packs in act3 (flayer is a good place, durance much more dangerous but if SC worth good exp). Then, start a new character or two to get a good feel for the game, using the low level gear you've found.

one great thing about 1.10 is that it is really balanced for playing straight through the game. You really don't need to re-do any areas, if you do all the quests going through you will maintain the right level for the area (IF you have a decent 4+ player party going).

good luck to you.:thumbsup:

This post made me laugh. The begining to this post was pretty bad, but im not here to flame. Some of us are into the power leveling, I can bring a char to lvl 70+ within a few hours. Some of us prefer the hands on approach, I know I suggested that you level good where your supposed to be in the game, example a lvl 1 in hell cs, not so good. Dont be slamming on people and place a huge label on everyone beacuse they prefer a diffrent measure of leveling than yourself. I have been playing this game since its realease, I can see where your coming from, but it isnt very polite to be doing that. We are here to give advice, not critique how other players choose to level.

[WarlockCC]

Personally, I think Diablo 'rewards' you for playing the game trough. I seem to find more interesting items by just playing 'all the way trough'.
But I also have a vivid imagination, so this could simply be my delusion.

[Dagnome]

I agree, I found a biggins off normal Rakishnu. That was quite the find, I dont know if mathimaticly or anything it rewards us, but I do seem to find items that are good for my lvl when I am where im supposed to be. I like playing all the way through even though act 2 and 3 are long.

[DougDadyUsWest]

This post made me laugh. The begining to this post was pretty bad, but im not here to flame. Some of us are into the power leveling, I can bring a char to lvl 70+ within a few hours. Some of us prefer the hands on approach, I know I suggested that you level good where your supposed to be in the game, example a lvl 1 in hell cs, not so good. Dont be slamming on people and place a huge label on everyone beacuse they prefer a diffrent measure of leveling than yourself. I have been playing this game since its realease, I can see where your coming from, but it isnt very polite to be doing that. We are here to give advice, not critique how other players choose to level.

I'm not making a case that you SHOULD prefer to do things the same way. All I'm saying is that the only way to learn the game is to play through it. rushing and free items will never help a player the way actual experience getting through the game will.

"give a man a fish, he can eat for a day. teach a man to fish, he can eat for a lifetime." blah blah you've heard it all before.

You sound like a pretty bad-*** power leveler but I think you have me pegged as something I'm not. The only reason I play the game is for the ladder, and I've done pretty good this season. It's more fun for me to start my char and play through, because I feel more attached to the character, than if I just rush through the game. But after about a day I'm in hell cs and then it doesn't matter that it took me a few extra hours to get to this point. Besides, anyone can get to lvl 70 in a day, but how about a race to lvl 94?

This isn't meant to ruffle any feathers, I'm just trying to say that to learn the game you need to PLAY the game, and not just leech. I've been playing HC since .09 so I'm used to the fend-for-yourself environment, but even in SC you need to understand what's going on. go clippers. :shocked:

[goomba]

Personally, I think Diablo 'rewards' you for playing the game trough. I seem to find more interesting items by just playing 'all the way trough'.
But I also have a vivid imagination, so this could simply be my delusion.

interestingly enough, I have found some of my rarest unique/rares while rushing folks.

set of hotspurs off of hell Duriel. and an FHR, tri resist bplate off of rakinishu in normal on that same rush.

later in the rush, in nm, diablo himself droppped a fhr, tri resist, +life (ok, only 7 life) breast plate, with -20 req! My blizzer was only wearinga bout 110 mf at that point (tri topazed hat making most of that mf up)

[WarlockCC]

interestingly enough, I have found some of my rarest unique/rares while rushing folks.

set of hotspurs off of hell Duriel. and an FHR, tri resist bplate off of rakinishu in normal on that same rush.

later in the rush, in nm, diablo himself droppped a fhr, tri resist, +life (ok, only 7 life) breast plate, with -20 req! My blizzer was only wearinga bout 110 mf at that point (tri topazed hat making most of that mf up)
Maybe it has to do with a char(in your case the rushee) being somewhere for the first time, that also triggers a kind of quest drop.
Afaik Diablo definately gives quest drop when somebody gets the quest.
The Strategy forum is the place to ask and get this confirmed, for now, let's just speculate on it, much more fun imho then cold hard facts. :)

I do know that these items would have belonged to the rushee if he was working his way trough the level, so it does still advocate playing trough the levels. :)