Part VII - Draining in DM
Rafferty of Leafcull is a mage who knows what he is doing.
So early on in his career as a Mana C speced mage he took
the trip to DM and tied to the portal there at LvL 22.
There, in Og heaven he drained his way through the lower
20s fast, in the meantime sharing his experience with me
and trying to get me out of my Grey Giant Smurf fun in
the Baishi citadel. I dragged my feet for 5 levels, did
not feel ready before LvL 30 so I waited. The Citadel
became more and more boring to me, I needed a change of
scenery. So one Friday AM I decided to make the big step,
Rafferty summoned portal and off we were.
The DM has two draining spots, one the 2spawn has two
tusker guards behind a wall (26.000 XPs q15mins) and is
totally safe. The other one the 8spawn has 4 slaves and 4
guards (> 200.000 XPs/hr) behind walls, it is
hazardous to get to and there is a Virindi Servant who
permanently casts debuffs, harm other etc. on you. It has
a high yield of XPs, of course.
We went to the 8spawn first after taking care of the 4-6
entrance Lurkers. Once you get in you turn to the left,
kill all drudges, you come to a door that opens when you
approach it. Kill the drudges behind the door first. Then
go close and run through the door and turn left, down the
hall there are three more Lurkers to kill. STOP there!
Down the ramp to your right a Servant shows up on radar,
check if two slaves are with him. Drain and kill the
slaves from behind that wall and then run like crazy down
the ramp, along the left wall and around the wall behind
it. Stay there, close to the wall. The servant you just
passed may follow you to the other side of the wall,
meaning two servants cast harm other IV on you, you have
to log for a minute to get rid of the one servant.
Sometimes on Leafcull Heckler the Mage is there and
drains the Servants, that is nice because I saw Ogs
dropping like flies around me from the virindi spells.
That is where my health of 150 comes in handy, LOL.
The 2spawn is the one I like best, 2 guards , 26.000 XPs
every 15mins, very nice. In between spawns I like to run
around killing the Stalkers and Lurkers so I net around
150.000 XPs there per hour if I am alone. Now you get
there by running straight ahead after you got in, at the
end of the hall you take the hallway to the right, kill
the Stalker there first. Now turn right again and then
right again up a ramp over a bridge. After the bridge you
go up another ramp and then take the next right until you
come to a big hall. You have to jump down to get into the
hall. Stay there and check the radar. To your left is a
wall with two Tusker Guards, to your back are several
Drudges behind walls. You can stay there and kill
everything from there or jump down and concentrate on the
Tuskers. Your preference. If you do not jump down in the
hall you are safe from melee dudes dragging the Tuskers
into the hall……..
I stayed initially at the 8spawn and drained my way up to
LvL 30, made these 400.000 XPs I needed in less then 2
hours, very nice but boring. I myself prefer the
combination of 2spawn and the drudges, cause I like to
kill drudges. The two spawn is my preferred getting-rid-of-vitae
spot. Once I am good enough to get rid of the Servants, I
may go to the 8spawn more often. My normal DM time is one
hour in the early AM CST when I am alone there, besides
the 8spawn drainers. I enter the DM after buffing, kill
all the drudges at the entrance and behind the door to
the 8 spawn, go through the door kill the drudges there
and drain the two guards next to the virindi servant
there. Then I run back to the DM entrance, run up to the
2spawn, drain the 2 guards there and the kill all the
Lurkers and Stalkers around there (about 5 total), hey I
just made around 70.000 XPs in 20mins, not bad, I repeat
the whole thing and end up with about 150.000 XPs in one
hour, this is my DM morning fun. No sweat, no big risk,
just ideal between breakfast and getting ready for work.
I made it to LvL 33 there in no time, draining stuff and
killing drudges. Then I decided it is time to check out
the Direlands around the DM and find that little outpost
Dizz is mentioning, Waiojoi (or whatever). So I decide to
leave the DM to check out the surroundings……
To be continued………
Battle on friends. May Lord Asheron look favorably upon
your path.
Tokugawa
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