I leveled Smudge to 60 without a box. I enjoyed it, I picked a class I had never played before, I got to meet people that were just starting out and also people who were leveling alts. I did everything from Droga & Tolon to Velks/Seb/KC/SG. I found myself doing more fun zones when I had the attention to dedicate to a group setting. Take your time, there's plenty you can do in this game before you hit 60. Once you hit 60 there's only gearfarm.
There are more people at Nurbyte right now than Imperium gets logged in for PoG raids. I put the exp at about twice as fast as a group of 6 (two trios) under normal circumstances all the way to at least 59. A good group with excellent gear might match it under optimal circumstances if they don't run out of mobs. Just the way SOE intended it, right guys?
Not surprisingly it looks like at some point on Live they cranked his level to 61 to stop the rampant abuse. On p99 he was used more for plat than experience, at least at one point.
Mob that can be spawned infinitely and killed easily without any risk all the way to 60. People will almost surely abuse him for AA's as well.
I actually laughed out loud. Would be a great way to test macros. Kill innkeeper. See if person keeps saying Where is Tolon Nurbyte, with no innkeeper after death. Spawn a level 80 tolon down the hall. See if pets automagically take off for him. Inc bannhammerrrrr!!!!!
that sounds like hell unless you're automating it. How would it compare in exp to killing a dark blue every 2 minutes?
I've been doing Tolon at 59 on my alts but took a break to group in Seb last night. Efficient Seb killing is faster than Tolon at 59. I generally do Tolon when I'm at work because I know an epic Mage pet destroys him and I don't have to worry about dying. I can tab into EQMac, call for tolon, sick my pet on him, tab out and repeat that every 30-45 seconds. It's extremely controlled - No pulling, There's no pathers that will kill you if you need to take a break, there's almost no chance of dying, and you can min/max the hell out of it with OOG dps. Is it fun? No. Is it remotely challenging? No. Is it the only thing I can do with my limited attention at work? Yes. Do I have much other free time to level my alts? Not really. Will I complain if they remove it? No.
Yet no petitions reporting people of macroing with proof? If players dont spend some effort weeding out known cheaters, guess what? You think staff know who is cheating? Killing Tolon Nurbyte is not cheating. It is not trivial for staff to figure out ppl using macros. But if guilds are passing out and sharing macros, they are just as much to blame.
Welcome to EQ, Epic Mage Hotkey: #1 /say Tolon Nurbyte #2 /target Tolon Nurbyte #3 /pet attack Tolon Nurbyte #4 /pause 50 DPS Hotkey: #1 /assist [mage pet] This is legal exp exploiting whittled down to its finest.