Monday, December 13, 2004

Leveling: Static Party Levels in Sanctuary of Zi'Tah (38-39)

Friday night found the static party at levels 35-38, and we headed to the Sanctuary of Zi'Tah. We couldn't find a WAR/ or /WAR, but picked up a BLM/WHM. It was a refreshing change of scenery from the hours and hours we'd spent in East Altepa Desert, but we probably should have gone there a couple of levels earlier. The EXP wasn't too great, and Manon didn't really like the pulling, with the Gaylas being tough to see, and the Goblins having what seemed to be a wider circle for aggro. No problems we couldn't handle, and lots of wind crystals to take home, but only 11.3K EXP for about 4-4.5 hours of fighting, leaving us at 37-39.

Since we didn't have a first-voker, it wasn't as smooth as it could be with hate control, but we managed pretty well. We fought mostly ogreflies, with a few funguar, goblins, and gaylas thrown in.

It was handy that we camped right at the outpost and that Windurst controlled the area, so we could use the Outpost Teleport service for a quick trip home. The BLM thought it was amusing that I'd set my HP there until I mentioned the teleport service.

This was probably our last party with Emith as WHM. He had originally only intended to level WHM to 37, so he made that goal, but it would have been nice for him to get to 42 so he could have all the teleport spells.