To Answer You Grinding Queries

Cryxtal - Sanctuary wrote: »

To start off, please dont grind till you are around lvl 34, cause that is when ur quests starts to slow down. Always complete ur quest FIRST (When you are 35 and below), grind in Air/Water. When you are able to grind well later on, I always do quest when im a few levels higher than it so its easy (E.g Do a quest given to u at lvl 40 when you are lvl 44-46). Stated below are the mobs i REMEMBER grinding on and never regretted. Obviously depends on your build and Eqs. b:pleased

Some Nice Grind Spots.

Abyssal Mystery (lvl34) (Water)
Vipion Leader (lvl35) (Wood)
Wimple/Bloody Goldwing (lvl36/37) (Wood)
Big Mouth pirahna (lvl39) (Water)
Vampiric Thresher Lord (Lvl40) (Water)
Native Vipion (Lvl41) (Wood)
Vipion Cloudchaser (lvl45) (Wood)
Blood Thirsty Shark (lvl52) (Water) <-- Love these as they are easy to kill
Terrestrial Foxwing (lvl55) (Fire) <-- Love these too
UltraFin Protector (lvl58) (Water)
Foxxwing Supreme (lvl60) (Fire) <-- LOVE THESE THE MOST! Spent so much
time on it with ESO.

I only did wood at 30s - early 40s, if i remember right. I didnt really like them as we dont have elemental advantage over them (Metal, clerics love em). Beyond lvl 44 just stick to water/fire.
(NOTE: THESE MOBS STATED ARE JUST WHAT "I" GRINDED ON, IF YOU HAVE OTHERS, THATS GOOD)

MY OWN ADVICE <-- Repeat: MY OWN. Dont need to flame me =D

1. Max earth shield first, and perhaps u shld have around lvl 7 water and fire by the time u hit foxxwing supremes. Well for me i had lvl9 earth, lvl5water, and 9 fire or something like that.

2. Max BOTH earth skills. Some say dont need to max stone rain, but wth? Its so easy to get spririts later on. Id rather easy lvl now , and then try to farm spirits. And u can get spirits later easily once u hit 60s and start doing lotsa ZHEN grindings. Ultimately u can max all skills so just do what its needed to lvl for now.

3. For me, I didnt even add 1 point to Divine pyrogram until lvl 70 cause i feel it only helped me much in Sutra, and my pyrogram was like lvl 5 ( Why my pyro was at only lvl 5 cause its only needed to do that little hit of finishing a mob off). Instead i used more like GS>SS>GUSH>SR. Feel free to add the pyro family if u want advantage over metal mobs, but i prefer to suffer there abit, and excel on my grinding. Cause we will only need metal mobs for quests? and if i can i squad ppl when im questing. Even if u cant find a squad, ur SS and SR deals very decent damage.

4. Gush, thats obvious u HAVE to max it, its so good in PvE and PvP. Glacial Embrace, max it too. Shld be ur opening skill for most mobs (Especially Foxwing Supremes). Like i said you'de be grinding on Supremes alot, so just do a GE -> SS-> Gush-> SS. Yes you have to use 3 hard Nukes, but the exp is worth it. I got to lvl 70 in 2months 3 weeks and im working! Of course i Zhen in my 60s too but thats a whole diff story. So u shld know how helpful these foxxwings are ( Ill always remember them b:thanks )

5. Please do learn apothecary. Get life/focus powder , it increases mana/hp recovery rate by 50 per sec over 10min. Saved me alot on pots. U imagine how many pots are saved when u kill over 10000000 mobs throughout ur grinding career.

6. If you can afford to buy ESO ( Exp scrolls in boutique ) Please do use them when u grind on sharks/foxwings. Ur exp will surely fly.b:angry

7. Now for ur Equipments, Ill try to explain it clearly. When you grind Foxxing Supremes (Fire), try to get your arcane robes with Single/Double resistance type, because when u have armours with fewer resistance varieties, the resistance of those particular 2 would be higher than what you would have on an armour having all the different element resistance.

E.g If a lvl 50 arcane robe (With all elements) gives ->
400% Metal
400% Fire
400% Water
400% Wood
400% Earth

Then a lvl 50 arcane robe(With 2 elements) gives ->
750% Fire
750% Metal

Then again a counter argument comes about what if you need to do Quests which requires killing mobs of other elements? Now i'll say i always carry 2 sets of robes. 1 Set is for Specific Element Concentrated (Fewer resistance types, but HIGH resistance in the given element) (Lets call it SEC for convenience). And the other Set which has all element resistance, but average in all, is Variety Element Concentrated (VEC).

So when you grind you use ur SEC and when u quest you can swap to ur VEC. Im now assuming you have fully upgraded your inventory slots to carry 2 sets of armours ofc . And its not expensive to get these 2sets because? when u grind or quest , you'll definitely come across these armours. Just be sure to plan what elements you will need in e future, and dont sell it when u come across it ^^. *But please note, Its only advisable to have 2 sets when you are around lvl 60 and below. Cause when u are higher level, theres a need for you to Refine/imbue your armours. Its too costly to upgrade 2 sets.

8. This is a tough one, If u can , try getting Cleric buffs in Towns near ur grind spot but Sanctuary's Clerics are very kind, ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE muahaha. You'll see e difference ! For e.g You might need 4 hits to kill Foxwing Supremes, but with Cleric Buff, you'll only need to deal 3 hits and this COULD mean the mob will hit u 1 less too, helps u save time, save pots and make u feel good about urself ^^. For me i have a cleric too, so it was easy.
(NOTE: *Cleric's Hp/Mp recovery Buff overwrites your life/focus powders, so for convenience sake, ask for buffs, then before u hit your mobs, use ur powder to overwrite the buff*) Powders are better!

At your level, clerics buff only last half hour, so ull only have time to get a cleric for the 1st half, unless you are lucky enough to find one half way thru ur grind.

9. Lastly, those mobs stated in the above are those i've spent my time on. Im sure somewhere inbetween there are other mobs. But i only chose Water and Fire mobs as our Sand skills and Water skills are amazing. Please do change ur mob targets if u feel there are better ones not mentioned and share them with the new people too b:pleased.

And the the way i've played till now, i've nvr had grinding problems, nvr been restricted on learning any new skills later on. So just do what you have to do to lvl fast now. When you've done ur lvling fast, you can take the extra time to catch up on what you've slowed down on (E.g Quests). While others do quest at their current level, you who will be a higher lvl after grinding first, would be able to finish those quests that were given to u at lower levels easily. Hope all i've said will help you and others. Feel free to add on =D CHEERS