Best Optional XP in the game.

[Impaqt]

Now that Optins have gotten a revamp, it seems many of our High XP Quests have gotten a bump and many other quests that may not have been on the typical Power-Leveler gameplan have become a lot more Interesting....

What quests have you notices a Significantly better TIme Invested to XP Gain here with Mod 9? I'll go over a few that I've found while leveling my new FvS.


Delaras chain:
Always a Staple, but now the Optionals are well worth the few extra minutes per it takes to get them. One of th ebest XP/min quests in the game is even better. I didnt write down the XP per optonal, but it was enough to make me take th etime.

Von 1-4:
Again, another staple, but the optionals were always skipped. Von 3 in particular. 1500XP per optional 1st time (With a Potion goin) on normal. :EEK: COmbine that with a 20k+ Base XP with al the boosts and your looking at well over 30k potential.

Bloody Crypt:
Lots of optionals that you cant help but do... they were about 300-400xp each plus a solid base XP made this quest a pleasure to run. AND... and this is a BIG AND.... The quest got a MAJOR facelift for mod 9. It s MUCH easier to navigate now. The maps was restructured so there are not nearly as many splits and strangly placed walls and barrier. a good group can split up and do each side in no time and meet back in the middle to take out the vamp.

Shadow Crypt:
Solid Powergamer Powerleveling stop. ALl the XP its always had Plus about 1100 Per Optional. Awesome Xp if ya know the right path to rapid completions. Well worth the time to grasp the concept and blast through. Even if it takes doing the 4 entry quests to open up.

Caverns of Koromar:

Always a fun quest but since the XP was nerfed way back when it simply hasnt been worth the time. Optionals can now more than double the base XP of this quest. ANd theres a LOT of em. over 1000 XP simply for picking up some books off the ground? Thank you!

Tear of Dhakkan:
Always a favorite for Favor, but now the Optionals make it a great XP QUest as well. I gotta say, taking the itme to do the optionals pretty much made it a new quest. I dont think I had done the optionals since about mod 2.


Next on my agenda is the Dessert. I hear WIzard King has some sweet optional XP as well as Chains of Flame.


ANyone else find some other quests that made you say "Hey, Lets do the Optionals"?

[sirgog]

Reclamation (in Atraxia's Haven).

Used to be 4k XP with 6 optionals (that you can't really help but do) at about 100 XP each.

Now, it's 4k + 6x 633. Almost double the XP. Plus, being F2P, it's easy to fill a group for, and the F2Per's that have reached level 9+ have all seemed quite competent to me.


Tempest's Spine is also better than it used to be, especially in a highly experienced group (get 3-6 mostly evasion types to do the big kill 29 mobs outside optional while the party pushes on for completion). 1000 XP for looting each rune, 633 for each miniboss, and almost 2000 for the kill 29 mobs optional. XP Om nom nom. Again, F2P.


Sadly Stormcleave Outpost got hit hard with the nerf bat this mod and leaves my powerlevelling list - it may still be worth it when you get first time XP, but it isn't worth repeating a difficulty level any more. (It lost ~22% of its base XP, and all the optionals outside the main fortress were removed except the giants on the ramp)



Also a quick note: Delara part 2 lost some base XP (it seems) but there's a lot more available from the optionals. It still seems better XP/time to kill only the Omarens that are actually on your path, unless you have an excellent group that knows the quest backward and is good enough to split up and send four to kill the underwater Omarens while the other two earn completion.

[Geonis]

Tear has become my major XP quest.

With all optionals on Elite the 1st time with an xp pot, it gives ~17kxp for ~30 minutes.

[Timjc86]

Madstone optionals give just under 2k each (3 total), although the base exp was reduced significantly, so completing the optionals only brings you back close to Madstone exp pre Mod9.

The New Invasion optional for freeing 30 prisoners gives 5.5k exp, that's the highest I think I've seen so far (about the same or more than even defeating Suulo in Tower of Despair). Just make sure you've got a way to pick locks.

[Absolute-Omniscience]

Wizard king!
3k per side boss. 1,5k per guardian, 1,5k for killing all keepers, and very high base exp. A total over 25k first run.

Running with the devils!
Very short quest, good before the change, but now with a 3k exp optional for 1min of work it's easily one of the best.

Stk part 2 also got a nice boost, used to be worthless but now it's quite decent exp.

Stormvault mine
Iirc, 1,5k for taking up the gems (which you find on the route anyways), and 500 exp per additional boss, are like 3-4 of em.

[Psyk0sisS]

Shadow Crypt:
Solid Powergamer Powerleveling stop. ALl the XP its always had Plus about 1100 Per Optional. Awesome Xp if ya know the right path to rapid completions. Well worth the time to grasp the concept and blast through. Even if it takes doing the 4 entry quests to open up.

Some guildies and I did this for about an HR last night on Elite (at level or below). Got from lvl 10-11 in that time. Even after 5-6 runs, still getting about 13k + optional named. Repeat on Hard first time for that extra push. Pretty amazing, so yes...I agree with this.