Iconics And DDO points farming

[DaviMOC]

So I'm planning to transfer one of my toons to a more populated server and for that I'm going to farm ingame points(mostly solo). The best course of action I thought so far would be using iconic characters on low level quests until it gets some challenge and than delete it and restart the process. Would like to know which iconic build gonna be better for the job with little or no investment at all. Any tips on that? Should I do different?

I'm vip and have acess to every iconic/class and to elite runs.

[Krelar]

Make an aura warlock, you'll basically be able to walk/run through any low level quests and everything will die around you without even pressing any buttons. (burst/blast to maybe speed things up slightly)

[Phoenicis]

So I'm planning to transfer one of my toons to a more populated server and for that I'm going to farm ingame points(mostly solo). The best course of action I thought so far would be using iconic characters on low level quests until it gets some challenge and than delete it and restart the process. Would like to know which iconic build gonna be better for the job with little or no investment at all. Any tips on that? Should I do different?

I'm vip and have acess to every iconic/class and to elite runs.

There is a discussion somewhere about favor farming to buy warlock from a while back.

I think the two 'best' builds came down to a morninglord 13/1/1 sorc/barb/cleric and a shadar kai 14/2 rogue barb stick build

my search fu is failing at the moment or I'd link the thread

[unbongwah]

Make an aura warlock

That's basically what I did for a throwaway Mabar / Night Revels farmer: sun elf war 13 / barb 1 / cleric 1, IIRC. Fiend Pact, load up on metamagics, go heavy into ES, just run around burst/blasting your way to victory. Everything runs off Radiance & Combustion spellpower, which is conveniently what the ML starter gear provides. Just remember than regular spells are subject to ASF from heavy armor, but SLAs and ES aura aren't (or weren't). [if you have the scales to spare, you could pick up blue dragonscale to replace the starter armor]

[EllisDee37]

Here is a complete guide I put together that has all the info you need: build specs, quest list/order, and even video of each quest.

It's a 12/2/1 sorcerer/barbarian/cleric (morninglord) that runs fast and has sprint boost thanks to barb, wings and aoe dps from sorcerer, plus teleport and dimension door. Total win.

[EllisDee37]

That's basically what I did for a throwaway Mabar / Night Revels farmer: sun elf war 13 / barb 1 / cleric 1, IIRC. Fiend Pact, load up on metamagics, go heavy into ES, just run around burst/blasting your way to victory. Everything runs off Radiance & Combustion spellpower, which is conveniently what the ML starter gear provides. Just remember than regular spells are subject to ASF from heavy armor, but SLAs and ES aura aren't (or weren't). [if you have the scales to spare, you could pick up blue dragonscale to replace the starter armor]

For me personally, I found it super gratifying to use a turn-specced morninglord throw-away alt for Mabar. Being able to nuke all the undead with turn undead was the bee's knees.

[Selvera]

As long as your build has plenty of AoE, a level 15 with iconic gear should be able to quickly complete any quest on elite up until gianthold at least (The better the build the farther it goes).

Warlock is probably one of the best (Morninglorde 1 cleric/14 warlock).
While melees with lots of cleaves would also be good (PDK or bladeforged, paladin, barbarian, monk or fighter).
Any ranged build with IPS and movespeed. (Rogue, Rogue/arti, Warlock/arti)

Starting weapons aren't super important, as you can easily solo low level quests with any build, sell everything you loot for plat and buy a not-**** weapon on the plat AH. However, this does mean you're spending ~5 mins not running quests and using a sub par weapon before you do. So let's look at starter weapons

Bladeforge: Greatsword, good for AoE melee builds
Sun Elf: Mace + Shield with caster stats. Good for Warlock
PDK: Sword + Shield.
Shadarkai: Dual Daggers.
Gnome: Dual Hammers.

[Amundir]

For some reason it never occurred to me that you could pay for one of these with TP. Anyone got a link to the current server transfer details from SSG?

[Phoenicis]

That's basically what I did for a throwaway Mabar / Night Revels farmer: sun elf war 13 / barb 1 / cleric 1, IIRC. Fiend Pact, load up on metamagics, go heavy into ES, just run around burst/blasting your way to victory. Everything runs off Radiance & Combustion spellpower, which is conveniently what the ML starter gear provides. Just remember than regular spells are subject to ASF from heavy armor, but SLAs and ES aura aren't (or weren't). [if you have the scales to spare, you could pick up blue dragonscale to replace the starter armor]

yes, heavy armor causes ASF on shapes, not 100% on aura atm

[Fedora1]

For some reason it never occurred to me that you could pay for one of these with TP. Anyone got a link to the current server transfer details from SSG?

Sure do:

https://www.ddo.com/en/world-character-transfer-guide

[SpartanKiller13]

That's basically what I did for a throwaway Mabar / Night Revels farmer: sun elf war 13 / barb 1 / cleric 1, IIRC.

Warlock is probably one of the best (Morninglorde 1 cleric/14 warlock).
While melees with lots of cleaves would also be good (PDK or bladeforged, paladin, barbarian, monk or fighter).
Any ranged build with IPS and movespeed. (Rogue, Rogue/arti, Warlock/arti)

On both of these, I'd recommend Barbarian 2. Sprint boost is hilariously strong, and you can take Athleticism 3 on the way and rage for extra sprinting when you're out of combat (chain sprint boost > rage sprint > sprint boost etc). You won't lose much DPS from being Warlock 12 vs 14, and higher movespeed will mean faster quest time and less time spent in wilderness etc.

[EllisDee37]

As long as your build has plenty of AoE, a level 15 with iconic gear should be able to quickly complete any quest on elite up until gianthold at least (The better the build the farther it goes).

Exactly right, which makes the key bottleneck speed. (Travel time between quests, movement speed inside quests.)

I don't think it gets much faster than 12/2/1 sorc/barb/cleric (wings! sprint boost!) and chain lightning alone pretty much roflstomps the low level quests.

[DaviMOC]

Amazing replys guys. Was thinking about lock's auras but forgot about movments speed and DDoor.

What about druids/artificers? Wont be a good call to have at least 1 lvl of those for some quests or the owlbear+ perma cleric hireling(from starter pack) + hired hirelings( lol) is enough?

@EllisDee37, nice guide there! in special that it dont use any bought pack =)

[EllisDee37]

What about druids/artificers? Wont be a good call to have at least 1 lvl of those for some quests or the owlbear+ perma cleric hireling(from starter pack) + hired hirelings( lol) is enough?

I just reroll at 300 favor without having done any quests that require a lever puller.

@EllisDee37, nice guide there! in special that it dont use any bought pack =)

Almost. There's a necro1 quest, and the delera's quest. (Which is in the middle of a chain, so even a VIP would need an opener. You can probably replace it with a different quest.)

[unbongwah]

For me personally, I found it super gratifying to use a turn-specced morninglord throw-away alt for Mabar. Being able to nuke all the undead with turn undead was the bee's knees.

I went warlock partly for the extra run speed from Feeding Frenzy, but also because I thought I'd turn it into a Challenge farmer after Mabar ended, in which case warlock would be more versatile (DDoor, Haste for kobolds, etc.). Never got around to doing that, though, like so many of my other build plans...

On both of these, I'd recommend Barbarian 2.

At lvl 15, you only have 56 APs to start. I spent 37 ES / 11 TS (Utterdark+Stanch) / 7 SE (Feeding Frenzy), so there wouldn't be enough left for Sprint boost unless I dropped something else. Also war 13 gets you +5 UMD, which was just enough of a boost to use Heal & Gtr Heroism scrolls.