Thread: What was this guy doing??

So there I am in the low lands killing orcs and stuff in a @ level 25 zone. Kill so many of these and so many of those. Sorry dont have the specifics.

I'm doing fine killing them here and there when I hear the sounds of battle. I turn around to see this guy one shotting the mobs. The mobs lay all around dead and un looted. Dozens of them, every where.

So I check the guy out.. he's a level 65 hunter :O

Not a big deal its just that it took me twice as long to fill my quota because this guy was running around one shotting the entire camp and leaving the bodys lie where they were. I had to wait for re-spawns in most cases.

Probably grinding out a deed... just bad luck that he showed up when you were questing :/

I was doing exactly that yesterday as well on my champ and yes it was for a deed, Valour I think, so maybe the hunter needed it. Killing grey mobs for deeds is much faster.

Originally Posted by HawtMama

I was doing exactly that yesterday as well on my champ and yes it was for a deed, Valour I think, so maybe the hunter needed it. Killing grey mobs for deeds is much faster.

Not so much that it's much faster. Most people don't finish the deeds before leaving an area. By the time they get back, all the specific mobs are grey.

I could see that if it was 5 or 10 levels but a level 65 ?

Thats 40 freakin level difference. Must have let that deed sit for a looooooong time.

I don't think it's unusual at all to go back to low-level zones to try to catch up on neglected deeds.

Originally Posted by auximenes

I don't think it's unusual at all to go back to low-level zones to try to catch up on neglected deeds.

agree. done that many times between my main and alts.

Originally Posted by UlteriorModem

I could see that if it was 5 or 10 levels but a level 65 ?

Thats 40 freakin level difference. Must have let that deed sit for a looooooong time.

LOL, on my 65 warden I need goblins in the shire, that's 60 levels

Especially now that there are multiple paths in the game, you will undoubtedly see oeioke returning to low level zones that they may have skipped entirely on their quest to 65.

Alot of folks don't bother with deeds til they reach level cap and end-game rading so seeing a 65 return to a starting area isn't that uncommon - especially Ered Luin

Definitely deeding...but when I deed, I try to stay out of the way of people who need the same mobs for quests. There are very few deeds that require you to kill mobs in an extremely limited area, unlike quests that send you to kill 10 orcs in ABC camp. If I see someone on-level killing orcs in ABC camp, I'll run over to DEF camp and kill orcs there instead. I also try to avoid named mobs that people need for quests.

Originally Posted by Sonsy

Definitely deeding...but when I deed, I try to stay out of the way of people who need the same mobs for quests. There are very few deeds that require you to kill mobs in an extremely limited area, unlike quests that send you to kill 10 orcs in ABC camp. If I see someone on-level killing orcs in ABC camp, I'll run over to DEF camp and kill orcs there instead. I also try to avoid named mobs that people need for quests.

I do this as well. I've been annoyed many times while leveling by a 65 coming along and killing all of the mobs I need so I'm very aware of this when I have to go back and do the same.

Yah, its a pain when you're in the run to 65 you really don't spend enough time in zones to get the Deeds done (especially when its an alt you are working on). I think most people wait until 65 to go back and do the Deeds because, well, now its time to actually work on character development since you have nothing else to do.


I normally try to avoid areas where people need mobs but sometimes you really can't. This is why I always offer to group with people regardless of the level spread since it makes no difference in exp for them other than the being in a group part and since I can kill 10 times as many mobs in a shorter time its really More exp for them.

Some people also get to 65, then figure out that they worked on the wrong virtues for raiding. So, back into the low level areas for piles of gray corpses.

My advice?

Ask to group if you are doing the same deeds, or just need X number of a certain mob. This allows you to gain xp and they may let you loot everything as they are past it.

Like Eisling, I always offer to group with anyone when I am killing low level mobs for deeds, it's the right thing to do.

Originally Posted by auximenes

I don't think it's unusual at all to go back to low-level zones to try to catch up on neglected deeds.

It's not unusual at all. Spent three days killing Crebain in Eregion after hitting level 60 in Lothlorien before Mirkwood was released.

Originally Posted by Sonsy

Definitely deeding...but when I deed, I try to stay out of the way of people who need the same mobs for quests. There are very few deeds that require you to kill mobs in an extremely limited area, unlike quests that send you to kill 10 orcs in ABC camp. If I see someone on-level killing orcs in ABC camp, I'll run over to DEF camp and kill orcs there instead. I also try to avoid named mobs that people need for quests.

I generally do this aswell when I need lower level deeds done, or simply ask the person who is there already if they want to group up if it is the only camp with the specific kind of mob (like wolves in TS etc)

Deeding low level deeds doesn't always mean that one has neglected it, it might indicate that the person has been stacking one thing and then starts stacking another, either due to hitting cap (650) in the stat that they've previously been stacking or merely to change things around for special occasions (get more morale for PvP, more shadow defense for a certain dungeon or maybe to play around with stats and see what suits their playstyle better)

Originally Posted by Finnion

Like Eisling, I always offer to group with anyone when I am killing low level mobs for deeds, it's the right thing to do.

Quoted for truth

Originally Posted by auximenes

I don't think it's unusual at all to go back to low-level zones to try to catch up on neglected deeds.

There is nothing wrong with catching up on old deeds. I do that myself sometimes.

But when that area is full of players, of the appropriate levels, working to finish their quests... its tacky to kill their targets that they absolutely need in order to advance. When I run into this, I offer to help the lower level quest or go elsewhere so that they can level.

If you're max level, come back when the area is quieter. It's incredibly frustrating, in any game, to have a high level character blocking you from questing because he is killing your quest beasties.

I was out in Evendim, Tum Fum or whatever, the other day on my level 65 champ killing goblins for the deed. Anytime I saw lower level players, I sent a tell and asked if they needed goblins or the named warg up there.

High level players who go back and kill everything without giving lower level players a chance to complete quests are just being jerks.