This a challenge i made up and so far im having a blast doing it.
For all those who are bored of dungeon running,fractals, or just think they have nothing to do till raids show up, or would love to level a new character/profession but get bored of it cause they already went trough leveling so many times…-> try this out.
The goal: Explore all the shiverpeak zones, get to lvl 80 and kill the Claw of Jormag
-To prove you did this the legit way, you will need to take a screenshot at the moment you get a 100% zone completion showing your level, /death count and the 100% zone completion reward window (or the mail you get once you finished it)
Rules:
1) You must create a new character for this challenge
2) You only have 1 life. NO EXCEPTIONS AND EXCUSES. If your death counter shows anything but 0 deaths then you are disqualified from the challenge. (Type /deaths to check your death count)
3) You are only allowed to explore the Shiverpeak zones and the main cities
(You may also explore guild halls and the pvp lobby)
4) You may enter Sorrows embrace and Honor of the waves dungeons for extra exp, but beware it may result in death. HOWEVER, doing the dungeons with your main, and switching to your challenger character just to take the final boss reward is NOT allowed!!!)
5) You may not use any items from bank,or your other characters except inventory bags, permanent kits and tools. (No boosters)
6) You are not allowed to buy any item from the trading post,but you can sell items to the tp
7) You may use your account gold, and karma to buy things from npcs. (Weapons, armor, food, karma gear and trinkets
8) You may band up with other people around you, friends or other challengers but you may not receive any items from anyone such as food or gear.
9) You may finish any daily achievements that you can do within the shiverpeak region in order to get a writ of experience and other rewards. ( You may finish the other achievements with another character but you are not allowed to send the writs to the challenger character)
10) You finish the challenge when you kill the Claw of Jormag as a lvl 80 character that has 100% exploration on all Shiverpeak zones (You must lvl to 80 first, then kill Claw of Jormag.
11) You may only craft 1 back pack item from 1 crafting profession (The starting low lvl one). Nothing else, not even upgrading essences of luck
12) You may not do personal story missions. This gives Norns a advantage over other races since only Norn have personal story take place in the shiverpeaks.
HELPFUL TIPS:
1)Karma vendors sell nice green gear often having runes on them
2)Check various npcs,both inside cities and out in the world. Some of them might have interesting items as well as food that will give you bonus exp boost
3)Explore all the cities first, this will bring you from lvl 2 to lvl 9.3. This makes it a nice start and it will help you go trough the first lvl 1-15 zone faster.
4)Don’t be afraid to ask around for events, every exp point matters and counts. If you try to speed clear the zone you will be eventually under leveled and will have a really hard time continuing the leveling.
5)Kill underwater, “offroad” mobs and neutral mobs. People tend to ignore those and the longer the mob is “living” in the world the bigger exp bonus it offers when it is killed. (A Baracuda gives 17 exp and +46 bonus exp because it has been ignored by other players)
6)Frequently check karma vendors for gear
7)Don’t be afraid to use defensive stats and weapon skills such as a warriors shield, or a elementalists focus. This is not about dps, its about having only 1 life and a long journey ahead of yourself. Having a 3second block of a invulnerability or a skill that can stealth you or flash you away from harms way might save your one and only life.
8)Some jumping puzzles are extremely dangerous. You are not required to do them.
However you are required to do vistas… and some of them can be dangerous as well. Pay attention and take it slow and easy.
9)Before you log out make sure your character is in a safe spot. It can be frustrating to log in back into the game only to see your self in the middle of a meta event getting downed in few seconds
(edited by Vukorep.3081)