You don't ever have to move on to a "real" farm. Check out the level 1 version of my map(see sig) if you're looking for some new scenery, but you can and people have taken these lowbie farms all the way to 50. The problem with mid-level farming is you usually don't have a great amount of IOs and you definitely don't have a lot of slots. Combined with enemy HP and difficulty increasing exponentially and you can find yourself hitting a brick wall. I'm considering moving my level 1 map to level 2 though. That way you can set it for +1 which is the most efficient setting.
If you don't have any issues with a lowbie farm keep on doing that. TopDoc reports being able to hit level 50 in 5 hours on his and I have personally run one to level 50 in 10 hours, and that was before I optimized it to be even easier than it was back then. You can cap your tickets super fast on the lowbie maps as well. We're talking 90 seconds or less depending on your power sets.
Some tips thanks to TopDoc: Slot your damage aura and pbaoe attacks with as many damage procs as you can and make sure you use any long-duration buffs you earn after level 6 like Hasten or your Tier 9 god-mode power before you enter. Even if you exemp below the level for which the power is available the powers effects will carry over into the map. If you can afford it later on and want to use the map for ticket farming you can slot cheap purples sets if your build allows for it and those set bonuses never go away if you exemp.
Intriguing. I was reading in the thread where I got my farm that people were having issues after hitting 22. If I do stick with the lowbie map, or even switch to yours, then would I even be able to utilize the procs? Will they fire if I'm exemped down to 1? That would be pretty sweet.
The procs will fire even when exemped. As I learned the other day, slots continue to function even when you exemplar below the level you placed them. So for example your level 36 slots will still function even if you run this map at level 1.
Regular enhancements would simply be scaled down to severe ineffectiveness. An SO would provide something like 2% enhancement value. However, since you can't "scale down" a proc, they continue to function. Of course the damage they do is relative to your current combat level but it's still a lot of added damage which is especially useful if your inspirations slow down and you can't maintain yourself at the damage cap.
There are certain level ranges where you do hit a wall so to speak. Some stretches are intentionally designed to be slower than others since the rate of exp gain to exp needed is not linear. One of the issues is you don't get the constant inspiration bombs from leveling. I personally didn't experience any out of the ordinary difficulty when I ran mine to 50, and I've made the map even easier since then, so I doubt it's going to be an issue.
What primary/secondary are you running?
This thread is full of wise advice. If you're running /Fire, I'd switch to level 50 farms sometime after getting Burn, but you can just do lowbie farms to 50 and beyond if you want.
Ol' MacDonald is a SS/FA. I'll see if I can get my hands on some procs. I messed up yesterday when I hit the ticket cap and rolled on a bunch of useless junk.
Greetings, all!
I've been reading a few threads in here about farming with a Brute, and I've decided to roll up one of my own. I took Ol' MacDonald into a lowbie farm created by A Man In Black and brought him up to 20. My main question is twofold: when can I move to a "real" farm, and how tricked out do I need to be while I level? My goal is to power level this guy to fifty, and use him to funnel money back to my alts on blueside. Any advice would be most appreciated.