Mr.Mischief
Sorceror
50-GM Taming/Lore in one day.
So, I started a tamer as my first character on the shard, and noticed that there were a lot of different paths to take to GM. I tried to take as simple a route as possible while still being quick, here's my results.
50-75 was done on Ice Isle, taming everything in sight, with exception of Snow Leopards. For some reason, they just weren't reliable gains at all, I could spent 15m on a single one and get nothing. This process took roughly five (5) hours.
75.0-75.2 was done taming random mobs on the way off of Ice Isle.
75.2 to 86.0 was done in Homare-Jima on Gaman, Bake Kitsune, and Great Harts. I spent a moderate amount of time purely taming Bake Kitsune, which probably slowed me down a bit, but I needed the money in hopes to afford taming jewelry before my [young] status wore off, so that I could get a few easy Nightmares. Ironically, right after I spent 8k in jewelry, my young status wore off not two seconds after I stepped throught the Humilty Moongate in Ilshenar.
1:55pm (start) - 75.2
2:05 - 75.9 (+0.7)
2:15 - 76.8 (+0.9)
2:25 - 78.5 (+1.7)
2:35 - 79.1 (+0.6)
2:45 - 79.9 (+0.8)
2:55 - 81.2 (+1.3)
3:05 - 82.1 (+0.9)
3:15 - 82.7 (+0.6)
3:25 - 83.6 (+0.9)
3:50 - 84.6 (+1.0)
4:00 - 85.1 (+0.5)
4:10 - 86.0 (+0.9)
At this point, I went around and did a small bit of exploring, taming what I saw. Most of my gains from 86.0 to 90 were done on Gaman and Great Harts.
After hitting 90.0, I decided to use the faction trick, since I couldn't rely on my complete lack of offensive abilities to keep me alive through dungeons. It also didn't help that a Para Acid Ele was sitting at the Humility Gate. After joining CoM (closest HQ to a moongate, as well as the the new completely flat styling of Mag made this a very quick trip), I went straight back to Ice Island and started immediate back on Polar Bears and Walrus'. I should note, walrus were easily my most reliable gain throughout the entire 50-GM process. If I was in a gain rut, as soon as I hit a fresh walrus, I'd get .2 or more from it. Also, 90-GM would've been much quicker, but half the monsters on the island I had already previously tamed. I suggest doing this in seperate days to allow the spawn to recycle itself and give you a much easier time finding targets.
6:30 (start)- 90.1
6:40 - 90.7 (+0.6)
6:50 - 92.0 (+1.3)
7:00 - 92.3 (+0.3)
7:10 - 93.3 (+1.0)
7:20 - 93.7 (+0.4)
7:30 - 94.6 (+0.9)
7:40 - 95.4 (+0.8)
7:50 - 95.9 (+0.5)
8:00 - 96.3 (+0.4)
8:10 - 97.5 (+1.2) I got a string of 4 gains off a single walrus in this stretch
8:20 - 97.9 (+0.4)
8:30 - 98.5 (+0.6)
8:40 - 98.8 (+0.3)
8:50 - 99.6 (+0.8)
9:01 - GM (+0.4)
As you can see, gains were reliably unreliable. However, I still averaged nearly 5 full skillpoints per hour, which I think is pretty good for having absolutely zero threat of death to mobs, as well as the process being dramatically slowed due to the lack of untamed mobs.
In total, the process to GM took roughly 14 hours real time, probably 12 of which actually being spent grinding, with another hour or so spent perusing vendors for reasonably priced jewels. My total cost of leveling Taming/Lore was zero. I profited about 8k which was spent entirely on taming jewelry which I never used.
Feel free to ask questions, I'm sure I left some info out, or people are just curious.
So, I started a tamer as my first character on the shard, and noticed that there were a lot of different paths to take to GM. I tried to take as simple a route as possible while still being quick, here's my results.
50-75 was done on Ice Isle, taming everything in sight, with exception of Snow Leopards. For some reason, they just weren't reliable gains at all, I could spent 15m on a single one and get nothing. This process took roughly five (5) hours.
75.0-75.2 was done taming random mobs on the way off of Ice Isle.
75.2 to 86.0 was done in Homare-Jima on Gaman, Bake Kitsune, and Great Harts. I spent a moderate amount of time purely taming Bake Kitsune, which probably slowed me down a bit, but I needed the money in hopes to afford taming jewelry before my [young] status wore off, so that I could get a few easy Nightmares. Ironically, right after I spent 8k in jewelry, my young status wore off not two seconds after I stepped throught the Humilty Moongate in Ilshenar.
1:55pm (start) - 75.2
2:05 - 75.9 (+0.7)
2:15 - 76.8 (+0.9)
2:25 - 78.5 (+1.7)
2:35 - 79.1 (+0.6)
2:45 - 79.9 (+0.8)
2:55 - 81.2 (+1.3)
3:05 - 82.1 (+0.9)
3:15 - 82.7 (+0.6)
3:25 - 83.6 (+0.9)
3:50 - 84.6 (+1.0)
4:00 - 85.1 (+0.5)
4:10 - 86.0 (+0.9)
At this point, I went around and did a small bit of exploring, taming what I saw. Most of my gains from 86.0 to 90 were done on Gaman and Great Harts.
After hitting 90.0, I decided to use the faction trick, since I couldn't rely on my complete lack of offensive abilities to keep me alive through dungeons. It also didn't help that a Para Acid Ele was sitting at the Humility Gate. After joining CoM (closest HQ to a moongate, as well as the the new completely flat styling of Mag made this a very quick trip), I went straight back to Ice Island and started immediate back on Polar Bears and Walrus'. I should note, walrus were easily my most reliable gain throughout the entire 50-GM process. If I was in a gain rut, as soon as I hit a fresh walrus, I'd get .2 or more from it. Also, 90-GM would've been much quicker, but half the monsters on the island I had already previously tamed. I suggest doing this in seperate days to allow the spawn to recycle itself and give you a much easier time finding targets.
6:30 (start)- 90.1
6:40 - 90.7 (+0.6)
6:50 - 92.0 (+1.3)
7:00 - 92.3 (+0.3)
7:10 - 93.3 (+1.0)
7:20 - 93.7 (+0.4)
7:30 - 94.6 (+0.9)
7:40 - 95.4 (+0.8)
7:50 - 95.9 (+0.5)
8:00 - 96.3 (+0.4)
8:10 - 97.5 (+1.2) I got a string of 4 gains off a single walrus in this stretch
8:20 - 97.9 (+0.4)
8:30 - 98.5 (+0.6)
8:40 - 98.8 (+0.3)
8:50 - 99.6 (+0.8)
9:01 - GM (+0.4)
As you can see, gains were reliably unreliable. However, I still averaged nearly 5 full skillpoints per hour, which I think is pretty good for having absolutely zero threat of death to mobs, as well as the process being dramatically slowed due to the lack of untamed mobs.
In total, the process to GM took roughly 14 hours real time, probably 12 of which actually being spent grinding, with another hour or so spent perusing vendors for reasonably priced jewels. My total cost of leveling Taming/Lore was zero. I profited about 8k which was spent entirely on taming jewelry which I never used.
Feel free to ask questions, I'm sure I left some info out, or people are just curious.
