what lvl range is stuttgard
and what are the hot zones for 20-40?
AREA [Mob Levels] {Danger Level}
Crypts of Disgrace [25-32] {Ok area}
Plunderous Plains [30-40] {Ok area}
The Den of Evil [40-50] {Ragna Orcs are BAD!}
Pavel Ruins [46-54] {Not sure}
The Frozen Labyrinth [53-63] {No idea}
The Ice Queen's Castle [55 to 60] {No idea}
No idea what you mean by 'hot spot' but the two sub-40 areas are ok to solo in. The Ragna Orcs in the Den of evil are incredibly nasty without a party though. Basically whenever you attack a Ragna they port in/over TWO 'healer' mobs that NUKE! Solo=Death. (Nuker chars with 3 buffbot healers tagging along 'might' be ok.) I only played a little in the Pavel Ruins, but the concentrated packs of Golems made me to nervous to level there on my 40ish dwarf. Haven't tried the rest of the areas yet.
Den of evil is too evil. all the mobs are light-dark blue to me there, and i was almost killed due to their ridiculous numbers after attacknig one. The eyes there have a spell to make you auto-target them instead of the DDing monsters that are beating on you.
As for the pavel ruins, its great xp for lvls 48-54 or whatever, just dont go inside unless you are trying to delvl. The rooms inside the buildings give debuffs, the mobs (which are giant robots that shoot lazer beams and fireballs at you) have X4 hp, and theres about 30 of them in each room (basically like catacombs/necropolises, but they do alot more damage). But the outside is great XD
Plunderous plains..well, "in soviet schuttgart, mobs spoil YOU! "
^^
good for pole parties though, because if you can pull 3 mobs and when you hit them there will be 6 mobs, hit them again for 9 mobs...i really loved the warning from the quest guy at carons dungeon (which is an ODD sort of dungeon btw, it doesnt have any mobs in it and is basically only a tunnel from point A to point B): "when killing ragna orcs, you should be VERY careful. you might want to use geurilla tactics AND be a ninja master AND btw, dont die. heh, heh."