alternatives to HC (and dion areas?)

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well my plan was to level in HC from 30 to 40, or around dion (PH, EG, etc), but something happened to the dion manor (bartz server) and now its just blank. i guess somebody took over that castle and the moron leader doesn't know or doesn't care to set up the manor system for it. so now im at a loss. if i lvl in there without manor, i won't have enough money for C grade by the time im 40, but i don't know of any other good places to lvl at.
Schuttgart has some 30s level areas. Chiefly, Plunderous Plains and Crypts of Disgrace come to mind, but there are a few other areas that could work in low 30s. Death Pass and Breka Orcs will work at low-mid 30s (not at 30, mind you, but a little higher). In the upper 30s, Field of Silence, Fields of Whispers, and Alligator Beach in the Heine area will also work quite well.
That depends on what *other* manors are working. I can't think of too many areas with lots of multi-hp mobs like the catacombs in the Dion area. But for 1x and a smaller selection of 2x mobs you have plenty of places you can go to.

Giran - Gorgon's Flower Garden, Death Pass, and Breka Stronghold are all in level range. (The bugbear warriors are 2x hp as well.)

Innadril - NOS & Farhite are 2x, and the other mobs in the lower fields are all 1x. (Top half of that area is all 1/2 hp so bad for seeding.) Start with the Rakul and work your way to higher mobs.

Oren - Plains of the Lizardmen. Just north of the river that seperates Oren from Giran there are plenty of mahum and Leto lizards that are good. Plus the Leto Warriors and Overlords are 2x, north of them. You need to becareful of the Plains groups, but there is plenty of room to work around them.

Gluido - Wastelands. You can easily go from 30-40 without stepping foot in the ant nest at all. (Although that is another option.) Orc Barracks might still be good as well for multi hp mobs if you are still in the 30's. (You need to watch for runners though.) I did a bunch of seeds myself around windy hill as well. (All the 'Wind' mobs.)

Schuttgart - The area around the Crypts of Disgrace. (Just avoid the Ragna Orc area when you near L40....that area is is plain awful.) If your still below L30, the highest mobs (Kasha's and Baar) in the Orc starter lands will still be green until about L29. You could go to the Dwarf lands...but I've found the latest changes to mobs in the Mithril Mines to be highly unfriendly to a soloer. (Only the lowest levels are worth thinking about.)
let us not forget the road 30-40 can be done purely in cruma marsh and tower level1.

hell, wanna level in peace 30-60? take cruma for all it's worth.
id say crypts of disgrace, good for aoe all the mobs are weak against poles. also thers a somewhat decent quest at the port. u get some mats. i think u can get cokes, cbp, braided hemp, steel, or some others. my galive does more damage then my claymore there.


hell, wanna level in peace 30-60? take cruma for all it's worth.




i think i still have restless dreams of my grind there back in Prelude-C1 :p, but cruma is still dion area though. (i think?)


thanks for the input everyone, these are some nice alternatives i'll look into :)

but cruma is still dion area though



yes
I was thinking also he might not want Cruma if he needs to manor and Dion isn't working, as Cruma would (I think) be associated with Dion.

I was thinking also he might not want Cruma if he needs to manor and Dion isn't working, as Cruma would (I think) be associated with Dion.



yes, Cruma = Dion.