Getting to 15 exploration on my Human and Giant

• Sapphireoath wrote on 2011-01-10 04:52
  With my Main (Elf) I can just Thunder spam and get to 15 expl easily...but I don't have that luxury on my Human or Giant.
  My Giant is pure melee with no Magic skills whatsoever. Best I can get her to is 10, at Cor (artifacts at Voight). Is there any easier way, or should I just persevere till I get to 15.
  My Human has R5 AR, R5 Range and R8 Magnum. I have yet to actually try rafting with these, are they too weak? I probably won't get as many stars as I do on my main with just AR spam ...
  If I have no viable way to get them to 15 exploration easily, is lvl 10 fine? Will that extra 5 AP make a difference? D=
  
  (sentences in red are the main questions)
• abc33kr wrote on 2011-01-10 05:03
  the reason for getting expl lv 15 is for diamond es and the fact the exp growth curve's exponential growth is much more visible after this point.
  
  so if u dont have many expl related enchants then 10 is fine too.
• Sunureu13 wrote on 2011-01-10 05:06
  With an inventory + a few pets, it should only take 1 run to get to level 15 at cor.
• Phunkie wrote on 2011-01-10 05:07

  Quote from Sunureu13;284591:

  With an inventory + a few pets, it should only take 1 run to get to level 15 at cor.

  
  
  Granted that Voight doesn't go schizo and fails on the restores.
• Offspring wrote on 2011-01-10 05:12

  Quote from abc33kr;284587:

  the reason for getting expl lv 15 is for diamond es and the fact the exp growth curve's exponential growth is much more visible after this point.
  
  so if u dont have many expl related enchants then 10 is fine too.

  
  
  Don't forget lizard enchant. owo
  You can do what a friend of mine did. Pay a guy 30k a rafting trip till your lvl 25 explorer. Not exactly the greatest idea but it's possible if you have the funds.
  Personally I just ask friend to raft and I'll take responsibility of being the guy who kills any jumpers. Although hardly any jumpers actually make it on the raft before someone skills it...
• Omarukun wrote on 2011-01-10 05:17
  Try doing artifacts at the swamps
  and lvl 15 is still easy with artifacts. Problem is when you try to reach 25 with them . _.;
• Chromatic wrote on 2011-01-10 05:19
  get fossils with your elf, restore them with your giant
  
  CC wand and ice all melee hobos so they jump into the raft. WM them
• Everwanderer wrote on 2011-01-10 09:43

  Quote from Sapphireoath;284572:

  With my Main (Elf) I can just Thunder spam and get to 15 expl easily...but I don't have that luxury on my Human or Giant.
  My Giant is pure melee with no Magic skills whatsoever. Best I can get her to is 10, at Cor (artifacts at Voight). Is there any easier way, or should I just persevere till I get to 15.
  My Human has R5 AR, R5 Range and R8 Magnum. I have yet to actually try rafting with these, are they too weak? I probably won't get as many stars as I do on my main with just AR spam ...
  If I have no viable way to get them to 15 exploration easily, is lvl 10 fine? Will that extra 5 AP make a difference? D=
  
  (sentences in red are the main questions)

  
  
  1, fossils until 10, dragons until 13-15, atifacts until 18 maybe 20 if bored.
  2, no freaking clue, I'm not a human nor a rafter
  3,What do you think? A bunch of shinny/high cost skills are coming out in a couple of weeks. Are you planning to get some of those?
• Zid wrote on 2011-01-10 15:16

  Quote from Sunureu13;284591:

  With an inventory + a few pets, it should only take 1 run to get to level 15 at cor.

  
  
  Pretty much this, in terms of low cost.
• Richard wrote on 2011-01-10 17:27
  Do swamp artifacts on both your human and your giant. Faster than the artifacts around Cor.
  
  On your human, I think you should start rafting at about R1 ranged and R2 AR? I didn't start rafting until both of those were R1, but recently, rafting for exploration exp has gotten A LOT quicker. I love rank 5 crash shot. Haha. If I get lucky with crits or just trans, I can get 31+ stars before the first stop.
• M wrote on 2011-01-10 17:32

  Quote from Richard;285008:

  Do swamp artifacts on both your human and your giant. Faster than the artifacts around Cor.
  
  On your human, I think you should start rafting at about R1 ranged and R2 AR? I didn't start rafting until both of those were R1, but recently, rafting for exploration exp has gotten A LOT quicker. I love rank 5 crash shot. Haha. If I get lucky with crits or just trans, I can get 31+ stars before the first stop.

  
  
  probably the best answer so far :) I was about to suggest this lol the swamp is a better option if you're not combat ready. If you have crash shot r5 (or thunder r5) or higher, rafting should be cake. AR is not very good for rafting, neither is mag. AR does too little damage, despite being quick, it may not be quick enough. Mag is high damage but slow, and risky on a moving boat.
  
  While rafting is best, and I would suggest getting CS or TH to r5 for it, if you can't, stick to the swamp. If it's too tedious, take breaks inbetween and make sure to catch those dragons for sketches :)
• Adelynn wrote on 2011-01-10 17:48
  But exploration in Cor is super easy. o.o;
  It's probably the easiest. I get to exploration 8 just looking for the artifacts, not even restoring them yet XD
• jking012 wrote on 2011-01-10 20:21
  Here's a cool Tactic for giants If you have rank 1 Taunt which you should get regardless at some point.
  You can Use taunt on the hobbies and they'll all (well sometimes it glitches and not ALL jump over but most) will jump onto your raft at the same time.. and usually double spam wm is easy enough. (onlytakes 1 wm with ego to kill em all here so it works well).
  
  Giant rafting will be easier for me once i get bolt composer >:) YUSH!
• arklian wrote on 2011-01-10 21:50
  I raft for Explore exp cause artifacts at Patay got boring, and I'm only r6 range and 100 dex. I trans after the first dock and I get about 8-14 stars a leg... Got me to lvl 13-14 in 4 or so runs I think.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2011-01-10 22:08
  Yeah, if you can't raft or hot air, then you gotta artifact...
  
  I can get to lvl 1 to 15 explor in about an hour if I'm diligent enough.