Mage AoE Leveling/Speed-leveling
Rating System:
S - Optimum locations for AoE leveling, easy and/or efficient. Sometimes twice as fast as questing.
A - Alternative locations. Probably faster than questing.
B - Locations with some issues. Maybe slower than questing.
C - Locations with major issues. Not recommended.
Honorable Mentions - Locations where AoE is viable, but which aren't great spots to grind--usually because there are too few mobs. Many would earn a B rating, so it's kind of arbitrary.
Dishonorable Mentions - Locations where you shouldn't try to AoE. They range from impossible to almost viable.
Ratings are based off more than XP per hour. Loot, difficulty, potential, popularity, etc. can influence the rating. They are also subject to change as new and old information comes to light.
S - Optimum locations for AoE leveling, easy and/or efficient. Sometimes twice as fast as questing.
A - Alternative locations. Probably faster than questing.
B - Locations with some issues. Maybe slower than questing.
C - Locations with major issues. Not recommended.
Honorable Mentions - Locations where AoE is viable, but which aren't great spots to grind--usually because there are too few mobs. Many would earn a B rating, so it's kind of arbitrary.
Dishonorable Mentions - Locations where you shouldn't try to AoE. They range from impossible to almost viable.
Ratings are based off more than XP per hour. Loot, difficulty, potential, popularity, etc. can influence the rating. They are also subject to change as new and old information comes to light.
Key:
Zone - Mob name or type - Specific Location
Mob Level: Level of mobs you will AoE or regularly encounter
Pull Size: Number of mobs you will be fighting at once
The smaller, darker gray number in the corner: The number of mobs that you can expect to kill in a 5-6 minute rotation, or the number of mobs available to AoE. Added to give a better, quicker comparison of top spots.
Runners?: Whether the mobs run away at low health or not. To be updated with specific information when it become available (at what % each type starts running). Running adds a bit of chaos, though usually it won't affect your decision on where to AoE.
Popularity: Popularity among other classes and single-target mages
GY Distance: Graveyard Distance; how long your corpse run is. If you're learning or on a PvP server you might care about this. Doesn't matter as much if you get a 2-minute resurrection timer, though.
Zone - Mob name or type - Specific Location
Mob Level: Level of mobs you will AoE or regularly encounter
Pull Size: Number of mobs you will be fighting at once
The smaller, darker gray number in the corner: The number of mobs that you can expect to kill in a 5-6 minute rotation, or the number of mobs available to AoE. Added to give a better, quicker comparison of top spots.
Runners?: Whether the mobs run away at low health or not. To be updated with specific information when it become available (at what % each type starts running). Running adds a bit of chaos, though usually it won't affect your decision on where to AoE.
Popularity: Popularity among other classes and single-target mages
GY Distance: Graveyard Distance; how long your corpse run is. If you're learning or on a PvP server you might care about this. Doesn't matter as much if you get a 2-minute resurrection timer, though.