Hunting suggestions for 54 empath

[ctsfinest]

Hi everyone,

I'm dusting off my 54 empath and not familiar with where to go. I went back to Bonespear hunting Dybbuks and Waerns, which are easy enough. I feel like I am shorting myself. Here are my skills:

Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 40 8
Physical Fitness...................| 155 55
Arcane Symbols.....................| 155 55
Magic Item Use.....................| 155 55
Spell Aiming.......................| 210 110
Harness Power......................| 210 110
Mental Mana Control................| 155 55
Spirit Mana Control................| 155 55
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 155 55
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 90 20
Mental Lore - Transformation.......| 70 15
Perception.........................| 120 30
Climbing...........................| 90 20
Swimming...........................| 82 18
First Aid..........................| 210 110

Spell Lists
Major Spiritual....................| 25

Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 30

Spell Lists
Empath.............................| 64

My CS is 268 and bolt AS is 294. I feel like those are really low for my level. Unfortunately, I don't have fixskills available to do the +21 empath spell cap thing I've heard about. Any suggestions on the optimal area to hunt?

Thanks!

[Luscinia]

Mammoths, sabertooth tigers, and seekers around Pinefar are a few levels above Bonespear and provide valuable skins. Blighted Forest near Ta'Illistim if you want to overhunt and can handle maneuvers.

There are also like-level hunting areas in River's Rest and Teras but some creatures in those places are immune to Bone Shatter.

[Zhiart]

Blighted Forest Ogres were pretty easy for me, but I had a bard with me as well. The maneuvers can be very deadly, it's the only thing that ever killed me.

[ctsfinest]

Seems like at 58 I have to go to EN...any way to stay around IMT, Solhaven or Landing? I like to stay nearby to my lower friends but it looks like I don't have much of a choice now.

[Gnomad]

You've got a fixskills now, don't forget.

What about Illoke? Not sure if they have bones or not.

[Warriorbird]

Blighted Forest Ogres were pretty easy for me, but I had a bard with me as well. The maneuvers can be very deadly, it's the only thing that ever killed me.

More PF.

[ctsfinest]

Used my fixskills, optimized myself for combat. I thought Illoke were scary? My CS is 302. I seem to run out of mana much faster now that I went from 237 mana to 175.

[ctsfinest]

Tried it, too many swarms, I run out of mana too fast to kill them efficiently enough. Any other suggestions? I am doing seekers and tigers in IMT but looking to plan ahead for my next hunting ground.

[Zhiart]

I was in the Citadel with my Empath and Bard at that train. Then moved to Illoke and then the Krag and then Minos.

[Alarke]

Post new skills for us, please?

[ctsfinest]

(at level 57), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 40 8
Physical Fitness...................| 216 116
Arcane Symbols.....................| 140 40
Magic Item Use.....................| 150 50
Harness Power......................| 157 57
Spirit Mana Control................| 158 58
Mental Lore - Transformation.......| 99 23
Survival...........................| 158 58
Perception.........................| 158 58
Climbing...........................| 120 30
Swimming...........................| 90 20
First Aid..........................| 158 58

Spell Lists
Major Spiritual....................| 25

Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 35

Spell Lists
Empath.............................| 103

I want to keep .5x transformation lore for now for healing purposes. I wasn't sure if I had too much arcane/MIU...I rarely use magic items and scrolls but thought it'd be good to have just in case.

[audioserf]

I was in the Blighted Forest at that level with a similar build. Easy stuff. Watch out for swarms, 1120 is your friend to take the pressure off if shit gets hairy. The maneuvers (mainly the boars) will murder you from time to time but it's not that bad. Stay unencumbered.

[ctsfinest]

I want to try to stay relatively local to the Landing because of other lower level friends for now. I suppose I can have them come along to hunt there.

[audioserf]

I have no other suggestions, then - been in Illistim since mid 20s. I was never a fan of the Landing hunting grounds.

[ctsfinest]

Fair enough. I've been researching level 30 hunting grounds as we speak, maybe I'll give it a try. Looks like hunter trolls are good ranger fodder.