Current hot spots?

[Flehmen]

Since I can't seem to google a link less than 2 years old, are hot spots still in the game? If so, has anyone got a up-to-date list?

Good to know for the 2xXP weekend.

[KyrosKrane]

The current hot spots haven't changed in about a year or so. You can find the current list of hot spots by searching in-game. Open the help window, find the Knowledge Base tab (I think that's what it's called), and search for hot spots.

One of the EQ devs has posted on the EQLive forums that a new set of hot zones will go live with or shortly after PoR.

[Flehmen]

You can find the current list of hot spots by searching in-game. Open the help window, find the Knowledge Base tab

You can get to it with the petition command.... cool... in the knowledge base... why didn't I think of that.

[Winenose]

I tried the knowledge base. A lot. Couldn't find the list of hot spots / zones / etc.

[Flehmen]

Hmmm, me too... so it is as useful as I thought.... (Usually, the fact is I already know the answer in the knowledge base, and usually it is correct as far as it goes.

The only satisfaction I've found is searching the old news releases. One thing they could do to help the game for the resergence of newbies is, seriously, let's move on from P Caverns. Every time the server is down, move the hot spots around. Get people, even at the lower levels, exploring! Sheesh, I know of 4 fresh off the boat from real life newbies who are having a grand time. Except that they do the same PC run on every character they create. That's just a little boring for em.

BTW, alla's has a complete (almost) list of update notes, so if you want the hot spots look under the patch history on the left hand side bar. Your looking for info from a year ago.

Good hunting.

[Flehmen]

In more searching alla's list of news releases... we have moved on from PC

In April 2005 the new zones seem to be:
The Warrens
Netherbian Lair
Echo Caverns
The Scarlet Desert
The Tower of Frozen Shadow
The Hole
The Grey
Howling Stones
The Halls of Betrayal (Chardok B)

FYI only, please update if you find out differently.

[Itek]

Those are the ones I have written down and I don't remember there being any notice about them changing since then.

[Elyssanda]

Zem = Zone Experience Modifier
Eqdiva had all of this on a spreadsheet with all zones through PoP listed. I narrowed it down to the best ZEM per level range.

ZEM Best mods per level
0-15 Crushbone 113%
15-25 Paludal caverns 113%
25-40 Naggy's lair 73%
40-55 Kedge Keep 66%
46-55 POJ, POI, POD, PON 58%
55-65-- 58% on all
Drunder, Fortress of Zek
Lair of Terris Thule
Plane of Storms
Plane of Torment
Plane of Valor
Ruins of Lxanvom
Doomfire, Burning Lands
Eryslai, Kingdom of Wind
Solusek Ro's Tower
Torden, Bastion of Thunder
Reef of Coirnav
Stronghold of the Twelve
Vegarlson, the Earthern Badlands

Of NOTE:
LOIO has a NEGATIVE 20% ZEM
The Grey has a NEGATIVE 13%

Also note: this list has not been updated PAST POP.. so no idea on ZEMS after that except when they announce a hotzone in the patch messages.
And no idea what the ZEM is in the hotzones. I don't think they take away any of the older zems though.. because CB and PC are sill heyla good XP.

[Bobaten]

I don't know how exactly the the Hot zone xp modifier is applied. It is either an additional modifier that affects xp, or it simply replaces the normal ZEM. Since I was leveling some twinks in Echo Caverns the during the time it was changed to become a hot zone, I know that the xp per kill doubled the day it became a hot zone. The listed ZEM for Echo is 6% bonus, so double would make it a 112%. Since there is no way I could tell 112% from 113% just eyeballing my xp, my bet is that hot zones are all given the same 113% modifier that PC/Crushbone has (hot zones were originally advertised as having PC like xp available for all levels).