^This.
Once I get to level 10, I kite my way to 115. You just need to know the spots. All in SL starting at Nas Bridge to hoathlins (past the predators but before you zone outside croaker cave) to croaker cave to steppes to croakers in 2 Mountains, Stop at 60 (disable xp) and go to TOTW to get GoT Belt and the NCUs (6), both shoulder pieces, rings, and that implant that you can click on to regen your nanopool. Pick up AI levels between new kite spots.
Then hoathlin temple at the end of the ramp in Ely until they turn grey or light green, then behind the white building under Ely ramp (there’s a field on the far side of the building to kite after pulling), there are 2 alleys behind the white building filled with spiders above you and those floating turd things. Do those until they turn grey. Keep them aggro’d or they’ll run back to behind the building.
Kite Cyborg Barracks or sand demons on RK as filler or until level 115 before heading to kite hill in Ely.
You do each area until they turn grey max (Light green is when I move on), then go gear up and back out to the next area. Repeat. You will die a lot. But after a few pulls, you’ll get the idea. You also need to hit spacebar as much as possible, because their hit range is crazy, especially when you get to Ely hecks.
At 115, the only thing that matters is casting VE and nanopool regen. Have a high level NT buff your nano regen, cost, etc. I have an OT pull hecks for me until level 150 (usually have his lowbie alt in my team). DO NOT cast Boil Blood when you have an OT. aoe blind is ok. Or I’ll kite cyborg barracks solo if nobody is available to OT. I can kite Ely hecks starting at 125 (instead of 2 pulls east then west, you’ll need to do 4 smaller pulls), but if you can have an OT until 150, do it.
At 150, I do the shield nano and ado brain quest, and finish AI level 15 (or is it 23? Whatever the Title Level Cap is for level 150 AI Levels.), every gear slot has something in it. Even if it’s S10 HUD/Utility items. I will swap out some imps for symbs (chest, R Arm, R Hand, etc. Keep in whichever has the highest RS) You should no longer need outside buffs for now on. And then I kite ely hecks again (1 massive pull, not enough hecks to match my power kind of pull, literally the moment you’ve been waiting for kind of pulls.) until 170, including all the LE skills maxed out.
Note I stop grinding aixp at AI 23 until 220, then I finish to 30 when I feel like it (I at the very least do the dailies). I always try to keep LE levels capped (even the sucky ones).
Note You can slack a little on gear and twinking as you level. But there are 2 kite spots where you cannot slack. You have to have the BIS items (no AI combined armor required), imps, etc. Behind the white building under the Ely ramp and kiting Ely hecks. You can’t cheese those spots. Whatever gear you use to kite Ely hecks with will last you to 220. At 170, I suggest putting in a full set of the highest symbs you can fit (not afford, I said fit). That’s it. Now you’re just leveling, questing, and farming for 220 loot until you reach 220.
Warning When you begin kiting hecks, pay attention to the nano cost reduction nanos. The higher ones effect your cast range or speed (read the description), which is a no-no when starting to kite hecks at low levels. You’ll be able to cast it, but don’t. Also, you HAVE to have the RS ring equipped now to do this. RS ring on one finger, highest ergo ring on the other ASAP. The ergo rings are level-locked, unless you do the quest. I know TOTW Twinks with INF rings on. But the highest one you can get without doing the quest is minimum.
At 170, I am saved in Pande (incase INF mission invites) and back to Ely kiting hecks while running backwards and spamming spacebar less and less at this point. You should be well over 1500 RS. Then I head to INF to do ergo or team missions. You’re only doing Ely hecks to finish capping LE levels or slooowly leveling to 175 until you get invited to Inf missions.
At 210 (?), Is the Dustbrigade Nano quests and farming HUDs, NCU, Bracers, etc.
At 220, you can solo INF missions from that tall Jawa looking guy next to ergo to finish LE levels and join public AI raids to ai 30 and loot. Do public pande, Xan, and AI raids to learn how they are done. You should be getting some combined armor now if not wearing it already.
Always do AI dailies at any level. And farm that LE alien ship for levels. It sucks, but if you turn xp off at 165, 220s that need ai levels will run them with you.
*Side note. Always be aware what level is the highest level a person can team with you and still get xp. Sometimes, higher level players are looking for some lowbie to pull LE missions for them to work on ai levels or farm loot. You just need to follow at a safe distance and live. It’s a great way to get ai levels and help a higher level friend (or make new ones). In LE missions or city raid dailies that I’m only invited for completing said daily, I never loot. Loot isn’t for you. The aixp and the completed daily is. If they don’t care, they will tell you that you can have loot.
When leveling, the key is run speed and belt slots for outside buffs at low levels. RS ring from medusas, hacked wolf graph, etc. Once you have aoe blind, boil blood, VE, accelerated ql 200 ncus (cast speed), token board, 1200+ RS and a working spacebar, you can do it. Keep your Alien and LE skills leveled. Don’t be so eager to put symbs in, because at low levels you can twink in some better stat Imps up to a certain point. Skill Point management is important too, since it’s rough at low levels. Try to only put points into skills that can’t be outside buffed or put into imps.
I don’t even put skill points into BM, TS, SI, etc until either 2 Mountains or hoathlin temple in Ely. Those are made up from raw stats from imp clusters. So I use Imps and outside buffs for those nanoskills. I can self-cast the composite buffs by the time I reach 2 Mountains.
Starting out, I max, Int, Psy, Agi, Nanopool, MC, RS, CL, a little First Aid (Almost none, it’s just an imp cluster because you’re going to die anyways. First aid is just to keep you from that snare just before you die. Your HOTs should be doing the healing). and I do Treatment (not maxed in early levels), but only when I’m twinking and lots of math, already buffed, med suit, treatment rifle, treatment imps, garden keys, LE HUD, treatment rings, and the Medical Utility. Then I add what few skill points into Treatment I need to drop an imp in.
The correct kiting aoe nuke is the highest one you can insta-cast without running out of nanopool during the kite. Always keep a backpack with 20+ levels worth of nanos on you. Including support nanos (due to trickledown from INT as you level). Also understand that lower QL nukes may hit certain mobs harder depending on damage type (chem, fire, etc.).
Now, before you do all of this and get pissed at me, yes, there’s more to it. You need ALL LE HUD items, Utility items, constant NCU updates, S10 HUD items, Set of medusa armor for each kiting area, the run speed ring that drops from medusas, the highest egro ring you can get, 2 de’valos sleeves, wicked hood, cloak from SoM, reanimater cloak, eggs, full med suit, Biomech helmet and back piece, treatment rifle, garden keys, all the books for all the cyberdecks, an Enfo friend, a shade friend (for RS buff), a doc friend, a fixer friend (for ncu, rs, and hots). a NT friend that can outside buff all the support buffs your ncu can handle, and a MP friend that can buff your MC (I never do it because yes, I can cast higher level nukes, but my nanopool doesn’t last).There’s lots of prep work. A lot.
I have a number of NTs. All different levels for different kite spots for friends. So I already have and reuse the gear, imps, symbs, etc. Just need to replace No Drop Items and nanos. I can roll an NT and be kiting Ely hecks on Day 3 if everyone I need to give outside buffs, OT, ToTW Twink, Pen escort, etc are available.