Cleric and Bard leveling

[keriz]

hi

am very new to Eq1 and need help in leveling fast to 95.
I'm currently dual boxing a cleric (Keriz) and bard (Largiz) , both at level 65 and find them leveling very slow.
It seems that even with mercs, my 2 mains and 2 mercs does not kill a dark blue mob very fast even though my mains have almost all defiant equipments.
Any advice on the following would be great.

1) place to level
2) equipments
3) mana regen items
4) AAs for cleric and bard. (if can state what AAs for level 65 - 95 would be good)
5) consumables?
6) other tips to increase my DPS or other strategies?

By the way, I use 1 healer and 1 tank mercs.

[aethgar]

at the very least swap the healer merc for another tank or dps merc if u happen to see me on i can help .

[Kiizze]

Some damage shield potions might help too

Kiiz

[Gamanern]

The fast way would be with some help. There would be plenty of killing of mobs closer to your level happening with people farming various items, so hooking up with them may help.

Also, getting access to J5 mercs will increase the DPS and survivability of the mercs which will make it easier and faster to level also.

[Melodionxxx]

Learn swarm kiting, and afk the cleric.

[Huyio]

Follow Melo's directions. Swarm Kiting is awesome xp - if done correctly. Bit of an art to learn.

[Koutarou]

Cleric can also swarm in own right starting level 89.