I take back my previous comment, as I can not find an additional source of iron on West... a suggestion might be to add a few spires (1-3) in other cave locations that are accessable to balanced parties.Chongo - you got mail..
I can propose maybe switching the two copper vein in the desert cave, there is 3 that is pretty much easy to access for low levels in party somewhere. Upping the spawn of mercs by a few (3 or 4) more mercs could balance it out at the same rating of ac though. With the snakes and scorpions in the desert it takes a good party for low levels to go there anyways, so it seems to fit.
There is another source of Iron on West.For obvious reasons, I'll not mention it here. EDIT: Incidentally, there are 4 places to get iron on Central.
Can't say I know much about the new Haven. But... My level 29 melee had to run from the ore hills about a month ago. I found it embarrassing. The mob was immense and they all found it quite easy to hit 47ish AC. Does this mean it's not balanced? Well, as perturbed as I was, I can't really say that it indicates anything definite. I mean, if I had someone to stand in front of me then it'd be over in about a half a round for each creature. That said, in my opinion it's balanced a little too high, which is 100% my own fault. Their AB for a level 16ish creature would indicate a +15ish bonus. Which to me seems excessive after getting my arse handed to me. In Bjornigar's opinion it seems low. So who knows. By all means, folks should weigh in. There's an update coming soon, so please do comment.
I just want to clarify something....Iron is not a "low-level" CNR. It is a mid-level CNR.Copper and Bronze are low-level CNR. Platinum and Adamantium are high-level CNR.Mithril is a high-to-epic-level CNR.So as I said above, there's really no reason why a low-level party should be able to go get Iron.
People are taking this all wrong and trying to "prove points" IMO. I simply stated that the creatures are to powerful for an area two zones over from Dalanthar. Yes it is central/east, but that aside I don't need to explain to you how strong those things are now, because you know =).
Poor Tin...no love for Tin... Only the final product, Mr Bronze...=P*grins*This is how I always saw it Dorg. I am personally not fighting for the rights of a low party to gather Iron.
Oh and I have to play all my characters as directionally challenged cause I get lost all the time...
wait did i just read that ed gets lost?