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aparmenideanmonad posted:Hahaha, well done Yeah, I realize pulling/tanking will become a challenge eventually - but honestly this character is more of a litmus test to see if she really feels like playing the game at all. So if things go well, we can revisit the character she ends up playing if need be. @Prophecy - yeah, it sounds like the Shaman is an awesome class. I just want to have another character I play when we're not duoing. I'd like to keep our duo characters around the same xp level. I love that this game is still fun, and the population on p99 is impressive (in the popular zones anyway). I'd love to be able to see all the zones / dungeons I never did back on Live. I think I only got around level 20-30 when Kunark came out, then moved on to other games. So there's a lot for me to visit!
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What are some 1HB primary weapons I should get a cleruc? Can anyone explain to me how to MQ the cleric epic?
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Jade Mace (<2k) is pretty much the best 1HB if you want to hit things. Runed Morning Star (5k+) has great stats and is still pretty good for hitting things. How you MQ the cleric epic depends on which pieces you have on the MQ recipient vs. which pieces you have available to MQ on other characters. The best MQ spot is on the penultimate turnin where 3 orbs go into a mob who returns you the single final turnin item and spawns the final turnin mob. The Orbs: 1. From the Plasmatic Priest robe turnin. 2. From the Ixi scepter/Overking scroll turnin. 3. From the Ragefire heart turnin. The robe that you turn in for the first orb is droppable, so that's an easy way to get a piece on your MQ recipient. This is how people who sell cleric epics usually do it. They have the other orbs ready to go and give the MQer the robe so they can get the last needed orb (plus, they'll have another Gimblox ring handy to be set for another Ixi spawn). They hand in orbs 2&3, then the MQer hands in orb 1 and gets the final turnin piece. You'll still need to do Ragefire but you can loot and do all the other turnins on Skullmonkey as long as you have a robe to hand to your cleric. aparmenideanmonad fucked around with this message at 08:05 on Feb 11, 2014 |
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Played for about an hour and a half last night, and murdered FGs and bugs with Bugen. He must have been bored because it was a Psuedo PL.
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After having spent a bunch of time in Burning Woods attempting to forage for mendglow clay with the skill perma-capped at 50, I've got only a second stack of vegetables, 3 fishing grubs, and maxed out divination. If anyone forages one or two blocks of mendglow from BW, I'd appreciate letting me take them off your hands.
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The fact that VP is no longer a complete and utter poo poo show is still mind blowing to me. Those be some fun dragons to kill!
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Got my bard up to 45 on Red, mostly AOE kiting, and im noticing that in the last week or so the server stability seems kinda borked, not in a major way but in that mobs are not always where they appear and dots are ticking super late compared to when I finish a song. It's making AOEing super dangerous and I died like 4 straight times before I figured out what was up. Talked to another person on the server and they seem to have noticed the same thing. Is blue having this problem? Is anyone playing on Red and noticed this? Or am I crazy? I've spent hundreds and hundreds of hours AOEing on bards on live/emu servers and this is annoying as hell. I'm having to pull 15 mobs instead of 60, and even then I sometimes get the tar kicked out of me.
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It's not just you, the servers are definitely chugging when the pop creeps up over 1k total. Pings are still in the 30-40s for me but the PL creeps up and it's hard to tell when ticks are happening, when you're getting hit with spells, and it's also playing hell with aggro mechanics. I've noticed I can just run past tons of KOS stuff with levitate+jboots on and get nothing, and I also noticed it when I was dicking around on my monk with Integ in SolB. I really wish I could have taken a video of the ridiculousness that ensued when trying to split just the front two fire giants, which usually takes me 20-30 seconds tops. It took me about 10 minutes to finally luck out and predict the ensuing lag spike to get one single. That said, 90% of play is probably not affected by this, so I'm still counting the pop as a blessing rather than a curse.
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Ghosting is also becoming a big issue. There's always been a corpse bug that for some reason they never bothered to fix that's semi-intermittent-but-more-common-now (if you don't "see" the person die, you can't see their corpse), and issues where if you don't see the mob spawn and someone pulls it (take Gore for example), you won't see it even though it's standing in front of you. The rumor is that these bugs cropped up due to them trying to fix lag-then-dc in TT.
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Yeah I've seen those bugs pop up, thanks for the confirmation on the laggy issues. It's not like I can really complain all that much since I'm still going to hit 50 in the next fey days and 60 within a week or two from casual play (bards are stupid as hell) but I was starting to feel like I was just really bad at games
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I can't be bothered to read the official forums. What's the latest word on velious?
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Me and a friend of mine decided to wallow in nostalgia and go for this; I made a barbarian shaman, he's probably going for either a barb warrior or a rogue. Problem is, we'd need to get from Everfrost Peaks (which we pretty much hate) to the Commonlands (which I'm at least a bit more familiar with), and it seems a nightmarish journey at these levels. What would be the best bet here; just grind enough to be able to pass Blackburrow and run for it, or keep begging for a port or something? I'm not too familiar with EQ; never played it at it's prime, but I did play a rogue on P1999 some years ago. Still, no clue about how to go about most things here.
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Dropbear posted:Me and a friend of mine decided to wallow in nostalgia and go for this; I made a barbarian shaman, he's probably going for either a barb warrior or a rogue. Problem is, we'd need to get from Everfrost Peaks (which we pretty much hate) to the Commonlands (which I'm at least a bit more familiar with), and it seems a nightmarish journey at these levels. What would be the best bet here; just grind enough to be able to pass Blackburrow and run for it, or keep begging for a port or something? Good news everfrost is one of the better starting areas. Bad news you will need to return to it regularly for spells and the closest port would be north karana only 5 zones away. If you must play a barb there are always druids killing mammoths in everfrost you can sweet talk for a port. reroll ogre GIMpy12 fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Feb 16, 2014 |
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EF is a bit rough for 1-4 due to all the level 5 poo poo wandering around but Blackburrow (gnoll fangs -> South Qeynos) is the fastest way to get to 15ish on the server at the moment. If you really want out I'm happy to run a porter over for you. You would definitely want to buy a few sets of spells to avoid going back frequently, or, since there's two of you, one of you can roll a newbie ogre/troll and the other can hand off cash to buy the spells in Oggok or Grobb. If you do want the port, post when you'll be online and your character names and I should be able meet up with you. Alternately, look for me in game; I'll probably be on Bugen, Illtair, or Smrt.
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Hey Illtair, you want to PL me a little bit on your monk tonight? 
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Finally got Mauzer, my Druid, to 50 last night. Only took me like 3 years.
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 Holy poo poo You gonna keep goin or go back to altsville? 51-55 isn't that bad quadding chickens/raptors in TD (assuming you aren't completely tired of quadding), and then you can go charm solo in Perma!
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aparmenideanmonad posted:
Someone who's taken longer to level than me!
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ChairmanMauzer posted:Finally got Mauzer, my Druid, to 50 last night. Only took me like 3 years. Grats! You playing tonight?
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Pillow Armadillo posted:Also, did FE merge with TMO? lol wtf? Yeah. The rumor mill is that FE and IB were going to formally merge, but IB was playing hardball - no FE leadership would retain leadership, lovely DKP conversion, etc. So FE went to TMO. I expect many FE will actually app with IB anyways, but given how FE's whole mantra was "grrr fight TMO, fire with fire, TMO evil, etc", it's pretty drat funny.
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FE and TMO have not merged, no. FE is still very much our own guild at the moment. We came close to merging with IB, but the terms were found to be unacceptable by our leadership and members, and the other side was absolutely unwilling to compromise. If you want to know more, send me a tell in game. Otherwise I don't wanna crap up this thread with some stupid drama.
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I have so many fond memories of classic EQ. My little ones were interested in playing along with me. Any suggestions on easy class/race combinations that don't have too steep of a learning curve? They are rather young 8 and 7 but are well acquainted with computer gaming. If anyone happens to be in the Gfay area on the blue server and want to group up, send me a tell. Sayumi: High Elf priest
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Kids these days are so tech advanced, I would say any class as long as they are having fun. If you will be doing 3 man groups, monk, cleric and shaman/chanter would be pretty solid.
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Easy classes that actually have something going on: Ranger, Druid, Necro, Mage
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The everquest next alpha, and its menu music has got me nostalgic for everquest so I decided to try this and see how well I remember it. The one problem I'm running into is that in everquest I only ever played as a wizard. I loved being able to travel around at will, and help other people who needed to get somewhere (luclin and its teleporters basically destroyed the only reason for wizards to exist which made me sad). Sadly they were kinda useless in a group compared to every other class, and in every mmo i've played since I've always played as a healer. So I'm kinda torn, I don't know whether to go for the tried and true travelin' fun of my wizard, or try playing a cleric, a class I never ever tried back in eq, but would undoubtedly be more useful to groups. Does anyone have any advice on playing a cleric in wow and how it compares to something like a priest in wow, etc?
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Tom Guycot posted:The everquest next alpha, and its menu music has got me nostalgic for everquest so I decided to try this and see how well I remember it. The one problem I'm running into is that in everquest I only ever played as a wizard. I loved being able to travel around at will, and help other people who needed to get somewhere (luclin and its teleporters basically destroyed the only reason for wizards to exist which made me sad). Sadly they were kinda useless in a group compared to every other class, and in every mmo i've played since I've always played as a healer. A Cleric is very different from the wow priest. Clerics can pretty much only buff and heal, and barely do any meaningful damage asides from a few costly nukes and pitiful melee. Clerics are BY FAR the best healer in old EQ, leagues better than the second best (druid and shaman). They are an absolute must on raids, and have several unique buffs and spells. You should be able to join groups very easily (or form your own), but it will be ridiculously tiresome to solo your way to the top.
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Pilsner posted:You could also consider a Druid, they can teleport just as well, and are a bit more group friendly. A wizard is not useless in groups though, who told you that? Come Velious, soon to be released, I recall wizards becoming very powerful, with big nukes, lures and improved mana regen. Well, I just remember the annoyance of trying to find groups, everyone wants a tank or healer but wizards were always "yeah.... we'll call you if we need a port". Pilsner posted:A Cleric is very different from the wow priest. Clerics can pretty much only buff and heal, and barely do any meaningful damage asides from a few costly nukes and pitiful melee. Clerics are BY FAR the best healer in old EQ, leagues better than the second best (druid and shaman). They are an absolute must on raids, and have several unique buffs and spells. You should be able to join groups very easily (or form your own), but it will be ridiculously tiresome to solo your way to the top. This was kind of my concern, the priest (and most post everquest healers) seem to also be competent all around spell casters specializing in heals, but not being anywhere near as laser focused as EQ clerics. I guess at the same time I like playing the group healer, and finding groups easy, I loath the brutality of EQ letting me be responsible for a group wiping if I gently caress up slightly. ... That brutality in general is going to probably be the biggest surprise to me after more than 10 years. poo poo it was brutal back then, but after the softness of modern MMO's I wonder if I can even remember it fully. edit: invisible air elementals, too high level, wandering around low level zones with griffins... yep... good ol' everquest Tom Guycot fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Feb 21, 2014 |
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You will be able to get groups as a wizard during the low-mid level stretch where soloing can be pretty painful. By the time you get higher level and the weakness of a wizard in group really starts to be exposed, you will be making better XP soloing (quad kiting). Quadding can easily sustain you into your mid 50s, at which point you have fairly easy access to the fastest XP in the game - AE groups (Chardok being the current fav zone for this on P99). If you want to raid, wizards are really the only int caster useful in quantity because they're the only class that can land nukes against the resists of raid mobs (the above mentioned "lure" line of spells). In Velious this becomes even more pronounced as mob resists and hp go way way up. Wizards get specialized lures that work against giants/dragons while enchanters become glorified buff bots, mages are mod rod and CoH machines, and necros are mana batteries for clerics (the really good ones might be helping to pull or to drag bodies around in NToV). But if you really want to be in normal 6 man groups during your entire leveling up career, wizard is def not the best choice. Druid is really no better. Cleric is a great choice, but as has been mentioned, you have pretty limited solo capability. You can do alright soloing undead due to the undead-only line of mana-efficient nukes, but that really restricts which zones you can go to. Tom Guycot posted:I guess at the same time I like playing the group healer, and finding groups easy, I loath the brutality of EQ letting me be responsible for a group wiping if I gently caress up slightly. Clerics, like wizards, are one of the three classes that will really be wanted in bulk quantities for Velious raids (clerics, wizards, rogues) so you'll have no problem on that front regardless of which choice you make.
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aparmenideanmonad posted:You will be able to get groups as a wizard during the low-mid level stretch where soloing can be pretty painful. By the time you get higher level and the weakness of a wizard in group really starts to be exposed, you will be making better XP soloing (quad kiting). Quadding can easily sustain you into your mid 50s, at which point you have fairly easy access to the fastest XP in the game - AE groups (Chardok being the current fav zone for this on P99). If you want to raid, wizards are really the only int caster useful in quantity because they're the only class that can land nukes against the resists of raid mobs (the above mentioned "lure" line of spells). In Velious this becomes even more pronounced as mob resists and hp go way way up. Wizards get specialized lures that work against giants/dragons while enchanters become glorified buff bots, mages are mod rod and CoH machines, and necros are mana batteries for clerics (the really good ones might be helping to pull or to drag bodies around in NToV).  All I saw in that post was: Clerics, like wizards, are one of the three classes that will really be wanted in bulk quantities for Velious raids (clerics, wizards, rogues)
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Except everyone and their mom has twinked rogues with epics ready to go. In short, noone wants you, and never will. deal-with-it.gif
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My advice to be a wizard is to find goons that let you leach experience in AOE groups. That or just don't be a wizard because they suck and raiding is boring.
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I just started playing my wizard again. 
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Don't listen to that lazy rear end. Wizards are masters of quading. If you can't find a group, you'll make more exp soloing.
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Soloing in EQ is the worst thing ever. The actual mechanics of EQ combat is interesting because of the interaction of multiple class types working together to kill stuff as efficiently as possible. Casting the same three spells by yourself as you run in circles in the woods killing the same stuff for dozens of hours is weak sauce. Find a class that's good with groups or go play a game that's actually fun by yourself imo.
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aparmenideanmonad posted:
Good question. I tend to get bored of playing the druid easily but the solo exp is easy. Leveling up the druid would probably be a better route to improving my economic footing however. Pillow Armadillo posted:Grats! You playing tonight? Sorry, I wasn't. Got swamped with work this week.
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If anyone is looking for a fellow neckbeard to group with and or leach my bard swarm kiting exp shoot endurance a tell, god swarm kiting is boring work.
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I'm having the hardest time leveling my cleric to 14. Crushbone is packed and grouping's been difficult. Would any 60 goon be willing to help me get to 14 so I can hit up Unrest. Better yet, anyone want to start a regular alt group? Have: 11 Cleric 21 Necro 22 Shaman 26 Wizard 29 Ranger
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