Scurvard posted:

Oh man! This website is precious. We gotta make one too, with animated angel gifs and everything.

I saw this cool guy this morning:



Play EQ and get down wit da clown y'all!!

EDIT: Oh yeah, I should post my character info for this thread. I'm Dino Mite, lvl 56 necromancer. Let's team up!!

xZAOx posted:

Toxx posted:

I think I might hop on the EQ1 boat again for a little while. Going to try to log in tonight if I get out of work early enough. Are Wizards still played basically the same as they've always been? Having a tough time deciding between wizard and ranger.

xZAOx posted:

There must be some other stuff that works into what exp the twink will get. The other day, me and Lubanja's boxes were at C2. I was getting over 10% of an AA per kill. Usil showed up to kill a couple fabled for us (can't remember level, but pretty sure he's 95, I was 70 for comparison), so we invited him into the group. The regular mobs we killed with him in the group gave an exp message, but I at least could no longer even see the exp bar move. When he killed the fabled though, I got 40% of an AA.

Perhaps if the kill is green/gray to the PL'er the exp given to the group is drastically reduced. I'm not sure what the regular mobs conned to him.

I had a question about merc slots - I just assume gold could get all 5. Then I read a comment before F2P about someone buying more merc slots. Then I noticed nowhere on the F2P page does it mention merc slots. Do you have to buy them with SC?

Ckwiesr posted:

Good luck I've been waiting 4 days now to get an account to account transfer done.

Goldmund posted:

drat it, I think I'm about to resub again. Last time I was playing, /taskadds were all the rage for quick levels and AA. Is that still going on much?

Not sure if anyone plays on Quellious, but if so keep an eye out for Moro/Goldmund (monk and druid combo).

Hexel posted:

As a necro- Beasts' Domain is my kiting spot. On the rear end end near Sarith is nothing but shrubs and them little naeya dogs and none of them summon. They are yellow con at 95 too so the xp is pretty amazing. If I'm boxing my bard I can get 3-4 going at once. Otherwise I just do 1-2.

Resplendent Temple animals in the courtyard don't summon, except the stupid little bunnies. City of Bronze animals outside the wall are all kitable. Windsong- the second "ring" with the animals n' poo poo are all kitable. Root rotting works in all these places too for the lazy like me :p

Peechka posted:

If you like the game, and it seems like you do, theree is no reason for you not to go gold a while ago.

BTW, I went to wallmart just yesterday and they did not have the $15 for 2K SC cards there. So not all wallmarts have them. I do have another one near me which I will check out today.

Sofia Coppola_OD_ posted:

Maybe something more substantive than this would be useful? Though this is definitely a thing.

xZAOx posted:

Just for other melee like myself - Zorl (I don't know if that's you or not, btw) gave me some of those the other day. They're awesome, and according to him, cheap to make. You just need a certain type of the poison drops. Usually they'll read something like "Refined AA Venom" or something. They'll always have that "A" or "AA" type stuff in the name. I'd recommend just saving them up and throwing them all at a rogue next you see one. The buff lasts for a very long time, and 60 procs - whichever comes first (which is always the proc amount first, as long as you're fighting).


Heh, I go back and forth on this. Being a bit lost and unsure makes a game much more interesting on a lot of levels. Then again, I hate dumping AA into something that's crap, even if it's not the end of the world (not like you can't get more AA).

I had an impromptu "explore Dragons of Norrath content" night last night. A lot of very cool zones, I thought. Started off with just checking out the new Highpass Hold actually, then it dawned on me that the Commonlands were merged, then found that there's an actual SolC (neat zone! that loving huge spider scared the poo poo out of me! and a raid boss in there too!). From there went into the DoN stuff, exploring every nook and cranny. I might fight my way to the top of the Ascent some night (instead of just FD'ing my way), and I also left the Nest and Isles zones mostly unexplored, as they were full of lb/db mobs for me to get exp on.

It's a later expansion though, I might should back up a bit first hehe. So much content in this game to check out.

Bahanahab posted:

What you pick for that last spot would really determine what healer you go with, because a shaman is better for melee and a druid is better for spell casters. So, if you go melee, pick a monk and go with a shaman. If you go druid then pick a wizard or mage.

Pilsner posted:

Wow, finally! How much do they pay for it?

I would still recommend saving particularly Silk, Animal Pelt, Ore and Nigriventer/Goram poison components once you get to HoT or above content. You'll be thankful if you ever start doing tradeskills yourself, or you can sell them for some decent money - look for buyers via the /barter command in the baz.

xZAOx posted:

This all makes me sad

These things are overcome-able, and even an old code-base can be gradually improved over time. But those require continuous investment into the product - not just life support.

Beo posted:

I have been debating switching up my box some I was reading about necro dps and how huge enchanter twincast aura is for it, so I think I want to try boxing a chanter again I loved my enchanter on test and even if it doesn't work out I'll have him for buffs. basically going from sk/shm/brd/necro to sk/x/chanter/necro.

The x is where it gets funky, I really dont want to box a shaman and chanter so I think I'm either going to box a different healer OR a pure dps caster like mage or wizard. Personally I am leaning toward a druid because it still gives me healing and more nuke dps which stacks nicely with enchanter buffs also beautiful ports.

As far as the pain of switching boxes around I don't think it's that big of a deal since i can camp the level 80 gear and farm up an easy 500 aas and 80 levels in thallasius for them.

Thoughts I know we had a goon druid raving about how neat they are.

quote:

I never did any SoD, UF, HoT, or VoA content before, so anything in those that's fun? Are there any really good click camps I'd should be looking into as well, like the Qvic Zoo for the aura of eternity click maybe?

Sgt Froggy posted:

Is there any reason for playing the LON side game? I went through the tutorials and what not but getting a deck made, to go on woth the single player missions, is kicking my rump. It also says I have 50 some boosters to claim but I dont know which series would do me the best.

If theres no real point I will just let it go.

MrTheDevious posted:

I have no idea how anyone enjoys just playing one EQ character and just watching combat spam scroll by while you press a button every 10 seconds or so.

Trowadeath posted:

**Triple Station cash today, the 28th only!**

http://everquest.com/news/article?month=042012&id=524251

Hoohah posted:

I don't remember what the CoA warrior tank weapon is, I don't think it had one since they sort of intended you to go back and clear Tacvi (and get BBBs on the way) after you killed OMM.

Cynode posted:

So I've started doing the thrall hails quest in warrens, and 4 boxing I think I will be there a while, is there any good/safe/etc spot to camp somewhat near the thralls?

Nurge posted:

If I read the discussion on monkly-business right the stacking comes into play with the highest level cleave stuff like XII - 15 or whatever other numbers are there. The number part of it stacks, which is a straight damage bonus to every hit. I don't think you get a higher crit chance with separate cleave items, but the damage bonus bundled into it stacks as many times as you can wear them, which is a huge damage boost esp. for classes that hit fast. If I understood it wrong MrTheDevious can probably correct me. Also it may or may not be intended so may be just straight up nerfed some day to not stack, no one knows.

cryptoclastic posted:

Out of curiosity, what is the standard HP of a main tank for an end game guild these days? I just came back to the game, and my now 69 necros HP is about 7000 unbuffed. When I quit I think tanks had about 14000 unbuffed? This was in PoP, before it had been finished. I did some reading and saw that the current end-game bosses have a normal hit of 25000??? Just how much HP do tanks have these days?!

Jotto posted:

God unlocks tonight on fippy. Time to powerlevel a berserker

Keith Stone posted:

I have a boxing question...

This morning Rank and Brogyun(My SK/Mage pair) were slaughtering sporelings and my SK took some agro from the tank. The cleric merc completely ignored my SK and let him die. The cleric was healing the merc tank, but was racist towards my guktan sk.

Any reason why a cleric merc would ignore a group member in distress if there was plenty of mana available?

Ylide posted:

So being an old MTG player I was going to play around with Legends of Norrath while the servers are down. I have 60 packs to redeem, and I don't know if I should open all one set, spread it out and if so how to distribute it. Anyone have any suggestions?

Also, do loot cards potentially change depending on what packs you open or is that static at any given time?

JustJeff88 posted:

Couldn't have put it better myself. When I stopped playing (just before Gates of Discord, when the cap was still 65), resting didn't exist and bards couldn't really meditate, couldn't benefit from mana regeneration buffs (including their own songs) and Flowing Thought (passive mana regen) gear and AA abilities were very hard to come by. Thus, if you died or otherwise were drained of mana it would take literally hours to regenerate back to full. I got Fading Memories as soon as I was able (I still remember the day I got the title "Impresario" - I was so excited), but I could only use it once in a great while. Now that bards can regen to full mana in about 3 or 4 minutes, it's a fantastic tool and I can easily see how bards have become such superb pullers. Plus, it makes charming pets much more viable.

Also, /melody... no longer having to weave/twist songs is the most delicious thing next to pistachio ice cream and French pastries. My fingers thank the man who came up with this idea.

Peechka posted:

Stupid move on SOEs part. The subs were the only reason to get SC in the first place. Then they say that it was just not a used feature so they take it out? Im willing to bet my left nut that it was one of the MOST purchased.

So now people wont buy their lovely SC anymore, because why? To buy a weapon skin? LOL? And people wont subscribe to their lovely game either because the SC option is gone.

No More Heroes posted:

Newer content like the Steppes is gonna hit harder and have more hp, alternatively, I've seen a 68 ranger plowing through GE, maybe he knows something everyone else doesn't. I would imagine everything is light blue.

JustJeff88 posted:

All I've ever heard is June, but then again I have no faith in the powers that be who write and implement the drat thing.

I think that the mere idea of this patch is putting people off of the game. People hear that AA will start coming twice as fast (or more, in some cases) supposedly soon, so they naturally don't want to spend time earning AA because they're essentially working twice as hard for the same reward. However, at higher levels you need to upgrade/acquire certain AA abilities in order to be effective as the difficulty curve ramps up, so you can't really level normally without earning AA, but you don't want to work twice as hard for AA etc etc.

I think this patch is a good idea, though it doesn't really address the core problem with the grind in this game and the whole concept of AA in general, but I'm starting to think that it would have been best to not mention it, because I think it's making play grind to a halt. Of course, had they decided to sneak it in, people would have been furious when it hit to find out that they did double work and all that, but at least it wouldn't have encouraged people to not play for an undetermined period of time during the summer when much of the player base has the most free time. I'm no businessman, but I'm pretty sure that encouraging people to play is the whole point of this silly game.

jetz0r posted:

SC subs got returned to the marketplace for a week, they still have 4 days left. Log in and spend all your sc on subs now.

Goldmund posted:

Haven't played EQ since Diablo 3 came out, and just saw the EQ Facebook post about SC not being usable on subs starting Monday. Sucks that they are going away, but pretty cool that subs are half price right now. Now I have 2 years locked in on 4 accounts. Dunno how much I'll actually be playing, but $15 for a year is pretty drat sweet.

Keith Stone posted:

Do you get permabanned for stuff like that or just probation?

I've wanted to play with ShowEQ but didn't like the idea of losing my junk.

No More Heroes posted:

And the normal diminishing returns kick in at 4k?