EQ/EQ2 - Living Legacy. Accounts reactivated from today until July 25th! - Page 16

Ham n Cheese · 06-06-2008, 02:43 AM

Assuming both accounts are active I'm definitely trying both games out again. Where do people play eq2 at? And Xeph is still on FV, maybe i'll hit up the WoD guys.

And this is great timing. I was close to picking up AoC, now I'll be putting that off even longer

Aamina · 06-06-2008, 03:35 AM

I know a few FoHers are still on Antonia Bayle, and population wise its a good place to be anyway because its much easier to find a group there.

Elerion · 06-06-2008, 04:12 AM

Warning: This group suggestion will be dated as all heck, but I'll do it anyway for kicks. It probably sucks ass since it's based off PoP-OOW-era and all from memory.

Why not a core of SK, CLR, ENC, WIZ?
Covers every major purpose you could want in a group. Tanking, heals, CC, splitpulls, slow, haste, CR, snare, evac/ports as well as giving you the option of charm for the areas where that is plain overpowered. You also get the Clarity line and cleric HP line of buffs. Add whatever onto this, ideally high DPS obviously. Ranger, zerker or rogue would be good options to be able to use more armor types, as well as being pretty low maintenance and easy to box.

If you are willing to handle a bit wonkier and more attention heavy CC, you could do this instead for higher dps:
War, Clr, Bst, Wiz, Brd
Bard handles the pulls, so we add War over SK. Beastlord handles slows and hastes, Bard takes CC duty, so we can drop Enchanter. Bard also adds overhaste, and a ranger might be able to take better advantage of this instead of the wizard at the cost of evacs.

fucker · 06-06-2008, 05:00 AM

those returning after much time should check these npcs

EQ Players

hope that helps

Lyenae · 06-06-2008, 05:07 AM

They still have Luclin character models? *vomit*

Azzikai · 06-06-2008, 06:34 AM

I really want to try and play EQ again but the controls just kill it for me. The camera is particularly annoying. I miss the way newer games handle that sort of thing.

Blide · 06-06-2008, 06:46 AM

The whole game feels archaic. The spell meming, UI, map system, the camera, the graphics (even in new zones), and the death penalty. I was exploring around in one of the newer zones and got one shotted after literally getting stepped on by a 100 foot tall robot. After that, I determined again I don't have the patience for playing EQ anymore especially when newer games are easier to play. If the interface was more up to par with recent games, it wouldn't have killed my nostalgia so quickly.

OhSeven · 06-06-2008, 06:57 AM

Well a friend of mine and I were starting on AB since we've gathered it has the healthiest population. SK/Cleric combo.

Do SK's not get Harm Touch at level 1 anymore? I looked all over for the damn thing and couldn't find it for the life of me.

Vithe · 06-06-2008, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OhSeven

Well a friend of mine and I were starting on AB since we've gathered it has the healthiest population. SK/Cleric combo.

Do SK's not get Harm Touch at level 1 anymore? I looked all over for the damn thing and couldn't find it for the life of me.

On EQ1? Yes they do. If you hit ALT-M and bring up your skills bar, go to combat abilities and click one of the numbered blocks. It should be there.

In EQ2, they don't get harm touch until later.

Ham n Cheese · 06-06-2008, 07:15 AM

FV is the clear choice for EQ1 players.

Grizzlebeard · 06-06-2008, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fucker

those returning after much time should check these npcs

EQ Players

hope that helps

Maybe I'm being wildly optmistic here but does Scholar Jarvi allow you to learn spells relating to your class? Not being anal or anything but I always strived to have a full spell book on my paladin and wizard and the fact that the game still made you have to kill mobs in dead expansions in order to gain spell upgrades always was a big hurdle to me returning.

Man0warr · 06-06-2008, 07:45 AM

He just tells you where to find them.

Xenrauk · 06-06-2008, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuervos

leaning towards ench, shaman, cleric, pally, mage.

any holes we should fill?

DPS might be a tad low...

What no holy trinity! lol

Anyways, I agree with Elerion, I would go with SK instead of pally as well, just for fd, and wiz instead of mage for ports evacs good dps. Could drop the shammie for another dps if anything. Other than that you should be covered for pretty much anything.

fucker · 06-06-2008, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blide

The whole game feels archaic. The spell meming, UI, map system, the camera, the graphics (even in new zones), and the death penalty. I was exploring around in one of the newer zones and got one shotted after literally getting stepped on by a 100 foot tall robot. After that, I determined again I don't have the patience for playing EQ anymore especially when newer games are easier to play. If the interface was more up to par with recent games, it wouldn't have killed my nostalgia so quickly.

wait...you go explore one of the new zones with probably a old character, no knowing what kind of mobs are there, get killed, and you complain about the game?

would you accuse WoW of being too hard if your lv40 orc warrior was killed in a lv80 WoLK zone? just asking cause your logic is pretty odd

and what death penalty? basically there is no death penalty now in EQ. you just need to go to guildlobby, spend few pp to summon your corpse and ask a cleric/paladin/necro to ress you (and before you ask, 99% of time at least one of them will be in guildlobby ressing ppl). you will lose like 5 mins worth of exp

before complain about a game, try to get some infos

also, this is a general question i ask to everyone: why the hell so many complain about the UI? eq ui is 100% customable. if you dont like the default one, you can litterally copy any UI you can imagine, or check Mapfiend.net :: Your one stop shop for Everquest Maps! for various version of it

XadionDarkborn · 06-06-2008, 08:32 AM

Anyone on veeshan/luclin want to guild me :-P 69sk... I am going to see if I can solo any around the hotspots I think BoT was one...I know I can tank those giants with the crappy GoD/Time loot I have lol...I havent claimed my loots yet, so I may be getting upgrades from them...

As for server population, Luclin/veeshan seemed actualy quite populated when I was on.

Edit: whats new in guk...I just ran all around LGUK killed sage, ritualist, lord....all the same

06-06-2008, 04:12 AM	#228 (permalink)
Elerion My milkshake Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,207 +5 Internets	Warning: This group suggestion will be dated as all heck, but I'll do it anyway for kicks. It probably sucks ass since it's based off PoP-OOW-era and all from memory. Why not a core of SK, CLR, ENC, WIZ? Covers every major purpose you could want in a group. Tanking, heals, CC, splitpulls, slow, haste, CR, snare, evac/ports as well as giving you the option of charm for the areas where that is plain overpowered. You also get the Clarity line and cleric HP line of buffs. Add whatever onto this, ideally high DPS obviously. Ranger, zerker or rogue would be good options to be able to use more armor types, as well as being pretty low maintenance and easy to box. If you are willing to handle a bit wonkier and more attention heavy CC, you could do this instead for higher dps: War, Clr, Bst, Wiz, Brd Bard handles the pulls, so we add War over SK. Beastlord handles slows and hastes, Bard takes CC duty, so we can drop Enchanter. Bard also adds overhaste, and a ranger might be able to take better advantage of this instead of the wizard at the cost of evacs. Last edited by Elerion : 06-06-2008 at 04:16 AM.

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06-06-2008, 02:43 AM	#226 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,927 +18 Internets	Assuming both accounts are active I'm definitely trying both games out again. Where do people play eq2 at? And Xeph is still on FV, maybe i'll hit up the WoD guys. And this is great timing. I was close to picking up AoC, now I'll be putting that off even longer

06-06-2008, 05:07 AM	#230 (permalink)
Lyenae Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,082 -50 Internets	They still have Luclin character models? vomit

06-06-2008, 06:34 AM	#231 (permalink)
Azzikai Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 263	I really want to try and play EQ again but the controls just kill it for me. The camera is particularly annoying. I miss the way newer games handle that sort of thing.

06-06-2008, 06:46 AM	#232 (permalink)
Blide Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 637 +3 Internets	The whole game feels archaic. The spell meming, UI, map system, the camera, the graphics (even in new zones), and the death penalty. I was exploring around in one of the newer zones and got one shotted after literally getting stepped on by a 100 foot tall robot. After that, I determined again I don't have the patience for playing EQ anymore especially when newer games are easier to play. If the interface was more up to par with recent games, it wouldn't have killed my nostalgia so quickly.

06-06-2008, 07:15 AM	#235 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,927 +18 Internets	FV is the clear choice for EQ1 players.