[EQ] - SoD has Mercenaries for hire.

[dandrools]

Originally Posted by Apostle

I finally loaded up EQ the other day, got my high elf cleric merc and headed over to crypt of decay. I hit 66 quick, but all you guys and your crazy dps can kiss my ass hehe. Paladin dps ftl but its still a lot better than trying to solo.. and ya I totally forgot about the runners. Second mob started running away and I went 'oh shit' lol...

After 5 years though, its hard as hell remembering just how to get where you want to go much less what the best strategy is to start trying to get caught up. One thing I saw was a claim reward that I had a question about: There were three bundles of armor. Are those the 'defiant' stuff someone was talking about earlier?

Yes those bundles of armor will give you 3 pieces of the defiant armor. Odds are it's an upgrade for you, go check the bazaar and look it up. There's a set for each ~10 level range, I forget the exact name for your level range. Elegant Defiant maybe? What you can do is buy the 5 cheapest slots from the bazaar and then claim the last 3 pieces with your bundles of armor since it won't give you a piece you already have.

When I came back I had mostly elemental level gear with a few plane of time loots and the defiant stuff was a minor upgrade. Mostly it will add lots of mod2 effects.

After that you can start looking into going after SoF armor, which would be warped steel for you, or going after SoD armor. Archaic plate armor is the tier 1 SoD armor for you, but it isn't necessary to get it to get the higher level stuff, and the higher level stuff won't be feasible to go for until you're in the 80's.

You can also go back to old hotzones and farm augs because if you're anything like most people from those days you probably have a lot of empty aug slots. Adding a 10ac 30hp aug or similar to every piece of armor can make a pretty big difference.

[Seig]

Hmm nevermind. edit

[Big W Powah!]

I broke down and went the popular route--made a shaman alt. heh.

[Malakriss]

Is there any site with an up-to-date AA list? Every place I've checked or been referred to only had up to TSS under the old system at best. Would really help to know the future level requirements / cost changes.

[fucker]

what class are you? i dont know a site that has the list you asked but i can give you few suggestions if you are a tank

[Bongk]

I have had the most luck on the class specific forums.

[Elsebet]

We had fun over the holidays with EQ, made a level 62 Shaman/Berserker duo on Saryrn with around 80-ish AA's each. Never really grinded except in PoI for a bit to hit 59 and get into that elaborate defiant gear. Most of our time was spent tearing apart the old vanilla/Kunark/Velious/Luclin dungeons and the Planes I never got to see due to being so low level. Definitely worth the $55 for that.

AA's and gear make the shaman enjoyable. Until I got a lot of the basic AA's I had to fully buff constantly with a tiny mana pool, it was awful. With the beneficial duration AA's maxed, even my shortest buff (haste) lasts a half-hour and my big buffs last up to 3 hours. Best part is I can fully buff with 50-60% mana left then Canni 5 to get close to 85% again. :P

Since I can't really play two games (tied up with WAR) other than over long holiday vacations I might just let the sub die, but it was a blast while it lasted. Thanks to everyone who gave good advice in the thread.

[Lewstelamon]

hmm I was pondering starting up again before I even saw this thread, I dunno if I'll 2box yet but the question remains.. rogue or magician!

Any opinions?!

[Mt-mug]

Originally Posted by Lewstelamon

hmm I was pondering starting up again before I even saw this thread, I dunno if I'll 2box yet but the question remains.. rogue or magician!

Any opinions?!

Rogues are still very solw to level so i'd go mage.

[Pointyboot]

Originally Posted by Lewstelamon

hmm I was pondering starting up again before I even saw this thread, I dunno if I'll 2box yet but the question remains.. rogue or magician!

Any opinions?!

heh a rog and magician box would be pretty badass actually.

[Lorren]

Originally Posted by Lewstelamon

hmm I was pondering starting up again before I even saw this thread, I dunno if I'll 2box yet but the question remains.. rogue or magician!

Any opinions?!

Don't really need to 2-box anymore with the merc-system.

I'm tearing stuff up with my SK & Cleric-Merc

[Daelos]

My highest level group is a clr+wiz+wiz+(healer)+(tank)+(tank)
Then I also have
mag+mag+mag+(healer)+(tank)+(tank)
and
sk+shm+enc+(healer)+(healer)+(tank)

I do enjoy the pace of old EQ, but I need to double or triple-box to keep me entertained.

[Ogun Nagoura]

Well I got the Seeds expansion as a gift for Christmas and so I am going to reinstall the game again, I quit over three years ago so all I have is a lvl 42 Vah BST that I am going to take out of mothballs and press into service. What Merc type would you guys suggest I use? Pure warrior tank? I have no idea besides WAR/CLR mercs that are available?

[fucker]

Originally Posted by Ogun Nagoura

Well I got the Seeds expansion as a gift for Christmas and so I am going to reinstall the game again, I quit over three years ago so all I have is a lvl 42 Vah BST that I am going to take out of mothballs and press into service. What Merc type would you guys suggest I use? Pure warrior tank? I have no idea besides WAR/CLR mercs that are available?

right now there are only 2 mercs, cleric and warrior

mercs are divided in 2 category and each category has 5 tiers. After the initial cost, there is an upkeep cost every 15 minutes. of course it stronger the merc, higher the cost

at the beinning you have access up to the "journymen tier1". you can unlock higher tiers doing the SoD progression tasks, but thats something you wont do now

for lv42 i suggest you the warrior merc (best one. the cost isnt a problem. trash loot will cover the cost). basically he will be an unstopable slaughering machine up to lv 65. As a beastlord, you probably want to switch to cleric merc as mobs start to be a bit too strong for the merc and you can tank/dps easely with the cleric merc healing you

for the rest, ill quote myself from another post i did few pages ago

Originally Posted by fucker

ok here are the suggestions i can give you:

1) go to Mapfiend.net :: Your one stop shop for Everquest Maps! and download all the maps. If you dont know how to get somewhere, open the map window, click on Atlas. you can see all the zone connections there (of course you need to know at least in which expansion the zone is)

2) go to EQInterface and modify your UI if you dont like it

3) check the list of Hotzones (LINK) and see the most appropriate for you. Hotzones are the best place to check to find ppl of your own level and to speed up the whole process. Each zone drop randomly an aug. you can see which one in the allakhazam link

3.5) in PoK, near Guildlobby entrance, there is an NPC called Franklin Teek(Hot Zones). He gives you tasks to do in the various hotzones. i dont think its nothing major but at least check them

4) as someone already said, check bazaar and buy defiant equip and potions. Potions are your friends (defiant gear is worldwide dropping set of armors done to replace outdated equipment. the best one dropped in lv70+ zones is a 340hp/mana level)

5) write /claim and /veteran to get your rewards. Important are the Veteran AAs. They are special AAs you get if your account is old enought. The first one is Lesson of the Devoted. it gives your 30 mins of double exp every 20 hours. Keep in mind these are 1 character per account only (or maybe 1per server). so dont give them to your alt

6) LFG tool is your friend. write /lfg and check for more. i dont think you will find much under lv 70, but there is always ppl levelling their alts.

7) find a guild. maybe join one of the ppl from this board. it will greatly helps you. expecially thanks to the guildportal that can drastically reduce travel time

8) to answer your questions: yes, the camera sux. it always been like this, and looks like SoE dont want to fix it. I play with it from 9 years, so im used to it, but if you come from WoW or WAR it can be a pain. You just need to adapt to it, no other solution

the various currency are expansion only currency you aquire doing tasks to buy particuar vendor stuff. unless you plant to do them, ignore them

Spirit Shroud was a badly done attempt to let higher level player join and fight with lower levels. Basically, you get transformed in a monster (you can chose your level) with various characteristics so you can fight along your low level friend. It is now useless cause the levelling is so fast you can reach lv55 (minimum level necessary to exp with a lv85 if im not wrong) in very short time

Monster Missions are istanced missions you do impersonating a monster. They have been for a time an alternative and very funny way of exping but no one do them anymore (they abandoned the concept 4 expansions ago)

i will list here the various entrance zones for the various expansions after Omens of War. check the Zone links in the Atlas to have a general idea of them:

Dragons of Norrath: you enter The Broodslands from Lavastorm Mountains

Deeps of Darkhollow: you enter Coratus Creep from Nektulos forest. at the end of the river there is a passage to enter this underground area. you can teleport to Undershores from Guildhall

Prophecy of Ro: the expansion is divided in 3 themes (Plane of Magic, Plane of Rage and old Takishis). - You enter Plane of Magic from Freeport West, at the top of the caster guild there is a portal. - You enter Plane of Rage from Freeport East past the arena click a statue that rappresent Sullon Zek. - You enter old Takish from Oasis

The Serpentspine Mountains: best way to get there is to use the PoK book to Crescent Reach (Drakkin home city). you can enter it from Highpass Hold but i never bothered to pass there. Keep this expansion in mind. it was last SoE attempt to make content for lower level. its a progression expansion done to make you level. there are a tons of tasks every zone

The Buried Sea: you enter it from Toxxulia Forest, or guildportal to Katta Castrum (this is a lv55+ only expansion)

Secret of Faydwer: Steamfont Mountains is the access zone for both Dragonscale Mountains and Loping Plains (the exp is divided in 2 "wings"). This is a lv70+ expansion)

Seeds of Destruction: you access this expansion from Plane of Time (to get there, use the old way, or use the guildportal, or talk with Herald of Druzzil in PoK). this is a lv75+ only expansion

9) last suggestion, use these 3 sites if you need infos

Allakhazam.com: Everquest (they have guides for every expansion. some good, some bad)
The Spirit Realm • Index page (shaman mainly board, but lot of infos on every expansion)
Guides of Everquest, maintained by Rasper Helpdesk




other than these suggestions, well it depends on you. I will be honest with you, the EQ you knew during GoD era is no more. very little is left of it.

the game is huge now, more than 200 zones, and most of it is unusued/outdated. it's natural you feel lost. but if you play with a learning attitude and find a good guild/good group of ppl to play with EQ now gives you much much more content than any other mmorpg out there

EDIT for some spelling error and modify to "suggestion number 5"

[meStevo]

That just might be one of the most helpful posts ive ever seen on this forum.