New mage and having a blast :)

[Nyndari]

Hello all! Just wanted to say hi & say how much I am enjoying Project99.
I did make an account a few years back but due to a lot of rl drama and moving house etc I kind of never got a chance to get into it. So I couldn't remember my old login password. Sadface.

I decided to start a new mage, something I'd never played before and she is a lot of fun.
Belixa is almost level 4 and looking forward to getting a pet, especially now I've slowly scraped enough money together for my spells hehe. :)

I felt like I'd won the lotto last night, I chased down a decaying skeleton that I saw carrying a cracked staff and got that and a small bag too!

Qeynos is fairly quiet, but I've had some friendly players run by and toss some buffs my way, which was nice. I'm enjoying just taking it slow and starting from scratch, I've almost got a full set of cloth armor.

I downloaded the high res graphics and the luclin models, and it still blows me away how pretty Norrath is, even after all these years.

Anyway nice to meet you all :) I'm an aussie so I'm probably on weird hours compared to most of you.

[killa0885pve]

Good to see another Aussie aboard mate. Im from WA mself.....
Add Boozer to your friend list and i'll be sure to give you a hand in game.....
Once you got some levels on ya, Cold Fury is an Oceanic Guild and we'd happy to get you onboard.

Be sure to look out for me ingame.

[Estu]

Be advised that there's a 50% exp penalty if your pet does over 50% of the damage to a monster. The common way to get around this is to reclaim your pet when the monster is almost dead and then kill it with a low level nuke.

[Sularus Oth Mithas]

Welcome! I just returned last week myself. I got an IP exception so my wife could play with me as well and we just started a couple Iksar last night. Getting geared up is slow but fun. Got some raw silk items made for my monk and the skellies there drop shields so she got one for her shammy and we're just plugging away. Lots of fun!

[Aaron]

Tips for keeping the game fun: opt out of RnF and ignore all posts in other forums that belong in RnF.

[Swish]

Love the title... great pun :D

Welcome along ;)

[Nyndari]

thanks for the tip Estu, I knew that pets did eat xp, I didn't realise it was that bad. I'm on a malachite budget as a newbie but it might become a big deal later on. I'm not overly fussed about max xp rate, I'm quite happy to play for the nostalgia factor and I would like to get around a lot of the low level zones before outlevelling them.

My bf never actually played everquest back in the day, he's thinking about joining me.

Boozer, any relation to the Cold Fury back from live? My bard Xarine used to play on Stromm, and Sarenot was a guildie and friend, and I know after most of us stopped playing for wow he moved over to GM for Cold Fury.

[Clark]

Be advised that there's a 50% exp penalty if your pet does over 50% of the damage to a monster. The common way to get around this is to reclaim your pet when the monster is almost dead and then kill it with a low level nuke.

75% not 50%

[diplo]

mage's pwn. enjoy the journey, young elementalist.

[Drayc]

75% not 50%

50% not 75%

In order to receive full experience for a kill solo, you need to do more than 50% of the damage to the mob. If your pet out-damages you or the group, it will take 50% of the experience away from the kill. This is a major change from the previous system, in which you only needed to do a single point of damage to the mob in order to get full experience. If you are grouped, your group and you will get full xp from the kill.

[Estu]

[QUOTE=Nyndari;895441I'm on a malachite budget as a newbie but it might become a big deal later on.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, starting out you can't really afford to reclaim your pet all the time but soon enough those malachites are going to be dirt cheap relative to the money you're making. Anyway, have fun!

[Clark]

Always carry mountains of malachite. You can always destroy malachite to make room for loot. I'd suggest 250-300+.

[Clark]

50% not 75%

In order to receive full experience for a kill solo, you need to do more than 50% of the damage to the mob. If your pet out-damages you or the group, it will take 50% of the experience away from the kill. This is a major change from the previous system, in which you only needed to do a single point of damage to the mob in order to get full experience. If you are grouped, your group and you will get full xp from the kill.

Back when I played mage in 2010 it was 75%. Doubt its changed.

[Drayc]

Back when I played mage in 2010 it was 75%. Doubt its changed.

That is a direct quote from the server rules.. there have been 3 ways pets have worked since launch...

1st: you got full exp, no faction hits if your pet did full damage.
2nd: you got 25% of the exp if your pet did full damage, 100% if you did 1dmg
3rd: (Which is how it is currently) if you are solo and your pet out damages you... you get 50% exp which means if you do not do 51% of the damage or kill your pet before the mob dies you do not get full exp...

If you're going off of how things were 2-3 years ago... things have changed.

Ive played my mage and necro through all of these changes so I know them pretty well.

Heau-

[webrunner5]

Pets and Experience

Oct 23rd update: "Classic pet experience distribution." Oct 23 2011 Patch.

In order to receive full experience for a kill solo, you need to do more than 50% of the damage to the mob. If your pet out-damages you or the group, it will take 50% of the experience away from the kill. This is a major change from the previous system, in which you only needed to do a single point of damage to the mob in order to get full experience. If you are grouped, your group and you will get full xp from the kill.
Enchanter Pets

http://wiki.project1999.org/Pet_Guide

[Nyndari]

thanks for all the advice guys, it's appreciated. :)

I just got an IP exemption so my boyfriend can play, he's never experienced EQ before, so as soon as I log in I'm going to go buy as many spells as I can and make an epic journey from Qeynos to the field of bone.... out of all the characters to try he decided on an iksar monk..I don't think it could have been more of a challenge if he tried... but that's part of the fun right :)

So hopefully I'll be grouped a lot of the time and the xp eating won't be an issue.

[Clark]

"2nd: you got 25% of the exp if your pet did full damage, 100% if you did 1dmg"

ya so I knew I wasn't wrong, for shizzle

[killa0885pve]

Hey Nyandari, Yeah the Guy who made the guild was part of Cold Fury and his GF also played in Cold Fury, So as it stands, only 2 ever played with the origianl Cold Fury, so it's just nice to have a nostalgic guild name, hopefully some other Aussies can remember =).

[Nune]

Btw, if youve merely lost your login/pw info for your last char, yo can get those back via GM help. I had to when I returned the last time

[Arterian]

Are pets beta neutral here?

[India]

welcome, enjoy the game!!

[Kevynne]

welcome, enjoy the game!!

india you never respond to my tells </3 it makes me sadface

[India]

I do too,, send me one right now~!