Greetings!

[Rudboy66]

I just came across the P99 server yesterday, while looking for some kind of "real" way to play EQ again. Yep, this is the place! I love the server and this project, it feels like the beginning all over again, which apparently is the purpose of this server so...job well done!

Had a great time spending my first 3 hours online last night in GFAY getting my Bard up to level 3! I also met some nice folks last night right off the bat. Being 100% new (again) of course I was doing my all just to come up with some rusty gear and money for my new songs, when all the sudden a friendly little dwarf came up to me and handed over some fine ring mail as a friendly donation...how refreshing! He said the pieces I couldn't wear I could sell, so I picked up a few plat at the vendor and was able to get some backpacks, songs and food and water. I was pleasantly surprised by the population last night, for some reason I expected to be in a ghost town at low level but there were 30ish people on last night in GFAY so I guess grouping shouldn't be a problem for the most part which is nice.

At any rate, having a blast and looking forward to the journey all over again. Cheers and see you in Norrath. :)

[Lammy]

welcome !

[xnolanx]

You forgot your characters name! Haha

[doraf]

Welcome!

[Ciel]

Welcome to the server! Enjoy the nostalgia

[Swish]

Welcome, if you need any information on where to level or quests to do just post here... people mostly very helpful :)

[Ajkuhuun]

Welcome!

[Rudboy66]

You forgot your characters name! Haha

LOL...you're right. My Bard's name is Riffsteel. Wow, I just read that the Bard has a -40% xp penalty! Feel the pain burn! :)

[Swish]

LOL...you're right. My Bard's name is Riffsteel. Wow, I just read that the Bard has a -40% xp penalty! Feel the pain burn! :)

It's true, but unlike rangers you can really contribute to the group ;)

[susvain0362]

There are plenty people who hate on hybrids and or bards because of the exp penalty they bring to groups. But if you show you can haste and mez everything then they shouldn't complain.

The best way to group is always to start the group. Just do a /who search for the classes and the levels for people you want and send out tells to every person available. Should only take a couple minutes and you will probably get a lot of people wanting to join. Always always just start a group, especially a hybrid. The a again you are a bard and you can kite literally 200 mobs at once cheater, so there's that

[susvain0362]

LOL...you're right. My Bard's name is Riffsteel. Wow, I just read that the Bard has a -40% xp penalty! Feel the pain burn! :)


Some races have -exp too.

[Rudboy66]

There are plenty people who hate on hybrids and or bards because of the exp penalty they bring to groups.

This was one point that I read on the WIKI that I didn't understand. I realize the XP penalty for Bards is 40%, but I did not understand how that applies to group XP. Does this mean that my character is going to soak up 40% more xp than the other members of the group?

Example Using random numbers:

My Bard is grouped with 5 others that have no XP modifier.

We kill a mob that gives 600xp. If there were no group members that had a modifier we would each receive 100xp.

But since I am a Bard the xp would be divided like this?

Me - 140xp

Everyone else would get - 92xp?

Mind you, I'm not complaining...I love playing the Bard and I'm not here to get XP as fast as possible in the least. I just want to understand the calculation. :)

****EDIT******

Actually I just read through this:

http://wiki.project1999.com/Game_Mechanics

Which explains this situation, although I had to read it few times to get a grasp on it. ;P

[Rudboy66]

There are plenty people who hate on hybrids and or bards because of the exp penalty they bring to groups. But if you show you can haste and mez everything then they shouldn't complain.

The best way to group is always to start the group. Just do a /who search for the classes and the levels for people you want and send out tells to every person available. Should only take a couple minutes and you will probably get a lot of people wanting to join. Always always just start a group, especially a hybrid. The a again you are a bard and you can kite literally 200 mobs at once cheater, so there's that

Agreed, starting a group was always a great choice back in my old days. Back then my mezzing, manasong, haste and overall utility landed me a lot of compliments as a groupie....just gotta get back in practice. :)

[koros]

Duoed in KC for 2 hours on my 55 ranger for 2 hours with a 58 monk last night (who didn't have a fungii), nonstop killing, zero downtime. Hybrid hate is so passe.

[Swish]

Hybrid hate is so passe.

It really is. My first big character on P99 was a troll SK...and beyond 40 the trouble I had getting into groups forced me to roll an alt.

I had a group leader once tell me to come to the SF entrance in OT to join the group there. On getting there apparently 2 of the dps threatened to drop the group if I joined them, all because they didn't want to have their exp slowed down. That's the min/max crowd for you though... always fighting against them :)

That said, nobody wants to see a cleric, 2 paladins, 2 SKs and a ranger trying to level together :p

[susvain0362]

Bards are cheaters. Since the game is 14 years old everything's trivialized and just look at some of the bard threads, people will tell you, they kite so many mobs at once in a zone like OT they'll get two levels off one pull, it takes an hour or two tho. Cheating bards!

[t0lkien]

Bards are cheaters. Since the game is 14 years old everything's trivialized and just look at some of the bard threads, people will tell you, they kite so many mobs at once in a zone like OT they'll get two levels off one pull, it takes an hour or two tho. Cheating bards!

Hey now, that's a pretty broad generalization there. There are some great Bards on p99. Not all are low HP kiting douches. BTW, if we're going to bash Bards for this, we might want to include Druids. The number of tells I get from Druids wanting me to low HP kite with them is pretty surprising.