Drop a sword on the ground. Always points north.

[zanderklocke]

Someone on reddit said you have never have to use sense heading:

"Nah, drop a sword on the ground. Always points north, also the clouds go east to west!"

Does this really work?

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2g4i62/everquest_troll_shaman_circa_1999_my_good_old_days/ckfn2pl

[Haynar]

Try it and see?

[Thulack]

yes it works lol

[zanderklocke]

yes it works lol

Thanks Bongs.

I feel less guilty surfing the web instead of doing work for tomorrow than I would playing EQ. I'm glad people like you cover me.

[Kekephee]

Totally works. But who doesn't have their sense heading to a passable skill level within like an hour of character creation?

[Bboboo]

Totally works. But who doesn't have their sense heading to a passable skill level within like an hour of character creation?

Never used it myself, most maps are a box.

[Pringles]

Old school, I used to use this back in the day, but never on p99.

[Vicatin]

Dats classic.

But I agree w/ keke, sense heading 200 in the first few levels on every new toon i make.

[Champion_Standing]

Yep, I remember talking to a guy who was furious about it because it was immersion breaking.

[webrunner5]

Yep, I remember talking to a guy who was furious about it because it was immersion breaking.

Wow, he must have had a LOT of real life problems if that ticked him off. :D

[Estu]

Yep, I remember talking to a guy who was furious about it because it was immersion breaking.

Theory: Norrath has a stronger magnetic field than Earth; if you toss a piece of metal to the ground, it quickly aligns with that magnetic field as it falls to the ground, the same as a small piece of magnetized metal in water / in some simple mechanism (a compass). Also I guess all ore in Norrath that people make weapons from is magnetized.

[Whirled]

Is the True North spell similar code to this magical north facing dropped item?

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

Dats classic.

But I agree w/ keke, sense heading 200 in the first few levels on every new toon i make.

Yup.

Usually by level 7 it's maxed if you have it bound to a direction key.

[Utmost]

Someone on reddit said you have never have to use sense heading:

"Nah, drop a sword on the ground. Always points north, also the clouds go east to west!"

Does this really work?

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2g4i62/everquest_troll_shaman_circa_1999_my_good_old_days/ckfn2pl

Not only swords but also works with awls and pikes! And awl pikes for that matter.

[Nirgon]

Try it and see?

Swords hard 2 find

[bulbousaur]

Dogs poop along earth's magnetic field, why not swords?

[iruinedyourday]

Totally works. But who doesn't have their sense heading to a passable skill level within like an hour of character creation?

I accidentally ran from Halas to EC at level 1 before training sense heading and I had to wait till like 20 something to train in it.. altho I never needed to drop a sword on the ground cus my brain knows more about this game than how to get ahead IRL soooo

:(

[NZV]

Create character.
Train 1 point in sense heading.
Bind hotkey #1 to your turn left + turn right keys.
Stick sense heading in hotkey #1 slot.
Hit 200 sense heading within an hour or two automatically.

[trigsta]

When u cast mind harvest the sparkles always flow north. I dunno what other spells do that

[Kamid]

ah yes, the old drop the sword on the ground trick.

Oldest trick in the tome

[zanderklocke]

Create character.
Train 1 point in sense heading.
Bind hotkey #1 to your turn left + turn right keys.
Stick sense heading in hotkey #1 slot.
Hit 200 sense heading within an hour or two automatically.

One thing I've noticed is that bound keys carry over from one char next. While that's great for my low level character, it's not so great when it carries over to Zanderr. Is there a way to not have bound keys carry over between accounts/characters?

[iruinedyourday]

Oldest trick in the tome

:D

[phobus]

One thing I've noticed is that bound keys carry over from one char next. While that's great for my low level character, it's not so great when it carries over to Zanderr. Is there a way to not have bound keys carry over between accounts/characters?

You can always put your sense heading keys in a hotkey bar that you don't normally use on any of your characters. The keybind still carries over, but doesn't do anything on the characters where it's empty.

Unless you use all of them, in which case you're a monster.

[Esheon]

You can always put your sense heading keys in a hotkey bar that you don't normally use on any of your characters. The keybind still carries over, but doesn't do anything on the characters where it's empty.

Unless you use all of them, in which case you're a monster.

This is what I do... I have the last slot on Hotbar 4 bound to my left and right keys. That slot gets filled with Sense Heading, or on my druid it has a SH/Forage macro. Once SH is maxed, just take it off the bar if you want.

Personally, I leave it there. I don't mind a little extra spam, and it helps sometimes to just tap a direction key and know where you're facing.

[Champion_Standing]

Theory: Norrath has a stronger magnetic field than Earth; if you toss a piece of metal to the ground, it quickly aligns with that magnetic field as it falls to the ground, the same as a small piece of magnetized metal in water / in some simple mechanism (a compass). Also I guess all ore in Norrath that people make weapons from is magnetized.

LOL, I wish I had thought of that at the time.

[Tantrix]

Theory: Norrath has a stronger magnetic field than Earth; if you toss a piece of metal to the ground, it quickly aligns with that magnetic field as it falls to the ground, the same as a small piece of magnetized metal in water / in some simple mechanism (a compass). Also I guess all ore in Norrath that people make weapons from is magnetized.

Except for if this were the case, if you were swinging a weapon East or West, you'd have resistance because the weapon would always try to be pointing North/South...which would be a pain in the ass.

[Captiv8]

Just bind your direction keys to some sense heading hotkeys and it will never be an issue after a couple hours

[chayes]

Personally, I leave it there. I don't mind a little extra spam, and it helps sometimes to just tap a direction key and know where you're facing.

New chat window "skills" send skills there, shrink window and put it aside for a few hours.
Open it up,
You have become better at sense heading (200)!