Any reason to stay in Faydark?

[sokaroka]

Do I have reason? Will I be able to avoid mobs on the long ass trek to freeport?

I thought maybe each class had a quest chain, but after spending hours getting four 0.5-2 percent drop rate items for the druid dude man he's just like do it again or leave me alone. Now I feel lost and helpless without a guild or quests to follow.

Is it cool to just bolt to freeport as a level 3?

[kjs86z]

Why not do Crushbone?

Zone is so good.

[nyclin]

GFay is a great starting area, I'd hang out there until you hit at least level 10 or so.

At level 3 just keep killing stuff in the newbie area, then at 5 or so you can go to Orc Hill, then eventually move to Crushbone when Orc Hill greens out. Loot the belts and sell them to other players for some starting cash.

Running from GFay to the docks in Butcherblock should be mostly uneventful; there aren't many aggro mobs in either zone except for the dwarf skeletons and aviaks in BB.

[sokaroka]

Thanks fellas will hang out for a while then!

[brecon]

If you are brand new, Crushbone is great. Collect the belts, run them over to Kaladim, get a full set of leather armor and some great starting cash for spells. As you level, do the Slave Keys quests and the Lego pads. There will be a level range where legos are still very hard but centurions are trivial, and it might be faster just to kill centurions for belts.

At ~15, you can stay in Crushbone, or you can move to Lfay to do the sisters camp. Treeform and self-ds, and let the sisters beat themselves to death on you. People do this camp because the sisters drop bronze weapons that you can sell at the vendor in the zone. While you are at sisters, try to complete your Tunare symbol quests (assuming you are a Tunare worshipping druid).

At ~19, sisters slows down. You can move over to unrest, or keep working until 20, and then try to get an MM pond group. Mistmoore can take you to 40+ easily.

There is no reason to head to FP at early levels, unless you want to beg gear and buffs. The xp in East Commonlands is not nearly as good as in Crushbone, it's a rough place to level until Orc Camps, and Orc Camps require seriously outside buff assistance or a full group.

[sokaroka]

Thankyouu for the advice I'll probably follow that. Pretty good start for money, someone gave me an item I sold for 100p and I used that to get a bunch of backpacks and my level 1 spells. TIME TO HOPE ON THE GRIND TRAIN I GUESS!

[sokaroka]

So while I've got a topic going...

Anyone know what this UI element is? I swear I've clicked all the toggles but I can't get them to go away

http://puu.sh/njR69/7c90f292d7.jpg

[Daywolf]

Yeeeah there is really none of that here with like story-mode or quest chains that lead you thru the levels. EQ1 is pretty different from 2nd+ gen mmo's in that this is a closer design to a MUD (text/graphical) rather than a traditional video game RPG. EQ1 is an open-world mmo in a more traditional design of MUD's.

But there are some things that can guide you thru levels, to give you more purpose. Later on you can pursue the epic quest, which is pretty elaborate. You can start doing that in the late teens there abouts, though won't complete it for quite some time.

The other thing, if you are somewhat into crafting, you can go with tailoring as a very useful trade for a druid. What this will do is provoke you to hunt certain mobs for their drops as you level, and sometimes in certain zones. And then later, if you keep at it, you'd also pick up at least some brewing and smithing, but don't need a whole lot of that. Even though, it's a good trade to start with as you can make your basic starting armor rather than just dumping looted pelts on trash vendors. But just a suggestion, easy enough to get by w/o tailoring.

Anyway, mostly as said in above posts. The two good starting locations are Gfay and also Quynos. Qeynos has the Karanas and is just excellent for druids and rangers, and likely you will spend at least some time there past lvl 15 or so if you like overworld zones at all which is a druids forté. And if you do more advanced tailoring, it's about essential a zone for that.

Gfay is a great start though. Start in the newbie area. At around level 4 or so, get into a group on orc hill which is on that last hill to the right before heading into the CB ent (where the big orc camp is). Now when you move to CB, go with a group, it's a little difficult for a lowbie druid there to go it alone. You can, but it will be very slow going. As said, turn in CB belts and pads. You can hang out in CB until lvl 14 pretty easily. And there are some good quest items in there, such as Prayer Cloth of Tunare (http://wiki.project1999.com/Screaming_Mace_Quest) which all you need to do is turn in the bracer which you will likely get at lvl10+ at the Wall group.

After 14... if you want to heal, go to Estate of Unreat for groups, some good equipment drops there. If you want to fight (and have a magic weapon) go to the Gypsy camp (http://wiki.project1999.com/Research_Aid) in North Karana (NK) and fight willowisps to turn in their lightstones (good xp) then sell back the quest rewards for really nice plats at the level (no equipment drops but you can buy it with this coin). Whether Unrest or NK, this will take you to lvl 20. After that... well pretty much lots of opportunities out there.


edit: oh a tip on that 100pp, save some of it for a magic weapon (or all of it). You really don't have a dire need for good armor, but if you want to say slap around some willowisps (if you go that rout) you will need any magic weapon or it won't do damage to them. Personally I'd recommend working your way to making studded leather, it offers good protection and then just mix in stat items you can manage to get.

[Sorn]

So while I've got a topic going...

Anyone know what this UI element is? I swear I've clicked all the toggles but I can't get them to go away

http://puu.sh/njR69/7c90f292d7.jpg

Those are your buff slots! You can turn the window off if you want (alt+b, I think) but I don't recommend it.

[Swizzl]

Those are your buff slots! You can turn the window off if you want (alt+b, I think) but I don't recommend it.

Those aren't the buff slots, those are the bard song slots that don't ever get used on p99. There is a way to hide them but i don't remember the keyboard shortcut off the top of my head. If you go into your options and scroll through all the keybinds you should find it eventually.

If you haven't got an answer to how to hide them by the time i get home tonight i will post the answer when i find it :)!

Welcome to P99!

[Morlaeth]

So while I've got a topic going...

Anyone know what this UI element is? I swear I've clicked all the toggles but I can't get them to go away

http://puu.sh/njR69/7c90f292d7.jpg

ALT+E

Those are for bard songs on live.

[sokaroka]

Hmm definitely don't see anything about bard song under the UI list, had a good few read throughs of it. Got the buff one to come up, but yes this one is just a smaller version.

Thanks for the welcoming and the rest of the advice!

EDIT: Yep that's it ta Morlaeth, it says that toggles S.D. Effects Window, never would've guessed.

[Morlaeth]

Hmm definitely don't see anything about bard song under the UI list, had a good few read throughs of it. Got the buff one to come up, but yes this one is just a smaller version.

Thanks for the welcoming and the rest of the advice!

ALT+E will toggle the bard song window off. It is unused on P99.

At some point on live bard songs went into a separate buff window (those 6 boxes you see there), on Live (early on) and on p99, bard songs take up traditional buff slots.

[Ravager]

On P99, I think GFay is the best zone for new players of the game. It's not overly complicated, there isn't much that can really set you back to discourage you and the population is healthy for both grouping and general assistance.

Early to mid teens is a better time to really explore the world more, after you've become more familiar with the game mechanics.

[sokaroka]

Went on a bone chip run to Kaladim, spent multiple hours grinding .5 percent mobs to get lvl 3-4 and spent another couple of hours purely killing skeles for four different 2 percent drops for my first druid quest which I expected to lead into a chain, only to be told to do it again or gtfo.

Getting absolutely destroyed by white orcs and couldn't find anyone else around to group with so gonna call it a day I think.

Got into it a lot more today and starting to get the feel of things, especially nice knowing the layout of Kelethin a bit, place is a damn maze at first.

Hells yeahh

[Expediency]

Gfay was always a good starting place in everquest, but on p99 its excellent because people tend to congregate there. You should definitely do orc hill starting at 4 and by 6-7 go into crushbone for a while. Sell the belts/pads or turn them in for exp as others have said.

Starting in the low teens you have tons of good options, its mostly personal preference. You can do the karanas, unrest, blackburrow, oasis, upper guk, ec, befallen, the list goes on. Oasis always has people in it and is centrally located with a bind point not far away. Lots of people do unrest but I never go there personally, if you die getting your corpse can be awful. Blackburrow and the karanas are never packed but you're rarely alone.

If you are new to the p99 or eq in general, stick to the well traveled areas and make some friends. Join a leveling guild, its a great way to meet new players and when you hit 46 in a few months you can find a guild that does more of what you want to do

[sokaroka]

First time playing any everquest game.

Definitely looking forward to joining a guild, things are a bit lonely at the moment.

Thanks for listing those for me I'll have a look at what looks good to me!

[Expediency]

First time playing any everquest game.

Definitely looking forward to joining a guild, things are a bit lonely at the moment.

Thanks for listing those for me I'll have a look at what looks good to me!


If you stick with this game, you should put a lot of thought into which guild you join once you hit 46 because you're throwing your lot in with a group of people in order to do high end encounters and build up the chance to get the best loots possible. (46 is the minimum level for the planes and is a common cutoff for joining many medium-high end encounters.) You should put very little thought, however, into joining a leveling guild. They come and go every 3-6 months. Just join one, it will make your life a lot easier. You can always leave by targeting yourself and typing /guildremove

[Aeaolena]

If you are brand new, Crushbone is great. Collect the belts, run them over to Kaladim, get a full set of leather armor and some great starting cash for spells. As you level, do the Slave Keys quests and the Lego pads. There will be a level range where legos are still very hard but centurions are trivial, and it might be faster just to kill centurions for belts.

At ~15, you can stay in Crushbone, or you can move to Lfay to do the sisters camp. Treeform and self-ds, and let the sisters beat themselves to death on you. People do this camp because the sisters drop bronze weapons that you can sell at the vendor in the zone. While you are at sisters, try to complete your Tunare symbol quests (assuming you are a Tunare worshipping druid).

At ~19, sisters slows down. You can move over to unrest, or keep working until 20, and then try to get an MM pond group. Mistmoore can take you to 40+ easily.

There is no reason to head to FP at early levels, unless you want to beg gear and buffs. The xp in East Commonlands is not nearly as good as in Crushbone, it's a rough place to level until Orc Camps, and Orc Camps require seriously outside buff assistance or a full group.
^^

[Kevynne]

left out the task master earrings to slave quest
gives some goog lowbie items away
http://wiki.project1999.com/Taskmaster_Earring_-_Dwarf_Female

[xaxis]

First time playing any everquest game.

Definitely looking forward to joining a guild, things are a bit lonely at the moment.

Thanks for listing those for me I'll have a look at what looks good to me!

You're thinking of EQ like a modern MMO. EQ is the child of DnD and the parent of WoW. Guilds on p99, from what I can tell, are less of a social circle and more of a resource pool so don't expect to join one soon. But I could be wrong, I just started myself. You can't be afraid to just throw yourself out there and socialize. People, in general, are also a LOT more helpful here than current MMOs. I think that there's a sort of underground mentality at play. You found the rabbit hole. Welcome to Wonderland.

[xaxis]

Getting absolutely destroyed by white orcs and couldn't find anyone else around to group with so gonna call it a day I think.

In regards to this, the /con system is misleading, again, if you're experience is in current MMOs. White con means the mob is even in level with you. Even in level in EQ at low levels means it's gonna be an even fight. You have a 50-50 shot of victory. At higher levels you don't fight even, you fight to win. Remember, at lvl 5 you loose XP when you die and it SUCKS to un-ding a hard earned level.

[iruinedyourday]

Do I have reason? Will I be able to avoid mobs on the long ass trek to freeport?

I thought maybe each class had a quest chain, but after spending hours getting four 0.5-2 percent drop rate items for the druid dude man he's just like do it again or leave me alone. Now I feel lost and helpless without a guild or quests to follow.

Is it cool to just bolt to freeport as a level 3?

yea its totally cool. No hand holding in EQ. You're in their world now. Do what you do IRL while you play! Like the beach? head to the oasis, like the woods, stay in faydark. Want to live in the big city? head on over to FP and get those buffs!

Just try not to go link dead while crossing the oceans like this guy: https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229625

[sokaroka]

In regards to this, the /con system is misleading, again, if you're experience is in current MMOs. White con means the mob is even in level with you. Even in level in EQ at low levels means it's gonna be an even fight. You have a 50-50 shot of victory. At higher levels you don't fight even, you fight to win. Remember, at lvl 5 you loose XP when you die and it SUCKS to un-ding a hard earned level.

Yeah it was just weird going from killing whites at level 2 in a few hits to not even being able to get 25 percent off a single white orc at 4, I guess I'm weaker to them in whatever way.

I knew you'd lose XP....I did not know you could fucking un-ding a level.

Jesus christ. Do you at least get locked @ max level?

[Sorn]

Jesus christ. Do you at least get locked @ max level?

What? EverQuest would NEVER be that easy! It's not here to hold your hand, it's here to kill you.

[xaxis]

No. You go to 99% as a buffer though from what I remember of my time on live. As you get higher though you'll come into contact with rezzers (clerics, pallies, and necros) or at least be able to "buy" their services. Rez in EQ is more important for its XP return than it is for saving you traveling (actually you may have to be in the same zone to be eligible for res? not sure).

[iruinedyourday]

Yeah it was just weird going from killing whites at level 2 in a few hits to not even being able to get 25 percent off a single white orc at 4, I guess I'm weaker to them in whatever way.

I knew you'd lose XP....I did not know you could fucking un-ding a level.

Jesus christ. Do you at least get locked @ max level?

lol all if this will give you the "classic" actual physical shakes while you play this game as if you were in a real fight.

once I threw up becuse I first got ITU when i was a kid, and got face to face with a zombie in northern Ro.. my friend kept goating me to get closer, i was so scared I got sick and threw up lol

[xaxis]

So I guess the moral of the story is, if you even suspect you're going to loose a fight, run. Pride is a newbie's vice. Also remember that those asshats of mobs will chase you across the ENTIRE zone. They will only stop if you zone, you can make it to a guard (and hope the guard kills it before it kills you), or another player sees your plight and intervenes.

[xaxis]

lol all if this will give you the "classic" actual physical shakes while you play this game as if you were in a real fight.

once I threw up becuse I first got ITU when i was a kid, and got face to face with a zombie in northern Ro.. my friend kept goating me to get closer, i was so scared I got sick and threw up lol

Hilarious and totally legit. Kinda goes along with the last bit I mentioned about someone saving your ass. The result is something I call the Superman stupor. Be ready to feel something akin worship for your non-caped savior.

[Daywolf]

What? EverQuest would NEVER be that easy! It's not here to hold your hand, it's here to kill you.
hah in a game where many pile up corpses to resurrect so to make it to cap :D

[98bcobra]

Its boring but the bard mail quest (Felwithe to Kelewith) is amazing exp and gold for its level.

[trite]

Don't kill stuff in the newbie area till 5, go to orc hill at 4, then after a couple levels into crushbone you can stay in crushbone till 10-14 depending on your preference. if you stay until 10 you can go to freeport to kill orcs...if you stay in crushbone until 14 you can go straight to oasis of mar.

[kjs86z]

Don't kill stuff in the newbie area till 5, go to orc hill at 4, then after a couple levels into crushbone you can stay in crushbone till 10-14 depending on your preference. if you stay until 10 you can go to freeport to kill orcs...if you stay in crushbone until 14 you can go straight to oasis of mar.


Aye. Get a bind @ the orc lift in Kelethin. Crushbone til 14, then turn in ALL the belts you'll get...and head to Oasis and do the croc camps with people until you're ready for Upper Guk.

[sokaroka]

Hey guys!

So from where I was level 4 I managed to find an orc hill group for a while.

Got 9 belts and a bunch of plat from weps.

Belts got me to 5.

Logged in today to see 4 people in Gfay so no hope for a group.

I found a really nice spot, the hill and plain at the entrance to Kaladim.

Farming decaying skeles + krag chicks got me from 5-8 in a couple hours.
There's enough of them to be killing constantly.

Handing in bone chips + chick talons in the same guild is also v handy + upgraded 10 different armour slots purely from the quest rewards, actually quite a decent solo way for that level/area.

Time for Crushbone 8)

[sokaroka]

The problem I'm having with everyone's advice is that there's never anyone in these places and if there is they ignore me when I ask if they wanna group.

Getting destroyed in crushbone @ lvl 9, back to orc hill I guess to solo

Especially as a low Druid. Crappy weapon, miss a good 50 percent of my attacks and it takes ALL of my mana to kill 1 blue centurion.

Then multiple minutes to regen it all as my meditate is only 36.

[dafier]

GFay is the most easiest place to level up to 12 fast. This is all about Orcs and Belts.

I solo leveled my mage in Gfay up to 12. Yes, the orcs in front of CB entrance were owned and gave me experience even at level 11. I had a plethora of belts saved up to turn in and get me 12. After that I went in to CB and got up to 14 by killing and turning in belts and pads, then I went to Befallen until 20.

[Daywolf]

The problem I'm having with everyone's advice is that there's never anyone in these places and if there is they ignore me when I ask if they wanna group.Never? You mean in the middle of the night (US time). Gfay usually has 25-35 players at any given time in the evening, and CB 20+. Unrest will be packed, then often 0 in the middle of the night. Mistmoore usually has the most people at all hours in Faydwer, at least some people in there in the late-late hour. At that hour, EC is about it apart from maybe a few groups around and some soloers/off-hour farmers.

[sokaroka]

Never? You mean in the middle of the night (US time). Gfay usually has 25-35 players at any given time in the evening, and CB 20+. Unrest will be packed, then often 0 in the middle of the night. Mistmoore usually has the most people at all hours in Faydwer, at least some people in there in the late-late hour. At that hour, EC is about it apart from maybe a few groups around and some soloers/off-hour farmers.

Never as in, my hours :(
Not the right word to use, unfortunately I'm from Australia.
Now it's 5:40am and I've had good groups all night, this game is fucking gonna kill my sleeping pattern so bad.

Today I had two people fighting over who gets to give me free stuff/whos I should use.
Just wanted to share that because it's nice to be a part of a community where it feels like everyone cares about the game rather than min/maxing everything from stats to coins etc.

Glad I came back for another shot, had nothing but good experiences. I tried a few months ago and was put off over the first few days, guess I had an unlucky run and came across all the bad apples :P

[Daywolf]

Never as in, my hours :(
Not the right word to use, unfortunately I'm from Australia.
Now it's 5:40am and I've had good groups all night, this game is fucking gonna kill my sleeping pattern so bad.

Today I had two people fighting over who gets to give me free stuff/whos I should use.
Just wanted to share that because it's nice to be a part of a community where it feels like everyone cares about the game rather than min/maxing everything from stats to coins etc.

Glad I came back for another shot, had nothing but good experiences. I tried a few months ago and was put off over the first few days, guess I had an unlucky run and came across all the bad apples :PAh, yeah when I get into my hoot owl mode (I'm on PST time) I end up playing with Aussies in most games :) Umm... I believe that there is an EU guild here... for off hours activity. Though I think that is mid morning for you vs mid evening for them. Most here seem to be from the Eastern US, a bit from Central time. I don't know if there is an AU guild, I wouldn't be surprised though. A matter of finding other people on at the hours you are. Me I just pull my ranger out and have a field day hunting named mobs that are going feral and lonely in those wee off-hours.

[sokaroka]

Ah, yeah when I get into my hoot owl mode (I'm on PST time) I end up playing with Aussies in most games :) Umm... I believe that there is an EU guild here... for off hours activity. Though I think that is mid morning for you vs mid evening for them. Most here seem to be from the Eastern US, a bit from Central time. I don't know if there is an AU guild, I wouldn't be surprised though. A matter of finding other people on at the hours you are. Me I just pull my ranger out and have a field day hunting named mobs that are going feral and lonely in those wee off-hours.

There is a decent AU guild apparently! Just gotta work my level up first :)

I'm having fun exploring the game so far anyway.

[Dacien]

yea its totally cool. No hand holding in EQ. You're in their world now. Do what you do IRL while you play! Like the beach? head to the oasis, like the woods, stay in faydark. Want to live in the big city? head on over to FP and get those buffs!

Just try not to go link dead while crossing the oceans like this guy: https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229625

That's the appeal of Everquest. In my time here, I've jumped all over the world just to see new locations. Hill Giants in Rathe? Let me head over there and see what I can do. Mistmoore has a really great drop? Let me work my way there and see if I can snag it. What's Nagafen like? Najena XP is good, let me head there.

I've literally walked from East Commons to Innothule, to Rathe, and up into the Karanas, just taking in the sights and killing any blue con or lesser that dares cross my path. I did the same thing in Kunark.

Everquest is alive and has gravity in a way that no other MMO really does, at least to me.