Pretty New to P99 starting a Warrior and LF duo partner/s.

[Mythyk]

Hello,
Somewhat new to P99, have a couple of low levels toon's i've been bouncing around trying to find my niche. Was hoping to find someone else maybe interested in a somewhat regular duo team, available most evening from 7-8pm CST to around 12am CST, weekends tend to be longer. I'd like to play a Warrior but am open to some melee type.

Any interest, please shoot me a PM.

[mortifercains]

dude! im rolling a cleric im one day behind you. are you still playing?

[Muggens]

Warriors come out and play

[kjs86z]

As I said in another recent post here...I can only recommend warrior if you're determined to put in a lot of time and resources. They scale amazingly well with gear...but levels 1-55 (arguably 1-60) is going to be not nearly as enjoyable.

You will be expected to tank, but won't have the threat generating capabilities of a SK or Paladin. You'll be frustrated spamming taunt on a mob that is more interested in going for the shaman/enc that just slowed it for you.

If you don't want to tank, ever...then go rogue. If you want to lead groups with pulls and keep the flow of XP in sync with the groups vitals + preparedness, go monk. If you want to soak damage, hold aggro, and offer some utility to your groups without being too gear dependent, go Pally or SK.

Hope that helps.

[Mythyk]

Thank you for the response and the info.

Though I am very well aware of the mechanics of playing a warrior through to lvl 60, maybe not on p99 specifically but I did play one during the timeframe that p99 is emulating. Good players who know their class can do well with a warrior in either DPS or Tank mode. It may be simpler for the knight classes to tank and the other melee classes to DPS but that doesn't mean they are any more effective than a good Warrior.


















As I said in another recent post here...I can only recommend warrior if you're determined to put in a lot of time and resources. They scale amazingly well with gear...but levels 1-55 (arguably 1-60) is going to be not nearly as enjoyable.

You will be expected to tank, but won't have the threat generating capabilities of a SK or Paladin. You'll be frustrated spamming taunt on a mob that is more interested in going for the shaman/enc that just slowed it for you.

If you don't want to tank, ever...then go rogue. If you want to lead groups with pulls and keep the flow of XP in sync with the groups vitals + preparedness, go monk. If you want to soak damage, hold aggro, and offer some utility to your groups without being too gear dependent, go Pally or SK.

Hope that helps.

[Shinko]

Make ogre

[Nagoya]

Here is the frequency of each race for the warrior, from most common to rarest:
Tier 1) Ogre
Tier 2) Barbarian, Dwarf
Tier 3) Troll, Iksar, Halfling
Tier 4) Human, Dark Elf
Tier 5) Wood Elf, Gnome, Half Elf

I recommend any Tier 5 race so you can be super sexy and receive a lot of free booze so you can cap Alcohol Tolerance!

Also, Dwarves and Iksars can't follow Rallos Zek, so that's something to keep in mind.

Half Elf Warrior is cool because it's the only non-Erudite to be able to follow Prexus, or the only non-Barbarian to be able to follow The Tribunal (outside of bards).

[Mythyk]

All good suggestions, though I already had decided on a Barb Warrior, it's actually the only race I have not played yet in EQ and the Female Barb just has the right 'proportions' to fill out her armor nicely. ;)

[lostclover]

What is the main reason to follow Rallos Zek? Is there an RZ only quest or gear?

[Ciksharn]

What is the main reason to follow Rallos Zek? Is there an RZ only quest or gear?

https://wiki.project1999.com/Deity_Specific_Items_Continued

[beargryllz]

What is the main reason to follow Rallos Zek? Is there an RZ only quest or gear?

He's literally the god of *war*. It's all about the roleplay

[Diogene]

I think OP was looking for a duo partner and not a lesson on how to play war class :cool:
/Forums.

[Jimjam]

What is the main reason to follow Rallos Zek? Is there an RZ only quest or gear?

To rub it in Filbus face, mainly.

[Zoggren]

I made a warrior as my first character on this server and it was the worst mistake ever. Especially an Ogre warrior, as being large and evil has even more drawbacks. First off, you will be broke all the time. You constantly buy shit gear and spend hours trying to get the best deal or make back what you have already spent. You will die all the time. Every zone is a death trap. I got killed at 52 in EC from a lady inside a hut by the Freeport zone line. Nobody will group with you because you have no hate and your gear sucks. Any zone you go to level, some higher level twink with more gear than you will be chosen. Get ready to sit lfg for hours. Zero solo ability with non twink gear. Almost zero camps for cash. Groi is your only hope until 45. Don't do it. Level up something else first and bestow your warrior with a fungi and some good weapons and plow through 1 to 45 solo if you have to.

If you have plenty of time and don't mind hard mode, be my guest. You'll still wonder what you could of done with all the extra time you could have saved.

[Valrok]

Here is the frequency of each race for the warrior, from most common to rarest:
Tier 1) Ogre
Tier 2) Barbarian, Dwarf
Tier 3) Troll, Iksar, Halfling
Tier 4) Human, Dark Elf
Tier 5) Wood Elf, Gnome, Half Elf

I recommend any Tier 5 race so you can be super sexy and receive a lot of free booze so you can cap Alcohol Tolerance!

Also, Dwarves and Iksars can't follow Rallos Zek, so that's something to keep in mind.

Half Elf Warrior is cool because it's the only non-Erudite to be able to follow Prexus, or the only non-Barbarian to be able to follow The Tribunal (outside of bards).

[evanderheide]

I made a warrior as my first character on this server and it was the worst mistake ever. Especially an Ogre warrior, as being large and evil has even more drawbacks. First off, you will be broke all the time. You constantly buy shit gear and spend hours trying to get the best deal or make back what you have already spent. You will die all the time. Every zone is a death trap. I got killed at 52 in EC from a lady inside a hut by the Freeport zone line. Nobody will group with you because you have no hate and your gear sucks. Any zone you go to level, some higher level twink with more gear than you will be chosen. Get ready to sit lfg for hours. Zero solo ability with non twink gear. Almost zero camps for cash. Groi is your only hope until 45. Don't do it. Level up something else first and bestow your warrior with a fungi and some good weapons and plow through 1 to 45 solo if you have to.

If you have plenty of time and don't mind hard mode, be my guest. You'll still wonder what you could of done with all the extra time you could have saved.
:cool:


Oh the hell with dude - I started the game as a troll warrior with crap gear and am now 55 and in pretty solid stuff without a lot of help. If you want to play warrior, play a goddamn warrior. Agreed with previous posters, the difficulty gets vastly overblown...

Quick list of things you want to do...

1. Loot lots of trash loot - You're going to have pretty high STR if you're rolling a Barb, Ogre, or Troll, which means you can carry a lot of crap to vendor. Most people on P99 don't do much trash vendoring in groups - just grab the stuff and sell it. They generally don't mind. Even if you're evil, there are often vendors near some of the best exp-ing dungeons where you can vendor like Conium Darkblade (a dwarf poison vendor on an island off Estate of Unrest OR a neutral druid vendor near at the Steamfront druid port-in near Mistmoore). Other then vendoring trash, I'd encourage you to level in Highhold keep doing goblins - sell the ears you get to other players (do not use them IMO) - I made 5k selling ears between level 24-32 in HHK.

2. Acquire a Silken Whip of Ensnaring, a Jarsath Trident, a Fist of Zek, or a Staff of Battle. Any / all of these weapons will provide decent DPS until you have the cash / levels to acquire better aggro generation weapons like Frostbringer, Wrapped Entropy Serpent Spine, or a Sarnak Warhammer. Not having those weapons early on doesn't matter much - the "good" aggro weapons that I listed later on don't even proc until 40's for the most part, giving you plenty of time to save for them.

3. Save for a Haste Item. You should be targeting either Silver Chitin Hand Wraps (pairing it with a Mithril Plated Girth if you're anything but Iksar) or Flowing Black Silk Sash (later pairing it with some Crystal Chitin Gauntlets). Starting from nothing, i was able to save 1700 plat for Silver Chitin Hand Wraps by early 20's just vendoring trash - I got lucky on winning the roll on a Shiny Brass Idol but at max that adds maybe 2 levels of exp delay if you're just vendoring trash.

4. Get some HP rings and Crafted Armor - Most decent warrior gear you can get for affordable prices if your prioritize good "value" items that are WAR only or just not as useful for other classes. Some good examples are "Glimmering Mithril Torque", "Mithril Plated Girth", "Crested Spaulders", "Bracer of Scavenging", "Hero Bracers" (if you're a Barb), and "Skull Shaped Barbute". These will all last you into the mid-to-late 50's when you'll start swapping them out for Thurgadin Quest Armor. Some later tier, more expensive value items are "Barbed Dragonscale Boots" and "Cloak of Maelstrom".

5. Start saving for a 2nd Tier Haste item - This is where I am in the process. I'm 55 and currently have 18k saved (of 40) saved for a Spiked Seahorse Hide Belt. This takes a long time but you should be saving for this item from like mid 40's (once you've gotten your base armor in step 4) for a while, but the cash will come. In your early 50's onward if you're in a Kunark dungeon like Karnors, you should start seeing "clicky armor" like Cobalt, Blood Ember, and Tolan's drop - vendor this stuff for like 300-500pp unless you can EASILY sell it to another player for more.

6. This is at least part of the plan - join a decent guild and start grinding Kael in groups for Thurgadin Armor. If you're in a decent guild, you'll also start doing content where really nice near end game gear should drop.

PLAY THE CLASS YOU WANT. WARRIOR ROCKS! :cool:

[Gozuk]

I made a warrior as my first character on this server and it was the worst mistake ever. Especially an Ogre warrior, as being large and evil has even more drawbacks. First off, you will be broke all the time. You constantly buy shit gear and spend hours trying to get the best deal or make back what you have already spent. You will die all the time. Every zone is a death trap. I got killed at 52 in EC from a lady inside a hut by the Freeport zone line. Nobody will group with you because you have no hate and your gear sucks. Any zone you go to level, some higher level twink with more gear than you will be chosen. Get ready to sit lfg for hours. Zero solo ability with non twink gear. Almost zero camps for cash. Groi is your only hope until 45. Don't do it. Level up something else first and bestow your warrior with a fungi and some good weapons and plow through 1 to 45 solo if you have to.

If you have plenty of time and don't mind hard mode, be my guest. You'll still wonder what you could of done with all the extra time you could have saved.

Posts like these are why I'm happy I didn't come ask for advice when I first started here. I think it actually may be the very worst thing a new player could do.

The part about nobody grouping with you because you have no hate and your gear sucks is especially bs.

[evanderheide]

Posts like these are why I'm happy I didn't come ask for advice when I first started here. I think it actually may be the very worst thing a new player could do.

The part about nobody grouping with you because you have no hate and your gear sucks is especially bs.

Damn straight. People on P99 are super willing to group with people and are really open minded. Sometimes you need to send some tells to build a group, but I rarely get hate for gear.

[Jimjam]

Half elf war also able to follow Innoruuk. Is the real choice.Here is the frequency of each race for the warrior, from most common to rarest:
Tier 1) Ogre
Tier 2) Barbarian, Dwarf
Tier 3) Troll, Iksar, Halfling
Tier 4) Human, Dark Elf
Tier 5) Wood Elf, Gnome, Half Elf

I recommend any Tier 5 race so you can be super sexy and receive a lot of free booze so you can cap Alcohol Tolerance!

Also, Dwarves and Iksars can't follow Rallos Zek, so that's something to keep in mind.

Half Elf Warrior is cool because it's the only non-Erudite to be able to follow Prexus, or the only non-Barbarian to be able to follow The Tribunal (outside of bards).

[wagorf]

I made a warrior as my first character on this server and it was the worst mistake ever. Especially an Ogre warrior, as being large and evil has even more drawbacks. First off, you will be broke all the time. You constantly buy shit gear and spend hours trying to get the best deal or make back what you have already spent. You will die all the time. Every zone is a death trap. I got killed at 52 in EC from a lady inside a hut by the Freeport zone line. Nobody will group with you because you have no hate and your gear sucks. Any zone you go to level, some higher level twink with more gear than you will be chosen. Get ready to sit lfg for hours. Zero solo ability with non twink gear. Almost zero camps for cash. Groi is your only hope until 45. Don't do it. Level up something else first and bestow your warrior with a fungi and some good weapons and plow through 1 to 45 solo if you have to.

If you have plenty of time and don't mind hard mode, be my guest. You'll still wonder what you could of done with all the extra time you could have saved.

you are right - it's all about efficiency and people rather solo/duo/trio, and why should shaman/cleric duo with u when they can do better with a monk or chanter. either u have friends on server or u spend a lot of time LFG

those who claim otherwise are mostly pre-established players on server who has friends or cash to gear their wars. if this is ur first char and u dont have cash, dont make a war.

[evanderheide]

you are right - it's all about efficiency and people rather solo/duo/trio, and why should shaman/cleric duo with u when they can do better with a monk or chanter. either u have friends on server or u spend a lot of time LFG

those who claim otherwise are mostly pre-established players on server who has friends or cash to gear their wars. if this is ur first char and u dont have cash, dont make a war.

Except I literally just wrote an entire post refuting this as a first toon warrior who had no friends or pre-established characters when he joined the server - I'm now 55 and in a top raiding guild.

Just read the post. Ask actual questions and for real advice on the forum, and you'll find people will literally offer to help you out. The game is a group oriented MMO - if talking and socializing aren't your bag, this game isn't for you regardless of class.

[Zoggren]

I never said it couldn't be done, I did it myself. I'm 56 and in a raiding guild too. It was just inefficient. Stop trying to say leveling a broke warrior is the same as a Druid because everyone knows you're wrong.

[Zoggren]

I'm trying to give honest advice and this dude is like "loot some garbage from yard trash and find a silken whip of ensnaring! You can do it dude! Save up and you will get that fbss at level 50!".
Regardless play what you want. I totally did.

[Maliant]

It is always going to be harder and take longer to level a melee toon as your first character on P99. I leveled a necro to 60 and farmed enough plat to deck out a monk with fungi etc. and it probably took me less time to get both toons to 60 than if I had tried to slug through gearing and get the monk 60 first.

That being said, many people have more fun playing with level appropriate gear (ex. Auld Lang Syne). This game is a giant sandbox and there is no one correct path, just have fun and enjoy playing the game in your own way.

[evanderheide]

I'm trying to give honest advice and this dude is like "loot some garbage from yard trash and find a silken whip of ensnaring! You can do it dude! Save up and you will get that fbss at level 50!".
Regardless play what you want. I totally did.

We agree here in the "play what you want" thing 100%.

Turning my advice into a parody and then defensively encouraging people to role "easier" classes is a you thing.

[Issar]

Posts like these are why I'm happy I didn't come ask for advice when I first started here.

Here’s the irony, the OP didn’t post looking for advice. A bunch of knuckleheads who are full of themselves and bad advice, who also have the comprehension Skills equal to that of a third grader, have all decided to grace this thread with their drivel.

Sorry OP, you’re probably best served starting another thread to find your duo.

[Mythyk]

No Need for another thread, I found what I wanted (and then some). I've been enjoying the rhetoric here in either case. I am not new to MMO's and not new to EQ, just new to P99. I know all the easy mode classes and tactics but what I really enjoy is playing Melee classes and hence will enjoy my new Warrior.

I do need to say though that people on this server have been amazingly friendly and helpful. I wasn't playing for more then a couple minutes when i had a trade window open out of nowhere and hand me some starting gear. Then when asking a gear question in EC I received some very helpful advice from a few higher level warriors and several more offers for gear.

Thanks again to everyone that help make this server an enjoyable and friendly place to play.


BTW : My Duo partner (Cleric) and I are looking for a chanter to join us on a regular basis if anyone has a low level chanter they'd like to have some fun with. Play times are the same as listed in OP.





Here’s the irony, the OP didn’t post looking for advice. A bunch of knuckleheads who are full of themselves and bad advice, who also have the comprehension Skills equal to that of a third grader, have all decided to grace this thread with their drivel.

Sorry OP, you’re probably best served starting another thread to find your duo.

[Issar]

No Need for another thread, I found what I wanted (and then some). I've been enjoying the rhetoric here in either case. I am not new to MMO's and not new to EQ, just new to P99. I know all the easy mode classes and tactics but what I really enjoy is playing Melee classes and hence will enjoy my new Warrior.

I do need to say though that people on this server have been amazingly friendly and helpful. I wasn't playing for more then a couple minutes when i had a trade window open out of nowhere and hand me some starting gear. Then when asking a gear question in EC I received some very helpful advice from a few higher level warriors and several more offers for gear.

Thanks again to everyone that help make this server an enjoyable and friendly place to play.


BTW : My Duo partner (Cleric) and I are looking for a chanter to join us on a regular basis if anyone has a low level chanter they'd like to have some fun with. Play times are the same as listed in OP.

Glad to hear it. The server is replete with friendly people for sure, we just tend to derail threads when it comes to the forums. GL on your adventures.

[evanderheide]

No Need for another thread, I found what I wanted (and then some). I've been enjoying the rhetoric here in either case. I am not new to MMO's and not new to EQ, just new to P99. I know all the easy mode classes and tactics but what I really enjoy is playing Melee classes and hence will enjoy my new Warrior.

I do need to say though that people on this server have been amazingly friendly and helpful. I wasn't playing for more then a couple minutes when i had a trade window open out of nowhere and hand me some starting gear. Then when asking a gear question in EC I received some very helpful advice from a few higher level warriors and several more offers for gear.

Thanks again to everyone that help make this server an enjoyable and friendly place to play.

BTW : My Duo partner (Cleric) and I are looking for a chanter to join us on a regular basis if anyone has a low level chanter they'd like to have some fun with. Play times are the same as listed in OP.

That's great to hear you're liking your warrior! I apologize for hijacking your thread. Welcome to P99!

[Valrok]

I played a warrior as my first character. This game is a huge timesink without leveling up a character you don't even want to play just for the purpose of twinking. If you want to play a warrior, play it, I wouldn't worry too much about folks crying about difficulty prior to twinking. I personally had a blast leveling up from nothing on my warrior.

As far as Rallos Zek is concerned there are some deity related armor pieces that can be made as well as dubious starting faction in Kael so you can walk from Eastern Wastes all the way into Wakening Lands at level 1 without issue.

[kaluppo]

What level are you right now? I wouldn't mind teaming up with you for some XP grinding if we are close in levels. I have a 14 Druid (Kaluppo) and a 14 Cleric (Norezferu). Either would compliment a Warrior nicely. I'm currently in Gfay doing Crushbone groups or soloing.