New (to p99) necro questions

[goshozal]

Hi all,

First let me say how happy I am to find this emulator! I played EQ for years from vanilla to PoP and miss it terribly, especially the "old world."

I played a necro before, so naturally that was the class I have rolled. I was curious about 2 things:

Do Iksar suffer from the XP penalty on p99?

and

Do necro pets adopt the speed of weapons you give them, like they used to in vanilla EQ? I remember pets with fine steel daggers were real beasts.

Thanks!

[theaetatus]

Yes and no.

[SwordNboard]

Yes and no.

[goshozal]

Thanks guy. One more...

Is the old pre-nerf Circlet of Shadow in the game? The instant one?

That xp penalty makes race a tough call imo. My old necro was DE, maybe I will reroll for variety despite the penalty.

[SwordNboard]

Iksar is worth it. And yes, they go for about 1k atm.

[Arteker]

Thanks guy. One more...

Is the old pre-nerf Circlet of Shadow in the game? The instant one?

That xp penalty makes race a tough call imo. My old necro was DE, maybe I will reroll for variety despite the penalty.

the old circlet still in game.

Best thing abou iksar necro is and sorry for the spelling , fuck them all, kill humans kill elfs, kill ogres,kill dorfs and u wills till be loved in ur own home.

[Arteker]

bare in mind aswell.
As iksar necro u will lost alot of items u actualy u cant use from original.

[Striiker]

I'd say go for the race that interests you. If you played a DE on live, a benefit of rolling an Iksar now is that you'll experience content new to you as you'll be starting in a new city / continent. The major downside to the Iksar is that they are KOS pretty much everywhere. You can fix this with faction work but it can be tedious. Don't worry over the XP penalties and focus on enjoying the game..
Welcome to the server!

[goshozal]

Last one:

Is the old mask that allows the DE illusion in game? I dont remember the name but it came from Guk if I recall.

[MegamanXZOBMV]

There's two masks with DE Illusion isn't there?
Anyway, I think the mask you're talking about no longer drops, though I could be mistaken. A more knowledgeable person will, of course, come around to correct me. :)

[SomberSunday]

Mask of Deception. But I don't know if it still drops. I'm only 2 days old here! Thanks for asking the Necro questions for me, goshozal. Now I don't have too. Also Iksar necro, Snoozer. See you in the field of bones!

[MegamanXZOBMV]

Ah... Mask of Deception.
Guise of the Deceiver (The exact same mask, really) is what no longer drops.
According to the wiki, Mask of Deception still drops, via a ghoul assassin in Lower Guk.

[Tarathiel]

guise of the deciever which could be clicked by anyone no longer drops
mask of deception which can only be clicked by bards and rogues drops in its place