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Originally Posted by Shilver
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Honestly, from a new player to EQ1 all together...not really seeing all roses and tulips within this community like it was so highly touted in the "good ole days". Maybe it's because I'm an Iksar SK so my XP penalty is seemily impossible to group with, but man a response like "nty" when I'm leveling in the same zone would be fine with me rather then ignoring me and still fighting mobs. Whatever I'll do trial by fair like a real Iksar SK would have to go through.
Maybe I just don't fit into this hardcore EQ crowd either, but these forums seem hard to get a gauge on too.
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Tanks are one of the more difficult classes to find leveling, that puts you at a considerable advantage right off the bat. You need to prioritize finding a cleric that plays at the same time as you and becoming BFFs with them. From there you can add whoever you want to the group and they have no say over your XP penalty. You run the show. Heck, you can even offer a group spot to poor, groupless Dirtnap.
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All I'm hearing from a lot of people here is "I can't find groups, therefor this server's community isn't great." and I think that's a load of junk. Just a couple of weeks ago I was a part of a bunch of people from random guilds coming together and
helping a more casual/unguilded monk finish a major fight for his epic all of whom refusing a happily offered payment to do so. That's just one example of stuff like that happening on this server. No matter what your class is, not being able to find a group means YOU aren't doing enough work. I've gotten plenty of groups on my wizard a class that offers almost nothing in the way of functionality to grindy pick up group full of rogue twinks with Ragebringers.
Sure there are going to be some people who complain about XP penalties, and for what it's worth I think they're overly punishing and unfair to some classes that already have identity problems but I personally have NEVER turned someone away from a group because of them. If a class will make my group better I will invite them. That's the way it has been while leveling up all 4 of my characters so far.