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Originally Posted by Peevedkitten
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My wife and I started playing last night and I wanted to stop in and say hello. We're longtime MMO players but new to Everquest. She is playing a cleric and I am playing a Paladin, these are pretty standard roles for us and we're comfortable with them. Is there anything we should know or be aware of as people with absolutely no experience in the lands of Norrath? Any advice is greatly appreciated and I look forward to seeing you on our adventures!
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My own wife and I enjoy this game, and for a good many years we too played the Paladin/Cleric combination. You can duo if you need to, but you'll work best as the foundation of a larger group.
If you're new to Everquest, there'll be a lot of adjusting to do relative to coming from newer MMOG's. Most of the present MMOG's built off EQ, so quite a few systems in this game will seem outdated (recovering mana by meditating is an obvious example) as will the graphics. As a rule it's a rather slow-paced game, both in terms of leveling rate and combat mechanics. A comprehensive guide is beyond the scope of a single forum post; the Project 1999 wiki is an invaluable resource in that respect. Some specifics come to mind, however:
Classes in this game don't have the same balance or homogeny that those of newer games tend to possess. You'll notice very rapidly, for example, that your wife's Cleric is almost unable to solo, but nothing else can heal even close to as well as it can.
Monsters don't display their levels, so get used to "considering" them. I forget what key it defaults to, but if you're experienced with gaming you ought to be able to handle keymapping. Past the lowest levels monsters tend to be stronger than equal-level players, so get used to leveling off "blue con" opponents. At higher levels, even "blue" monsters are difficult to solo in melee. Everquest was designed as a group-centric game, and it shows.
You have to go to your skill trainer in the city to obtain many of your skills as you level. This includes some critical skills, like Meditate (level 8 for the Cleric, level 12 for the Paladin).
There's no automatic auction system. Players buy and sell stuff to each other either by using this forum (there's a sub-forum dedicated to it) or by traveling to East Commonlands in-game (if you've been to that zone you've no doubt seen the /auction chat scrolling). P1999 has been around a long time so some surprisingly good equipment can be purchased cheaply.
Finally, a note about setting: Unlike so many newer games, you're not the brave hero setting off to save the world here. You're simply some unknown adventurer striking out into a wild and untamed world. The cities are hundreds or thousands of years old and their fates do NOT depend on anything you do. If you're tired of game settings that portray the player as some great savior right from the start, you should like the change.
That's long enough, I think (more detailed info is what we have the wiki for!). Welcome to P1999.
Danth