Hey folks!
My D&D buddies and I are always looking for a good video game to play casually, and it occurred to me the other day that EQ (specifically the old-school version that P99 offers!) would actually fit nicely for a number of reasons. It's got a great community (i.e. not toxic like many other games these days), is extremely rewarding with great risk vs. reward play, can run on both Windows and Mac, and doesn't take an up-to-date computer to run. None of them have ever played before, however I played for a number of years back in like 2000-2004 and a little bit in maybe 2012 or so. I'm quite excited to show them the game.
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With that out of the way, here's what we've got goin' on. There might be 2-4 of us on at any point in time, and we're going to be playing very casually, especially so that one of our friends doesn't become totally addicted. No pushing for endgame, no joining of a larger guild with expectations of raiding, no scheduled play times, and who knows if we'll even hit 60 (although let's assume that we will eventually). That said, I'd still like our comp to not be a total failure and be incredibly slow to level, and it would be nice if it allowed a bit of flexibility in terms of not needing a single person to be on any time we wanted to do something. Obviously the latter is easier said that done in some cases, but I'm still going to try.
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I personally don't care what class/role I play, and so far two of my friends have weighed in as to what they'd want to play:
Friend A: Shaman (I mentioned we should probably have one in our group, and since he played one in WoW he was all over it, lol)
Friend B: DK or Bard (or maybe Enchanter)
Friend C: Undecided, and heck, may not even decide to play w/ us.
For now we can ignore Friend C, but if Friend B decided to go Bard, would that mean I'd need to go tank 100%, or would there be a "viable" other choice? And if I did end up going tank, any suggestions on which one would fit best, or is it all the same for what we're doing?
If my buddy went DK I'd probably go Necro (pretty good group synergy, good DPS without requiring lots of gear, heals, can solo well), but I'm definitely open to suggestions there as well.
Thanks in advance, and I look forward to seeing some of you in-game!
Kaze