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Thanks guys.
Is it really worthwhile to make an alt to make money first? Feel like that is going to take like 6+ months to get to a level that is meaningful for making money no?
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Originally Posted by LootGoblin
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Thanks guys.
Is it really worthwhile to make an alt to make money first? Feel like that is going to take like 6+ months to get to a level that is meaningful for making money no?
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I’m currently level 27 on my monk. First character on the server and I’m fairly new to EQ in general.
If you roll Iskar your level 1-20 will be really comfortable. You can do FOB from 1-10 and then Kurns from 10-20. At these levels I ignored the weight limit and looted what I could to make plat. Save your bone chips and burynai armor drops from Kurns to sell later. Also skill up tailoring to 20 and carry a sewing kit around with you when you’re in the FOB. Spider silk doesn’t stack, but the silk swatches will. While leveling to 20 I skilled up brewing to make the Heady Kiola and tailoring to make my own cured silk. This was likely a waste of money since it did cost me a bit to level both brewing and tailoring, but in the end it was really satisfying. I grouped most of my time in the FOB and Kurns. Very easy to find or start a group. On a side note, while at Kurns I grouped with 5 necros. It was a lot of fun chain pulling back to the group and watching all their pets quickly murder each pull.
At around level 20 I took all of my savings and anything I think I could sell and headed for EC. I ended up making the run there. After getting a bind I sold everything I could and had enough for my initial goal of buying a Wu’s quivering staff. With that I headed to Oasis for a couple levels followed by killing ogres in Timorus Deeps. The ogres drop a good amount of raw plat (up to 2p on a single kill) and will occasionally spawn with FS weapons. I used the gypsy in oasis to sell and buy bandages. I also farmed some deathfist belts which I sold in the EC. After a couple levels I hit my next goal of 450p which is enough to get a set of 55hp 5ac rings.
That’s when I decided to head back to Cab and level on giants in WW. At level 24 soloing was a bit of a pain, but again it was really easy to find groups. Now at level 27 I can solo there easily. If you’re lucky there money can be pretty good too. I’ll still group there even though it’s worse xp, since I don’t enjoy competing for spawns or too much downtime. I also can’t reliably solo the evergreens yet from 50% hp.
Overall it’s been great leveling a monk and the most fun I’ve had playing the game. It’s a really active class, so you need to enjoy that, as you’ll be tasked with pulling most of the time. You won’t be a powerhouse right away, but you should be decently geared by your mid 20s. It seems like it will be some time before I get any significant upgrades since the next big items are really expensive (haste and a good dual wield combo, eventually epic and fungi).
Don’t sell your bone chips for less than 8p a stack. They will sell for at least that much, but try to sell them for 10p if you can. The burynai armor will sell for 10-20p depending on the piece. You should be able to get a Wu’s quivering staff for between 400-700p. I was impatient and bought it for 700, though I saw them going to 600 earlier that day (just didn’t have enough plat yet).
So no you don’t need to be twinked to enjoy playing a monk. I’m sure it makes it much better, but it’s hard to beat the feeling of satisfaction you get when you finally get some gear you’ve been eyeing. I personally wouldn’t bother playing another class that you’re not interested in to get to play what you actually want.