Well.. I've died a few times.

[Sangcreux]

Hey there guys, so I've just recently been trying to get into (back into) Everquest. I played it as a kid when I was really young, I want to say I was around 10 years old back then. I played here and there and probably made it to about level 30ish, but I still never got the real classic everquest experience.

Well here I am, and I really want to get into this game. I've made a Barbarian Shaman (IGN Versza) and it's both fun and frustrating. I don't know what I'm supposed to do, I explored and found my guildmaster, trained sense heading, put on the gear I was given, but every mob outside either wants to kill me or does kill me.

Am I doing this wrong?

[Pyrion]

Welcome to EQ! Everfrost is one of the most unforgiving starting areas. If you need to (re)learn the ropes, it might be overwhelming.

The easiest starting areas for me are paineel (evil erudites), misty thicket, qeynos and freeport, followed by greater faydark and butcherblock.

But i would advice you to stick to your barb shaman and just learn the hard way. Nothing wrong with dying a lot at low levels where you still do not lose xp. You will learn very fast to respect the environment, knowledge that you will need anyway at higher levels. Also you will learn navigating in hard mode. Try to find one or two other lowbies, things get much easier if you stick together. Look out for those pesky solist skellies, they will kill you pretty fast.

If you feel that you need a change of scenery, try to get a SOW and make a run thru blackburrow, get a bind close to qeynos and hunt in qeynos hills or blackburrow. Way easier than everfrost, but not as "cool" [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].

[Sangcreux]

So I should just continue trying to kill these spiderlings then? It is a little frustrating but finally leveling up my first time really felt worth it, and thank you for the welcome by the way!

[Pyrion]

As far as i remember the polar bears are the best mobs to hunt if you want nice loot (http://wiki.project1999.com/A_polar_bear_cub). Look at the loot table and the quests you can resolve with them. Quite nice for such low mobs.

But in order to get xp, just kill whatever you see.

[Whoop]

Always "con" the mobs before you attack then, stick with blue ones and fight them on the wall! At lvl 5-6 maybe there are static spawns of Gnolls just outside Blackburrow. Its great once you learn it, save the fangs for turnin in Qeynos.

[Sangcreux]

Thanks for the replies, I suppose I'll just have to put in some more effort and be more careful.

[Sillyturtle]

I was in your position 3 days ago. Everfrost is like, the hardest newbie zone there is.

Until level 2, you only want to kill Decaying Skeletons, Gnoll Pups and ice goblin whelps. Anything else will hurt you.

Spiders poison, so don't kil them. After that you can do polar bear pups. Take their ruined bear pelts and turn each 1 into a piece of armor via tailoring. You WILL notice the difference in tankiness.

[MycahDavith]

This is not easy mode, its EQ. It is a real grind, it's EQ. Go slow, make friends, and become very familiar with the wiki, specific to these servers. Project1999 Wiki

[webrunner5]

Originally Posted by MycahDavith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is not easy mode, its EQ. It is a real grind, it's EQ. Go slow, make friends, and become very familiar with the wiki, specific to these servers. Project1999 Wiki

Yea, if it was easy you would not want to be here. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] At 5 try to get to Blackburrow. Once you can get a few spells and a better weapon it will be really easier to stay alive.

Big trouble is it is VERY hard for you to get your spells anywhere but Halas as a Barb. So I would try to sell some loot you get and buy as many spells as you can there before leaving. I think there is a quest to get spells free in Halas at the Guildmasters. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Jed]

Barbarian's are the worst shamans and have the worst starting areas. You will always need to go back there for spells too so as a beginner you won't be able to leave.

Ogre/Trolls have such an easy starting area. Iksars do as well.