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06-05-2013, 11:51 AM
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Wow player looking for more of a challenge
Ive been playing wow for quite a few years. Ive lost alot of respect for it due to its casulation and dieing community. A friend of mine told me about Everquest and Ive decided to give it a try.
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06-05-2013, 11:56 AM
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Realize that EQ is a dated game with more of an emphasis on specific pieces of gear rather than a blazing fast push to the top. Every piece of gear you obtain is like a purple. Each taking quite some time to achieve by normal means of camping or farming platinum to purchase in the East commonlands tunnel.
Do your best to make friends and talk to people. The biggest upgrade to your power in EQ is your friends list. The people you meet will be able to help you and guide you in your path to level 60 and raiding. WoW never had a community and in EQ, if you're a douchebag, people will know and you will suffer the consequences. | ||
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06-05-2013, 12:02 PM
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At the risk of sounding like A self absorbed Douchebag Ide like to think I was generally liked by most people I came into contact with on WOW.
Is project 1999 still popular enough to where raids still happen? Im after the real Ever Qust experience "Every piece of gear you obtain is like a purple. Each taking quite some time to achieve by normal means of camping or farming platinum to purchase in the East commonlands tunnel" That is what Im after. | ||
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06-05-2013, 12:02 PM
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You're in for a big change friend! It's going to be rough, unforgiving, and infuriating at times. All this though adds to the entertainment value. There's actual RISK to the actions you take and where you go! I would recommend looking at some info about the various classes you can play on the p99 wiki. There is a detailed explanation of each class and what thier role is. Some are more able than others to solo and level, where others are completely dependant on groups. Think about how you want to play and go from there. If you can, start in either Freeport or Neriak (cities). these are close to a zone where many many high end players hang out. They can help, and even buy some things from you to help out. Save all your spiderling silks, bone chips, and HQ bear pelts for sale to players. You'll need the money. There's really too much to go over in a post like this, so I'd recommend doing some homework. check out Youtube videos explaining old eq, and read the wiki for info. There might even be a few other threads on the forums to help guide your decision [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Lastly, Contact Uggme in game if you ever have any questions. I'd be happy to help if I'm online. | |||
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06-05-2013, 12:05 PM
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The biggest thing to keep in mind in my opinion is it is slow slow slow slooooowwww compared to wow.
only certain classes can solo, there are no soloable easy to complete high exp quests. Your only real exp is through killing mobs and since most people cannot solo them or at least not efficiently enough groups are key. There are no instances, there is no lfg tool. you have to physically run to the zone you want to exp in and shout that you are lfg, may take 5 minutes may take several hours depending on your class/rep. Gear is important more so to some classes than others. its not like wow where each stat has a defined effect and you can see the difference in each point you put in, and considering stats on gear are usually low, under 5, you need to focus on the primary/secondary stat of your class and try to max it. the biggest thing about everquest is make friends, its not like wow threes no lfg tool that pulls you into a zone with a group of strangers for a 30 minute instance, youll be seeing a lot of the same people in your level range and most groups go for hours in the same spot, no clearing from zone in to final boss in 30 minutes and starting over. Pick a room sit in and kill everything you can for hours on end. The more friends/helpful you are the easier time you'll have.
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06-05-2013, 12:07 PM
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"Lastly, Contact Uggme in game if you ever have any questions. I'd be happy to help if I'm online."
Thankyou. Ive done some reaserch on my own. When I first started wow the hardest thing was learing the lingo LFG WTS LFM I was wondering what kind of acronyms there are in EQ I was thinking of making a magician. Ive always loved having pets to do my bidding. | ||
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06-05-2013, 12:08 PM
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Don't be a douche, build your friends list, join a guild. Don't expect to log in and see significant progress every time. Check out the wiki to decide what class you want to play, classes are more specialized in EQ so choose the role that best suites your play style. The progress here will be a lot slower, but it's definitely more rewarding than WoW.
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06-05-2013, 12:11 PM
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06-05-2013, 12:14 PM
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I have no idea how to quote, Ive never been one for forums.
"the biggest thing about everquest is make friends, its not like wow threes no lfg tool that pulls you into a zone with a group of strangers for a 30 minute instance, youll be seeing a lot of the same people in your level range and most groups go for hours in the same spot, no clearing from zone in to final boss in 30 minutes and starting over. Pick a room sit in and kill everything you can for hours on end. The more friends/helpful you are the easier time you'll have." That sounds awesome. Reminds a bit of runscape where you would talk to the people grinding xp for hours and make actual connections and friends. "Hey OP, let's see your armory link. I always love to see armory links of people who talk about how ezmode WoW is" Sure http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...b%C3%A1/simple My DK http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...%C3%A9w/simple My warrior the reason why my gear is so bad is because once I got geared enough for raids I just stopped caring. did probably one or two LFR's then just sat in org with my glaives on and looked pretty | ||
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