New Player, New Bard

[Hollowshade]

I played EQ when I was a child back in the day and as a grown ace man I am so excited I found this and can re-experience it to some degree while im not a dumb kid that EQ was a little too advanced for.

I am going to play a bard and my intention is all the way, to learn to twince songs like a mofo and git gud.

I was a starcraft 2 player 300 to 400 apm (zerg) made it to m,asters hjave no carpal or anything I see people saying so I think I might be able to be onme of the best, or am hoping I can become that. It my dream anyways.

Questions, good bard names? I suck at this?

Biggest Question: any guild that is active I can join learn from some players and find a fam? I'm not looking for hand outs, just people I can grow into as I learn the game.


hoping for any responses. reading through the bard guides right now and trying to figure out the best entry point so I don't burn up before I even crazy the O-zone of EQ.

Don't worry I wont go ever go full retard. (That's a bad bard joke see I'm becoming more bard by the minute (In music a retard is a rest or pause between notes if your don't get it enough to cringe))

-bard out

[Meeper]

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

Questions, good bard names? I suck at this?

Not Taylor Swift, apparently. If you take up a tradeskill you might try to get away with Tailoring Swiftly though...

[WarpathEQ]

Welcome to P99 and congratulations on making a smart choice, IMO bard is the best character to roll as a first toon on a server you're new to. You'll find that even the bard class, which has the highest apm generally of any class in EQ, is very mild activity compared to pretty much any modern game so apm will be no issue here.

My personal favorite way to start is as a half elf in Kelethin. IMO the crushbone throneroom at lvl 15 when you get the AOE mez song is one of the funnest bard moments in the game.

Whatever you choose make sure to go agnostic for religion. Bards have access to a variety of illusion items and faction altering songs. Starting with agnostic faction will help you maximize the ways you can leverage those abilites.

Many people choose to join a leveling guild when new to P99 as the server population is lower than what these servers were designed for in era and has been around long enough that it can be hard to find low level characters to group with. You don't really have to seek these leveling guilds out (not sure which is the main one at this point they usually change every few months) they will identify themselves early on and send unsolicited invites to people in common starting zones.

The Bard page on the wiki is a great reference and has pretty much everything you need to build up your character. There are per level hunting guides that can be helpful if you're not familiar with places to go for experience, and I always keep a zone connection map handy as a good reminder of where I am and how it connects to the world at large.

[Hollowshade]

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

Welcome to P99 and congratulations on making a smart choice, IMO bard is the best character to roll as a first toon on a server you're new to. You'll find that even the bard class, which has the highest apm generally of any class in EQ, is very mild activity compared to pretty much any modern game so apm will be no issue here.

My personal favorite way to start is as a half elf in Kelethin. IMO the crushbone throneroom at lvl 15 when you get the AOE mez song is one of the funnest bard moments in the game.

Whatever you choose make sure to go agnostic for religion. Bards have access to a variety of illusion items and faction altering songs. Starting with agnostic faction will help you maximize the ways you can leverage those abilites.

Many people choose to join a leveling guild when new to P99 as the server population is lower than what these servers were designed for in era and has been around long enough that it can be hard to find low level characters to group with. You don't really have to seek these leveling guilds out (not sure which is the main one at this point they usually change every few months) they will identify themselves early on and send unsolicited invites to people in common starting zones.

The Bard page on the wiki is a great reference and has pretty much everything you need to build up your character. There are per level hunting guides that can be helpful if you're not familiar with places to go for experience, and I always keep a zone connection map handy as a good reminder of where I am and how it connects to the world at large.

Wow thanks for all the info great reply, glad I'm lucked out onto a right path, that's unusual for me, lol

[Hollowshade]

Okay on blue server, my name is:

Mewpsychonotes

Sounds kinda like muscial notes, but with psycho in it.

lol

See anyone on when I start in 5 minutes here.

[spoil]

Green has higher pop, might as well start there as a new player.