Tales from the Druid newbee Volume 1

[Griffy]

Well I decided to start writing a little blog about the newbee experience here on Project 1999. Some days I will post more than others, and I will try to remember all the folks I group with "I'll start taking notes from now on " I know I am not a great writer, but I always regretted not documenting my travels in the original EQ. I hope to do it here and maybe inspire some better writers to do the same.

I started off the weekend at level 14 and went to North Ro. My favorite camp there is the Derv Camp closest to the water "Derv 1". only 4 spawns and I can easily handle the dervs. Dorn B'Dorn on the other hand is a little tougher ! He can crush me without a second thought. While I have been camping here on a regular basis I have met a few nice players. The one I have had the most interaction with is a Gnome chanter named Goliath. Seems whenever I see him or he sees me its buff fest time ! We shared the camp quite a bit on saturday and I managed to get all the way to 16 !

Saturday evening I had a bit of laundry to fold so I decided to just setup shop in East commonlands Tunnel and Buff folks as they needed [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Some even tossed me a coin or two ! I was able to pick up a couple low end druid pieces of gear and got my Wis up to a whoppin' 130 ! I was grateful some of the folks in the tunnel were willing to work with me on pricing. "its hard to go on a shoping spree when you only have 50-100 plat at any given time"



Sunday morning came around & I was pretty stoked to give Dorn another go [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] He was also stoked to get to show me that he still owns my but ! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] so I spent a little time in the EC tunnel while i watched football. Then out of the blue I Was offered a group on the Orc highway in Oasis of Marr. "Sure I will come" I told them, happy to try something new. After a semi harrowing run to get to the wall "I had forgotten after all these years how much traffic there is in the oasis" I was able to get to the group. I was told ok were pulling in mass so you need to heal ! "Alrighty Ill do my best!" I told them. Inc 5-10 orc and there goes my mana pool. It went as well as you would expect med, heal, med, heal, med, heal, med med med, heal ...... you get the picture. I wasn't able to keep up with that kind of incomming damage. The worst part was that we had a killer SK tanking "Desroyyer" I would toss my lil heal on him and watch his HP increase by 1% /sigh. I had forgotten how bad druid heals can be from 16-18 "Cant wait till 19 to get the new heal !" I apologized for slowing the group down and the folks in group were pretty cool about dealing with my lack of mana. After about 45 mins we broke up. Good exp but i don't think I am ready for it yet !

Sunday afternoon I was back in the EC tunnel buffing my heart out and chilling while i did a little homework as to where I should be trying to level. I decided to go back to Oasis and give the gators a go [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] As i zoned in and was running along the shore I hear a shout "Trading clarity for Sow" well I can't pass that up ! and said "I got your hook up and I will meet you at the docks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]" Made it to the Docks and Buffed the nice chanter who was offering crack. I also buffed a few other folks that were there because it never hurts to be nice [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. As i finish buffing the last person at the docks I sat down and started memming my solo spell line up so i can get some gator work in ....... Sure enough I get broken out of the book by "and you probably already guessed it" Cazel !!! One hit and I am at the loading screen Lol. I think its been 8-9 years since I last got Cazel'ed !!!! Long run back to oasis but I made it. I sat on the pilar by the dock medding up and started hearing groups yell for more. Invis wall and Gator 1 both wanted a lil help [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] After how badly I did at the highway in the morning I decided to give Gator one a try. They invited me and sure enough the same SK is tanking. To top that we had a bard out there pulling 1/5 the zone it seemed !!! she was doing a bang up job!! It was really impressive to see the bard running around with a mass mobs on her. Somehow the Agro got messed up and Gators and orcs swarmed the rest of us. Unfortunantly I couldnt keep up with the heals "Sigh I guess I need to stop trying to level and go farm cash for gear" The Sk was dead in 2 mins, and that was the end of the group [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] We broke up. I decided that was enough for one day. I had managed to level in reverse !

Hope to talk to you all ingame sometime and don't ever hesitate to hail me if you need a SoW or Druid buff
Saum
16 Druid of Tunare
AKA The Druid who has a mana pool so shallow you couldnt drown a kitten in it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]