Starting Over

[eqravenprince]

Adding a wizard to a group is like saying, hey we want to slow down the rate we are getting exp. So yeah, I think you may have a bit more challenge to finding groups for some people out there. Plenty of people out there don't pay attention to how fast they are getting exp and just enjoy people to socialize with. I'm one of those people, I play an enchanter and grouped with a warrior the other day, really didn't need to, and it slowed down my experience, but made a friend in the process.

[Respen]

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

Adding a wizard to a group is like saying, hey we want to slow down the rate we are getting exp. So yeah, I think you may have a bit more challenge to finding groups for some people out there. Plenty of people out there don't pay attention to how fast they are getting exp and just enjoy people to socialize with. I'm one of those people, I play an enchanter and grouped with a warrior the other day, really didn't need to, and it slowed down my experience, but made a friend in the process.

Welp, I disagree but thanks for the additional unsolicited insight. Wizards who know how to play can speed the hell up out of a group. Don't group with me if you don't like wizards.

Literally just got on to say hi lol. Holy hell people and their opinions. Even after clarifying I didn't get on to debate this... My dog has less hyper focus issues on a ball during fetch than some on here. Hoping there is a little more to the community than this.

[Swish]

Don't take the forums as a measuring stick for how everyone treats each other in the game.

Wizards have always had a bad rap on P99. On live my first real main was a wizard, fond memories of doing ice giants in Everfrost and going on to do crit spell damage after the timeline would exist here.

Wizard over mage for enjoyment anyday [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[eqravenprince]

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

Welp, I disagree but thanks for the additional unsolicited insight. Wizards who know how to play can speed the hell up out of a group. Don't group with me if you don't like wizards.

Literally just got on to say hi lol. Holy hell people and their opinions. Even after clarifying I didn't get on to debate this... My dog has less hyper focus issues on a ball during fetch than some on here. Hoping there is a little more to the community than this.

Dude, it wasn't unsolicited. You asked if you have a challenging time finding groups. I answered your question. Did you just want a simple yes or no without a reason why lol.

[eqravenprince]

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

Wizards who know how to play can speed the hell up out of a group. Don't group with me if you don't like wizards.

Did you even read what I said. I said I'm not one of those people. I group all the time with people even though it slows my exp rate down. Also, if you can speed up exp rate with a Wizard, you will be the first in the history of EQ.

[Toxigen]

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

(1) Wizards who know how to play can speed the hell up out of a group.

(2) Hoping there is a little more to the community than this.

1: Wizards don't speed anything up until level 60 and the raid scene. You simply cannot output enough DPS to justify adding to any group. This is elf sim in 2024, people have been min/maxing this game for decades. You never see wizards in XP groups...they either Plvl to 60, quad kite, or do weird duo things with a bard.

2: There isn't. All thats left here is a bunch of sweatlords with serious cases of pixel sickness. There is no magic nostalgia or exploration on p99 anymore.

With a wife set on playing paladin your best options are: Shaman, enchanter, bard, necro, druid....basically in order of strength / synergy...with a big gap between sham/enc/bard and necro/druid.

You're welcome to ignore all advice and play wizard + paladin. Good luck!

[spoil]

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

2: There isn't. All thats left here is a bunch of sweatlords with serious cases of pixel sickness. There is no magic nostalgia or exploration on p99 anymore.

There are a lot of nice people on p99, sorry you don't got.

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

Also, if you can speed up exp rate with a Wizard, you will be the first in the history of EQ.

EZ, volunteer to pull so the monk twink can stay in camp and DPS.

[rjw513]

True! Flux staff + root = puller / cc combo

/agree with plenty of nice folks on p99- stick to the plan, zones like Unrest, City of Mist, Karnors castle still have plenty of pick-up group action!! Make friends, take your time, enjoy Norrath. These jaded opinions about min/max and pixel lust are from the forum sweat lords…not sure what’s worse playing the 20yo sim or posting about it /shrug

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[Duik]

Now i dont feel too bad about my original character duoing with x wife.
Dwarf War her + Hielf Wiz me.

I knew dem bandaids pretty good.
We did reverse kiting alot in the end. Id antagonize the mobs, war no taunt, then sit down each tic to make it run at me. Slowish but extremely safe XP but once i figured the best damage/mana/distance ratio i could almost predict when the lil bitch would lunge at me.

Palizard for the win.