P99 Pantheon Rewards

[NachtMystium]

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

~2 hours of grinding for 3% at 56 is pretty brutal

but what's worse, the penalty or actually dishing it out to 60 then realizing everyone else gets to do it penalty free?

i like the fact that I have a penalty, you get more street cred at 60

[NextGenesis88]

The benefit I have here is that I have only played another character up to 22 (gnome wizard) so I don't really have much to compare to such as a similar tank without regen and without such a high penalty. It's been very bearable to me although it's usually been 1% per blue con solo up to level 30. But this first hell level is pretty brutal. I was able to kill yellow con cyclops last night, but they only either gave 1% or not even. Or 2-3 blue con giant skellies in Raathe Mountains. I really like the SK class and playstyle and I am really into my character and theme. It's based off of Darkstalker Kaathe in Dark Souls and come to find out Grave Lord is in EQ as well and it's also a big part of Dark Souls. I thought that was a funny coincidence. But I chose Troll because I never played one before as well as SK. Troll also bears the closest resemblance to Darkstalker Kaathe who is a serpent with red eyes. Regen and slam are nice bonuses. I do kinda feel as if human SK is the coolest looking though. Wish I could get gnome or human illusions. Or any for that matter. Is it possible aside from GM events?

But on the topic of the regen and XP penalty I brought up, it's sometimes hard to answer people who ask about the regen bonus and XP penatly because I just don't know how drastic of a difference it is. I always say well I don't know regen and XP always feels slow as shit just as it is for everyone. XD But having close to 1100 HP without regen I can quickly imagine how much slower it could be the more I think about it. And the biggest plus in my eyes is that it's more time to see all the awesome zones I have never been to. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] If this was a character with the same XP rate in a newer MMO then I highly doubt it would hold my attention. Seeing as how I love this game so much and it feels so satisfying it really doesn't bother me. More time playing an awesome game on a cool character (without AA's and extra progression) = a good thing!

[NextGenesis88]

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

but what's worse, the penalty or actually dishing it out to 60 then realizing everyone else gets to do it penalty free?

i like the fact that I have a penalty, you get more street cred at 60

Not everyone. And after the Velious patch there will still be race penalties yeah? I don't see how other people leveled or how long it took for them is relevant to you. Of course unless you are trying to keep up with friends. I don't think you would take a high penalty character all the way to 60 and then all of a sudden have a problem with it. I think it should make you feel good that you had the dedication and made this bad ass character. If you had a problem with it then I don't think you'd make yourself stick with one as your main or I'm not sure why you would at least. Min/min'ing XD