How are Shamans without the expensive spells and items?

[DeathsSilkyMist]

I 100% agree with Danth here.

As he says, most (if not all) effective methods for farming cash from 1-55 are boring and grindy, especially if you can only play casually. Casual players typically can't even break the grinding pattern by camping items, because it takes too long to set up the camp initially, and placeholders will prevent you from just rolling the dice occasionally to see if you get something.

A typical "casual" play session of about an hour will generally look like this:
1. Login
2. Kill a few things (generally guards if you want consistent plat, and you aren't a Druid)
3. Maybe vendor/bank
4. Logout

However, if you stick it out, you will get the cash. If you can farm even 50 plat per day, you will have 18k in a year. Once you are in your 30s you should be able to bump that number up to 100-200 plat per day, so it shouldn't take a full year to get the plat for a JBB. I understand that is a long time for people, but Classic Everquest is a marathon for casual players, not a sprint.

And yes, Shamans can solo without any expensive gear, it is simply slower. Root/Rotting is an effective strategy from 14-60. But again, for a casual player it will take months of leveling to get all the way to 60. If that doesn't sound appealing to you, P99 may not be your game.

[Ripqozko]

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

I 100% agree with Danth here.

As he says, most (if not all) effective methods for farming cash from 1-55 are boring and grindy, especially if you can only play casually. Casual players typically can't even break the grinding pattern by camping items, because it takes too long to set up the camp initially, and placeholders will prevent you from just rolling the dice occasionally to see if you get something.

A typical "casual" play session of about an hour will generally look like this:
1. Login
2. Kill a few things (generally guards if you want consistent plat, and you aren't a Druid)
3. Maybe vendor/bank
4. Logout

However, if you stick it out, you will get the cash. If you can farm even 50 plat per day, you will have 18k in a year. Once you are in your 30s you should be able to bump that number up to 100-200 plat per day, so it shouldn't take a full year to get the plat for a JBB. I understand that is a long time for people, but Classic Everquest is a marathon for casual players, not a sprint.

And yes, Shamans can solo without any expensive gear, it is simply slower. Root/Rotting is an effective strategy from 14-60. But again, for a casual player it will take months of leveling to get all the way to 60. If that doesn't sound appealing to you, P99 may not be your game.

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