Questions from a Husband/Wife Duo

[Salaryman]

Blue and green are filled with nerds who do nothing but stand still in their full raid gear and kill the same boss every week,

RED99 is for cool and normal people who have real lives and dont need to have the best items to feel good about themselves

[Duik]

OMFG.

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

i tried playing blue and was frustrated when I couldnt kill my incompetent group members,

Now Im the Top Number #1 PVPER in all of EverQuest History.

Virtually every post reads like this drivel.

Just an FYI.

[shovelquest]

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

Thanks for all the pointers!

We decided to go with a SK (me) and a druid (wife) on Blue because we have a friend there. He gave us some plat to get gear so that leads to another question:

What are some good SK and Druid items to look for with 1.5k plat?

Thanks again!

HP rings, and any cheap wis gear will do. you can get away with pretty casual gear on your druid.

For the SK, idk

[Swish]

Your SK basically needs a weapon...something like an ebon mace or a noctivagant blade (300-400pp range on blue). If you can find a good samaritan to make your SK a set of banded armor (size is based on race) that's just 100pp.

After that maybe the rest on some wisdom gear for the druid. +3 wis earrings are no more than 25-30pp for a pair (do a WTB in EC), +6 wis rings something like 200-250pp/pair? Then maybe some leather armor of sorts even if its just turning ruined wolf/cat pelts (wolf for small races, cat for medium) into patchwork armor to start with. The druid's spell purchase costs are basically your only noticeable outgoing as you level up.

I do remember low level druid mana pools being crap so anything you can do for her druid to help with that would be good.

[shovelquest]

OR just saying, a mithrial 2h sword would be super cheap and great to get started with on an SK because haste is expensive.

[Vexenu]

Magician/Druid is a good starting duo for two new players. Both classes are relatively simple to play, require minimal gear and peak early on the leveling power curve. And while MAG/DRU isn't a traditional endgame power duo like MNK/SHM or ENC/CLR, it is more than capable of leveling very effectively. Both classes also retain some value for farming/porting if you decide to switch to another combo later on.

[Duik]

What sort of mobs (55+) couldn't a mag/dru duo do?
Ive seen dru solo a dragon in WW. I could see a pet ping pong go on if timed right. Sorta like safe chain casting.
One charmed elephant dies and the mage pet is next (or at least very high) on agro list. Dru grabs another elephant. Even have them rooted like the solo boy did. As the mage pet succumbs the next dru charm is already got enuf agro.

Same for dogs in chardok and rats inPoN. Fish in Kedge. Sirens Grotto.
Other zones im sure.

Ive never done this but id like to try maybe. Thoughts?

[Vexenu]

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

What sort of mobs (55+) couldn't a mag/dru duo do?
Ive seen dru solo a dragon in WW. I could see a pet ping pong go on if timed right. Sorta like safe chain casting.
One charmed elephant dies and the mage pet is next (or at least very high) on agro list. Dru grabs another elephant. Even have them rooted like the solo boy did. As the mage pet succumbs the next dru charm is already got enuf agro.

Same for dogs in chardok and rats inPoN. Fish in Kedge. Sirens Grotto.
Other zones im sure.

Ive never done this but id like to try maybe. Thoughts?

Anywhere a Druid can charm you'd obviously do very well with the Mage pet off-tanking and DPSing. It's not an ideal duo for dungeon diving, though, lacking FD, lulls, slow and CH/Torpor. But it's a great duo for leveling into the 50s, learning the game and getting established on the server. The Druid brings a ton of safety and utility and the Mage is mechanically very simple to play and understand. Hard to think of a better starting point for two new players.

[kjs86z2]

Just make sure to make multiple accounts, 1 char per. You'll eventually realize the druid / mage combo isn't going to cut it...and thats okay. You'll have a coth bot and a porter.