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Duckforceone · #11 02-10-2013, 01:07 PM

i rolled a dwarf cleric, and i have been having a real bad time to find groups... there's like 1 group going on each continent, and each group only need 1 healer... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

xCry0x · #12 02-10-2013, 01:13 PM

Yea that is my concern, the lack of solo ability is going to suck vs playing something like a necro.

Do any of the experienced players have any advice on this? I am having healer withdrawl since ffxi years ago and am really wanting to play a cleric but I don't want to be shooting myself in the foot looking for non existant groups or painfully soloing as a healer =P

Any advice on the typical grouping leveling path would be really helpful. I read some of the guides but a lot seemed to be solo oriented or directed towards original eq with a full server. When I played before I almost always went to freeport, ec, north ro, oasis then not sure what was between but then crap like high pass/high hold keep, temple of cazic thule then eventually sol b & lguk..

Examino · #13 02-10-2013, 02:57 PM

lvl 7-12 crushbone/
12-22 unrest/oasis
22-30 mistmoore/highkeep goblins/overthere
30-40 overthere
40-50 Solb/Lguk

xCry0x · #14 02-10-2013, 06:56 PM

Thanks!

Man thinking about going to Sol B again makes me happy.. L guk makes me think of dying to low level frogs trying to get there, dying trying to get to groups and sitting lfg for hours on end. =P

Elements · #15 02-10-2013, 07:04 PM

Remember this is EQ. There is no dungeon finder insta que easy mode. Any class will spend time looking for group if thats your playstyle. Get to know people, put the good ones on your friends list and ignroe the bads and before you know if you will have people hounding you for groups the instant you log on. It's a good idea to keep /role and /anon off while levelling also so people can search you out for groups.

Kendir · #16 02-10-2013, 08:22 PM

With a dwarf Cleric hit up Orc Hill in Gfay til about 7 or 8 and then move into CB until you're ready for Unrest.

xCry0x · #17 02-10-2013, 08:35 PM

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

Remember this is EQ. There is no dungeon finder insta que easy mode. Any class will spend time looking for group if thats your playstyle. Get to know people, put the good ones on your friends list and ignroe the bads and before you know if you will have people hounding you for groups the instant you log on. It's a good idea to keep /role and /anon off while levelling also so people can search you out for groups.

Trust me I know. It has just been a long time. I broke my mmo teeth on EQ back when I was 13 and trying to lead/Main tank/distribute loot for hate raids by myself.

The aspect I always liked about EQ was the social aspect of learning to play in groups from early on =P

Just needed some advice on how the leveling flow works on this server.

Lambparade · #18 02-11-2013, 12:14 PM

I rolled a cleric and I'm level 18 as of this posting. Most of my mage/necro friends have surpassed me in level due to solo ability but I can usally find a group in the big areas. I stayed in crushbone till around 12, then went to north roe and then oasis. Now at 18 I group in the estate of unrest. The issue with groups there is finding mobs to kill because its a popular powerleveing spot.

I also soloed in befallen and at the chessboard in butcher. The undead direct damage spells you aquire actually do some great damage.

Joining a low level guild can help too with finding groups.

xCry0x · #19 02-11-2013, 12:23 PM

Cool, thanks for the advice.

falkun · #20 02-11-2013, 12:39 PM

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

With a dwarf Cleric hit up Orc Hill in Gfay til about 7 or 8 and then move into CB until you're ready for Unrest.

I'm sorry but orc hill was one of the worst pieces of advice I ever got on Live. The ONLY reason to not go straight to CB at L4 is the 3-spawn right outside the zone-in from GFay. Man up and run through them. The pawns in CB are easier than the ones outside, there are more single or double pulls at CB entrance than at orc hill, you don't have to worry about pathers, and you won't get any shaman like you can on the hill. Orc hill is simply worse than the entrance inside CB.

As for a cleric. You are also an amazing solo machine in LGuk. Between harmony, IVU, root, and your top-of-the-line undead nukes, LGuk is yours for the taking from the 30s through the low 50s, solo or with BYOG. Decent loot to be had as well.