Looking for a person to mentor me on Druids

[LoricL1222]

Want to play one on green but would like to find someone who has been playing a druid for a number of years and get some time on blue with them. I have read a number of guides but nothing beats real world advice. I know people will flame me but PM me if you would be willing to teach.

[Baler]

Send a PM to Tupakk
He's a super pro drood, runs the #1 druid guild on p99 blue.
not Dael

[Kyden]

Isnt Druid one of the easiest classes in EQ?

[Fammaden]

Reach out to dial a port? Seriously. There's a whole lot of combined druid knowledge in one place there. Maybe not for like high end raiding stuff but for leveling/quadding/charming.

[stebbins99]

I second Fammaden on this one! I have a druid in DaP and have nothing but nice things to say about the members of the guild. Lots of helpful folk and there are usually a variety of levels on at any point in time, great for gear / hunting spot suggestions

[loramin]

Honestly, read whatever guides, and talk to whoever, to get the basic idea of what's possible. You should understand the core concept of:

• pet fighting (charm mob A, make it fight mob B, break charm when they're both low and kill them ... ideally break charm using a Goblin Ghazughi Ring)
• quadding (snare four mobs, run in circles until they wind up on top of each other, use AoE spells and your Luminescent Staff to kill them all at once)
• root/rotting (this one you should use rarely, and doesn't require any special knowledge at all)

All that's worth learning from others, because not everyone thinks to do charm fighting or quadding on their own, and even if they do some details (eg. snare is essential for quadding, knowing about those two key items I mentioned) aren't immediately obvious.

But really everything else you can/should learn by doing. Druids are not hard: go to the Per-Level Guide and filter for Druids, or use any of the lists in the Druid guides, and just get out there and start leveling!

[Erati]

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

Honestly, read whatever guides, and talk to whoever, to get the basic idea of what's possible. You should understand the core concept of:

• pet fighting (charm mob A, make it fight mob B, break charm when they're both low and kill them ... ideally break charm using a Goblin Ghazughi Ring)
• quadding (snare four mobs, run in circles until they wind up on top of each other, use AoE spells and your Luminescent Staff to kill them all at once)
• root/rotting (this one you should use rarely, and doesn't require any special knowledge at all)

All that's worth learning from others, because not everyone thinks to do charm fighting or quadding on their own, and even if they do some details (eg. snare is essential for quadding, knowing about those two key items I mentioned) aren't immediately obvious.

But really everything else you can/should learn by doing. Druids are not hard: go to the Per-Level Guide and filter for Druids, or use any of the lists in the Druid guides, and just get out there and start leveling!

Both the Gaz ring and Lumi staff are Kunark items....cmon brah!

Druids first magical wisdom item should be the free of charge tainted battleworn morning star from Kith as Paw of Opalla gonna be a bitch to camp and PKT will cost your entire net worth x2.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Tainted...n_Morning_Star

[honeybee12874]

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

Both the Gaz ring and Lumi staff are Kunark items....cmon brah!

Ooof!

Luckily, I don't have either of those items. So it seems I've been preparing myself for Green all this time and didn't even know it.

[DMN]

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

Both the Gaz ring and Lumi staff are Kunark items....cmon brah!

Druids first magical wisdom item should be the free of charge tainted battleworn morning star from Kith as Paw of Opalla gonna be a bitch to camp and PKT will cost your entire net worth x2.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Tainted...n_Morning_Star

I don't think the item dropping undead in kith existed until hate was opened.

[loramin]

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

Both the Gaz ring and Lumi staff are Kunark items....cmon brah!

Druids first magical wisdom item should be the free of charge tainted battleworn morning star from Kith as Paw of Opalla gonna be a bitch to camp and PKT will cost your entire net worth x2.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Tainted...n_Morning_Star

I know, but they'll be on Green someday. Even if OP is already 50 by the time Kunark comes out (which is not at all guaranteed), they'll for sure be leveling in up to 60 in Velious. Those items are worth knowing about.

You're right though: I'm not used to giving Green advice, and such advice should include a "(but this stuff won't be available right away)" for clarity.

As for the paw and the rest ... worrying about stats gear as a leveling caster is a chump move IMHO. Now don't get me wrong, Loramin wasted plenty of time on the paw, the testament, and other +wis items on live: I was a chump.

But when I leveled my Druid on Blue he still had half his slots empty at 60. I did twink him with the Goblin Ring/Lumi Staff (and 50+ he got a Fungi). But aside from those items (which won't exist on Green ... but not having them is not going to magically make stat gear good) he leveled almost entirely in stuff he picked up while leveling (I think I might have given him a single platinum fire wedding ring I had lying around or something, but that's it).

My very strong advice to Druids (and casters in general on Green) is, focus on leveling not gear. Whatever you loot in the process will be more than you need. Then, when you're at the pinnacle of your power (level 50 with all spells!), that's the time to get your stats up.

Proccing weapons, clickies (what few there are in classic), research spells, JBoots, Levi Cloak ... all that might be worth delaying leveling for ... but not stat gear.