Hafling Cleric Guide

[Dragonslayer]

Can any one link me a guide to p99 clerics. Any specifics fora Hafling cleric? Thanks

[webrunner5]

Wiki is your friend. http://wiki.project1999.com/Players:Adventure

I gave up wasting a lot of time doing quests on here, not too many great ones and the time you invest you could be many levels ahead and have plat to buy probably better stuff than the things you could ever get in low level quests.

I have a Halfling on Red only because of the faster XP. I mean on Red I did quests because I was totally broke but a Cleric really unless you want to be a Battle Cleric, which by the way sort of sucks, does not really need much gear. Having 10,000 mana is great but even with that you run out and then you have to med for 45 minutes to get that back. So why have it. Group breaks up by then. :p Gear on a Cleric is way overrated unless you are the head healer in TMO which about 3 people playing on P1999 will EVER be.

I have played a Cleric in some form since 1999. Having lots of mana I think is more a curse rather than a Blessing. Gives pullers, tanks a little breathing room to chill out a bit other than just go go go. That gets old quick. YMMV. ;)

[Zapatos]

There's a bunch on the wiki
http://wiki.project1999.com/Players:Adventure
The one with the heal chart was pretty good I think.

As for halfling specific, id reccomend keeping hide/sneak on your hot bar and binding them somewhere you'll use em easily. My own has "E" as hide, "F" as sneak.. And unrelated but "R" as sense heading.. Do what you want, but I mean you're rolling a halfling, try to integrate those abilities into your playstyle and you'll shine over the other cleric races

[loramin]

This isn't specific to halfings or clerics, but if you just want to find places to solo that are appropriate to your level you might want to check out the Per-Level Hunting Guide (wiki.project1999.com/Per-Level_Hunting_Guide).

It already has a couple of undead-only spots like Kaesora and the undead fort in Burning Woods that are perfect for clerics, but clearly it could use some more. If you find any please feel free to add them to the guide (or post them back here, or PM them to me and I'll add them).

[Dragonslayer]

Thanks guys. I actually played a Hafling cleric on live years ago back on Xev. But being the last character I actually played and up the mid 80's, she was PLed with my mage alt at the time so I didn't have the luxury of doing it the hard way. I started playing just before kunark but didn't get serious on a main till many expansions later so I missed out on classic and Kunark details. Now that I have the opertunity to enjoy it this way, I wanted to actually enjoy the journey. Pling takes a lot of that discovery away =).

[Dragonslayer]

And you can't believe how stupid I feel now for having a cleric as high a lvl as i did and didn't know the optional use of buff spells to heal over healing spells. This stuff comes from playing a cleric through from start to finish, learning along the way at a natural pace over pling through the learning phase. Like Daring at 19 heals for 15 points more than healing at 14 for the same mana and .5 less casting time. <slaps head>

[Dragonslayer]

There's a bunch on the wiki
http://wiki.project1999.com/Players:Adventure
The one with the heal chart was pretty good I think.

As for halfling specific, id reccomend keeping hide/sneak on your hot bar and binding them somewhere you'll use em easily. My own has "E" as hide, "F" as sneak.. And unrelated but "R" as sense heading.. Do what you want, but I mean you're rolling a halfling, try to integrate those abilities into your playstyle and you'll shine over the other cleric races

I understand the use of Hide but you have to con something to make sure it worked and sneaking as a rogue. A rogue can Hide and sneak at the same time and stay hidden but no other class. So whats the point of sneak if your not hidden? Does it somehow lower your agro/threat lvl while your moving slow?

[Estu]

I understand the use of Hide but you have to con something to make sure it worked and sneaking as a rogue. A rogue can Hide and sneak at the same time and stay hidden but no other class. So whats the point of sneak if your not hidden? Does it somehow lower your agro/threat lvl while your moving slow?

Sneak is an amazing skill. Not so great for clerics, but basically, the usage for any class capable of ranged attacks is this: if you're sneaking and you use a ranged attack (bow or thrown weapon) to aggro a monster, no other monsters that have their backs turned to you will aggro, even if they are right next to the one you're pulling. So, sneak pulling is an incredibly powerful way to split a lot of camps.

And if you're trying to just get around somewhere, sometimes you can get by a monster with Sneak - if it has its back turned to you, it can't see you, regardless of see invis or what-have-you.

Another use is for handing in quests to hostile NPCs (since you con indifferent with Sneak and they generally don't turn to you when you hand the items in), and for selling to merchants who are hostile (or even getting better prices from merchants who are apprehensive, since again, Sneak makes you indifferent con). You can even use it for banking with hostile NPCs, although I think you may need to be careful and hide behind a wall for this to work.

[sox7d]

I understand the use of Hide but you have to con something to make sure it worked and sneaking as a rogue. A rogue can Hide and sneak at the same time and stay hidden but no other class. So whats the point of sneak if your not hidden? Does it somehow lower your agro/threat lvl while your moving slow?

sneak makes you invisible (to undead as well, i believe) if you are behind them

[Jimjam]

If you don't have see invis you can /target (own name) to see if hide worked. If you don't target yourself you are truly invis.

If you want to sneak pull as a cleric you'll need skipping stones from Swamp of No Hope.

A good cleric trick to pull mobs without them having line of sight to you is to keep casting lull until you get a critical resist. They will then aggro you even though they don't have line of sight.

For expert mode and doing a really hard pull that you can take time over try standing out of sight of the mob and in it's rear facing. Whilst lull is mid cast press your sneak button then 'c' to con. If it cons indiff let the cast finish, if not interrupt. Don't use this as a pulling method for regular xp mobs as it will take way too long!

[Tulidian]

Not halfling specific, but make sure you do the Testament of Vanear quest! I was able to solo it at level 19 as a Druid. Be careful of the wandering smugglers!

[Dragonslayer]

Not halfling specific, but make sure you do the Testament of Vanear quest! I was able to solo it at level 19 as a Druid. Be careful of the wandering smugglers!

Thanks guys. I had planed on doing this quest but for the life of me could not remember what the book was called. I spent a good bit of time yesterday searching the quest treads till I finally found he item =). Is it required to start the quest from an NPC first or can you simply camp the guy for the page first then d o the rest when your attempting to get the second page and the book?

I'm still debating whether to go cleric again or Druid. I never played a Druid pst lvl 35 and again was back when Pling through the early lvls using Paludal Caverns was big. Clerics are awesome and are easy to get groups but so are Druids I would think but have a much easier time soloing.

[Tulidian]

Thanks guys. I had planed on doing this quest but for the life of me could not remember what the book was called. I spent a good bit of time yesterday searching the quest treads till I finally found he item =). Is it required to start the quest from an NPC first or can you simply camp the guy for the page first then d o the rest when your attempting to get the second page and the book?

I'm still debating whether to go cleric again or Druid. I never played a Druid pst lvl 35 and again was back when Pling through the early lvls using Paludal Caverns was big. Clerics are awesome and are easy to get groups but so are Druids I would think but have a much easier time soloing.

You don't have to talk to anyone first, just camp the guy in Highpass and grab the page and then make your way to Qeynos with it. I actually just bound myself in that area and gated once in awhile while doing other stuff.

I started up recently as well so I'm by no means an expert, but from what I understand Clerics will have a far easier time getting groups than Druids. I play sporadically and it's hard for me to group as often as I'd like so I chose Druid. Plus, as a first character, I figured it'd be a bit easier to get some easy plat by porting others.

I was actually gifted some Imbued Vale Halfling specific gear by a friendly Cleric in Misty Thicket when I first started. I've since upgraded my neck piece, so if you want my Imbued Vale Studded Gorget, feel free to send me a tell on Boffo. It's not much, but it's something!

[Dragonslayer]

You don't have to talk to anyone first, just camp the guy in Highpass and grab the page and then make your way to Qeynos with it. I actually just bound myself in that area and gated once in awhile while doing other stuff.

I started up recently as well so I'm by no means an expert, but from what I understand Clerics will have a far easier time getting groups than Druids. I play sporadically and it's hard for me to group as often as I'd like so I chose Druid. Plus, as a first character, I figured it'd be a bit easier to get some easy plat by porting others.

I was actually gifted some Imbued Vale Halfling specific gear by a friendly Cleric in Misty Thicket when I first started. I've since upgraded my neck piece, so if you want my Imbued Vale Studded Gorget, feel free to send me a tell on Boffo. It's not much, but it's something!

That's extremely kind of you to offer =). I'm like you, I want get a ton of time to play and this is why I have also considered a Druid. Good in groups if I get one but able to do well solo if i only have a little time. It's bad for a healer if they can't stay in groups to long. I wouldn't want to earn a rep for only hanging in for an hour or so...
I'll wright your name down. My Druids name is Bairron and my Cleric is Niffil. I made a post in EC forum yesterday trying to gauge the going price of a Springwood Club. After being in EC with my DE mage (made this guy to easily farm bone chips) trying to sell the Bone chips he farmed to make plat to specifically buy one, I was with out asking, given a Springwood Club by Krystan and also a Kunzar Cloak from Dabcity. There are extremely nice people on this server. I'm glad to be here =). And BTW I like that name. Back in live I had a Hafling warrior named Toffo =D.

[Tulidian]

That's extremely kind of you to offer =). I'm like you, I want get a ton of time to play and this is why I have also considered a Druid. Good in groups if I get one but able to do well solo if i only have a little time. It's bad for a healer if they can't stay in groups to long. I wouldn't want to earn a rep for only hanging in for an hour or so...
I'll wright your name down. My Druids name is Bairron and my Cleric is Niffil. I made a post in EC forum yesterday trying to gauge the going price of a Springwood Club. After being in EC with my DE mage (made this guy to easily farm bone chips) trying to sell the Bone chips he farmed to make plat to specifically buy one, I was with out asking, given a Springwood Club by Krystan and also a Kunzar Cloak from Dabcity. There are extremely nice people on this server. I'm glad to be here =). And BTW I like that name. Back in live I had a Hafling warrior named Toffo =D.

Nice!

Yeah folks definitely are friendly to newbies, it makes it a lot easier to get started. I'll keep an eye out for you in game. Enjoy!