I am new

[jacal]

I did play the original Everquest from around April of 1999 so not exactly new to the game but everything over the years has made it hard for me to remember the game . I did make a /corpse and /loc immediately as I remember dying a lot and never finding my corpse again. I did love this game to death when I played it until 2002.

I used to play in the over the shoulder view but I can no longer accept that because it restricts the view so I used the scroll in first person view to go back as far as possible since the third person view is totally unplayable for me because it keeps rotating when I use the mouselook with it. Still cannot see well behind me so I must find a way to work the third person camera.

I am playing a Barbarian Shaman and I hope to be able to group with some of you and I hope you will accept my rather green skills. I play healers in other games but I was worried about rolling a cleric here and the slow levelling process so opted for a shaman instead.

I will be shivering in my scant clothing in Halas . My name is Xandora I know not a very good Barb name but those that I wanted were taken.

[jacal]

Oh dear I decided to play a necromancer instead.I have not played the shaman at all . The Necromancer is in Freeport and is called Kiyora and I am trying to raise faction all day. I have met some nice people who threw me buffs and someone who helped me by buying the gate spell for me since I was afraid to set foot in the Cleric and casters guild.

[GinnasP99]

Welcome back to Everquest

[xtraball]

Welcome back ! Join <Auld Lang Syne> for a genuine old-school game experience.

[Amyas]

/friend amyas and hit me up in game. I can help you get started good.

[Acyn]

Welcome back to Everquest.

My guild has been playing some new alts recently in Guk. Feel free to send me a tell if you're looking for a group sometime.

Acyn or Trolonwy

[jacal]

Thank you for making me feel so welcome.

[dbouya]

when I'm outdoors and I am just sitting still meditating or whatever I zoom WAY WAY WAY WAY out so I can stay safe.

if i'm indoors though? back against the wall, first person view.

In battle I'll also usually use first person view, unless you're quadding or swarming or whatnot first person is fine in a fight usually.

[Waylay_The_Wanderer]

I have a number of characters spread all over the place, ranging from 3rd to 1st, I just joined yesterday too. Hit me up for groups.

(Nektulos) 3rd Necro - Waelae
(Toxxulia) 2nd Magi - Waylae
(Field of Bone) 3rd Monk - Wehleh
(Freeport) 2nd Enchanter - Weylaid
(Halas) 3rd Shaman - Weyley

(EDIT - oops this was from last month)

[Ralph_Wiggum]

Welcome to P99. I highly recommend the monk for a first char if you find you like melee. Quality cheap gear combined with the ability to solo and being highly desired in groups is a good combination. I started a necro, leveled him to 24 and then I got bored of soloing and made a monk alt. Next thing i knew my monk was 60 and my necro was still 24.

That being said, its a bit of a personal choice so find what you like to play and go with it!

[jacal]

I'm afraid I don't enjoy PvP at all.

I can't play in first person view as I get a massive headache when I try. No shooters for me FPS I mean.

I would love to play a monk but from what I remember the severe weight restrictions put me off considerably and doubled with the fact that I get lost at a drop of a hat it will be very bad without a gate or other way to get out when I am thoroughly lost. Also I can never be a good puller because I will get lost on the way back.

[NecroP99]

I'm afraid I don't enjoy PvP at all.

I can't play in first person view as I get a massive headache when I try. No shooters for me FPS I mean.

I would love to play a monk but from what I remember the severe weight restrictions put me off considerably and doubled with the fact that I get lost at a drop of a hat it will be very bad without a gate or other way to get out when I am thoroughly lost. Also I can never be a good puller because I will get lost on the way back.

Learning to pull can be intimidating at first, but within 1 or 2 cycles of a camp it becomes routine and you will stop getting lost.

I can pretty much run through any zone damn near blind because of pulling on my monk and I have found it helps me even on other classes because I never get lost.

Great thing about a monk is you can always Feign Death so you don't die as much as other classes. Of course you are not immune to dying but FD will get you out of a lot of situations.... beware casters...

Also the weight thing isn't really a big deal, I promote for all young monks to say 'f#ck the weight limit' and loot as much coin and FS as their little hearts desire. 50+ you should start concerning yourself about weight, before then its really not a big deal.

[NecroP99]

With all the formalities out of the way, have you considered trying the pvp server?

How many bans you need to stop promoting Dead99 (Red server) bro?

[Rivera]

Welcome back ! Join <Auld Lang Syne> for a genuine old-school game experience. This. If you're going in fresh it's better to start with Auld.

[dbouya]

it's really almost impossible to pull in dungeons without entering first person view, you cannot turn fast enough or accurately enough. so either don't play a pulling class, like the monk, or play a pulling class people mostly only expect to pull outdoors like rangers? where it might be reasonable to be in 3rd person view while pulling to spot pathing patterns?

if you absolutely can't enter first person view ever, I might recommend you play...uh ... maybe a druid or wizard who stays outside and plays alone.

another option might be to just not play fullscreen, if you play in a window that's 50-75% the size of your monitor first person view should no longer give you nausea and headaches, because it'll adjust the relative fov from your eyeballs.

[jacal]

I did not have any problem playing the over the shoulder view for years when I played Everquest and did many many dungeons and was in a raiding guild. I don't want to play a pulling class. I usually play healers.

I have tried various methods but my issue is very severe. I tried the first person view in Sneed's while looking for the diseased rat and I had to stop playing in 5 minutes. I had a pounding headache after that. It's a terrible problem and I have suffered with motion sickness for years.

Some games after adjusting FOV I can manage them for 30 minute stretches but most not even 10 minutes. Deus Ex is especially bad and even though I desperately wanted to play it I was afraid I would do permanent damage as the pain was so severe and the vomiting after.

I am enjoying myself levelling dreadfully slow and I have actually switched over to the Shaman.

Anyway thank you all for all the suggestions and I will look at the guilds but I'm thinking of buying some gear off the EC tunnel when I get there with money I have earned which is not something so different from the old EQ days just some banded. I am not looking to twink myself just getting some basic gear is fine. So may be Auld would not be a good fit for me because if someone offered me a little better equipment I would not say no.

Well happy hunting all and I am sincerely happy with the people I have met so far.

[dbouya]

healers are always in demand, and can often play for 10hour straight without moving more than a few inches in 3rd person view. so yeah. sounds like you're settling in.

[Nynian]

Welcome Back!