Current state of the low end?

[ereur]

Tuesday ill be getting my internet hooked up at my new house FINALLY (screw you windstream) and I will be installing everquest again and joining you folks on p1999. Before I create my first character I do have a few questions.

What's the current status of the low end of the game? Am I going to find myself standing around for hours alone in the 1-50 zones or are there still plenty of new folks out there like myself?

Id really like to start with an Iksar or Ogre Shadowknight but being forced to solo to 60 is not desireable and id rather not level a necro/mage solely for twinking purposes as that would remove the challenge I had 10 years ago.

What's the economy like? I plan on doing my research and grouping where good tank gear drops but at the same time id like to be able to purchase an upgrade ever so often.

Are there any guilds out there that accept new players?

As a newbie tank walking around in bronze armor and a rusty 2 hander am I going to be rendered completely useless by supertwinks? I haven't played this game in years and I've never played a tank.

Am I completely out of my mind by wanting to make a Iksar SK for my first character?:p

[bizzum]

Tuesday ill be getting my internet hooked up at my new house FINALLY (screw you windstream) and I will be installing everquest again and joining you folks on p1999. Before I create my first character I do have a few questions.

What's the current status of the low end of the game? Am I going to find myself standing around for hours alone in the 1-50 zones or are there still plenty of new folks out there like myself?

Id really like to start with an Iksar or Ogre Shadowknight but being forced to solo to 60 is not desireable and id rather not level a necro/mage solely for twinking purposes as that would remove the challenge I had 10 years ago.

What's the economy like? I plan on doing my research and grouping where good tank gear drops but at the same time id like to be able to purchase an upgrade ever so often.

Are there any guilds out there that accept new players?

As a newbie tank walking around in bronze armor and a rusty 2 hander am I going to be rendered completely useless by supertwinks? I haven't played this game in years and I've never played a tank.

Am I completely out of my mind by wanting to make a Iksar SK for my first character?:p

There are definitely a lot of new players joining, see posts like this all the time. I wouldn't worry about finding groups for the most part, you might wait a little bit once in a while, but I think tank is a solid choice at this point.

You should be fine just playing the game as is, I wouldn't worry about feeling the need to twink anybody. As long as your learn how to play what you play your not going to be shunned out of (most) groups. You never know I guess. People might be more inclined to not like you for being an Iksar SK, since you drain some of their EXP. Just play what you like and enjoy it, I dont see anything stopping you.

To answer your last question: No, you are a man.

[Nuggie]

^^ what bizzum said.

Plus, there are several guilds that are lowbie friendly. the high end guilds are a mess atm. But not for you to worry about atm.

there are alwasy peopel leveling alts, and becaue this is a no boxing server everyone needs groups. It isn't that hard to join a group that is mostly guild based.

Dive right in. and welcome

[Trackflare]

Welcome to the server!

With what the others have said so far, you'll be fine as an iksar SK, as there is alot of people rolling Iksar alts currently
So there should be plenty of people around to group with

[shuklak]

I just joined a guild that seems newbie friendly for a starter especially... look up Disciples of the Gods in game.

Also, I think as a tank you have a really good shot of getting a group from 1-20+. As a shaman, most groups did NOT happen for me because there was no tank. More often than not, also, we had ranger tanks.

[ereur]

Thanks for the welcome and the input.

I will definitely be playing the Iksar SK as the main. Now I have an entire day to sit around and wait for my terrible internet company to come hook me up.

Any gear suggestions or important quests I should take a look at? Or a decent website to do some research on? Id really like to find a good 2 hander to save up for.

[Trackflare]

Give this one a shot http://wiki.project1999.org/index.php/Main_Page

Thou i believe not all the kunark equipment is in it yet, but will help with most info

[Swish]

As an iksar you're definitely in the right place at the right time.

It saddens me a bit that with Kunark it was inevitable that some of the traditional levelling spots have quietened down, but its a good expansion and perhaps worth the sacrifice :)

CB for the last week or two has been quiet, hard to get a wall/TR group. Instead you tend to see PL'ing going on. More than that, a friend of mine got told to move from the wall because of some PL action, not invited to join... just told to get out of the way. How nice :(

The two hubs of low level activity seem to have generally migrated to Field of Bone and EC. I can't speak for Blackburrow or anything around the Qeynos area though, might be busy :p

[Nagash]

More than that, a friend of mine got told to move from the wall because of some PL action, not invited to join... just told to get out of the way. How nice :(

He should have told them to shove it which I hope he did :) Moreover, this sort of behaviour deserves a nice screenshot in the rant forum, doesn't achieve much but at least it allows him to get it out of his chest :)
If your friend wants to join some action, tell him to send me a tell ingame and I'll happily relocate him to the Commonlands (and bind him in Freeport), there is still some newbie groups going on there.

Nagash/Petitpas

[quellren]

Now's actually a pretty good time to be a lowbie, with Kunark just being released. Lots of twinks running around makes for fast exp, and players are dumping old-world gear at bargain-basement prices means you get geared faster.
I happened to be running through EC coming back from training my Ranger in Kithicor and saw an /ooc 'Free Short Sword of the Ykesha to the first newbie who can use it'. Lotta cheap/free gear out there.

PM me tonight, I'll have a weapon for you to ease the pain of getting started.

[Shintuk]

Tanks are easily the most needed role on this server. Especially in the old world. Usually we can fill a group for orc highway in a matter of minutes...all without a tank though :(

[NickN8N]

Don't forget that Iksar can't wear most tanking armor!

[ereur]

That just adds to the challenge which is why I'm here.:)

I've played just about every MMO out there and nothing has been able to keep my interest like Everquest did back in the day. I started playing MMOs with Ultima Online, The Realm and Everquest, compared to these the new generation is about as difficult as Candyland. The people that play these games are a different breed, and even from my limited experience I can already see that this community (for the most part) isn't comprised of 99% mouth breathers who crave instant gratification like you will find on WoW.