Halas

[jakeojohnson]

So I tried the beta, made a barb shammy. Could not kill anything even one on one couldnt kill a spider. Probably I am doing something wrong, but IDK. Also I did search and could not find anything about this.

There was like 50 barb corpses outside the ramp.

Am I just that bad or is there an issue?

[ldgo86]

try and pick off decaying skeletons or wolves. It’s rough at level one in the peaks

[Canelek]

Welcome to Everquest.

Be sure to /con or hit 'C' while targeting the mob to see if you are in the ballpark of having a chance. Stick with Blue con mobs, or white, if level 1. As you gain skill points in defense, weapon, offense,etc it'll get better.

But yeah, Assbeat is the business of Everquest for the first time, and friend, business is a'boomin'. :D

[Fammaden]

Another recent thread someone called it the hardest starting area. Assuming the big crowds at launch young barbarians will do well to group up.

[dekova]

The first couple fights are tough for anyone. You have no skill in offense or defense, no armor and a crappy weapon. Might take you a few tries to get a solid toe hold.

[DMN]

Almost sounds like this was piped in from early 1999.

[Canelek]

Oh, and you may want to pay extra close attention to the skeletons in the area. Some are way over leveled and will destroy you quite quickly.

A good way to enforce conning everything, which is important throughout your EQ days.

[strawman]

You have no skill in offense or defense, no armor and a crappy weapon.

Does it make sense to visit your trainer first and use a couple points to train offense or your weapon skill?

[Palemoon]

Almost sounds like this was piped in from early 1999.

Love it. Now they just need to remove that unclassic starting skill of 5 in primary weapon at character creation. The decaying skeletons need a fair chance.

[jakeojohnson]

Ya I played back in Kunark and recently on Blue server. Just seemed hard even for eq. Thanks for the tips though I'm going to try a few different things.

[Danth]

Everfrost is in rough shape on P1999. Always has been. Do your best and try to get out of there as soon as able.

Danth

[solleks]

once u hit 2 its smooth sailing

[jakeojohnson]

Good news I made it to level 2! LOL Cherry picking the mobs did help a lot, I also got str, dex, and sow too. Probably wont make a barb on Friday but slow will be huge I believe.

[flacidpenguin]

The level 1 stuff in halas has level 2 PHs that you cant kill one as a level 1.

[jakeojohnson]

I found with a melee character you have to stand insanely close. I was always within range but it seems to help if you are so close an inch more and you would get the cant see your target message.

[TheRusty]

So I tried the beta, made a barb shammy. Could not kill anything even one on one couldnt kill a spider. Probably I am doing something wrong, but IDK. Also I did search and could not find anything about this.

There was like 50 barb corpses outside the ramp.

Am I just that bad or is there an issue?

That's how spiderlings do, in all zones that have them. They seem to have higher armor class than usual for their level (but still provide the same xp as a mob of their /con)

For everfrost peaks, the tier of newbie mobs, ranked from easiest to most difficult is...

Gnoll Pup > Ice Goblin whelp > Decaying Skeleton > Ice bear cub = Wooly Spiderling > White Wolves > > > > Vengeful Skeletons

[Knicknevin]

Another recent thread someone called it the hardest starting area. Assuming the big crowds at launch young barbarians will do well to group up.

I don't know about that, but polar bear cubs appear in large numbers and link as I recall. Or just aggro, my memory is vague. And you have the occasional guy running in with some Icy Boned Skeletons or something in tow, which typically resulted in a lot of dead lowbies back in the day.

[Vidar]

So I tried the beta, made a barb shammy. Could not kill anything even one on one couldnt kill a spider. Probably I am doing something wrong, but IDK. Also I did search and could not find anything about this.

There was like 50 barb corpses outside the ramp.

Am I just that bad or is there an issue?

i guarantee you were trying to kill a lvl 2 at lvl one. death is to be expected when you try to kill somehting twice as powerful as you. I am not meaning to be a dick but you have to 'con'; things to see how they match up to you.

this isnt classic wow.

[AgentEpilot]

Make the hike to a real starting zone. Steamfont or bust!

[douglas1999]

Make sure to always have inner fire on for the first couple\few levels. It helps a lot, and put your first training points into 1hb, then stick to killing decaying skels and gnoll pups\goblin whelps and you can get through 1 no sweat

[jakeojohnson]

Due to the pathing and small amount of people playing beta in Halas, every pull is a 2 to 3 pull mostly lol. And by pull I mean run close to the mob and try and run away with agro while not getting hit.

[jakeojohnson]

I am sure I have played more Eq then you and I know how to play thanks. The mobs were level 1

[Vidar]

we can log on right now and ill prove to you you can kill a lvl one with no problem. you were doing something wrong.

[garfo]

Just chiming in to express the joy it brings to see what this thread has devolved into

[Deathrydar]

My dad knows more about EQ than any of you!

[aaezil]

A lot of bads in this thread��

Sure its not the easiest starting area ever but theres plenty of low lvl quests and a lot of the low lvl mobs drop good vendor items.

Can get a nice 10 levels and plat bank thete before moving onto blackburrow

[jakeojohnson]

.!.

[Skegg]

Just chiming in to express the joy it brings to see what this thread has devolved into

I know right? Good old fashioned flameplay forums :D

[Ahris]

It's tough for all new characters until your defense skill goes up a bit. :)

[Jibartik]

lol its funny how much those Defense (3) skills matter.