Making money as a warrior?

[amnesia998]

I'm relatively new to Everquest and my Ogre warrior is on the brink of hitting level 8. My main concern is getting money to fund my armor( I don't have the full banded set yet) and weapons. I've bought 3 banded pieces so far and only have about 20p to my name in addition. So I've been wondering how does a warrior that mostly groups make platinum? Especially considering even shitty magical weapons are worth 50+plat. Help me out, please :)

[Danth]

Sounds like you're doing fine for the level. Figure an acceptable rate of growth as having that entry-level magic weapon and full banded by the mid teens. Money comes only slowly to start with.

Danth

[bum3]

Turn in every lizard meat and tail you get. Pick up and sell everything that drops. It all adds up. Don't just drop copper unless you have to. Ogre starting area is great if you do meats/tails. Every stack of meat is like 1.3p on turn ins.

[Siege]

It can be difficult to make money in a group. There's always someone who doesn't have autosplit on or someone who loots all of the valuable stuff. That kind of behavior can rob you of a lot of money over time, which is why every group needs a loot nazi. You don't have to be a jerk about it, but making sure everyone has autosplit on and valuable items are rolled for or looted alphabetically is pretty important.

I'm not sure how crowded the ogre/troll starting area is on Green, but farming anything that drops coin and armor/weapons is a good way to make money at lower levels. For you, that would mean froglock tads, froglocks, skeletons, kobolds, lizard men, and mushroom men. Like the poster above me said, keep the lizard meat and tails for quest turn ins. Don't worry too much about XP. Just kill any of these mobs that you come across and the money will add up over time.

[Baler]

Level a plat farming class
Mage, Necro, Druid, etc

Fund your warrior.

[amnesia998]

Yeah, i kept all the useful items like weapons and sold them, and did the lizard meat quest aplenty, I guess I'm just gonna continue leveling.

[Lamil]

Yeah, i kept all the useful items like weapons and sold them, and did the lizard meat quest aplenty, I guess I'm just gonna continue leveling.

You're doing fine! People didn't have banded back in the day this early. You're an ogre so try to loot as much as you can since you can carry it all! Also if you feel people are being lame about loots say alpha on bronze/belts/whatever expensive thing drops and it usually evens out.

[Graventhel]

Level a plat farming class
Mage, Necro, Druid, etc

Fund your warrior.

...and completely defeat the purpose of Green. I've been loving the struggle of leveling and funding my own melee class as I go. At level 17 I am proud to say I've scraped and saved enough for a full set of banded (minus finding a pesky small mask) plus all of spells thus far.

[bum3]

Yeah, i kept all the useful items like weapons and sold them, and did the lizard meat quest aplenty, I guess I'm just gonna continue leveling.

Most ogre tanks i've group with in the early teens were wearing patchwork/raw hide and did just fine. I have grouped with one SK in full banded and at that level it only helped a little. So don't feel to bad about not having a full set by 13. There aren't many mobs that need magical weaps this early. Elementals and wisps are low-mid teans starting? I am a cleric and almost always the main/only healer so I know how much mana i lose...

[Baler]

...and completely defeat the purpose of Green. I've been loving the struggle of leveling and funding my own melee class as I go. At level 17 I am proud to say I've scraped and saved enough for a full set of banded (minus finding a pesky small mask) plus all of spells thus far.

I agree but at the same time I'm for proactive solutions to problems. He needs plat for his warrior. The Solution is to level an alt who can generate more plat than his warrior needs. Thus solving Present and Future problems with plat.

[Wallicker]

At lvl 13 you could farm Shralok packs for plat

[Baler]

At lvl 13 you could farm Shralok packs for plat

people are camping this 24/7, it's disgusting and not classic.

[cd288]

Welcome to the warrior club! As someone who mained a Warrior from nothing back in the day on live, I can tell you it's a bit of a long slog. One of your best bets is to group at camps that can give you some decent drops. For example, CB and the EC/WC Orc camps at your level and you can sell the belts you get to people who want to turn them in. Kill skeletons whenever you wander by them and sell the stacks of bone chips (I think they're going for 1-2pp currently?). Kill humanoid mobs that you see since they always have a chance to drop shitty armor that will sell for a couple gold at vendors (it adds up). Other things like the Karana bandits when you get to that level, which drop decent coin at times and also have a decent drop rate for bronze weapons/armor which can be sold to vendors (Bandit Sash turn in is great EXP and gives you a weapon which can be sold for a couple pp as well).

Since you can't effectively farm plat as a Warrior until you get decently higher in level such that you're farming content way below you, the easiest path is the group approach like I mentioned above. Just gotta group at camps where you can earn some money/stuff to sell to vendors.

[WaffleztheAndal]

If you reach me in game I'll give you plat for banded. PM me and we can work out a plan. Highkeep has been a goldmine, didn't know about this zone really during live.

[cd288]

If you reach me in game I'll give you plat for banded. PM me and we can work out a plan. Highkeep has been a goldmine, didn't know about this zone really during live.

Oh yeah Highkeep is phenomenal. Especially if you're willing to take the bad faction and kill the guards, etc. Even still, the goblin camp is very solid.

[amnesia998]

Oh yeah Highkeep is phenomenal. Especially if you're willing to take the bad faction and kill the guards, etc. Even still, the goblin camp is very solid.

Is the highkeep faction important to an Ogre?

[Baler]

Is the highkeep faction important to an Ogre?

They likely already hate your guts.

[magusfire24]

I would say not. The guards almost hate you anyways. They are good money.

[cd288]

Is the highkeep faction important to an Ogre?

Nope. Unless you're trying to get non-KOS in Qeynos or Freeport, in which case killing the guard will hurt your faction there.

[oldhead]

Sounds like you're doing fine for the level. Figure an acceptable rate of growth as having that entry-level magic weapon and full banded by the mid teens. Money comes only slowly to start with.

Danth

How do you get magic weapon by mid teens?

[Bazia]

Level a plat farming class
Mage, Necro, Druid, etc

Fund your warrior.

not classic

[Baler]

not classic

*looks at the calendar*
Oh yeah, it's the year of not classic.

*flips to next year*
Shit's not classic. :mad: :(

[M.J.]

http://wiki.project1999.com/Hukulk%27s_Love

Offer your mercenary services to a level 29+ druid and make a monopoly on these bad boys by doing the turn ins for them.

Have yet to see one being sold and they seem like they should be everywhere at 40-50pp a pop.

edit: just looked at quest item closer and realized its Dark Elf not Dwarf listed >.> nevermind lack of proliferation explained.

[Lone Gnome]

crushbone belts

[Danth]

How do you get magic weapon by mid teens?

Various low-level quests, or failing that Combine Weapons bought off gypsies can be obtained by then.

Danth

[Baler]

crushbone belts

This is actually a great answer.

I'd like to add G. lightstones to this.

[Gatorsmash]

I'm relatively new to Everquest and my Ogre warrior is on the brink of hitting level 8. My main concern is getting money to fund my armor( I don't have the full banded set yet) and weapons. I've bought 3 banded pieces so far and only have about 20p to my name in addition. So I've been wondering how does a warrior that mostly groups make platinum? Especially considering even shitty magical weapons are worth 50+plat. Help me out, please :)

Trade skills material. Kinda shocked nobody mentioned it unless I missed it. You have an entire new server getting ready to hit that mid tier trade skills level (tailoring and smithing especially) and that takes a shit ton a drops off mobs that range 5 - 15 in levels.

[Tethler]

This is actually a great answer.

I'd like to add G. lightstones to this.

Yeah, GLS vendor for more than 4p each, though you need that magic weapon first to kill them.

I got a magic weapon at level 12. Dragoon dirk from the nro derv camp with Dorn.

There is some skeleton in lavastorm thats low level and drops a magic spear too I have heard. Not sure how rare it is though.

[Spock2020]

Seems like research materials sells pretty high if you get some.

[Donkey Hotay]

Yeah, GLS vendor for more than 4p each, though you need that magic weapon first to kill them.

There is some skeleton in lavastorm thats low level and drops a magic spear too I have heard. Not sure how rare it is though.

The L12 animation has a magic attack (not Bash), for the enchanters wondering. That warbone spearman isn't very common; we were killing goblins all one Saturday and only saw him mentioned once.

[Tethler]

The L12 animation has a magic attack (not Bash), for the enchanters wondering. That warbone spearman isn't very common; we were killing goblins all one Saturday and only saw him mentioned once.

Yeah, the level 12 necro pet does too if you get a max level pet, but melee are out of luck.

If someone is really having a hard time, could get a mage to summon a weapon to use for the session too.

[Danger]

just level man, gear will be there. i wore like fucking cloth shoes on my high elf paladin until level 40 when red launched. make those healers work for it.