Necro Early Gameplay
 

Hey guys i wanted to post on here because im having issues on my level 5 Iksar Necro. I find i am being forced to kill yellow mobs because the blue-white mobs only give 1% experience and when i end up going after the yellows they are tough as hell and i can pretty much only kill these by burning through my mana pool and possibly some health because i don't want my pet to die because of loss of DPS.

Is this normal for the experience penalty for Iksar/Necro? I know its -30% but it seems like 1% a kill at lvl 5 is a bit much and I might be doing something wrong. Let me know your thoughts on this.

Have to do 51% of damage or pet steals a huge margin.

1-12 on a necro, or any int caster for that matter, is a giant PITA. My advice to you, which is what I did as an Iksar Necro, is to duo or find a group until at least level 12. Most people with a little extra plat just pay to have their caster PL'd for the first 20 levels.

So much this. Although I would say it does get a little better at 8 for most classes. Until you get more of your class defining spells most casters are just really crappy nukers who can't take damage at all.

dudes complaining about slow EXP? Welcome to classic EverQuest my friend!

This post is not about complaining that the experience is slow. The question stated in the OP was if i was doing something wrong or is this the normal amount i should expect.

Necros have 1-12 easier than any other caster due to lifetap and pets. Grab a dragoon dirk and start going to town on mobs along side your pet (buy him a rusty halbred or other fancy 2hander). Lifetap when you get low/every other mob. It's a recipe for non-stop newbie yard slaughtering.

Edit to add: Stick to dark blues, even and yellow cons will hit too hard. You'll only need to cast lifetap, and even then only every other mob.

Yup, trying to do 51% damage as a necro is ridiculous as well. Give the skele a rusty and be glad you don't have to stare at a spell book for 4 of every 5 minutes.

Wait till you get to level 54 or 59 and have to kill 50 DB mobs to get 1%. :eek::eek:

P1999 is hard mode, and you are not doing anything wrong. :D A Necro is a darn good class to play on here.

Your pet is doing over half the damage so it's stealing a lot of your exp. To avoid this, nuke / melee like crazy in order to outdamage your pet, or just group. As soon as you're in a group (doesn't matter how big) your pet will no longer steal exp. At higher levels it's much easier to outdamage your pet with DoTs / waiting to send in your pet, but at low levels it is tough.