First Time EQ Player, Please Explain This (spellsets)
 

First of all, this is my first time playing EverQuest at all, ever. I knew absolutely nothing about EQ before my friend recommended it to me a few days ago. Community seems really friendly, difficult albeit enjoyable game once you learn a few things (beginning was frustrating not knowing key things like right clicking bringing up trade window, simple stuff like that). I've been having fun.

I just hit level 5 as a Barbarian Shaman. Naturally I started buying all the level 5 spells. Now this is where I hit a problem that I cannot possibly fathom dealing with. The decision is just insane to me. You're seriously only allowed 8 spells?! SPELLSETS ARE DISABLED?! WHAT?! Is there some kind of work around to this? Is there something I am missing? Please tell me there is because it is incredibly disheartening if I'm only allowed 8 spells.

I'm only level 5 and I already have 6 buff spells! If I want to buff people do I REALLY need to sit there with my spellbook and rebind all the buffs, buff myself +strangers+friends/party members, then sit there with spellbook and rebind my healing/damage spells then finally continue playing? I hope so so incredibly much that this is not the case and if it is then I hope the cruel individual who decided to disable spellsets explains to me why this was decided.

I am baffled in disbelief and discouragement if this is real. This discourages buffing people, wtf? "Sorry, I'd buff you but I have to sit here and rebind all the buffs to my 8 slot only spellbar, then I have to rebind my normal spells afterward which is a huge hassle."

In classic EQ you are limited to eight spells at a time (future expansions expanded the number of spells and added one-click for changing spell sets).

Later on your buffs will be group spells and they will last for an hour or more. Really you can setup your keys for what you are doing. Buffbot, all buffs, dps dots/dds, healing spells/major buffs, etc.

It will seem more difficult at your level but as you go up in level you will memorize spells quickly, so it doesn't take that long - you just have to be efficient in managing your spell book and learning how to quickly key to specific spellbook pages.

A lot of spells are useless, so really you'll have like 3 sets of pages of spells that you consistently use. Also, part of the charm of EQ is finding items that cast spells so you don't waste a gem slot on them (not aware of what those are on a shaman).

This guy would HATE being an enchanter rofllll

Memming get them gets faster as you level don't worry if you stick around past 45 you won't even notice it.

You can make hotkeys for /book #
Where # is a number 1-50. This will open you spellbook to that page.

most people dont need every buff. give them sow str dex and a hp buff if they are melee. if they are a caster just give them sow unless they ask otherwise. get used to using only 7 spells and constantly cycling the last one to what ever new spell you need

That said the reason is "thats classic" which imo is a dumb reason but w/e

Hehehe just image what this guy's reaction would be if we still had to stare a spellbook to meditate like in classic.

if you're mad at this... you might want to reconsider playing Everquest.

Your a shaman. At higher levels look forward to slowing mobs, stacking dots on them, forgetting spells mid combat and timing memorization of new spells between the mob's slow swings at you.

That is what I did on my live shaman at least!

I organize my spell book according to the class's requirements. So like page 29/30 is my main page, then 31/32 are my next important spells, 33/34 anything left over. 23/24 my oldest buffs, 25/26 my old buffs, 27/28 my newest buffs.

I could swap out my entire spellbar in the middle of combat, in seconds. I even have macro buttons for these pages on my 2nd hotbar.
Example: Main /book 29 | Buffs 3 /book 27


It stinks but just act like it's not there to begin with, problem solved.