Hey there, I'm about to start playing.
 

I think I'ma make a Ranger. Likely of the Half Elf variety, what do you guys think?
I played EQ when I was a boy, and loved it. Of course it's been a long time since I've played and I'm pretty excited to try it out again. I found out about this server and knew that I just had to join up and give EQ a whirl.

I've played pretty much every MMO there is and in my EQ days I was able to take my ranger to the plane of disease if I remember correctly, so I'm ready to have some fun.

So I'm wondering if there's any advice you folks had to give for a nub, what guilds are recruiting and if there's still lowB's to play with.
Thanks, Reefer.

Advice = grouping is your friend. I have found this game much more enjoyable as I meet new folks through various XP groups.

I'd recommend saving all your plat to buy a Silver Swiftblade asap, it runs for about 100p. After that get a set of banded.

A few things to help:
There is no Plane of Disease here.
What is your ign? I may have an item for you if I bump into you.

Don't make a ranger on this server, rangers aren't really good in classic. It wasn't until they got AA that they became a good DPS class.

It's shortsighted to only look at dps output and not the distinct other skills each class brings to a group. And consider your like of a class.

Rangers are nice DPS on P99 with Velious out. Don't listen to the trolls, they get some killer gear that makes them beasts + all the other tools they have

Ranger DPS is greatly aided by Velimus being out. With that being said, Ranger is a rough first char. Melee is so gear dependent (suppose monks evade some of that statement). Dont let that deter you though, if you play a class you love youll stick with it regardless.

Rangers have ok dps and can single pull in out door zones, they can tank fine in exp groups.

Play a ranger if you like them. Tracking and sow are both awesome to have, they do respectable dps. You will encounter a lot of people here that have some twisted mentality that if you are not playing a character with best in slot gear, perfectly optimized stats, and a specific race/class combo, you aren't having fun. Ignore them.

Ignore anyone on the forums that tries to entice you to play on red server.