Those are my favourite levels! Every class is basically a warrior for the first half, maybe full, dozen levels.
Scraping together a set of cloth and making the best tarnished weapon you can. Upgrading to a store brought axe or bastard sword. Hunting cougars to wrap yourself up.
Saving up for that combine weapon so you can whack wisps. Levelling up tradeskills to turn those spare pelts into useful things like bags, or even armour.
Man that the best thing in classic EQ! Once my bard had his combine weapon, most slots filled with banded or reinforced leather and a bunch of bags I basically lost the drive to play. Shelved at level 16 cos there wasn't really any more low hanging fruit in reach, everything else was feeling like a grind for the sake of grinding.
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