If you roll a mage, be prepared to do ridiculous tactics to get xp while solo.
If you're playing casual, or simply
are casual, don't roll an Iksar. It makes travel outside Kunark a pain.
Make friends.
Be nice.
Don't beg.
Save things like spider/spiderling silks, HQ pelts etc to make dat cash early on.
Maintain resist gear in addition to primary gear. Even if not intending to raid it helps on caster mobs during xp farms.
Don't jump the gun on buying items in the East Commonlands Bazaar. Try to find the best prices. The auction tracker helps with that.
Donate generously for
everything if possible. It's not only polite, it also helps build friendships (It can also get you free assistance down the road).
Base the guild you join (if you join one at all) on the quality of members, not necessarily their gear.
Gnoll Fangs. For the first 20 years of your adventuring life always remember
Gnoll Fangs.
Banked backup gear is almost a must-have. Due to corpse runs. Especially long ones. For casters, keep banked back-up reagents as well especially for pets (Malachite, Bone Chips, Less than average sized daggers, etc)
Just because everyone else orbits around particular zones doesn't necessarily mean you have to.
It's just a game, remember to treat it like one.
Be careful on the forums. The in-game community is amazing, but the forums tend to harbor trolls.
Beyond that nothing more to say off the top of my head though i'm sure other people can come up with much more. Welcome to P99! Hope you enjoy your stay!
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