I started playing in February, first week of February to be exact. I'm level 57 now, I did very little soloing, and I feel I have geared myself up a pretty decent bit. I'm by no means rich, and I am just now starting to get "throw-away" plat. Up until now I was scraping every little bit I could to buy that next piece of gear.
Leveling a monk from scratch, and getting into groups, was a daunting task for me (as it seems Monk is everyone's favorite twink class and there's sooo many around). I still managed to get it done. It just takes dedication and the desire to do it. I've made a lot of good friends along the way, and a good number of acquaintances who I would call upon when I needed their specific role filled, or they would call on me.
This is a social game; unlike the MMOs of the current generation. You need to get out there, you need to make friends, and you need to do decent in the groups you do end up in.
No groups asking you to join? Okay...just do a / all LFG for your level range, grab who is there and go do something. You'd be surprised at the amazing things people can pull off with a less than "perfect" group make-up.
As far as raiding goes, and the current "monopoly" on raid content....all I can say is welcome to EverQuest? It's been like this since 1999. You wanna do a good amount of raiding? Cool! Get your ass some levels and app to one of the raiding guilds. If you're good and consistent I'm sure they'd take you.
|