Is it possible to get my non-gamer girlfriend into EQ?

[Zeonick]

Hey everybody. Well I finally convinced my non-gamer girlfriend to give EQ a try, and I really hope she likes it. The only other game she has ever really played was Skyrim, and she says she likes how pretty it was and that you could make potions.

I'm pretty stoked that I got her to try EQ but i'm worried that she will give up once things get a little rough. Right now I pretty much have to sit with her when we play and tell her what to do, and she seemed to like it so far. She made a human monk which seems like a good first class to me.

I was really interested in seeing if anyone has been in a similar situation or if there is some general advice out there for making her experience more enjoyable. I don't really have much in the way of gearing her, and I was fearing that being so weak and vulnerable at first would deter her, but she seemed ok with beating on bats and skeles for awhile [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Let me know what I can do to make sure she keeps playing! Once our ip exemption goes through we can play together. What class should I make with her? I know shaman is an obvious choice but my main is already a shaman so id rather play something else while we get to his level.

Thanks!

[Zyn]

Interesting that you had her roll a monk. I feel like monks, along with most melee, are pretty gear dependent.

I remember trying to get my sister to play and she started a druid. Druid is a great class because it gives her a little bit of everything and this provides for unique playstyles:

If she feels like healing, she can heal
If she feels like DPSing, she can DPS
If she feels like helping players, she can buff and port

Druid, in my opinion, is the ideal starting class for her.

If that works, as her boyfriend, you should be her tank! Roll a Paladin or an SK. Then you can protect her. (Girls love that stuff).

Hope this helps.

[Stinkum]

The question is: Why would you want to?

[Zyn]

Originally Posted by Stinkum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The question is: Why would you want to?

Lol this isn't descriptive at all. Why would you want to get her to play? Why should she roll a druid?

I is confuzzled.

[khanable]

Anything is possible with enough duct tape

[Zeonick]

I totally tried to get her to play a druid! When I was describing all the classes I put a lot of emphasis on the druid. But after describing everything she wanted to play the monk. And yeah they are gear dependent, but someone already gave her a fine steel wep and with dual wield she is tearing through the low lvl mobs heh.

Also, if she isn't feeling the monk later on she can always go ahead and try something else. Being under geared isn't terrible, we will just hopefully stick it out and do it together.

[Borador]

Depends on the type of girl. If she is a stereotypical girl then I'd suggest she play a cleric. She will feel needed, helpful, and be able to talk. You play a warrior and be the big strong man that protects her. If she is the pants wearing type than something like a monk is good, but if she sucks she will drop the game fast.

[Zeonick]

Originally Posted by Stinkum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The question is: Why would you want to?

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[Zeonick]

Originally Posted by Borador [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Depends on the type of girl. If she is a stereotypical girl then I'd suggest she play a cleric. She will feel needed, helpful, and be able to talk. You play a warrior and be the big strong man that protects her. If she is the pants wearing type than something like a monk is good, but if she sucks she will drop the game fast.

I would say she is the pants wearing type. Very independent, outgoing and out spoken. I didn't think she would want to jus sit back and heal and not really DO a whole lot in groups and what not. I think she wants to do the damage and kill the mobs, but we will see.

[Zyn]

Ah yea, ultimately she should play what she wants. I feel like she'll get tired of Monk quickly. What level is she?

Another good one is Magician. I got my sister to play Magician too. Having pets and nuking is always fun. It also allowed her to be adventurous and kill stuff on her own if she was feeling it.

If your GF decides to settle on monk, Shaman really would be the ideal partner... but as you stated, your main is a Shaman.

Would you guys be planning to duo most of your levels? If so, I'd suggest one of the other priest classes, probably druid for yourself. The porting is awesome for helping expose her to all the zones and fun areas.

If you're not duoing, then enchanter may be nice. However, Enchanters are the most gear dependent of all the INT classes. Maybe necro? You guys could do some solid fear-kiting later on.