New player, some questions

[Autumnbow]

Gonna be a few hours before I can finally install the game, but I'm way excited about playing right now so I'm gonna obsess a little :P

I want to make a cleric! Is this a good choice? It's fun to heal. There isn't a disproportionate number of clerics here, is there? I'm having a bit of a hard time picking a race, too. Dwarves are ugly, so they're out. Thinking high elf or dark elf. Will going dark elf seriously limit me in any ways, like with quests?

How hard is it to find groups, when leveling? Is there much of a low-end population to exp with, or will I mainly be on my own? And how friendly are the people here, in general?

It's such a shame that the red server has a blah population. EQ without PvP isn't nearly as much fun, but you can't play the game without others :/

[Tarathiel]

cleric is always a good choice, cant think of any cons right off the bat with going DE, they have pretty good stats for clerics, outside of having bad faction in good cities i dont see a problem

[Alawen]

Innoruuk worshipping clerics, which include dark elves obviously, can get the Regent Symbol of Innoruuk, giving the cleric access to snare. You'll have a little trouble doing the Aegis of Life quest if you had planned on that. It's doable, though. Humans and Erudites can do the Paineel quests. Dwarves have very nice cultural armor for the moment, but it's a mistake in the itemization and should be nerfed--someone put the wrong era of cultural into the database. Halflings level a little faster than everyone else and get hide and sneak. Your dark elf will have hide, which is pretty useful.

You'll find groups playing a cleric. Welcome and good luck.

[theaetatus]

Clerics are always needed and Dark Elf is probably the best choice (Hide / Snare).

[dredge]

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[Autumnbow]

When do halfling rangers come about? :P

[jarshale]

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

How hard is it to find groups, when leveling? Is there much of a low-end population to exp with, or will I mainly be on my own? And how friendly are the people here, in general?

It's such a shame that the red server has a blah population. EQ without PvP isn't nearly as much fun, but you can't play the game without others :/

If you hit all the popular spots like EC, crushbone, oasis, etc you will almost always be able to find a group. And people seem to really friendly for the most part, the dickery seems to start when end game stuff is concerned, which is a long ways away for you anyway.

[Autumnbow]

Thanks, everyone! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I made a dark elf cleric, and noticed that there are a few people running around with me, killing snakes :P

Another question: how do rangers perform here, and are there tons of them? My first EQ character was a ranger, and I'm interested to know just how bad they are lol.

[Alawen]

Rangers solo okay up to 50 if they're heavily twinked. After that it gets painful. People will take rangers in a group if they really, really need snare, but you're going to spend a lot of time LFG. Most xp groups try to build tank/chanter/cleric/monk/rogue, which leaves one slot for someone else. If you really love playing a ranger, go for it, but don't expect it to be easy.

[Vicatin]

Rangers are by far and away the most worthless class in p1999. They're a constant running joke of the server. But ur cleric is top notch.