New player questions about gear

paladin1118 · #1 08-14-2013, 10:44 AM

Hello, I'm sort of new to the server and working on some low level characters. It's been quite a long time since I played live EQ though and I've always had a bad memory... can't really remember what gear I should be looking for or how much it should cost.

So... I was just wondering if any of the more experienced players could give me some advice on some decent starting gear for a few classes that is realistically affordable for a new player who doesn't have hundreds of plat saved up or any rich friends on the server.

For now, I'd like to keep the cost for each piece of gear under 100 plat I guess. I have no idea what the project99 economy is like though so, I'm not even sure if that's realistic for the kind of gear I'm looking for. I would like the gear to grant some useful stats, even if its only a few points. Just something adequate to get me through the first 30-40 levels or so I guess?

The classes I'm playing are Paladin, Druid and Necro. I would appreciate some good weapon recommendations for those classes as well. I've been using a one hander and shield with the paladin but I vaguely remember, from my time on live EQ years ago, that two handers were better for paladins and SK's. Is shield bash/shield stats worth sacrificing for a two hander?

Also, I would like a good (affordable) robe recommendation(s) for the Necro, something that will help him look... less minion-ish, more... fearsome, treacherous summoner of death? After all, it's important to look good while adventuring.

For any gear that's suggested, please also tell me how much I should be paying for it. Definitely don't want to overpay for anything. Please don't use abbreviations for item names, as I've said, I don't remember much about classic EQ gear at all, so abbreviated item names won't mean anything to me.

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Chocko · #2 08-14-2013, 10:47 AM

Where'd you get the money in the first place? I played about 10 hours this week on a number of different characters and have only had maybe 5 gold total!

Porz · #3 08-14-2013, 10:49 AM

I'm thinking step one should be to isolate the one class your going to play. And gear him instead of alts.

Porz · #4 08-14-2013, 10:49 AM

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Where'd you get the money in the first place? I played about 10 hours this week on a number of different characters and have only had maybe 5 gold total!

I'm assuming some one gave it to him. No one would just RMT out themselves

Wotsirb401 · #5 08-14-2013, 10:54 AM

Yeah I would only play one character, you arent goign to be able to afford gearing 3 classes until you can farm plat , unless you have been account flipping/ ec trading for money. Pick one and we/ I can give you pointers. I might be able to throw you some hand me downs or plat

Shift · #6 08-14-2013, 10:56 AM

Hi Paladin well believe it or not , go to Home page look for the link Wiki go to your Class Paladin and then go to Armor sets and what era it will tell you what is the best armor for that character. Deepwater , Ro And so forth if you doing a paladin , it shows for all races and classes for Necromancer or Druid , it is very helpful actually.

Nikon · #7 08-14-2013, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by paladin1118 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So... I was just wondering if any of the more experienced players could give me some advice on some decent starting gear for a few classes that is realistically affordable for a new player who doesn't have hundreds of plat saved up or any rich friends on the server.

For now, I'd like to keep the cost for each piece of gear under 100 plat I guess.

Little bit of contradictory information here. Doesn't necessarily scream RMT, though. Definitely stick to one character.

eqgmrdbz · #8 08-14-2013, 11:27 AM

Hello bud,

I recently went pure start, to see if i could get a character from zero to geared in banded armor. All i used was the p99 wiki and whatever knowledge i had myself.

Starting off you need to kill in the newb zone, and collect whatever drops, sell and buy cloth armor, bags, food, the necessary stuff. Put points in tailoring to make patchwork armor from killing wolves, cats, or bears. When you get enough levels, you will start to make some pp. There are quests that give some great plat at low levels, you will have to check wiki for those. When you get enought pp work on Smithing, put points in the skill and work your skill up. When you get high enough to try banded, get to trivial of the lowest piece, and start making the pieces from lowest skill to highest. You should have a full set of banded after some tries.

All im trying to say is that it is possible to go from nothing to a full set of banded, which is not bad. Depending on what your playing caster, healer, melee, its going to vary. After that its just leveling killing, save your plat and hit EC tunnel, and get some better pieces.

xnolanx · #9 08-14-2013, 12:07 PM

1.) Pick one class to level
2.) Use the wiki, and go to that classes class section.. Study the gearing pre-planar, and kunark gear sets.. Also when you see another character that's playing your class out in the field.. Inspect him, and see what the typical characters of that class are wearing..
3.) Once you feel like you know about what gear you want to aim for from the wiki and actual first hand knowledge head to EC and start looking for the items you want.
4.) Once you find the items you want, head back to the wiki or even just a simple google search with that item name looking for a link to P99 wiki. It will have a recorded average auction from EC of the relative value of the item is.. Use this to either haggle or come to a fair agreement..
5.) Repeat step 4 until you're geared.

Tecmos Deception · #10 08-14-2013, 12:51 PM

For a paladin, get a baton of faith and a set of banded armor and 2 platinum fire wedding rings. Beyond that keep an eye out for anything that gives you more ac (deepwater pieces, except for legs and chest, are lots of ac and pretty cheap), hp (hard to find much other than the rings I mentioned that don't cost a fair amount of money), strength (hero bracer, jasper gold earrings, stuff like that), or magic resist and upgrade as you can I guess. It's hard to find anything that's even remotely halfway decent for under 100pp per piece other than stuff like banded.

Necro and druid don't need gear unless the druid is quadding, or unless you just want gear for looks. Flowing black robe or advisor robe is about as cheap as you can go for the necro while still having some stats you can use (and that doesn't look dumb on a necro). Other than that, necro should look to get +hit point gear (so you can lich for longer without being dangerously low on hp + get full effect out of your lifetap damage over time spells) and +intelligence gear (or +mana once you're over 200 int, probably). Druid can just focus on +wisdom and +mana really.

But again, hard to find anything at all for only 100pp a slot. I mean, even stuff like batskull earrings or chipped bone bracelets or stein of moggok or hero bracer are all a couple hundred+ plat each, and they're basically bottom-rung gear.

More importantly than what other people suggest you do though, is to learn how to figure things out for yourself. Explore the wiki, use the equipment (sorted by class, each individual slot) page to find upgrades and check prices, etc.