Returning player seeking your opinion

[Yacoby44]

Yo, what's up Project 1999? I haven't touched Everquest in many years, but catching a Green server advertisement on YouTube sucked me in once again, as I am sure happened to many of you guys.

I will have a TL;DR at the bottom for those not interested in the details of what I have to say.

Basically, there are goals that I have had for this game ever since I was in middle school during the Kunark/Velious days on live that I have never managed to attain. Not to get too personal, because honestly it shouldn't effect the content of this thread, but due to some pretty major health problems (Not Corona, Lol), I have more time than usual on the computer so I thought possibly trying to achieve these goals once and for all and that I can take the game seriously this time around.

Here, I will outline my goal and give my plan I put in place to achieve said goal, except for one issue that I am sure a lot of you are having right now. Since I found out about the Green server super late (just started leveling a week ago), I decided that if I could get to level 35 I would buy the 6 pack of Red Bull and put in the work that I know it would take to get a Guise of the Deceiver getting close to the Temple of Solusek Ro update removing legacy items. (If anyone has a slightly more specific or accurate time frame for this update, it would be super helpful to know.)

Luckily this time around I have my sister as a duo partner with me who is dedicated to help in any way she can, which I know is an invaluable tool in being successful this time around.

I decided since I was starting from scratch, for my play style and in game needs, Enchanter was the way for me to go. After heavy debate between a Cleric and a Druid, my duo partner decided to go Druid because we wanted to have SoW early game and we agreed that Cleric would be an excellent leveling partner for what would be my dream Warrior.

Now after hearing my plans, I assume you may be thinking it sounds pretty cut and dry on what I have to do to be successful, except I have one thing that is bothering me.

I know it may seem like a "Have your cake and eat it too." scenario and to be honest it very well may be, but after discussion with my duo partner, we came to the conclusion it may be interesting to possibly hear a few opinions on what you guys would do in my situation.

My main issue is that the last thing I want to do on this server, especially pure Classic, is to roll a Warrior with no items or plat. When compared to having a decent weapon and twink set, the class is just night and day to play from 1-35 being one of, if not the most gear dependent class in the game.

Here is a bit more information for you guys to work with. My Druid partner is more than willing to PL me if she were to get to the level necessary to PL a Warrior to 35. Currently my Enchanter is 15 and her Druid is 16.

The questions I am mainly asking myself is "Is it worth it setting aside one of my EQ dreams of playing a Warrior with good gear from level 1 and create him immediately today to get to 35 for my Guise?", or "Can my duo partner on their Druid with Clarity starting at 29 from my Enchanter get to a high enough level fast enough where she could just PL my Warrior using the money we make along the way to buy him a modest twink set?"

The optimal scenario in my mind would be the second option, I just do not know if it is an attainable goal or not. I know that low level is where you spend some of the least time in the game overall on your main character, but the point to me is that playing a twinked character is always 10x more fun than not and being that I am not sure how many more times I can gonna re-roll and start from scratch on EQ, I wanted to try and be a little greedy this time if at all possible.

The answer may very well be that you can't have your cake and eat it too, but I can't underestimate my duo partner as a factor here willing to do whatever she can whether it be PL'ing or porting for donations. We just thought it might be worth it to ask a few veterans since to be honest, even though I consider myself a borderline expert at this game, I know that compared to some of you out there I haven't even scratched the surface.

Thanks to anyone who took the time to read this and give it a thought. I am a pretty realistic person and I know that either way here I am pushing limits. I just thought hearing someone else's thoughts on the situation would help us in making our decision.



TL;DR: With the goal being to play a modestly twinked (maybe 10kpp?) Warrior and getting level 35 for Guise camp, would setting aside my dream of twinking a Warrior be the right thing to do because of the soon to be removal of legacy items? Or is it possible that a level 16 Druid could get high enough level in time leveling with an Enchanter to PL my Warrior in time to get 35 for Guise camp?

Long term, I do plan to join a legit raiding guild, put in the work, earn a spot and actually MT a raid target for the first time. So either way we plan to be a part of the community and we hope to see some of you guys in game.

Stay safe everyone!