Tell me it gets "better"

[Stormhowl]

I think today it's been nothing but a bit of a train wreck in terms of my leveling experience since I logged on this afternoon. About 4 deaths and only 1 bubble of EXP to show for 4.5 hours of "work". Blackburrow is a bit over-crowded full of about 6-7 people just soloing the dungeon at any given time and there's constant competition for spawns, and no one seems to want to group. What gives?

Is this trend indicative of how things will continue to go at higher levels? Or will things get better beyond level 16 and outside of Blackburrow? I've had pretty rough luck of not getting any groups (and not convincing anyone to actually group instead of having 5+ people just soloing and fighting over spawns) and the groups I have gotten have had rotten luck of being trained or having members that face pull yellows (and not waiting for mana, bleh).

Does it get better once you leave the "lowbie" levels? Do people group more often and are they more willing to group beyond level 15 or whatever you can get yourself up to in BB? Or am I kind of SoL in this regard and should resign to playing a class better able to solo?

Apologies for the rant (which, considering my experience with forums, will more likely than not get me flamed), but it's been an... exhausting night.

Edit: I started playing EQ back just before Velious was released, so it's not as if I'm a "newbie" to classic, but I never remember it being this rough and having so many deaths except in my first week or so when I didn't know how to play. >.>

[Gustahn]

Pretty much the same. This server is a far cry from the original community and fully dependent group days.

Its gonna be up to you to get the ball rolling, but dont expect much unless its an item camp.

It also doesnt help alot of areas are lacking in spawns that were more plentiful in live. I remember spires in sk supporting 3 groups, loio having multiple groups around the lake killing roamers and 2 groups on the cliffs hitting the masses of stuff outside the sarnak fort.

[Stormhowl]

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

Pretty much the same. This server is a far cry from the original community and fully dependent group days.

I'm sure the amount of twinks you see isn't helping huh?

Its gonna be up to you to get the ball rolling, but dont expect much unless its an item camp.

I was afraid of that. I guess I'll have to start being more proactive and start directly /whispering people instead of /shouting LFG and LFM. More annoying, I suppose, but it seems people prefer fighting solo and over spawns rather than working together and sharing (and getting safety in numbers AND exp bonuses for being in a party)

It also doesnt help alot of areas are lacking in spawns that were more plentiful in live. I remember spires in sk supporting 3 groups, loio having multiple groups around the lake killing roamers and 2 groups on the cliffs hitting the masses of stuff outside the sarnak fort.

Would be even more reason for people to group together instead of always fighting over spawns.

[enatomi]

It'll get better.

You might consider joining a lower-tier guild. Give you a chance to meet some people that are in the same boat. Even finding a leveling buddy will probably make your life a lot easier.

What class are you?

[Daywolf]

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

I'm sure the amount of twinks you see isn't helping huh?

That's obvious. But that too starts to become less relevant at lvl20+. However, starting out, it makes it much harder for new players to get groups as twinks mostly twink to solo through early levels really fast. Unfortunately, some I've noticed have no scruples and step on the un-twinked player group camps. This happened a lot when the SOE servers were down and we had an extra 250+ players on peek time. It really takes the classic feel away, as there were few twinks the first few years, or at least a lot of new players, while depending on the server you played, twinking was considered weak and players would get ridiculed for taking the easy rout - or being excessively twinked.

But you know, things changed on live over time, shared slots and all that, so you will get the same exp whether here or on live as twinking has become the mind-set as set by the revamped easy to play games. Although there on the regular servers, there just aint enough players packed into less zones so the ks'ing isn't as bad... but even harder to find groups unless on progression there.

Anyway, I agree with starting in fay for the OP, there are more players there on average, at least starting. So like gfay, CB, Unrest, MM, you may find groups. Or as many do, port there and bind.

[Stormhowl]

I managed to chill in EC (orc camp 2) for a while and racked up 5 bubs of exp in a couple hours... faster than I was doing in Blackburrow! I really appreciate the recommendations for the journey east. And Gfay is a short 30 minute trip away if I want to hit up Crushbone, too.

So thanks again. I feel a bit less bitter about things. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Pyrocat]

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[Hobby]

Try heading to the Freeport side of the world. Generally, if you can make it to North Karana, you can find a port.

Freeport / East Commonlands and surrounding area's are much more populated with higher people who will help with buffs as well as alot of people wanting groups.

[AreYouAngered MyBrother]

It gets better. Like they said, find a level buddy and never let go of his/her nut sack/vagina flaps.

[Tarathiel]

You just picked a rough zone to start fresh in, gfay/crushbone or ec/nro/oasis would probably be a little better place to start its a lot easier to find groups in these zones. If you hang out at some druid rings or wizzie spires long enough I'm sure to wouldn't be hard to convince someone to give u a lift especially if u explain your situation to them