Couple Questions From A Potential New Player

[Halius]

Originally Posted by xCry0x [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am awesome.

Lol yes and thanks for the buffs.

[Hex]

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

My main is a cleric. I start groups. The very first thing I do? /who shadow 40 50

Some people will complain if we have two hybrids, of which one probably has a race penalty...but I don't care! I can replace that complainer quite easily.

I like to ding, but I'm playing the game the entire time. I don't consider it a chore to level.

I enjoy the time I spend in groups, and meeting the people that share my love of the game. I love hearing about different parts of the world, different parts of the country, different jobs people work and just different personalities.

I enjoy learning different tactics. I enjoy having close calls.

I may have made it clear here, or in other posts...but one thing I don't enjoy is complaining. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is awesome. Yes, I get that I'm a CLR, and finding groups is easier for me, and people might be nicer, for when they need that rez. But the community here as a whole is fine. There's contention for raiding at the higher level, that is dominated by the guild that put in the most effort, time, and work, but leveling up, so far, has been quite fun. I shall be streaming my leveling process from here on out I think. If I could only find a way to overlay my chat from Twitch onto one window!

[Splorf22]

My necromancer never gets groups [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[CleverName]

I am for sure going with a druid now. Would I be terrible to roll a half elf druid?

Anything I need to know after install the game? Any must dos? I have read the stickies and guides and have a pretty good idea, but things i missed are like a guide of where to level and whatnot. It has been a long, long time since I had my hands on this game. Like 2 months after Velious dropped.

Thank you all for your opinions.

[Funkutron5000]

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

My main is a cleric. I start groups. The very first thing I do? /who shadow 40 50

Some people will complain if we have two hybrids, of which one probably has a race penalty...but I don't care! I can replace that complainer quite easily.

I like to ding, but I'm playing the game the entire time. I don't consider it a chore to level.

I enjoy the time I spend in groups, and meeting the people that share my love of the game. I love hearing about different parts of the world, different parts of the country, different jobs people work and just different personalities.

I enjoy learning different tactics. I enjoy having close calls.

I may have made it clear here, or in other posts...but one thing I don't enjoy is complaining. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You should also make sure to look for paladins in that level range. We're pretty boss tanks for xp groups!

[Lyra]

Originally Posted by Funkutron5000 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You should also make sure to look for paladins in that level range. We're pretty boss tanks for xp groups!

My regular tank is a twinked paladin (he doesn't play weeknights)

I should have said my second is /who paladin 40 50

[xCry0x]

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

I am for sure going with a druid now. Would I be terrible to roll a half elf druid?

Anything I need to know after install the game? Any must dos? I have read the stickies and guides and have a pretty good idea, but things i missed are like a guide of where to level and whatnot. It has been a long, long time since I had my hands on this game. Like 2 months after Velious dropped.

Thank you all for your opinions.

The wiki will have useful information about where to put starting points.

Don't know much about druids outside of that they need wis.. it is generally easy to get + wis gear so I owuldn't worry too much about the race.

[Dirtnap]

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

My main is a cleric. I start groups. The very first thing I do? /who shadow 40 50

Some people will complain if we have two hybrids, of which one probably has a race penalty...but I don't care! I can replace that complainer quite easily.

I like to ding, but I'm playing the game the entire time. I don't consider it a chore to level.

I enjoy the time I spend in groups, and meeting the people that share my love of the game. I love hearing about different parts of the world, different parts of the country, different jobs people work and just different personalities.

I enjoy learning different tactics. I enjoy having close calls.

I may have made it clear here, or in other posts...but one thing I don't enjoy is complaining. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This mindset is what people say they have (Not saying you don't think this way.) but the number of people who actually follow this mindset are few and far between.

A lot of the grand acts of kindness people praise on the forums are just common courtesies in my eyes. When you run by a lowbie, buff them. When someone needs a port, port them out of kindness, and not to pad your wallet. If you have a piece of gear not worth much PP, give it away. Someone in zone tossing you a rez. This makes a good community, and these acts of kindness can be hard to come by on this server.

Being an amazingly good person and giving away expensive items should be praised. If someone hands out free 10k+pp gear, praise that guy for his huge generosity. If someone runs across the world to rez you for free, praise that guy for his huge generosity.

Fact of the matter is, there are only a fraction of players on this server who do the most basic of these things.

I feel that "I'm busy." when someone needs a port, or asks for buffs is being an ass. It inconveniences you slightly, and helps them immensely. All you have to do is take an extra minute to med, and you saved that person a lot of time leveling or traveling.

EDIT: So don't you say its my way of thinking/acting that is why I don't view the community as sunshine and rainbows. Few people live up to my expectations of how we should treat each other, and how we should go out of our way to help people.

EDIT2: How often do each of you run around EC buffing levelers while you are trying to sell your items? How often do each of you pass through a lowbie zone, and hunt down people to buff? How often do each of you pass a brand new naked player a few plat to get started on the server?

I do these things every time I log in. I will literally give away my last pp to someone who will use it after I quit for the 100th time. The idea of Classic EQ draws me back again and again, but I come back to this "good" community and I quit again.

[t0lkien]

Games communities are by their nature volatile and nasty. I have wondered at this phenomenon for years. People are incredibly unkind, selfish, and abusive over the keyboard when anonymity is there to hide behind. Someone needs to do a thesis on it - there's a doctorate there. It's very revealing of human nature.

However, nice people are nice wherever you meet them - online or off. I'm currently in gear almost completely given me by other Bards in my guild (and I'm still in the probationary period). I didn't procure any of it, it was offered. I've had someone pay for my port to get my corpse in LOIO from EC - I'd never met them and can't remember their name unfortunately. I've had someone just gift me 150pp because I was a hard working newbie. There are amazingly nice people here.

I've also met *1* abusive, angry fool, and have read about the nasty silliness at the top end. However, at level 30, I can say that my experience has been overwhelmingly positive, if a little sparse. Many people are here because they loved original EQ and so are a little older, more mature, and "old school" in their approach. It's been a pleasure to rub shoulders with them, honestly.

All that to say, I think if you look for the decent folk and hook up with them via a guild, your game experience will change.

[Splorf22]

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

I feel that "I'm busy." when someone needs a port, or asks for buffs is being an ass. It inconveniences you slightly, and helps them immensely. All you have to do is take an extra minute to med, and you saved that person a lot of time leveling or traveling.

Well now everything makes sense.