Druid starting in SFG

Kreigor · #1 10-15-2016, 01:51 PM

Hey all im new to the game (never played live but played ALOT of EQOA and EQ2 and i missed the challenge that EQOA had and heard about this project). So ive got my first character a lvl 3 druid, ive already got a bronze 2 hander and 4 stacks of bonechips. Im trying to decide when would be a good point to pack up and head to freeport so i can get to the tunnel to sell my stacks and actually have some plat to work with. As well as what would be the easiest way of getting there if i dont have the cash for a port cause running across that many zone/ the continent will be kinda hard as a lvl 3 id assume.

Some suggestiions?

LordRayken · #2 10-15-2016, 01:54 PM

Best suggestion is to start with the /who all 60 druid, or just /who all druid and start messaging politely. Let them know you're new and tell them your situation. Most druids I've messaged this way have picked me up and even given me a bind.

Sometimes though, you get strings of "too busy," or what have you. My best example is when I asked a Druid in freeport for a port, they told me they were too busy, I got another port, and the druid who told me they were too busy was at the same druid rings I asked to be ported to.

That was great.

If no druids are open for it, then you should switch to /who all 60 wizard and so on. Someone will do it. Lots of times Druids in their 30s and 40s are even more helpful than their 60 counterparts.

Kreigor · #3 10-15-2016, 02:17 PM

Ill give it a shot yah a bind in FP would be super solid as its dead outside of SFG in Q. Hills

JonyeGway · #4 10-15-2016, 02:20 PM

We have a guild for old EQOA players, EQOA Reborn. Your more than welcome to join if you'd like.

Tupakk · #5 10-15-2016, 02:23 PM

I would continue to level in QH and NQ until 6 or 7 and then do bb. The amount of plat your going to get for 4 stacks vs time and energy spent getting to NFP is a waste. Plus once a week high levels run through to get to VOX raid. Giving you a chance to get some gear or buffs.

If done right you could be level 20 in less than a week. Through Fangs. Plus the drops in bb aren't that bad and you will easily clear 40p which is what you will get for the stacks of chips.

TLDR : stay and grind not worth it.

LordRayken · #6 10-15-2016, 02:27 PM

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

I would continue to level in QH and NQ until 6 or 7 and then do bb. The amount of plat your going to get for 4 stacks vs time and energy spent getting to NFP is a waste. Plus once a week high levels run through to get to VOX raid. Giving you a chance to get some gear or buffs.

If done right you could be level 20 in less than a week. Through Fangs. Plus the drops in bb aren't that bad and you will easily clear 40p which is what you will get for the stacks of chips.

TLDR : stay and grind not worth it.

The area is totally dead, I think he was saying. That can be quite lonely/boring.

LenkoCambria · #7 10-15-2016, 02:36 PM

It's a shame that Blackburrow and Qeynos Hills are dead on this server, it really is. They were always my go-to favorites on live.

OP, send a tell to Tempeh in game if you want to leave Qeynos area.

EQBallzz · #8 10-15-2016, 02:44 PM

Embrace the boredom and loneliness and camp the Glowing Black Stone in QH. Sell for 1.5-2k. Then go wherever you want and never worry about collecting chips again!

utenan · #9 10-15-2016, 03:39 PM

Maybe the Qeynos area wouldn't be so empty if everyone didn't tell new players to accumulate mass amounts of bone chips and run to EC for fast money and levels : p

You can do the rabid pelts quest in Qeynos at around level 5 or 6 - I think you get around 2pp per turn in? and then bandits in the karanas at 10+.

OF course if you don't like the area then you can learn a lot about Everquest by hoofing it through the Karanas - a rite of passage as old as Norrath!

LordRayken · #10 10-15-2016, 04:50 PM

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Maybe the Qeynos area wouldn't be so empty if everyone didn't tell new players to accumulate mass amounts of bone chips and run to EC for fast money and levels : p

You can do the rabid pelts quest in Qeynos at around level 5 or 6 - I think you get around 2pp per turn in? and then bandits in the karanas at 10+.

OF course if you don't like the area then you can learn a lot about Everquest by hoofing it through the Karanas - a rite of passage as old as Norrath!

In 99-01 I don't remember Qeynos being very active either. I always recall freeport being the place everyone wanted to be.