Gearing as a new player

[jolanar]

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

Don't knock it until you've tried it. Sure, you can go that route, but you're going to miss 80% of the game's content in the process. Plus you pick up a few nifty things along the way, did you know there's a 200 range 3 charge instant aggro clicky in Erud's Crossing that costs 6p per buy back to recharge?

Not to mention, you get the satisfaction of a weapon upgrade dozens of times every time you come across one incrementally better, rather than 2 or 3 times for the life of your character, and your old gear gets handed down to your alt army, so you're not wasting your life haggling in EC to give your alts a head start.

TIL a few random named in newbie zones that drop vendor trash are 80% of content in EQ. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] (Teasing)

But seriously, It's fun for sure, that's why I said "from a practical standpoint" in my post. I'm super casual and I've been playing since year 1 so I spend almost all my time in random zones exploring.