All I can say is...HOLY OMG!

[Weekapaug]

LOL by "cut this short" I meant I would cut short the going on and on about the lack of good MMOs and how it almost put me off of PC gaming forever....Sorry for the length though...I'm super stoked and I tend to type fast LOL

Thanks for the info! She's leaning towards a Cleric, I think so that's cool...Are warriors falling out of trees? Was thinking about a nice group backbone duo like War/Clr, but if there are plenty of tanks around I might be pursuaded to play an Ench or bard with her cleric and go for a support duo....or maybe a shammy.

Can't ever decide what class, so any help at all is a HUGE help.

[Pope]

War/cleric would be great but you got to remeber that wars cant hold aggro at all in Classic until they get up in lvls and get some good procing weapons. If you manage to get end game tho and start raiding you will be set. I play a cleric and finding a good tank is normaly the hardest part of putting a group together on the server. And there tend to be lots of paly/sk tanks just because warrior is so difficult for those first 30 lvls. Anyway have fun ive loved this server since I started. Remeber tho that Class/Race exp pens are in effect! O and DE clerics get a snare clickly just alittle fact to remeber [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ginge,
Cleric of 31 seasons

[Aedin]

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

War/cleric would be great but you got to remeber that wars cant hold aggro at all in Classic until they get up in lvls and get some good procing weapons. If you manage to get end game tho and start raiding you will be set. I play a cleric and finding a good tank is normaly the hardest part of putting a group together on the server. And there tend to be lots of paly/sk tanks just because warrior is so difficult for those first 30 lvls. Anyway have fun ive loved this server since I started. Remeber tho that Class/Race exp pens are in effect! O and DE clerics get a snare clickly just alittle fact to remeber [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ginge,
Cleric of 31 seasons

Isn't the snare clicky for all cleric followers of Innoruk?

Quick google search, and nevermind. The snare clicky was for DEs only.

http://www.eqclerics.org/wiki/index.php/Quests

But, the item description reads useable races as HUM, DE, TRL

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=1254

[stormlord]

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

War/cleric would be great but you got to remeber that wars cant hold aggro at all in Classic until they get up in lvls and get some good procing weapons. If you manage to get end game tho and start raiding you will be set. I play a cleric and finding a good tank is normaly the hardest part of putting a group together on the server. And there tend to be lots of paly/sk tanks just because warrior is so difficult for those first 30 lvls. Anyway have fun ive loved this server since I started. Remeber tho that Class/Race exp pens are in effect! O and DE clerics get a snare clickly just alittle fact to remeber [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ginge,
Cleric of 31 seasons

Difficult? I'd say boring. I've tried one, but it's too straightforward for me. I think the whole warrior thing would have been funner with more skills or something. Ranger (or even rogue), by comparison, is fun as hell. There's a reason i played a ranger in 1999 and continued to play one. They're fun with lots of tools and tricks.

You say they can't hold aggro, but you miss a few things. First off, they can hold aggro better than a bard or rogue or some other melee classes. That is to be expected. I've seen them hold aggro, and they generally do a good job. Rogues and other dps classes just have to manage their aggro by giving the tank some time. The key is to have a balanced group, which sometimes can be hard to find. Worst case scenario, you got twinked rogue and a warrior with a rusty weapon. A dps class has to float between the warrior's dps and his taunt.

[jettoki]

Welcome! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I had the same reaction to finding P1999, it truly is a wish fulfilled.

Cleric/Warrior is a good duo, but your girlfriend might want to start with a flexible class like Druid to get a sense of what gameplay style she prefers. Druid will also give you the added bonus of teleports later on (remember that travel takes a significant amount of time on this server). FYI, Warrior is going to be more gear-dependent than most classes, so you may find that starting out broke is a handicap. Remember, there are no newbie armor quests. Still, the best Warrior I've grouped with so far was using some patched together armor and a newbie short sword, so as long as you're pretty skilled, you should be fine.

To be honest, when I started playing with my friends, we kept trying to figure out the perfect duo/trio of classes, but we ended up re-rolling constantly until we figured out what we actually enjoyed playing. My recommendation would be to start with any pair of characters in the same starting area, and get reacquainted with the game before making up your mind.

[L2Phantom]

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

...so as long as you're pretty skilled, you should be fine.

Auto attacks you.
Taunts your post.
Kicks you.
Taunts your post.
Kicks you.
You die.

Am I skilled bro? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Ihealyou]

Originally Posted by L2Phantom [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Auto attacks you.
Taunts your post.
Kicks you.
Taunts your post.
Kicks you.
You die.

Am I skilled bro? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You forgot to beg

[siinge]

i played eq original eq on release... ive played many emulators since then, same boat as you to wanting to relive my original everquest experiences. if i could do it all over again on a classic like server (its not 100% but its close). I wanted to lvl a necro to 50, do some hate/fear raiding, kill naggy vox again for lols. Ive been able to acomplish all that here.

Still loving every min of it.

Kunark is just icing on the cake, alts are fun. Server is great, everyone hates me.

[Weekapaug]

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

i played eq original eq on release... ive played many emulators since then, same boat as you to wanting to relive my original everquest experiences. if i could do it all over again on a classic like server (its not 100% but its close). I wanted to lvl a necro to 50, do some hate/fear raiding, kill naggy vox again for lols. Ive been able to acomplish all that here.

Still loving every min of it.

Kunark is just icing on the cake, alts are fun. Server is great, everyone hates me.

Awesome! Glad you are having fun.

I'm always telling my GF how much I miss EQ and would love to show her around and she always says "lets play then"....it kills me to explain that the EQ I'm talking about is gone. Plus I hardly raided till luclin/pop so getting to possibly explore this content for real with her for the first time is just perfect, and exactly what we've been looking for in our gaming of late.

Thanks for all the great advice and info. Since there's no rush, we may just try out a few different classes till she finds one she likes and I've got my head back in it.

[jettoki]

Originally Posted by L2Phantom [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Auto attacks you.
Taunts your post.
Kicks you.
Taunts your post.
Kicks you.
You die.

Am I skilled bro? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nope, you over-pulled, broke mez, let the Cleric die, and Ranger-gated.