New player looking for some tips !

[Sirken]

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

Hi Everyone !
First of all, im new to the game and to the forum, so if this thread is in the wrong place please accept my apologies.
I wanted to tell you guys that i started playing with a human cleric, im lvl 4 right now and im having a real hard time. Im getting killed very often, and im not sure what am i doing wrong. So if someone could gime a hand with some tips on how to survive being a cleric id be most grateful. Im also looking for someone to be my godparent in this, i guess i can be a good aprentice. Anyhow, just wanted to say hi and to introduce myself. The name of my character is Eramir by the way.
See you in Norrath and thx in advance !

get out to butcher. you can solo skels around druid port in. then move to chessboard and kill skels there. then move to Unrest and you'll be well on your way

[Targobaath]

I started a Cleric, and he is currently my highest level at just shy of 18. I really love it, the best part is being in groups so playing a class that can really support groups feels good. You'll find it easy to get a slot in a group. I started a live feed too, follow it and you'll see when I go online. I can help you out with extra gear I come across!

twitch.tv/montreseur

[sachiel]

Hey guys !! thanks again for the help, i havent been able to play this days, im sorry, i had to study and work hard. Ill add right now ur names to my friend list and send u tells. Also, if u need something from me just letme know !

[sachiel]

Oh theres one thing i wanted to ask u guys ! Sometimes when im healing someone in my grp, some mobs will start attacking me (think thats call agro?or something like that). I guess thats just normal, but i dont really know what to do, dont know if i should run like a girl, or grow a backbone and attack the mob back. dunno. whats the best thing to do?

[webrunner5]

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

Oh theres one thing i wanted to ask u guys ! Sometimes when im healing someone in my grp, some mobs will start attacking me (think thats call agro?or something like that). I guess thats just normal, but i dont really know what to do, dont know if i should run like a girl, or grow a backbone and attack the mob back. dunno. whats the best thing to do?

The best thing to do is not cast any heals till the Tank gets agro and the mob is below 80%. Rooting a mob by you is a damn good way to die if it breaks by you. You need to grow a Backbone and just try to sit back down and Med. Never run away unless everyone is lol. And in a group your job is to heal and med not beat on mobs.

Try to keep the Tank and the puller somewhat healed before pulls. That way you don't have to heal them right away on engage. And Don't heal a SK or Monk puller when they are FD. When they stand up the mob will come to you. Agro hell.

[Estu]

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

Oh theres one thing i wanted to ask u guys ! Sometimes when im healing someone in my grp, some mobs will start attacking me (think thats call agro?or something like that). I guess thats just normal, but i dont really know what to do, dont know if i should run like a girl, or grow a backbone and attack the mob back. dunno. whats the best thing to do?

Anything you do to help your allies during a fight will anger the monsters. Your job is to help them (mainly with heals) without your allies dying or the monsters coming after you. The way to do this is to heal between fights if possible, and to heal in the middle of fights if not. This is because at the beginning of a fight, the tank hasn't gotten much aggro on the monster (meaning, he hasn't done much damage to it), so a heal will likely get the monster onto you. But later on, the tank has a lot of aggro on the monster, so a heal will not cause it to care enough to go after you.

If a monster does come after you (maybe there are multiple monsters in the camp and the tank is only handling one, and you have bad crowd control, or maybe you were forced to heal early in the fight), stand still and slowly back away. This allows the tank to get aggro back without having to run around a lot. Do not sit until the tank has aggro again, and it's best to give a little buffer time here because your aggro is higher when you're sitting (so if the monster no longer cares while you're standing, it might come back at you when you're sitting). Do not cast any more heals if you can help it while the monster is on you, and do not melee, because this will just make it harder for the tank to get it off you. Rooting the monster can be a good choice if you do not have other classes handling crowd control for you and the monster is a dark blue con (white and higher con monsters will resist root or it will break early more often, and then they'll be very angry at you).

If things are looking very bad, use Divine Aura - it will make you invincible for a short time and the monsters will ignore you (though all bets are off once it wears off, and you can't do anything or get heals while it's active). Or just gate out / run. But these should be last resorts.

[lecompte]

All good advice in the above post -- on that note, at level 5-9, if a mob attacks you and it is an even or blue con and you could solo it anyway, beat the crap out of it. After level nine, see above [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[xCry0x]

My advice would be to enjoy the grouping aspect of the game the first time around.

Meet new people, don't turn down chances to group in new zones, make friends.

The first leveling experience in any mmo is the best. A lot of people suggest a solo class but you miss out on a lot in doing that. You see a lot of people rolling druids/necros as first characters because they had a reputation of being good at soloing on live, then they realize they miss the interpersonal relationships built through grouping and try to force their solo class into group play.

I started out here as a cleric in Feb, I solo'd to level 5 very painfully then grouped from 5-60. You -can- solo as a cleric but I wouldn't recommend it.

5-10 in crushbone, 10-20 in oasis, 20-30 in unrest or mistmoore then from that point on I had a base of friends to follow around.

[xcyberpeenixx]

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

Wow man ! your story is really moving ! By the way, id love to know more about smithing, sounds cool, i think i wanna give it a try.

Smithing, as others have said, is kind of expensive. So you will only do it once you get some plat saved up. For me, I wanted to do it because I wanted to make some good armor and eventually extra $$$ on the side.

Everyone starts off with Banded Armor. From my experience this is basically the go-to item for non twinked characters looking for good starter gear. Although I didn't see that many people selling full sets of armor, so I decided to jump on it.

I invested several hundred plat and skilled blacksmithing up by following the wiki guide,:
http://wiki.project1999.org/Skill_Blacksmithing

Once you can make Banded armor you are set for a while. Make yourself a full set and you will easily be ready to adventure around till around 20 or so before starting to look for better gear. Although note as a cleric pure AC really isn't the route to go, but at least you wont get stomped when soloing due to a poor defense.

But as far as blacksmithing goes, banded armor sells great. I frequently sell full sets on the market for no less that 90PP for a set. It seems generally accepted that 1AC = 1PP for banded. Although I could probably easily get 100PP+ for a full set just because I seem to be the only one who sells them.

By making money off of Banded Armor and sitting in EC trade tunnels I have learned the market enough to see what sells and what doesnt, where to go to kill a few easy named mobs and get great loot to sell back for major profit.

Don't ignore the EC tunnels, there is money to be had if you are patient.

Also save those bonechips, they sell for 5PP a stack easy.


TL: DR

- Blacksmithing requires some cash to start it
- Can easily make your money back by selling the Banded Armor
- Make yourself a nice set of gear for cheap


Enjoy EQ and all it has to offer, patience is key in this game and it will pay off [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Estu]

The post above basically mirrors my experience with making banded years ago on this server. However, while it's an OK way to make some money in low levels, it's not necessarily worth it; you can just level up and then make much more money much faster. My advice is not to worry too much about gear or money at low levels. If you wanna blacksmith because you find it fun, though, go for it.