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Darreth · #31 11-14-2013, 06:57 PM

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Feel free to ask questions here. You can also find me and some others on IRC most of the time. Regarding your earlier questions about soloing/grouping as a cleric - you can solo as a cleric (there is even a guide on the wiki on doing so), but they are the worst of all the caster classes at soloing in terms of EXP per hour. All they do is nuke down a monster, preferably undead (better nukes against them), then sit for several minutes getting mana back. It is very inefficient. You can certainly group all the way to 60, especially as a cleric or enchanter. Clerics are a lot more straightforward. What I'd do is get to level 4 just bashing things, then go to Greater Faydark, get a bind there, and start grouping. First in Orc Hill, then in Crushbone. Don't be afraid to start your own groups. Have fun!

Thanks for the advice! I rolled a cleric, and I've been bashing things for a little while. I'm loving the game so far, I feel so lost in it with no maps! Sadly I have to go for a bit, but I'll be back on tonight. I'm going to have to use the Wiki to figure some stuff out. Mainly what a bind is and how to get it, and also where Orc Hill is, and these other areas.
Hope to see some of you on later!

Gadwen · #32 11-14-2013, 07:21 PM

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Thanks for the advice! I rolled a cleric, and I've been bashing things for a little while. I'm loving the game so far, I feel so lost in it with no maps! Sadly I have to go for a bit, but I'll be back on tonight. I'm going to have to use the Wiki to figure some stuff out. Mainly what a bind is and how to get it, and also where Orc Hill is, and these other areas.
Hope to see some of you on later!

Binding is how you change your "spawn point" that you will return to if you use the spell Gate, or die. All casters can eventually bind themselves and other players (as long as they are grouped). There is some restriction however, melee classes can only be bound in cities or in a few specific areas (anyone can bind anywhere in Greater Faydark). You want to keep this in mind when you start traveling....dying then having to spend an hour running back to where you were is no fun.

Orc Hill is a small hill that has a few orc camps around it, it's not far from Kelethin in Greater Faydark (Gfay).

Also, welcome and enjoy. EQ is a great game, the progression is a lot slower than what you will be used to in WoW but it's definitely worth it. IMO the slower progression makes every little bit so much more significant...I was prouder of a lvl 10 in tattered leather armor on EQ than I was of any of my max level characters in other games.

Estu · #33 11-14-2013, 07:23 PM

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Thanks for the advice! I rolled a cleric, and I've been bashing things for a little while. I'm loving the game so far, I feel so lost in it with no maps! Sadly I have to go for a bit, but I'll be back on tonight. I'm going to have to use the Wiki to figure some stuff out. Mainly what a bind is and how to get it, and also where Orc Hill is, and these other areas.
Hope to see some of you on later!

Orc Hill is a camp in Greater Faydark north of the city of Kelethin where newbies often go to group before they're ready for Crushbone. A bind is a spell level 12+ casters can cast on you to change where you appear when you die - this is important because when you die, you need to get to your corpse with your items on it. If you created a character that starts out in a certain city and then you go far away to hunt, and you die there, you have a long journey to your corpse. (I should add that Clerics and other wisdom casters get Bind Affinity at 14, not 12; you will most likely need to get binds from other people before then.)

Darreth · #34 11-14-2013, 08:15 PM

Awesome, thank you both for the help! So far I'm really enjoying the slow progression. Usually it would bore me, in any other MMORPG, but for some reason it's quite enchanting in EQ. It's awesome, I'm loving swinging at bats with my club.

Belzebuth · #35 11-14-2013, 08:24 PM

Welcome to the server man, If I was eligible to play at the moment, I'd hook you up with some gear in a second. Enjoy your time here, great choice of a game and server to play on.

Purdee · #36 11-14-2013, 08:36 PM

welcome aboard, enjoy the journey, its what EQ is all about

Darreth · #37 11-14-2013, 08:56 PM

Thanks, both of you!
I feel like such a newbie, and such a bother to all these people. Lol I'm asking a million questions, running around not knowing where in the heck I'm going. Smashing bats down with my club.. I will say, I've only died once though. Having fun so far. Currently in Kelethin I believe.

Skittlez · #38 11-14-2013, 09:01 PM

If no one has told you yet, go to your Cleric Trainer and put one point in Sense Heading. Next, you need to move the Sense Heading hotkey from your Abilities tab and move it to one of your hotbars. Then hit Alt O to bring up the options and bind your movement keys to whatever slot your Sense Heading tab is in.

I use the arrow keys to play so I have my Sense Heading bound to left and right arrows. This will allow you to level it up without having to manually click. Some people take it off after they level it up, but, since there isn't a compass in game I would leave it up. Knowing which direction you were/are heading will save you so much fucking time

MrSparkle001 · #39 11-14-2013, 09:06 PM

Ahh Kelethin

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Darreth · #40 11-14-2013, 09:09 PM

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If no one has told you yet, go to your Cleric Trainer and put one point in Sense Heading. Next, you need to move the Sense Heading hotkey from your Abilities tab and move it to one of your hotbars. Then hit Alt O to bring up the options and bind your movement keys to whatever slot your Sense Heading tab is in.

I use the arrow keys to play so I have my Sense Heading bound to left and right arrows. This will allow you to level it up without having to manually click. Some people take it off after they level it up, but, since there isn't a compass in game I would leave it up. Knowing which direction you were/are heading will save you so much fucking time

Indeed, no one has told me this.. Now only if I can find my way from this city back to the cleric trainer.. Lol this would've helped so much to know.

EDIT: HA! Got it! This is brilliant! Thank you so much for letting me in on this hint! Awesome!