New Patch Ruins EQ-Live, Switching to P1999!

[vjfinazzo]

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

Welcome home! Bring your friends! There are plenty of groups to be had and people to meet at all levels, but it's always fun to have people you already know around to group and meet new people with!

My little brother started when I did (playing Live) just a few months ago, and he has really come to enjoy EQ like I always have. He NEVER played old content. He has been watching Project 1999 YouTube videos non-stop, he likes the old-school stuff, and the whole fact of the game being challenging. He wants to join P1999 with me too, but I read you can't have multiple IPs connected to the server :/ does that mean I can't get him to play? We have to share an account and play seperate?

[vjfinazzo]

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

Depends on what you want to do.

If you are huge on raiding and already considering bard I would go with that, super easy to level with swarm kiting.

They are arguably one of the most OP classes in the game in this era and are in incredibly high demand by raiding guilds.

Yeah I was highly considering Bard. One of my favorite classes to play. Thanks for the heads up. I will definitely want to raid high-end (once I get there).

[Danth]

Something you may be unaware of (since they were removed in 2001) is that some classes have experience penalties. Bards, Rangers, Shadow Knights, and Paladins have a 40% experience penalty. Monks have a 20% penalty. INT casters have a 10% penalty. In addition, some races--particularly Ogres (15%), Trolls and Iksars (20%) have additional penalties that multiply with the class penalties. A Troll Shadow Knight has a whopping 68% experience penalty, and requires probably twice the total experience to make level 60 that a Halfling Warrior does. You may wish to consider this when starting out.

Project 1999 has its own Wiki which is immensely helpful. You could easily find it via forum links or web search.


As noted above, Swarm Kiting allows a solo Bard to level at a very rapid rate that no other class can match, at the cost of being rather boring to do.

Danth

[Bazia]

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

Yeah I was highly considering Bard. One of my favorite classes to play. Thanks for the heads up. I will definitely want to raid high-end (once I get there).

Well Warrior and Bard both have very vital roles in raiding. SK not so much, it's more of fun utility type class that has limited raiding capabilities but is amazing for grouping scenarios.

I would recommend that you try out Bard first just because it doesn't require nearly any gear or platinum to be useful and can level really fast solo if you choose to swam kite.

They can also make lots of platinum by farming alone. Just make sure you group from time to time and get the hang of twisting a couple songs as there is no /harmony on this server.

Don't be that Bard applying to a raid guild at level 51 who has only grouped 3 hours in his entire lifetime haha.

[vjfinazzo]

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

Well Warrior and Bard both have very vital roles in raiding. SK not so much, it's more of fun utility type class that has limited raiding capabilities but is amazing for grouping scenarios.

I would recommend that you try out Bard first just because it doesn't require nearly any gear or platinum to be useful and can level really fast solo if you choose to swam kite.

They can also make lots of platinum by farming alone. Just make sure you group from time to time and get the hang of twisting a couple songs as there is no /harmony on this server.

Don't be that Bard applying to a raid guild at level 51 who has only grouped 3 hours in his entire lifetime haha.

Don't worry about the aspect of playing a Bard or twisting songs, I'm actually pretty good at twisting. I actually went level 1-40 on EQ-Live manually twisting my songs, just for the fun of it :] Melody takes almost all the fun out of the Bard. Click Melody, auto-attack. Zzzzz.

[jaybone]

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

I don't swarm, mage beam, any of the AE xp, I don't get powerleveled, I never bought plat online. I am not quitting because of that. I am quitting because my Uncle (high end raider) and a HUGE amount of the high-enders are quitting. The AA Auto-Grant will just usher in a whole new group of people who don't know how to raid or group with their toons because they have never learned the AA, they are just granted. Plus my Uncle has played since 99 and all the work he put in to grinding AA, poof gone, now you can just log in, get a toon to 60-80 in a matter of a week, and you get 4k AA.

I don't see how any of this is of any concern to your uncle. I imagine most guilds still have application periods on live. And if they suck you don't accept them its as simple as that.

[Derubael]

If you have someone in your household you'd like to be able to play with you, just post for an ip exemption in the petition/exploit forum. Eunomia (a staff member here) is amazing about processing them very quickly. You should both be able to play together within a day or two.

Keep in mind we DO watch for 2boxing, and if you violate that policy your accounts will be subject to disciplinary action. I know this is a terrible way to steer a 'hey, welcome to the server!' thread, but I just want to put it out there so you are aware.

There is a "Project 1999 PnP - Server rules' thread at the top of this page - would be a good idea to at least skim through the first handful of points to get an idea of whats allowed and what isn't.

[Bazia]

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

My little brother started when I did (playing Live) just a few months ago, and he has really come to enjoy EQ like I always have. He NEVER played old content. He has been watching Project 1999 YouTube videos non-stop, he likes the old-school stuff, and the whole fact of the game being challenging. He wants to join P1999 with me too, but I read you can't have multiple IPs connected to the server :/ does that mean I can't get him to play? We have to share an account and play seperate?

You can apply for an IP exemption through the petition forum, they get handed out every couple weeks and then you both can play.

I will just warn you though once you have hte exemption don't be tempted to box his toons or your own or anything.

Boxing is really looked down upon by the community here and you will get banned and/or blacklisted by the community. It will seem convenient to try and get away with it a few times but trust me don't bother it's not worth it.

[Tongpow]

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

Man your avatar and sig look really familiar, did you used to play on SoD?

your thinking of Nathasar i think, he has Avatar/sig that looks similar i thought the same thing when i came here

[vjfinazzo]

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

You can apply for an IP exemption through the petition forum, they get handed out every couple weeks and then you both can play.

I will just warn you though once you have hte exemption don't be tempted to box his toons or your own or anything.

Boxing is really looked down upon by the community here and you will get banned and/or blacklisted by the community. It will seem convenient to try and get away with it a few times but trust me don't bother it's not worth it.

Nah, I'm not gonna try and get around the rules or cheat my way through it. Accounts will be run on separate computers, with two humans playing. I'm not coming here to play for a week and get banned :P that is great news, he will be glad to hear that. I can't wait to experience the old content again.. gahh itching for it. With that being said, once I get an IP exemption, what boxes best with a Bard? My brother LOVES Magicians. He will probably go that route regardless [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]