How do I make this god-forsaken game fun for my GF?

[Corbin]

We just did this.

Pit got too boring for us too. We came into Kurns when I (monk) hit 8 and she (shammy) was 7. I had a jade mace mh and empty oh. I was wearing the newbie curscale armor. She had some Rhino Hide mixed with badger armor and her newbie weapon. We could kill an occasional greater with some risk. Did fine hunting scalebones for a couple levels.

We moved downstairs around 16 and camped her Iksar Berserker Club. Went kos to badegers ... think I saw faction hits on the Thickboned PH for the Jester.

We're in the tunnels now below Kurns and it seems like good xp to us. Typing this while my wife is medding. CR can be a drag. We'll stay until stuff go's light blue I think.

I've never played a monk before. My wife was a shammy 10 years ago on live.

Shaman are busy. Lots of supporting other characters who do stuff. Buffing them, weakening the mobs they fight, healing them. Once she gets canni she will be even busier. When my wife raided the tells never stopped and our guild was very rich in shammage. This supportive and hard working play style suit's my wife, but, I'd probably find it onerous.

I did roll a shammy here and recently finished running him through Kurns. I started my ogre there at 11. He only soloed till 19 and left, but, got lucky with a wand which is why the monk has one jade mace. Shamans are very neat and I'm nostalgic for them, despite having only occasionally boxed my wife's character in late night groups after she became too tired. I'm not sure I'd enjoy their role full time in groups and raids though.

Some caster oriented duos might be more fun for her. We have a low level chanter/druid combo which seems powerful and fun. We're old and slow moving tank and spank types from way back though.

[Honest]

Umm are you guys drinking while your playing? Bullshitting in vent with other people and guildies? Makes it a lot more fun.

[freez]

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try that

[Darknei]

Roleplay!

[Mac Drettj]

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

The golden answer is smoking dank nugs. It makes everything better.

u must be a wise buddhist

[Obrae]

Originally Posted by sox7d [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We're currently iksar monk/sham leveling in FoB. I gave her 5/55 rings and a poison wind censer, my monk has 2 trance sticks, fbss, 5/55 rings and peacebringer when the cap comes off.

We're level 6-7 now and I don't think she's having much fun. When can we go to Kurn's? How do I make this game enjoyable for someone who's first MMO was WoW during wotlk? I think she's warming up to it, but I don't know how much longer she can take the FoB pit. :|

I swear the devs wanted people to hate this game within the first 8 levels.

group with people, have alot of social interaction try to match leveling speed to the people around you. What made EQ so great was the need to cooperate and interact with others. Make sure you guys are meeting cool people. Pleveling or leveling faster only becomes fun once you have establish your place in this world. Cause there really isnt much special about hitting auto attack and waiting tons of time for mobs to die.

[Erydan Ouragan]

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I'd agree with that, except the loot hoarders and people who only type to tell you about their recreational drug habits [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Those people are necessary, imo.

Loot hoarders and other general assholes that you meet make it that once you find someone really nice and get along with them, you notice it even more.

It is after it's been raining for 2 weeks straight that you notice how nice the sun feels on your skin.

You have to sift through a ton of rocks to find a diamond.

And other various pseudo-philosophical catchphrases.

[Ikonoclastia]

Play EQ, ditch all the twink stuff. Nothing creates bonds like running screaming from a couple of decaying skellies half naked imo. Just make sure you let her loot and don't tell her about being encumbered... that way you won't die so much.

[Rellapse40]

weld a dildo to her computer chair

[jarshale]

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weld a dildo to her computer chair

This. Even better if you can rig it to vibrate a bit every time you guys kill something.