To all the people starting from scratch..

[Shodo]

My first character on this server was a monk - between the long break since playing live and starting post-velious, I had no idea where to begin.

1 - West Freeport, punching orc pawns and skellies and collecting items for my first sash quest.
4 - Died repeatedly in EC, decided to try East Freeport instead. Found two centurion spawns that dropped DF belts (the wiki said they were great XP!) I could just barely kill both of them one at a time, so I would come home between deliveries at work and kill them, then afk by the guards, repeat. It was a long road to level 8 with my two cracked staves.
8 - started killing in EC, sold my first HQ bear pelt and bought a greenwood bo stick - this would have to last a while.
12 - duo'd nybrights with my shaman friend until 17ish, then solo'd until 20ish for about a thousand plat. Bought two Cane of the Tranquils and 5/55s.
20 - Solo'd crag spiders until I got my tailoring high enough to make a full set of cured silk.
24 - duo'd with shaman friend in LoIO, got misc. groups, eventually upgraded to a wu's quivering staff and a few pieces of cheap str gear.
30 - solo'd sister island in OOT for a few levels & saved up 7k plat. Friend gave me 1k that he had saved up, and I bought an IFS (I cringe at how cheap they are now...) and turned into what felt like a killing machine.

33ish - On the way back from my ocean adventure, I was teleported (via evil boat magic) onto the roof of a building in East Freeport surrounded by an invisible cage. Some kind passersby tried to port me out, but to no avail. I resolved to patrol the rooftop and keep watch over the streets of east freeport for a day or two until a GM ported me to EC. I made no money, but I definitely saw a 2% decrease in crime.

[Voland]

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

33ish - On the way back from my ocean adventure, I was teleported (via evil boat magic) onto the roof of a building in East Freeport surrounded by an invisible cage. Some kind passersby tried to port me out, but to no avail. I resolved to patrol the rooftop and keep watch over the streets of east freeport for a day or two until a GM ported me to EC. I made no money, but I definitely saw a 2% decrease in crime.

This one made me laugh - good story-telling!

[Alzoras]

lvl 12 Barbarian Shaman:

Level 1 Oh god the horror, get these spiderlings off me! TRAIN!
Level 5 Have acquired almost a full set of tattered courtesy of polar bear skin trade-ins. Summonable magical hammer acquired from tribunal symbol quest
Level 10 Wrath orc wristbands for rawhide gloves tunic and pants
Level 12 Got enough plat to buy some other (better) leather armour from vendors, and have slain a bazillion gnolls and turned their fur into a snugly warm magical cloak. I kill Trumpy, take his head and begin my pilgrimage (thanks DIal-A-Port!) to the continent of Feydark! (currently slaying orcs to get a nicer hammer)

[byron2286]

How to gear a noob iksar Shaman

LVL 1 - Kill Decaying Skells and turn in bonechips

LVL 5 - Farm the spiderling cave in FOB. Sell for 10pp per stack

LVL 9 - Kill every Bonecrawler in The Pit and farm a TON of spider silk. Focus on spiders only as they seem easier and the silk sells well. Sell for 13pp per stack. Use plat for spells/weapon/shield

LVL 12 - Get a full set of Burynai Armor from Kurns Tower. Save all your bone chips and sell for 10pp per stack. (Stay in Kurns till 22)
http://wiki.project1999.com/Burynai_Hide_Armor

LVL 22-28 - Kill Forest Giants in WW for Forest Loops/EXP/PP
http://wiki.project1999.com/Forest_Loop

*Noob gear to spend plat on via Ravager's Guide*
Platinum Fire Wedding Ring x2 ~500p
Golden Jaded Bracelet x2 ~60p
Banded Armor ~90p
Brell's Keg Popper ~100p
Beetle Stinger ~100p
Enchanted Teir`Dal Great Staff ~50p

[Credge]

Originally Posted by byron2286 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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LVL 5 - Farm the spiderling cave in FOB. Sell for 10pp per stack

This is a thing in FoB?

[byron2286]

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

This is a thing in FoB?

On the map it's called Bonebinder Warrens. The letter "D" on the map.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Field_of_Bone

[Credge]

Originally Posted by byron2286 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

On the map it's called Bonebinder Warrens. The letter "D" on the map.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Field_of_Bone

I had no idea. Crazy. Thanks.

[kremlar]

Started this past week and rolled an erudite enchanter, had always wanted to try one back in the day.

1-8: Tox Forest. Never ending skeletons and kobolds. Left here with a backpack full of chips, spells through 12, and a sexy set of cloth armor complete with stylish Gold Sr Apprentice Robe.

8: Surprisngly uneventful pilgrimage to Highkeep for 8/12 Enchanter pets. Didn't die, delivered some mail, gated back to the Qeynos area, delivered even more mail.

8-12: Blackburrow was a complete mess of high levels full clearing the zone, but QHills turned out quite nicely. Gnasher showed up for the Medal of Merit quest(+5 cha neckless), 5 bears later I had one of each pelt for some fresh Bear-Hide armor, and the inexplicably magical damage of the level 8 enchanter pet let me grind out wisps.

12: Hoofed it across Antonica to deliver mail to all and clear the Stein of Moggok quest. Rivervale and Oggok were under siege as I passed through, allowing me to scoop a Squad Ring(+5 cha) and Crude Stein. Only lost level 12 twice along the way.

12-16: Charming wisps. AHAHAHAAHA. Good times in West Commonlands unless you were a mob that couldn't deal magic damage. And somehow it got even cheesier... at one point we had a group of 3 druids and 2 enchanters leading an army of Kodiaks to great victory against the Dervish camp.

16: Oh god, why does the boat to OT take so long? Gotta get that Crack Lite though.

16-20: Another trip to HK for pets, and as I was passing by an orc fighting some highpass citizens I hatched a plan: Orc fights citizen, charm orc at around 10%, drag it around a corner, break, nuke, collect full xp on a yellow or red mob.

I died horribly and leveled rapidly. Racfek showed up and gave me a shralok pack in honor of my abusive techniques.

20: Grabbed some fly jewelry in EC.

Still debating the next move, probably UGuk for some quest pieces and sleeves and such.

[Safon]

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

Started this past week and rolled an erudite enchanter, had always wanted to try one back in the day.

1-8: Tox Forest. Never ending skeletons and kobolds. Left here with a backpack full of chips, spells through 12, and a sexy set of cloth armor complete with stylish Gold Sr Apprentice Robe.

8: Surprisngly uneventful pilgrimage to Highkeep for 8/12 Enchanter pets. Didn't die, delivered some mail, gated back to the Qeynos area, delivered even more mail.

8-12: Blackburrow was a complete mess of high levels full clearing the zone, but QHills turned out quite nicely. Gnasher showed up for the Medal of Merit quest(+5 cha neckless), 5 bears later I had one of each pelt for some fresh Bear-Hide armor, and the inexplicably magical damage of the level 8 enchanter pet let me grind out wisps.

12: Hoofed it across Antonica to deliver mail to all and clear the Stein of Moggok quest. Rivervale and Oggok were under siege as I passed through, allowing me to scoop a Squad Ring(+5 cha) and Crude Stein. Only lost level 12 twice along the way.

12-16: Charming wisps. AHAHAHAAHA. Good times in West Commonlands unless you were a mob that couldn't deal magic damage. And somehow it got even cheesier... at one point we had a group of 3 druids and 2 enchanters leading an army of Kodiaks to great victory against the Dervish camp.

16: Oh god, why does the boat to OT take so long? Gotta get that Crack Lite though.

16-20: Another trip to HK for pets, and as I was passing by an orc fighting some highpass citizens I hatched a plan: Orc fights citizen, charm orc at around 10%, drag it around a corner, break, nuke, collect full xp on a yellow or red mob.

I died horribly and leveled rapidly. Racfek showed up and gave me a shralok pack in honor of my abusive techniques.

20: Grabbed some fly jewelry in EC.

Still debating the next move, probably UGuk for some quest pieces and sleeves and such.

lol you are so winning at EQ, please keep us posted

[HallyVee]

In Classic;
Druid - learned the game in Wood Elf Druid town Kelethin, falling horribly to death repeatedly. Hit Butcherblock and rooted skunks before moving onto;
Warrior - wandered about Freeport area bandaging myself. Got handed Wurmslayer and went nuts in the desert. I recall afk regening on the ruins there.
In P99;
Shaman - wandering the frigid plains, taking down undead and bears. Discovered a fun farming quest for a caster mace, got so excited by the farming I recorded it. Got cocky with my mace and learned that not all guards are equal. http://youtu.be/iVWxBiFZWvU
Now I'm wandering the Karanas, getting eaten by bears.
Paladin - I have a thing for Faydark. Beautiful High Elf in shiny plate. After a long grind I earned every one of my spells. Hunting the undead in their mountain towers. Making nice with the dwarves, in their halls of stone. Hitting newbies with Lay Hands when possible. Watching groups enter Crushbone, making me quibble about investing the time to group.
Monk - being quickly eaten by a plant in the swamp. Pummeling leeches and frogs, terrified of venturing too far. Loving every hour of the super slow resource acquisition.