Total n00b here, to EQ and p1999

[Verril]

Can anyone tell me what the population of p99 is compared to EQ back in the old days? Is it significantly lower?

Also, is there an active RP population on this server?

[ko37qtl]

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

Can anyone tell me what the population of p99 is compared to EQ back in the old days? Is it significantly lower?

Also, is there an active RP population on this server?

The more populous servers were consistently around 2,000 players at primetime when I started in 2000. I've seen our numbers as high as 1,500 and I'm sure others can attest to different values. I think that's probably pretty close to the servers that were down lower on the list alphabetically.

I don't see a whole lot of roleplayers. I'm sure they're around but I haven't sought them out. I used to be big into roleplaying on Live but I save it more for the tabletop at this point. I don't think a static world is a great environment for it but it can add a little spice to daily life.

PS- Welcome! Hope you're having a good time [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Muggens]

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

Also, is there an active RP population on this server?

You're not going to meet alot of people instigating roleplay on you, so you have to play the lead role yourself - Just keep it up, some will find it endearing/entertaining and certainly join in sometimes - Dont falter buddie, try and keep it to more than a grindfest on Blue.

But I gotta admit Red is really suited for Roleplaying, as Ive tried playing an Erudite wizard there each encounter lead to some great roleplaying moments, as Im trying to stay alive and peaceful atleast amongst what are considered Good races.
The PK'ers around the noob era(Faydwer, CB) really ruined it for me though with their mindless continuing killing of naked noobs. I managed to stay alive untill a Paladin of all people killed me several times right from stepping off the elf elevator there.

Lets try and make it more like:
Blue - Roleplaying casual oriented
Red - Gameplaying PVP oriented

[Opalmoon]

To swim up -Page up
To swim down-Page down
also works with levitate .. so you can basically fly while page up and in first person.

Welcome to EQ p99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Charlievox]

as a total newb i can tell you one thing you will need to know.

You will die.
You will die a lot.

Corpse recovery will be the most important thing for you to learn.
Sense Heading is the most important skill for you to raise if you want to be able to learn to recover your corpses.
When you visit your guildmaster, right click on them and put at least 1 point into Sense Heading then make a hot key that uses that skill. Then map that hot button to one of the keys you use for moving around. Mine is mapped to my left arrow key so every time i turn left, i practice Sense Heading. you will have that skill maxed before you reach level 5.

I could give you step by step instructions, but it's better that you explore your game interface and discover how to do all this on your own. The most useful clue I can give you is alt-o will open up your Options window. Explore this fully.

And read the Wiki!

Good luck and be careful. Almost everything you meet out there wants to kill you.

[trite]

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

I've always wanted to play Everquest, but my mom wouldn't buy it for me when I was a kid. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That' some good parenting right there!

[Expediency]

some advice: do no quests unless you're doing them for exp like the crushbone belt quest. At your level very few items are worth your time of the quests on a server this old. Just focus on getting some levels under you so you can travel more safely.

[Verril]

Thanks everybody for the advice. Seems like I should just be focused on grinding out a few levels until I get some PP and a few more spells for my mage. I'm only lvl 2 right now but I haven't much time to play. Still having fun throwing fireballs at bats though.

[Charlievox]

Your Mage won't really come into his own until you reach level4 and can start casting pets.
Until then you're just a weak wizard.

[Swish]

I remember slaughtering Felwithe guards in the back end of Felwithe. Occasionally a new character would stop and watch the latest victim meet his end...great opportunity for some roleplay.

Ask Soandso to do the right thing, loot the corpse of the dead guardsman and take his sword to the vendor to help themselves...but that doing so would be to support the killing of city guards and the worship of Cazic Thule.

Some might have been people's alts, but based on that saint/sinner choice some would rather denounce the killing of the guards and walk away rather than loot a 21pp sword for themselves (that'd be enough to cover spell levels 1-8, wouldnt it?).