first character tank - should I even bother? - Page 3

Chicka · #1 03-08-2011, 05:59 PM

Kunark is around the corner. Whenever a new expansion comes out people get upgrades. When they get their upgrades they sell their old gear. The market floods, prices drop like a rock. You will be able to twink yourself for the modest amount you can make on your first toon.

Have fun.

shuklak · #2 03-08-2011, 08:58 PM

if you wanna play a tank, no other role will fill that desire.

unless you want to tank by proxy and then play a mage or necro...

Tanj · #3 03-09-2011, 12:31 PM

If you want to tank, play a tank, my first character on this server and still my only character is an Erudite SK, I may not level fast but I enjoy playing my character.

guineapig · #4 03-09-2011, 02:03 PM

As stated before, if you are going to roll a gear dependent class as your first character there is no better time to do it than right after a new expansion comes out. I remember having things just given to me on live that people charge 300 platinum for here, and these were considered solid non-planar armor pieces in classic.

Bunny Mage · #5 03-09-2011, 03:38 PM

I'm a bit confused...

So do players share the xp penalties now of the others in the group, or is that just a thing of the past?

Dumesh Uhl'Belk · #6 03-09-2011, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bunny Mage

I'm a bit confused...

So do players share the xp penalties now of the others in the group, or is that just a thing of the past?

If only there were a server FAQ that answered ?s like this...

Tokum-6n0m3 · #7 03-09-2011, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Dumesh Uhl'Belk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If only there were a server FAQ that answered ?s like this...

And ya, read Dumesh's thread on this..........it puts all ?'s to rest 8)

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=24405

Be sure to thank him too ;p

shuklak · #8 03-09-2011, 09:21 PM

up to the 20's I cannot imagine people turning away a tank because of the exp penalty. it makes no sense when usually it's a case of "if we get a tank we can do this camp, otherwise we just sit around and take something sub-par."

maybe at the high end where a few people are together and want to "seriously" exp would they consider foregoing a hybrid. but at least until then I've had more ranger tanks than war/pal/sk.

Dumesh Uhl'Belk · #9 03-10-2011, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Tokum-6n0m3 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And ya, read Dumesh's thread on this..........it puts all ?'s to rest 8)

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=24405

Be sure to thank him too ;p

Give more props to Pyrocat though for maintaining the FAQ.

Sorry for the excessive sarcasm, but it really is amazing sometimes how often people still ask questions that are answered in the FAQ. Maybe Rogean can link it in the Getting Started thread?

Tokum-6n0m3 · #10 03-09-2011, 08:56 PM

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

I'm a bit confused...

So do players share the xp penalties now of the others in the group, or is that just a thing of the past?

They do, and RARELY you will find someone that really cares.....My first char on p99 was a bard, and I think I grp'd with a warrior maybe once or twice leveling up, rest of the groups tanks would always be SK with a occasional Pally....it was very rare that grps complained about the xp penalty they were getting from having a bard AND sk in grp.

SK's and Paladin's hold agro amazingly compared to warriors at low lvls...not to mention they're agro is not gear dependant, 90% of the groups out there prefer this safety to getting around the xp penalty.