New Player - Introduction.

[citizen1080]

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

That sounds fairly painful...I'm not afraid of a grind but 40% seems pretty rough.

Ok, basically I want to play a tank, I've always played a tank class in pretty much every MMO I've ever played, but Warriors are fairly gear dependent aren't they? Seems like it would be rough holding aggro over people on alts that are twinked out because they've already been playing for several years. This is what initially turned me away from a Warrior, but I'm not entirely sure if I'm down for 40% more exp to level.

Oy I hate making decisions like this.

I tanked Emp in ssra for 5minutes on my bard on live =) Didnt even die..tank finally pulled aggro back.

Tho i was in top 3 bards on server at the time

[IHBT]

I was thinking more along the lines of the traditional tanks seeing as I won't be wearing high end luclin gear...ever. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[San]

Let us know what class and name to decide on. I will be on at some point tonight and I will come toss some buffs your way.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

There are times when nothing beats a paladin. I think they have always been one of the top "class builds" original eq came up with. Almost as cool as the enchanter (hehe).

Some people here are saying "play a shadow knight." I know you just joined the server, and this is kinda heavy to have to lay on you, but those people are all members of a group home for special needs kids. The P99 team donated some laptops, and offered to let them roll some SK's so they can feel they belong and are part of the fun.

I mean, unless you really want people always giving you hugs and congratulating you in /ooc for being able to use /assist, I wouldn't roll an SK. I mean, you can, but people are going to assume you are just a retard.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Originally Posted by xCry0x [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Remember that hybrids have a 40% exp penalty that also gets passed on to the group, so leveling a hybrid sux to be you and sux to group with you =P.

I would note not everyone gives a fuck about this. Some of us like to play the ol' game and not min/max every goddam thing we do in life.

Pay no heed to the stingy cleric, in other words. You don't want to play p99 with peeps who think like this about the game anyway. From this perspective, rolling a hybrid is a nice way to avoid the bullshit.

I mean, this game is not exactly moving at a fast speed, ya know? Have some fun, fer chrissakes. Exp grinding is only as fun as you make it, and calculating how fast you can get through it...... I wonder why these people are even playing.

I mean, that kind of thinking, you would think the objective here was to produce a sellable and in-demand product as quickly and efficiently as possible or something. Oh, wait...

[webrunner5]

There are probably 13 Paladins on here above level 15. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.][You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] And 13 of them are Dwarfs. 10 Males and 3 Females with Beards [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Need I say more. Well one thing more. Welcome aboard. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Bubbles]

Paladins have some nice tricks to their trade.

Decent tanks, good aggro with stuns and blind.

Double interrupts with bash (requires shield) and stun spells.

Secondary heals are always welcome in a group, as well as minor hp + symbol buffs.

Lay on Hands is a spiffy special to have, far more impressive and its usefulness scales as you level... i.e. - healing yourself or a buddy in a major way during a bad pull is almost always more useful than harm touching something, especially at higher levels.

Paladin kunark armor (outside of BP and legs, of course) is commonplace and demand is far less than supply, so you can get it on the cheap. Swords of Mourning and other nifty paladin weaps are incredibly good and also... once again.. cheap because you are basically bidding against bored necros and mages who view them as pet weapons lol.

Paladins don't get feign pulling, of course. Neither do Shadow Knights until level 30. Thats something the SK fan charter hides in the fine print. What Paladins get (and early on!) is Lull spells to help their pulling and camp breaking abilities.

Paladins also get Root spells, to help with ghetto crowd control. And Invis vs. undead is a decent thing to have for places like Unrest and Guk Dead Side.

It's a fun class to play and will make you fairly unique if you survive to a higher level. So when you do join a raiding guild down the line you'll get some pretty solid default loots for your troubles.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by xCry0x [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Remember that hybrids have a 40% exp penalty that also gets passed on to the group, so leveling a hybrid sux to be you and sux to group with you =P.

I stay well away from the min/max crowd where I can identify them. As a cleric I love a SK over a warrior, particularly in a situation where there's no enchanter/bard to CC. Paladins as well can stun aggro extra mobs.

xCry0x 1337x people can swivel...hybrids are fun, and with Velious the penalty will disappear anyway.

[Sirken]

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

Hey everyone. About to start fresh on your server, just had a few questions, please forgive me for not making use of the search function, figured I could combine my introduction with some questions and not have to dig through hundreds of old posts.

Are Halflings able to be Paladins on this server? I'm pretty set on playing a Pally and Halfling was always my favorite race on live.

Are there any decent paladin leveling guides? I realize this server has been going for awhile, so I'm just going to assume I'll be soloing a lot of content on my way up, but it's been years since I played Everquest and I couldn't even pretend to know where to start.

Any newbie guilds out there? Would love to find a group of new folks to play with, or even some folks starting an alt.

That's about all I can think of...can't wait to see you folks in game.

just wanted to pop in and say, Welcome to Project 1999!

[IHBT]

Believe im going to stick with the paladin. Going to be a dwarf as well, will probably start tonight, if anyone is starting an alt look me up and we can bash some orc skulls together.

Also thanks for the input, you folks have been very helpful.