Annual or Biannual Plat Poof

[Sgt1stClassPerkerwood]

This is a great thread. I agree 100%. All my level 12 chars dont have fungis and thats just wrong. Server wipe should take care of that

[drktmplr12]

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

I die a little bit inside every time I see some level 25 caster spending hours in EC trying to find a deal on a spirit tome or some shit instead of being out there playing the game.

but 6 wis/int is going to make my character so much better.......[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

agree with this 100%, don't know why people think these items will make or break your experience. the certainly dont warrant standing around in EC for longer than 2 minutes.

there is nothing wrong with the system as it is. sorry if its too hard to get full cultural sets or whatever people imagine they should have. Want easy gear that is stupid good? play live and wear defiant gear.

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

Originally Posted by joejccva71 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm brand new to P99 and it seems like alot of stuff is very expensive, even for just low gear. My options are either get a lucky drop or farm bone chips for quite a while to be able to afford just 1 item that's sold at EC. lol

- You will have people who are going to give you stuff.
- If you're playing a melee character you've been warned it will be difficult to gear up at first.
- Gear is not really required to progress. It makes it faster but not super necessary.

In addition there are paths you can take, incremental steps if you will, that bridge the gap between bone chips and fungus tunics. No one was rich on day one and if you spend your time learning about appropriate classes and free things, you will find a way to gear out at a good pace.

[Naerron]

Originally Posted by joejccva71 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm brand new to P99 and it seems like alot of stuff is very expensive, even for just low gear. My options are either get a lucky drop or farm bone chips for quite a while to be able to afford just 1 item that's sold at EC. lol

welcome to classic EQ, exactly how it was when i started. I remember being lvl 40s in some bronze still. THe facts are people are so much better geared here for their level than on live. I doubt there is 1 player who has leveled on p99 from 1-60 that has not be given at least a few items by random players. Decent items at that. Now, when i was on live it was not like that at all. For almost everything i had on live i farmed tons of small times or got lucky on a drop until i started raiding and using DKP.

[Pint]

I wonder what currency people would use to buy pixels if all the platinum were to disappear over night...

[Portasaurus]

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

I wonder what currency people would use to buy pixels if all the platinum were to disappear over night...

MEAT

[titanshub]

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

MEAT

A meat based economy makes a lot of sense. Inflation could be controlled through metabolism.

[jaybone]

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

welcome to classic EQ, exactly how it was when i started. I remember being lvl 40s in some bronze still. THe facts are people are so much better geared here for their level than on live. I doubt there is 1 player who has leveled on p99 from 1-60 that has not be given at least a few items by random players. Decent items at that. Now, when i was on live it was not like that at all. For almost everything i had on live i farmed tons of small times or got lucky on a drop until i started raiding and using DKP.

3 years kunark brah

[SteeleGaming]

Coming from someone who just started on the server a couple days ago...

The only problem I've experienced is that some groups of twinks are far-less-than-willing to take untwinked pepople, specifically melees, into the group if they're trying to level quickly, unless they're getting PL'd by someone.

Not the end of the world. Just sucks that I've found myself having to run a few zones away to a different camp for my level because of it. Saved up enough for a Green Jade Broadsword now, so no one's really going to complain anymore.

The fact that I saved up enough money to buy a Green Jade Broadsword by level 15 kind of completely kills this entire argument though. I wouldn't have had a weapon this good by level 50 starting day 1.

The only "insurmountably" expensive gear is BiS droppables, or I suppose uber twinkie gear like fungi, which is entirely valid in my opinion, because once you have them, you never actually have to buy anything in that slot again.

Long story short, things are fine, just play the game and be happy you can get basic Kunark gear as cheap as you can.

[myxomatosii]

If people are forming twink groups and excluding non-twinks those people are assholes.

I don't care if its someone I've known forever, branded asshole.

Many people take the opposite approach (me).

If I'm on my warrior decked out in whatever I chose to give him and I see a lv 20 caster with no robe I'll group with them intentionally to make it easier on them. Then ask them if any of their friends wanna join.

Priest constantly oom because of low mana due to not having gear suddenly has to heal less. Naked paladin suddenly has to tank less.

Imo that's a way better method to make the community better.

But yeah. You'll encounter pricks. Its hard to live in a basement your whole life and develop a full personality. But some of us manage it.