How do I kill the dragons?

[Keebz]

I'll say Nagafen will be easier than Vox most likely.

They should really do more open raids for some of the older less contested content. Going through the rigmarole of joining a guild, setting up what is basically a pager, and dealing with 16 hour windows is a lot for this dude to just kill Naggy/Vox once.

[Videri]

I think the toughest part about your goal to be part of a Vox and Nagafen kill is that there's a 16-hour window during which they'll spawn; and the guilds don't rotate anything. Here's how it might go down.

Let's say the last Vox died at 8pm last Friday. That means she could spawn as early as noon this Friday, or as late as 4am this Saturday.
It is now 2pm on Friday and Vox spawns. GuildA and GuildB are watching (yes, they have so many people that they take turns watching for 0-16 hours). They notify their raiding crew within seconds.
All available raiders log in. They all log into their level 52 characters that are permanently parked at the entrance of Permafrost. Both guilds rush toward Vox's lair, forming groups, talking about tactics in voice chat, designating their main tank, etc, and race to engage her. From there, it could be a lot of chaos...maybe GuildA tags Vox first, but she casts her Fear and they go running everywhere, and some of them die to random mobs, and Vox chases one of them all the way out of her lair...now there's a pissed-off lady dragon icing people left and right.

The whole time, you were at work. Suppose she spawned at 3am...you're out of luck. But suppose she spawns at 9pm. Which guild are you in again? Hopefully the one that gets FTE (first to engage) on Vox tonight. :/ And hopefully you know how to run from the entrance of Permafrost to Vox's lair, because who knows if another player has time to guide you. How is your Magic Resist and Cold Resist? And so on.

Nagafen is a little easier because he is a less valuable target to most raiding guilds.

This server's unforgiving mechanics and competitive environment make it impossible to schedule this.

My suggestions: join a guild, any guild that raids; lower your standards to "kill a dragon" as in maybe it won't be Vox or Nagafen; sign up for the batphone notifications and show up when you're available; and keep patience.
Another alternative would be playing on The Al'Kabor Project (all raid content is rotated) or Wayfarer's Haven (same? idk). But man, it's tough to leave P99. It's the realest EQ.

goodnight

[Videri]

Off the top of my head, I think the last few Voxes on Green were killed by <Kingdom> or <Good Guys>. That might be your best shot if you're gonna go for Vox especially. It's possible <Safe Space> or <Castle> snuck some Vox kills recently. I never know what <Fires of Heaven> do because their raiding times don't intersect with my playing times; and I'm unaware if <The Drift> or <Nova> have leveled up a 52 crew yet.

[Jimjam]

You have to join the guilds regularly doing the content you are interested in completing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].

[sajbert]

Join Good Guys, Kingdom or Safe Space. Ask about raid requirements and how active you must be. Safe Space anf Good Guys require nothing I believe?

[Toxigen]

join a raid guild, put discord on your phone, join the batphone voice channel

mob pops, phone goes off, log in, stare at wall and CH, dragons dead

so exhilarating

[7thGate]

There is a draft 6 times per year in which the raid mobs are not contested, but instead drafted by the different raiding guilds. You could consider finding out who drafts Nagafen and Vox, and asking the different guilds if you could attend in order to experience the fights. Whether they say yes or not would depend on the guild, but many people are nice to new players and as long as you're not expecting loot, it wouldn't really hurt anything. Worst that happens is they say no and you ask someone else next time.

[Videri]

Originally Posted by 7thGate [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is a draft 6 times per year in which the raid mobs are not contested, but instead drafted by the different raiding guilds. You could consider finding out who drafts Nagafen and Vox, and asking the different guilds if you could attend in order to experience the fights. Whether they say yes or not would depend on the guild, but many people are nice to new players and as long as you're not expecting loot, it wouldn't really hurt anything. Worst that happens is they say no and you ask someone else next time.

Capital idea! Next draft, OP can tag along with whichever guild(s) draft Nagafen and Vox. Those kills will be scheduled and they won't say no to an extra cleric.

OP, please PM me for a link to the UN so you can stay updated on the draft dates and who drafts what.

[magnetaress]

They got agents of change or whatever it is on live so your guild can spawn lady vox for u

p.s. how is it a crime to start swinging on a dragon when its at like 3% hp and maybe get the kill shot if u dont KS it from the guild engaged???

[Elijah850]

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

They got agents of change or whatever it is on live so your guild can spawn lady vox for u

p.s. how is it a crime to start swinging on a dragon when its at like 3% hp and maybe get the kill shot if u dont KS it from the guild engaged???

TLP servers are fun if you have the time to do content in era. After Playing Coirnav in 2018 and Mangler in 2019, Live TLPs were a great way to refresh and relearn alot of the quirks of Everquest after not having played since 2001ish.

That said, the revamped classic zones on Live servers, to me, just didn't check all my nostalgia boxes at the time. I had a alot of fun raiding Classic - Velious on those 2 TLPs, but the speed of new expansion unlocks and my apathy for content post Velious both made Project 1999 more interesting to me personally after I finally came here in early 2020.

No matter where you go at this point, Live or P99, your biggest hurdle will be tuning out the most "dedicated" players personalities and enjoying your time for what it is in this old game we all love.