New to EQ

[Ferenzee]

So far so good, i decided to make a magician instead. Bard seemed a bit hardcore for me, especially with the -40% exp. but the game is fun, thanks for the bard info, really cleared up the question of "Why the hell am i leveling so slow?"

[Revival]

mage and necro are good choice

[Diggles]

You wouldn't happen to be the enchanter I bumped into in Neriak, would ya? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[webrunner5]

Yeah Mage good idea for someone new. But don't forget that you have to do 51% of the damge solo to get full XP experience. Not easy to do really on a consistant basis.

You used to have to only do one point of damage to get 100% XP before the pet nerf. Big change. Sucks.

[Rezek]

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

You wouldn't happen to be the enchanter I bumped into in Neriak, would ya? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hey Diggles! That was me, thanks again for you help[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Plaidpants]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah Mage good idea for someone new. But don't forget that you have to do 51% of the damge solo to get full XP experience. Not easy to do really on a consistant basis.

You used to have to only do one point of damage to get 100% XP before the pet nerf. Big change. Sucks.

Is that even possible on a mage? I'm a noob and I have a 21 mage (got him there before the nerf a year ago).. I'm not sure I have enough mana to even do that.. I guess I could if I used my whole mana bar on 2 kills(ish).

I also have a 13 necro.. I guess it would be easier on him because I'm aggro/fear kiting and I think I do 51% of the damage.

What about enchanter? How hard is it for them to do 51% of the damage? That's my 3rd character.. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I'm found of pet classes.

[Orruar]

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

Populations are pretty even between the servers, one can have more than the other at a given time.

Pretty sure that's a lie. I have not once seen the population of the red server higher than the blue. Typically, blue is about 100 higher than red. I expect that when epics release, and the newness of red wears off, blue will be double what red has, maybe more.

[Plaidpants]

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

Pretty sure that's a lie. I have not once seen the population of the red server higher than the blue. Typically, blue is about 100 higher than red. I expect that when epics release, and the newness of red wears off, blue will be double what red has, maybe more.

That's what I've seen as well - and I'm thinking that will be the case. Very hesitant to spent too much time there.

[mwatt]

Red99 is NOT the classic EQ experience. The only faint basis for a claim that can be made is because the Kunark expansion is not yet present on Red99. In every other way, the PVP game is so not representative of what EQ is all about. It's like a bizzaro EQ if anything. For some, it is ok in it's own right, but it sure as hell is not "classic EQ". It is however, full of people who like to call blue players "pansies" and other similar derogatory names. This is a good example of the kind of mindset on that server. It is primarily confrontational between players, while the real, original EQ was designed for cooperative play.


It is true that the "Blue" classic server already has Kunark, but it is pretty much merely an extension of what the world was before Kunark was released. Essentially the world got bigger, new items were added, a new race was added and the level cap went up a bit. A few changes were also made to some gameplay mechanics to also match up with what was done in the original EQ for the Kunark timeframe. Very much the classic experience. You can still choose to play exclusively in the old original world if you like.

[Shaakglith12194]

If you're new to EQ, play blue. Red99 is for the guys who know the game and (most) used to play on a pvp server back in the day. The community on red99 is garbage. If 4+ year old 4chan memes knocked up everquest, the retarded baby would be the red99 community. If you get good at pvp quick, that makes it an absolute pleasure to kill just about everyone. There's a couple cool people here and there, but mostly dicks. Dicks everywhere. Not trashing the server, cuz I do have a character I play often on there, but it's cuz my RL buddy likes to play pvp. Would say I enjoy my time on blue99 killing mobs with people I don't know about the same as I enjoy my time on red99 killing douchebags with a guy I know in RL. Blue99 has a very friendly, helpful, social community. And kunark, which is more stuff for you to do, more loots, but also a more spread out populace.