Show me your spellbook!

[VictoryARC]

I prefer grouping spells by icon\spell line with older spells > newer spells arranged on the page. At higher levels I usually delete or move the lowest level spells to the back of the book. This allows me to flip through my book fast and visually identify spell lines without having to read through the names. If I ever log into a friends char and they have spells all mixed in and scribed by level I hate it. I find myself flipping through way too much saying "where the hell is gate?" Etc

[pickled_heretic]

delete old spells ftw

[jilena]

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[Branaddar]

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

The way I do it is I put my spells in exact order by level and then alphabetically. So my level 50 spells are all the way at the end of the book and my level 1 spells are at the front. If I don't buy a particular spell I leave a gap where it should go for when I do get it. It was actually a little upsetting cause at level 20 I missed one slot, so when I hit level 50 I realized something was off and I had to shift all my spells.

I did the exact same thing. I'm a little bit OCD like that. Plus, as you said, it was helpful in seeing which spells I was missing at a glance. I kept a printout of all my spells in my EQ binder (along with zone maps) and checked them off as I got them.

I had a /book ## hotkey set up to jump to the last page of my book.

This is probably one of the best ways to go these days, since we can right-click spellgems and save spell sets.

[Alifeyl]

This is very helpful, guys - thanks! I think I prefer the idea of keeping the current level spells at the front rather than at the back.

How do you save spell sets/lists? I've never tried that and don't know how to do it, but it sounds like it would help. Of course I do know how to right-click and move them around. I'm a n00b but not THAT bad! LOL

Thanks again and keep those ideas and pix coming! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Mady]

There is a small spell book at the bottom of your spell icons. Click on that and it gives you options.

[Branaddar]

How to use the spell menus/sets.

Let's call the thing you memorize your spells into (with 8 slots) your Spell Gems.

Right-click an empty Spell Gem to bring up a menu with a categorized list of all the spells in your book. Navigate through, left click to memorize it into that slot.

Lather rinse, repeat for your 8 spells.

Right-click the little spellbook icon at the bottom of the Spell Gems to access a new menu; Save and Load Spell Sets.

Handy Tricks:
If you wipe out your Spell Gems and add only one or two spells then save that spell set, it can be very handy. It will only remove and mem spells for those one or two slots!

Example:
Let's use a quick example with a Shaman... not saying this is ideal, just quick example:

Group 1 Set
1: Slow
2: Malo
3: Heal
4: Regen
5: Canni
6: DoT
7: DoT
8: SoW

Quick Buffs
1-5: Empty
6: Focus
7: STR Buff
8: STA Buff

So after the initial buffs at the start of the group, using a full buff spell set I didn't demonstrate here, I load up my Group 1 set. Some buffs drop that I need to redo while pulls are still going on. I load up the Quick Buffs set, and spells 1-5 stay as-is so I can heal, slow and Canni as need be. 6-8 swap to my buffs so I can cast them.

There's a lot of situations where this is useful: long recast spells like DA or Night's Dark Terror, you want those to not be overwritten so keep those in say Slot 8 and have none of your spell sets (besides your base set) include that spell gem in their layout.

Hope that helps!

[guineapig]

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[Savok]

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

The way I do it is I put my spells in exact order by level and then alphabetically. So my level 50 spells are all the way at the end of the book and my level 1 spells are at the front. If I don't buy a particular spell I leave a gap where it should go for when I do get it. It was actually a little upsetting cause at level 20 I missed one slot, so when I hit level 50 I realized something was off and I had to shift all my spells.

I'm so glad I'm not the only person who does this. I think your the 2nd person including me that I know of.

[Tallenn]

I used to just put all of my latest buffs on the first page (1 and 2), because those were the spells changed out most often. Older spells went to the back of the book. On page 3, the left page when you turn it, I put the 8 spells that I would always mem after dying.

Honestly though, I use the right-click method to change my spells now. No, it's not classic, but it's there, and I'm too lazy to organize my spell book [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]