Have any of you sucessfully leveled a non-twink alt?

[Sorn]

My druid started out as an alt! He was in patchwork/leather til his forties/early fifties because I gave him absolutely nothing and didn't want to tunnelquest. I'm sure most of my friends remember me asking at around 50-52ish if having 145 wis at that level was a bit low.

I do give spare junky equipment to my alts just because I randomly acquire so much of it (which I have no idea how that happens considering what I do 99% of the time), but most of the gear on Tadhg was earned. I just recently gave away my old Springwood Club that I got from CoM after many a gory battle. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Dalven]

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As the title says, im trying to re-ignite that nostalgia. I think my problem is that I always twink my alts, and I'm missing that classic EQ feel that I had with my first character. I just made a lvl 1 Eru Necro, im going to attempt to level him untwinked, have any of you done this to cure your burnout?

Outside of leveling and playing my bard with Asgard I think the last time my nostalgia was at peak was when we had that lowbie dungeon crawling group going. What was it called, <Grp Full Sry> or something.

Good times

eta: I've also been having fun on a custom progression server the last couple of days called Nagafen's Lair. About as far from a classic server as you can get but has been scratching that EQ itch without having to invest hours in p99. More info

[Ivory]

Non twink only really lasts till 20 or so once you save enough PP to begin buying stuff from people in commons.

It isn't that hard for someone fresh on the server to begin gearing themselves by then.

[Buellen]

I have done this

but not on this server. Alkabor before it was shut down. Guild Vintage.

Hell of a lot of fun when you get a guild of 20 to 30 people to this style of play.

Money in that style of play is not really issue as west karana mobs /quests give you all you need for all your spells 1 to 50. Also can fund your trade skills from that zone too. The issue as many have pointed out is temptation. Just stay the hell away from the tunnel.


Unfortunately you could not a run guild like that here as there is way to much competition for all raid mobs even naggy and vox. In vintage we could not enter any content except original expansion until we killed naggy and vox.

I have tried doing this here in m meager hours of play on my shadow knight character, barley reached level 13 a week ago and still farming bandits so I can upgrade his leather armor to banded at some point. 6 back pack full of bandit sashes will generate around 140ish pp on average for me varies with what bronze weapon quest turn give me.

[Decad]

I got a wizard to lvl 49 untwinked, then i gave myself runes I collected including Astral and frost to train research and make ice comet

Ice comet would not have been possible at level 49 without given runes or tunnel quest

[Jaleth]

I leveled and played nearly exclusively on live as a paladin from 2000 to OoW, then left for EQ2. That was a lot of fun, but I wouldn't start another melee character here without it being twinked unfortunately.

My 2 knights here have full quest armor, good jewelry and very nice weapons and shields they could take to level 50 and beyond, easy. I just wanted to play them at ease, without the harsh grind and trials that had gone with those classes specifically, especially with the then hybrid penalty.

Leveling a caster(wizard, necro, mage, enchanter, druid), monk or shaman, even a bard are probably the easiest starting choices without being twinked, others not so much.

[supermonk]

i tried...but i just can't. jboots is too critical.

[mr_jon3s]

Sure I have leveled non twink characters but I don't like to unless everyone else is. I feel that being a non twink in a group full of twinked out characters is pretty much just being a leech. You will have less hp, mana, stats, and dps then everyone else in the group.

[thufir]

I haven't ever twinked any of my characters. You don't really need to if they're casters or priests (the benefits you get are very minor unless you are a shaman with a regen item), and I don't play melee dps. My shadowknight was my first character, so twinking him was out of the question anyway. And I was too poor to twink my warrior and paladin when I rolled them, and never bothered.

I imagine twinking, or its lack, is most keenly felt on a monk or rogue. Probably warriors too; I never was a big fan of mine.

[lowner411]

I recommend Ways of Yore as well. Some of the guild rules seem a little restrictive, but they are well intentioned, the idea is to experience Everquest anew, and some exceptions have already been made. Never seen anyone excited to get Alligator Tooth Earrings or a Screaming Mace, but here we are rediscovering quests that we skipped because we bought other things in EC.