Advice needed - how to gain traction as a truly new player?

[Grozmok]

Your problem is actually really easy to solve. I can do it in three words or less:

Play the game.

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[Orruar]

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

We've decided to play our characters (druid and monk) as a little group of our own. We're not opposed to grouping with others but we're not going to log on with these particular toons without each other so that they'll stay roughly equal in level.

Two boxer

Burn the witch!

[trollitc]

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

Two boxer

Burn the witch!

Scott and I had a bet as to how long it would take someone to say the TB words.

It took a lot longer than we had thought!

[fadetree]

Well, I'm in qeynos hills area. Having a fun time, but haven't really met a lot of people nice or otherwise yet. Most people don't have anything to say, I wave and if no response move on. The gnoll tooth quest from blackburrow is really amazing for exp, and IIRC there is a similar crushbone belt quest, so if you get to CB don't forget that.

Don't hate me, but I am in NEARLY FULL CLOTH armor and I upgraded my horribly crappy weapon for a terribly crappy one. I hope someday to get a merely crappy one, but I'm probably dreaming. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Messianic]

EQ is a very raw, unrefined game. Levels 5-10 for some classes in some situations is harder than levels 30-35, 35-40, 40-45, etc (partially because some classes aren't developed at all until their teens, Shamans really aren't fleshed out as a class at all until 24...).

I leveled once every 1 or two hours depending how focused I was in my 30s straight through 51 on my wizard. My necro was a very consistent one level per hour except for hell levels, even in his 40s (51-60 changes this paradigm, although 51/52/53 are really easy compared to 54+).

But there are some levels where my wizard took 4-5 hours - even in the 20s (because level 20 doesn't bring a new, more efficient nuke for wizards - crappy ability design from the start).

A big part is the knowledge gap. Some places are simply easier to level at for specific classes, and you have to know ZEMs (as has been mentioned), etc. Blackburrow is fantastic - I argue BB gnoll teeth + diseased pelt quests are better than Crushbone, but Crushbone always has a soft spot in my heart because it's where I cut my teeth (first dungeon I ever entered). Both are great locations.

Some levels are simply a slog to grind through - some are awesome and a breeze. But that's EQ [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Greegon]

I started out naked on this server as well like some others. After 2 years of playing I eventually made the switch from rags to riches but it certainly takes hard work. Also received lots of help from people as a newb so I would be expecting some as well, lots of cool people on p99. Of course my real suggestion would be going to over to red99, especially if you have a RL partner to play with!

[Alex]

Red99 is a bloated, decaying corpse. Check out it's population any time of the day to confirm this yourself, or take a stroll on over to their forums and watch the shit fly.

[Messianic]

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

Red99 is a bloated, decaying corpse. Check out it's population any time of the day to confirm this yourself, or take a stroll on over to their forums and watch the shit fly.

It's true. Once it gets to one guild, you know the server's pretty much dead.

[Craigmandu]

Just be smart as you level and you can make some cash.....never sell silk, spiderling silk, high quality bear, grizzly hides to merchants....(I made an easy 150pp off a few stacks of silk coming out of nektulos forest on my DE necro)...

If you are worried about your armor (other than crappy drop cloth for the monk, raw hide for the druid), then get your tailoring up with that silk instead of selling it and make cured silk (takes some plat to get the brewing high enough)...doesn't take too long.

The biggest thing you need as a monk is weapons...expect to spend at least 1-200pp to get what you need...that's just the way it is. I killed alot of bears/spiders to get the silk/pelts needed to sell to players to buy what I needed.

[Huddaan]

The wiki has some useful guides.

http://wiki.project1999.org/index.ph...ng_Money_Guide