Outlaw Powerleveling

[Arclanz]

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

Who/what did you check? Lol.

Druids? Strong PL, especially for lower levels.
Clerics? As strong or stronger than druids depending on gear.
Monks? Great for melees.
Shadowknights? Good for melees.
Necromancers? Great for anyone, even at 55+.
Magicians? Great for melees.
Shamans? Great for melees.
Bards? Great for casters with PBAOE.

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Clerics, SKs, Necros, Shamans, Bards are good at powerleveling others? ROFL. If the powerleveler cannot cast a DS they suck at it, comparatively. Oh wait someone mentioned FD wipes aggro here so maybe monk/necro/bard might be ok on this non-classic server.

another LOL at folks suggesting I would want a PL. First, I haven't done P99 since 2010. Second, PL is such a waste of time that no one did it on Live. Let's sit somewhere for days with no risk of danger and no chance of treasure. Then you have the satisfaction of playing a character that means nothing to you since you put nothing into it. Ya that sounds like lots of fun.

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

Good luck finding somewhere to group or people motivated to group with when damn near every decent camp is taken by a person boxing and farming that shit 24/7.

This is almost irrelevant since, as another poster mentioned, any worthwhile camp is already being coveted by a solo lvl 60 necro/mage/whatever.

[azeth]

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

another LOL at folks suggesting I would want a PL. First, I haven't done P99 since 2010. Second, PL is such a waste of time that no one did it on Live. Let's sit somewhere for days with no risk of danger and no chance of treasure..

Yea, I'd much rather look for parrot groups in SK than breeze 1-50 on my twink and start raiding with my friends.

Come on man.. power leveling has been a major part of EQ since the moment someone created an alt after hitting max level.

To be honest, how can this thread dribble on about power leveling without going full-retard and identifying that twinking is just as bad. Do you even need to power level with dragon loot? Let's not even start talking about Velious loot... legit could do 1-50 in a weekend on a monk with a couple SoDs, fungi, and haste.

[Arrisard]

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

Clerics, SKs, Necros, Shamans, Bards are good at powerleveling others? ROFL. If the powerleveler cannot cast a DS they suck at it, comparatively. Oh wait someone mentioned FD wipes aggro here so maybe monk/necro/bard might be ok on this non-classic server.

another LOL at folks suggesting I would want a PL. First, I haven't done P99 since 2010. Second, PL is such a waste of time that no one did it on Live. Let's sit somewhere for days with no risk of danger and no chance of treasure. Then you have the satisfaction of playing a character that means nothing to you since you put nothing into it. Ya that sounds like lots of fun.



This is almost irrelevant since, as another poster mentioned, any worthwhile camp is already being coveted by a solo lvl 60 necro/mage/whatever.

EDIT: I thought about it, and calling OP an idiot probably wasn't totally fair. So it's either ignorance or trolling, not stupidity or trolling. Sorry.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

Clerics, SKs, Necros, Shamans, Bards are good at powerleveling others? ROFL. If the powerleveler cannot cast a DS they suck at it, comparatively. Oh wait someone mentioned FD wipes aggro here so maybe monk/necro/bard might be ok on this non-classic server.

I'm trying to be nice here... but it's hard.


Shaman DS pots give as good of a DS as a druid or mage could cast and are are usable by a cleric, who then PLs in the same manner as a druid. A cleric with high-end gear becomes better than a druid because while a druid has a fungi and regrowth and a manastone, the cleric has a fungi and a donals breastplate and a manstone and more armor and better hp buffs and non-damaging root.

Necros can get xp for the powerlevelee by dotting up a mob and letting the PLee hit it for 1+ damage and then feigning. The dots finish off the mob and the PLee gets the xp, since he hit it. SK can work the same way but with melee + crappy dots.

Shamans can buff the hell out of a melee and then feed them slowed, rooted mobs nonstop thanks to canni and regen and whatnot. You aren't going to PL a level 5 on level 30 mobs with a sham PL like you could do with a druid or cleric or necro, but a 60 sham is a GREAT PL for twinked melee once they're a bit higher and killing swarms of yellowish cons.

Bards can PL PBAOE classes by using AE slow songs and stuff like that to keep aggro while the wizard/bard/whatever kills off this huge pull with PBAOE. Works basically to 60, too, if you really know what you're doing and you're PLing another bard!


Like I said. Some noobs *cough*, I mean people, just think druids are the only and the best PL because they got druid buffs at the tunnel in EC and loved how well they worked at killing pumas and rattlesnakes, so then they didn't bother to think about how other classes with different abilities could accomplish PL in their own way.

[Splorf22]

Enchanters (blur/break charm) and mages (reclaim pet) can also PL. Paladins can tank, Rangers can be crappy druids, and SKs can fight/FD.

I would say the only classes that can't really PL are Rogues, Warriors, and Wizards.

[Arclanz]

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

I'm trying to be nice here... but it's hard.

Very difficult for you, apparently.

Well my point, BigSlip, is that leveling a new character on level 40ish mobs is not classic.

[Swish]

Guys come on now...you don't need to log on your "wife's" account to sit in EC with such things as this:- http://ahungry.com/eqauctions

As seen in the "two-boxing" thread stickied, I'm extremely anti-boxing because trying to get a group with my rogue and even cleric would be an even trickier task with anti-social boxers all over the place on the server.

If you really want to play two accounts at once, do it positively and play 1 character on blue, 1 on red. Or pick another EQemu server, plenty there.

[Orruar]

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

As seen in the "two-boxing" thread stickied, I'm extremely anti-boxing because trying to get a group with my rogue and even cleric would be an even trickier task with anti-social boxers all over the place on the server.

So your theory is that the no 2 boxing rule forces people to group with you who otherwise wouldn't want to? Seems kinda selfish. Of course, that's not really the case since the people who would 2 box by themselves just play a solo class now. Groups would actually be easier to find since they are easier to start when someone can box a tank or cleric when one can't be found.

[Swish]

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

So your theory is that the no 2 boxing rule forces people to group with you who otherwise wouldn't want to? Seems kinda selfish.

I don't doubt there's some boxers already who think they're getting away with it permanently. If boxing was suddenly allowed, players who don't want to box become at a disadvantage and will then be turned towards levelling necromancers etc. No point levelling a rogue if there's nobody to group with right?

Groups would actually be easier to find since they are easier to start when someone can box a tank or cleric when one can't be found.

This is a very subjective view. People come back to a server like this to recreate the old EQ experience they had in 1999-2001. If they turn up, roll a rogue and then get into the teen levels to see a bunch of boxers who don't want to slow their progress down, that guy probably either:-

A - Rolls a soloable class (probably not a cleric or tank unless they're extra committed)
B - Leaves the server.

So in fact, by opening up P99 to boxers might water down the existing 'real' population (I know I'd quit for THF or something) and then you have the R99 situation where nobody logs in because the server population is already so low and the experience essentially is logging on, putting on LFG for a while, then giving up.

The underlying point is that boxing isn't allowed, and it should stay that way - or scrap R99 and make it a blue "boxing allowed" server.

[Orruar]

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

I don't doubt there's some boxers already who think they're getting away with it permanently. If boxing was suddenly allowed, players who don't want to box become at a disadvantage and will then be turned towards levelling necromancers etc. No point levelling a rogue if there's nobody to group with right?

Did you quote the wrong part of my post? Your argument doesn't make sense anyway, but it makes even less sense with the part of the post you quoted. I wasn't arguing that there are people 2 boxing now. I argued people who would normally 2 box by themselves will probably just solo by themselves with the current rules.

This is a very subjective view. People come back to a server like this to recreate the old EQ experience they had in 1999-2001. If they turn up, roll a rogue and then get into the teen levels to see a bunch of boxers who don't want to slow their progress down, that guy probably either:-

A - Rolls a soloable class (probably not a cleric or tank unless they're extra committed)
B - Leaves the server.

So in fact, by opening up P99 to boxers might water down the existing 'real' population (I know I'd quit for THF or something) and then you have the R99 situation where nobody logs in because the server population is already so low and the experience essentially is logging on, putting on LFG for a while, then giving up.

The underlying point is that boxing isn't allowed, and it should stay that way - or scrap R99 and make it a blue "boxing allowed" server.

What if a person's original EQ experience from 1999-2001 included 2 boxing? I know I started 2 boxing pretty early since my brother played a cleric, which was necessary, and he didn't play at the same hours as me. So my classic EQ experience includes 2 boxing.

And for your poor rogue that leveled into the teens and ran into people 2 boxing who didn't want to group... What does he do now if he levels up to the teens and sees a bunch of people soloing who don't want to group? It's the same thing. You pretend like eliminating 2 boxing suddenly makes everyone want to group together.

I'd be all for a blue boxing allowed server. I bet blue boxing would kill blue off though, so I doubt the devs would go for such an idea.