New Patch Ruins EQ-Live, Switching to P1999! - Page 4

Bazia · #1 02-06-2014, 04:39 AM

Yeah you're not like my 25 year old ancient ass.

What class did you main while you played live?

vjfinazzo · #2 02-06-2014, 04:43 AM

Haha 25 is not ancient at all, we probably have a lot in common.
When I played back in the day, my main was a Necro and also had a Warrior, played and raided them equally once I got up to end-game. After a huge break, coming back to Live these last 2 months, my main has been an SK and I box a Bard/Shaman/Zerker with him. But I will not be boxing (as it is not allowed) on the P1999 server. So I am torn on what to create. I love my SK, but idk if Bard's were as beneficial back then as they are now. Oh, and I LOVE my Warrior.

Danth · #3 02-06-2014, 04:49 AM

Something you may be unaware of (since they were removed in 2001) is that some classes have experience penalties. Bards, Rangers, Shadow Knights, and Paladins have a 40% experience penalty. Monks have a 20% penalty. INT casters have a 10% penalty. In addition, some races--particularly Ogres (15%), Trolls and Iksars (20%) have additional penalties that multiply with the class penalties. A Troll Shadow Knight has a whopping 68% experience penalty, and requires probably twice the total experience to make level 60 that a Halfling Warrior does. You may wish to consider this when starting out.

Project 1999 has its own Wiki which is immensely helpful. You could easily find it via forum links or web search.

As noted above, Swarm Kiting allows a solo Bard to level at a very rapid rate that no other class can match, at the cost of being rather boring to do.

Danth

Derubael · #4 02-06-2014, 04:45 AM

Welcome home! Bring your friends! There are plenty of groups to be had and people to meet at all levels, but it's always fun to have people you already know around to group and meet new people with!

vjfinazzo · #5 02-06-2014, 04:47 AM

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Welcome home! Bring your friends! There are plenty of groups to be had and people to meet at all levels, but it's always fun to have people you already know around to group and meet new people with!

My little brother started when I did (playing Live) just a few months ago, and he has really come to enjoy EQ like I always have. He NEVER played old content. He has been watching Project 1999 YouTube videos non-stop, he likes the old-school stuff, and the whole fact of the game being challenging. He wants to join P1999 with me too, but I read you can't have multiple IPs connected to the server :/ does that mean I can't get him to play? We have to share an account and play seperate?

Bazia · #6 02-06-2014, 05:02 AM

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My little brother started when I did (playing Live) just a few months ago, and he has really come to enjoy EQ like I always have. He NEVER played old content. He has been watching Project 1999 YouTube videos non-stop, he likes the old-school stuff, and the whole fact of the game being challenging. He wants to join P1999 with me too, but I read you can't have multiple IPs connected to the server :/ does that mean I can't get him to play? We have to share an account and play seperate?

You can apply for an IP exemption through the petition forum, they get handed out every couple weeks and then you both can play.

I will just warn you though once you have hte exemption don't be tempted to box his toons or your own or anything.

Boxing is really looked down upon by the community here and you will get banned and/or blacklisted by the community. It will seem convenient to try and get away with it a few times but trust me don't bother it's not worth it.

vjfinazzo · #7 02-06-2014, 05:12 AM

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You can apply for an IP exemption through the petition forum, they get handed out every couple weeks and then you both can play.

I will just warn you though once you have hte exemption don't be tempted to box his toons or your own or anything.

Boxing is really looked down upon by the community here and you will get banned and/or blacklisted by the community. It will seem convenient to try and get away with it a few times but trust me don't bother it's not worth it.

Nah, I'm not gonna try and get around the rules or cheat my way through it. Accounts will be run on separate computers, with two humans playing. I'm not coming here to play for a week and get banned :P that is great news, he will be glad to hear that. I can't wait to experience the old content again.. gahh itching for it. With that being said, once I get an IP exemption, what boxes best with a Bard? My brother LOVES Magicians. He will probably go that route regardless [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Tecmos Deception · #8 02-06-2014, 10:51 AM

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With that being said, once I get an IP exemption, what boxes best with a Bard? My brother LOVES Magicians. He will probably go that route regardless [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lol, stop saying box. It's a naughty word around here. Boxing only means "one player playing multiple accounts at the same time" in p99. That said though, it is legal to play 1 account on red and 1 account on blue at the same time if that's your cup of tea.

Bards work decently with any other class, but they don't work great with any other class either imo. They are stronger the larger the group is because so many of their abilities make everyone else in the group stronger + enable faster pulling and stuff. But they still can make it work.

Make sure you read up on the overall mechanics of these classes before you pick one; I'm willing to bet none of them work much at all like they do on live: http://wiki.project1999.com/index.php/Main_Page

Bazia · #9 02-06-2014, 04:46 AM

Depends on what you want to do.

If you are huge on raiding and already considering bard I would go with that, super easy to level with swarm kiting.

They are arguably one of the most OP classes in the game in this era and are in incredibly high demand by raiding guilds.

vjfinazzo · #10 02-06-2014, 04:48 AM

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Depends on what you want to do.

If you are huge on raiding and already considering bard I would go with that, super easy to level with swarm kiting.

They are arguably one of the most OP classes in the game in this era and are in incredibly high demand by raiding guilds.

Yeah I was highly considering Bard. One of my favorite classes to play. Thanks for the heads up. I will definitely want to raid high-end (once I get there).