Sazabi Ogre SK - Achievements/Questions/Progression - Guidance Appreciated!

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So I ditched my bard for a Ogre SK, for that lovely exp pen. Its honestly not so bad atm, although I'm only level 15. I've been leveling in Kurn's tower.

With the help of Smoflow, I came back to the game with a little bit of items to work with. Also with the help of my friend Capped (Who made a shaman just to level with me).

I currently have active friends to level with, an Enchanter, Cleric, Shaman, and myself a Shadowknight. I absolutely love this game atm, to be frank I stayed up all night reading about Classic/Kunark EQ guides as well as Shadowknight comprehension guides.

I've been more focused on Strength and HP, and I've recently made a few switches to my gear to acquire more AC. As I've stumbled across the "gear reference" guide on p99 wiki. It calls for a lot of strict AC gear with no stats, and it confuses me.

My stats:

173 Strength
148 Stamina
84 Dex
101 Agility
95 Intelligence

689 Life, 421 AC, 392 ATK, 362 Mana.


My gear:

Ears - Golden Sapphire Earring (2 Str, 4 Int)

Necklace - Sapphire Platinum Necklace (7 Str, 7 Int) - NO AC

Face - Sarnak-Hide Mask (6 AC, 5 Str)

Helm - Skull-shaped Barbute (13 AC, HP 35, SV Magic +10)

Rings - Platinum Fire Wedding Ring (5 AC, HP 55)

Bracers - Serpentine Bracer (1 AC, 3 Dex, 9 AGI), Dark Forge Bracer (9 AC, 3 Dex)

Arms - Darkforge Vambraces (11 AC, 4 Str)

Hands - Iksar Scaled Gloves (10 AC, 3 Str, 3 Dex, 10 HP)

Shoulders - Crested Spaulders (11 AC, 6 Sta)

Chest - Mithril Breastplate (17 AC, 15 Agi, 30 HP)

Cloak - Burynai Hide Cloak (5 AC, 2 Str, 2 Agi)

Belt - FBSS

Legs - Black Chitin Leggins (7 AC, 10 HP, 10 Mana)

Boots - Dwarven Work Boots (8 AC, 3 Str, 5 Dex)

Weapon - Ebon Mace (19 Dmg, 24 Delay)

Sheild - Atramentous Shield (28 AC, 5 Str, 5 Sta, 5 Int, 50 HP, 50 Mana) [Deadeye]

Range and Ammo currently not filled.

Future investments:

Illusion Mask
Jboots
Hooded Black Cloak
Diamondine Earrings x2
FUNGI
Djarns Ring
Grim Aura Earring clicky?


First off if anyone knows any clickies I should be on the look out for please let me know, and if anyone thinks I should replace any of my gear with an item I'm not aware of please do.

I'm an elitist type of guy when it comes to gearing, I sorta have an OCD. I'm only level 15 and I know I'm way beyond geared for my level but I plan on farming HQ Bear/cat pelts, spiderling silks, and batwings in my down time to save for future purchases and to prevent out-leveling my leveling squad.

I wouldn't mind someone explaining to me what Agility/Dex really does for SK's?

Will I need a larger mana pool later on? Early on I feel as if my DoT's are resisted and are mainly just for additional aggro. As mobs get stronger I fear that I will neglect my spells. I want to completely maximize my dps, so I'll use them regardless. It helps hold aggro too.

When I'm casting is my auto swing put on hold? If so I'm really gimping my DPS when I cast a direct damage lifetap for 5 DMG.

If anyone would like to directly contribute to this leveling group, my friends just started on p99. They played on live over a decade ago and they are fierce levelers, I made this thread overall to gain exposure to the new players that are coming to this game.

If you have ever been in my stream you know I love doing giveaways, and I'd like to make it a point that if you have any old gear that you'd like to donate to new players - I get tons of them everyday in my stream. Genuine new players that will have a hard time getting started in p99 without any friends. Doing so greatly contributes to the overall health of the server.

(I will not take items off-stream unless you post what you gave me in this thread, I don't want to be accused of taking items for my own personal gain)

New players that greatly need help:

Cmplthel - Cleric
Gaiger - Shaman
Craftehbanana - Enchanter

I will probably add to this list. Remember this thread is basically a thread to ask questions, help my friends/new players, post screenshots of my achievements and to stay involved with my community.

Shout outs!

Express & Sebekkha - (These guys are giving free gear to new players, and also keep a fun atmosphere for ECL).

Smoflow - Pretty much is the reason I'm playing atm, after donating many of my items.

Capped - For starting a shaman to level with me.

Cmplthel & Craftehbanana - For being amazing players, both support classes that thrive for endgame and motivate me to level with them.

Bongs - For helping me with an xfer when I didn't even know him.

and to all my viewers and old friends that I haven't talked to in a while, I finally have the spark I needed to hit 60, but this time with the challenge of my Ogre Shadowknight, Sazabi.



Challenge starts this evening, I'll be doing a 24 hour stream to prove my persistence towards this goal..