tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post5247109261460017208..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: 15, Going On 85 : EverquestBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-44758170797303090772014-03-19T13:39:57.399+00:002014-03-19T13:39:57.399+00:00I think it must, if only because a frequent piece ...I think it must, if only because a frequent piece of advice given on the forums to people who are unable to make a Heroic character on the Live servers is to make sure they've deleted any Heroic characters they had on Test. <br />Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-67729326790847296352014-03-19T01:06:27.484+00:002014-03-19T01:06:27.484+00:00I just can't leave the test server, it was alw...I just can't leave the test server, it was always my EQ home. I'll go find out if this works there =)Iseyhttp://www.ihaspc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-50315698211821578812014-03-18T15:00:42.609+00:002014-03-18T15:00:42.609+00:00Thank god it didn't ding all 85! Just once but...Thank god it didn't ding all 85! Just once but very loudly. <br /><br />I'd always recommend that anyone interested in MMOs at least tries Everquest but I understand that the barriers preventing many newcomers from having much fun when they do are immense. I love EQ's graphics but they are fifteen years old and even the recently-added or revamped areas are going to look a bit odd to people accustomed to GW2 or ESO. Then there's the sheer size of the thing - not only all those zones but the thousands of spells, abilities, effects and systems. It's just an insane amount to assimilate.<br /><br />If you do decide to try it, grab the free 85 while it's going, get it set up and then give it a run out in some lower-level zones first. Get a feel for it in situations where the mobs are just there for target practice. Either that or, even better, get in a group with some people who know what they are doing and are happy to explain things. EQ players generally like to do show off what they know so that shouldn't be too hard!<br /><br />Kaozz has some good tips and links <a href="http://www.ectmmo.com/2014/03/everquest-heroic-characters.html" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br />One thing I would say to anyone starting a free account and leveling up from the beginning instead of starting at 85 is this:<br /><br />At character creation, find the "Tutorial" button and unselect it. Do not go to The Mines of Gloomngdeep - it will put you off playing for good! <br /><br />Unfortunately free characters have to start in Crescent Reach, which is decent enough in a practical sense but in my opinion is one of the most visually unattractive zones in the entire game. Again, I'd advise anyone landing there to find the Plane of Knowledge book (big book on a 4-foot high pedestal) and use it to travel to Plane of Knowledge. There I'd re-bind at the Soulbinder and take the Qeynos or Ak Anon stone (assuming you made a Good or Neutral character) or the Cabilis Stone (for an Iksar) or the Grobb or Oggok or Neriak stone (for a Troll or an Ogre or Dark Elf). <br /><br />All those take you to original starting areas where you will get less xp and worse gear but you'll get a much better impression of why this MMO has lasted fifteen years. Sadly I can't recommend anyone go to Freeport any more because they utterly ruined it in a revamp and it's nigh-on unplayable.<br /><br />And now I'm off to play some EQ myself.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-26228297976553594932014-03-18T14:37:30.263+00:002014-03-18T14:37:30.263+00:00Don't get me started! I could write a 10,000 w...Don't get me started! I could write a 10,000 word essay on "Leveling In Everquest". No, I could write a full-length freakin' book! <br /><br />I'll just tell you how "easy" level 84 is, shall I? If I take my Beastlord to a Hot Zone (bonus xp) on a double XP weekend, drink a double XP potion and pop my Veteran award that gives me double XP for 30 minutes, all of which stack, and then I kill the mobs for the Hot Zone quests that give bonus quest experience, I might get as much as 20% of the level in an hour. <br /><br />Once I've done the tasks and lost the veteran bonus, though, and the potion's worn off and the double XP weekend is over, I'd be lucky to see much more than 2-3% of the level per hour. <br /><br />When I was playing regularly it took me many weeks to get from 80 to 84. Many, many weeks. That was mainly because I would only do it for one hour a day until I'd done all the tasks in the Hot Zone of my level with as many bonus XP boosts running as I could find (sadly every weekend isn't a double XP weekend). The rest of the time I played lower level characters of which I have hordes.<br /><br />From 1 to about 70ish XP goes very comfortably, so long as you know where to go (different places have different XP modifiers and that can make a massive difference) and how not to die very much. When Mrs Bhagpuss and I were duoing through the 30s and 40s, for example, we'd notch up half a dozen levels in a good session. You lose XP in EQ when you die - a lot of it. You can get it back by being rezzed (although not all of it) but the real problem with dying is that unless you have someone three on the spot to rez you, a death might take you anything from ten minutes to half an hour to recover from due to rebuffing and travel time. You really, really don't want to die if you're trying to level solo and even in a group it slows things down.<br /><br />So that's one side of the coin. The other is that if I stopped faffing around solo and went and got a group in level-appropriate content I could do a level in a session easily. From 85th you could probably be at cap, 100, in a week easily, just playing a few hours a day.<br /><br />That's one of the many things I love about EQ. How hard or easy, exciting or dull, simple or complex it is, all that's up to you. There's no "right" way to level or "right" way to play. You can choose your own pace and playstyle. For some reason I generally choose to go uphill in the snow both ways but I enjoy it that way.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-71524127793586200362014-03-18T13:17:31.985+00:002014-03-18T13:17:31.985+00:00lololol if it doesn't actually ding you 84 tim...lololol if it doesn't actually ding you 84 times then they really missed a trick. Very occasionally in certain games it's possible to ding a couple of times in quick succession and it's OFFICIALLY THE BEST THING. 84 dings would would be like seeing God.<br /><br />And 1557 zones! That's insane, I had no idea. The thought of a game with 1557 zones is about the most exciting prospect I can imagine. I have no idea how they've managed 100 zones a year. ArenaNet should have a word.<br /><br />It feels like a seed has been planted although I imagine it will be lonely at levels 1-84 from now until the end of time and I'm not the kind of fellow that starts in the middle. In any case, if I get bored for more than 30 seconds this weekend I expect I'll end up in Norrath for the first time.<br /><br /><br /><br />Electroluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387150279953837398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-42114594599493465612014-03-18T05:56:12.282+00:002014-03-18T05:56:12.282+00:00Ding! Ding! Ding!
Question: so before this, abo...Ding! Ding! Ding!<br /><br />Question: so before this, about how much time did it require you to spend to level a character from 0 to max? Was it pretty easy before? (easy like WoW and GW2) or was it some kind of humongous grind?<br /><br />-UrsanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com