ShogunHair long; money long; me and broke wizards we don't get alongRegistered Userregular
edited January 2010
For anyone that is getting ready to start this server is severely lacking in melee classes. If you want to be assured that you can find a group I suggest you roll warrior, shadowknight, or paladin. Also keep in mind that taunt is currently not working as intended so warriors have a tougher time holding agro.
The server is overheavy with casters especially enchanters. If it is one thing we really do not need it is enchanters they are fucking everywhere. Server could also use a lot more rogues in my opinion.
so, I'm a little confused on this. It's a free server, meaning no monthly payments, but you have to buy the expansions from SOE or whoever?
You could get 'em off ebay or amazon used, you don't need the serial number. You need that specific version of the game though to install or else it won't be compatible with the server.
Everyone needs to start posting screenshots of how they have their UI set up. I'm really fumbling around with this and having a hard time making it flow.
same with keybinds. Any that you change/create right off the bat?
Everyone needs to start posting screenshots of how they have their UI set up. I'm really fumbling around with this and having a hard time making it flow.
same with keybinds. Any that you change/create right off the bat?
I posted a couple screenshots earlier with my UI setup in them, let me see if I can find my post to quote.
I was using the right button and it was saying it was taking screenshots, but I had to run eqgame.exe as an admin before it would actually add any screenshots to the folder. So I shall post a couple for everyone's viewing benefit:
The only difference now is that I have the .mp3 player (hit alt+k to bring it up) in the upper left corner, almost completely transparent. Some macros that I made buttons for are /assist, one that is pretty much, "/g I have pulled %t, get ready to fight!", one to /shout across the zone that I have a train going to a zone entrance (for Crushbone and other dungeons), and one to drag my /corpse.
Got my monk in the guild, level 3 named Quinn. Haven't decided if he'll be my main yet, but I just actually sat down to play for the first time in a week yesterday only to get called by the GF. I had forgotten how painful leveling is until you group (no one will take a level 3 monk in a commonlands group because I'd be a drain). I'll keep working on him this week and weekend, or possibly if I find myself disliking him, work on my Bard or an SK (holding aggro with an SK is no problem with Choking Cloud and the first Darkness spell).
About the UI's: I downloaded the Velious UI from the Getting Started link on the Project 1999 forums, but am kind of regretting it because I like having the differentiation between the text window and the chatbar (in the velious UI you just kind of chat at the bottom of the window and there doesn't appear to be a seperate area (like the greyish/brownish area show in the screenshots in the post above). Might switch back to regular, if that's what Darmak is using because I like that, unless I can figure out how to get separate bars in the text windows. There certainly could be a setting I just can't find. If anyone knows, let me know.
Sense heading is broken and won't skill up from use, ever. You have to train it at your guild master for it to go up any. Apparently when they started project 1999 everyone started with 200 sense heading and the devs didn't like that so they changed it so everyone starts with 0 so now sense heading doesn't work except for those who had original characters. However, the north facing swords and such still work, plus casters (at least the cleric and paladin) get True North so it's not like everyone is totally helpless.
edit; the same goes for swimming, which really sucks because I always liked swimming
It looks like "Sneak" doesn't work like that anymore? It used to say something like "You're walking as loud as a herd of elephants!" or something similar.
It looks like "Sneak" doesn't work like that anymore? It used to say something like "You're walking as loud as a herd of elephants!" or something similar.
The success/fail message was added later on, IIRC. Originally you could only tell if it worked by the speed decrease, or by changes in the way mobs conned you.
It looks like "Sneak" doesn't work like that anymore? It used to say something like "You're walking as loud as a herd of elephants!" or something similar.
The success/fail message was added later on, IIRC. Originally you could only tell if it worked by the speed decrease, or by changes in the way mobs conned you.
Hmm from what I remember sneak always had a fail/success message at least for rogues. I played a rogue since release. But wasn't there a racial sneak for halflings? IIRC that didn't have the fail/success message from the begining, and was added later.
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Riverdale music... Mooto... Halfing druid kiting in the Lava(something) Mountains.
And then I remember all the times I literally cried (I was pretty young) after dying and losing hours and hours of experience points and realize why I stopped. :P
Corpse recovery and xp loss aren't nearly as bad as I remembered. I haven't had an issue getting my corpse yet (of course, I'm only level 7 and haven't traveled far either so take that with a grain of salt) and while I did go down a level due to a death it only took me a few minutes to regain the lost xp.
Corpse recovery and xp loss aren't nearly as bad as I remembered. I haven't had an issue getting my corpse yet (of course, I'm only level 7 and haven't traveled far either so take that with a grain of salt) and while I did go down a level due to a death it only took me a few minutes to regain the lost xp.
I would agree with this up until about 20 minutes ago, when I fell off a ledge in UGuk into some water, floundered around for about 3 minutes, then crawled up into a red con skeletal monk's chambers and got my dick lopped off in half a second.
Then I Alt-F4'd.
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Ah man, I went into Uguk today with a bunch of other 13s. We did pretty well, camped the Squire room. I managed to snag a Runed Bone Fork (I think its called) - 200-300pp right there apparently. Ka-ching.
Good xp too. Fuck this game, why do I not get bored playing it.
Corpse recovery and xp loss aren't nearly as bad as I remembered. I haven't had an issue getting my corpse yet (of course, I'm only level 7 and haven't traveled far either so take that with a grain of salt) and while I did go down a level due to a death it only took me a few minutes to regain the lost xp.
I would agree with this up until about 20 minutes ago, when I fell off a ledge in UGuk into some water, floundered around for about 3 minutes, then crawled up into a red con skeletal monk's chambers and got my dick lopped off in half a second.
Then I Alt-F4'd.
Get a rogue to drag your corpse out.
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Ah man, I went into Uguk today with a bunch of other 13s. We did pretty well, camped the Squire room. I managed to snag a Runed Bone Fork (I think its called) - 200-300pp right there apparently. Ka-ching.
Good xp too. Fuck this game, why do I not get bored playing it.
RBF is awesome, except when you accidentally throw it at your target. I remember someone doing this and then /ragequit.
Corpse recovery and xp loss aren't nearly as bad as I remembered. I haven't had an issue getting my corpse yet (of course, I'm only level 7 and haven't traveled far either so take that with a grain of salt) and while I did go down a level due to a death it only took me a few minutes to regain the lost xp.
I would agree with this up until about 20 minutes ago, when I fell off a ledge in UGuk into some water, floundered around for about 3 minutes, then crawled up into a red con skeletal monk's chambers and got my dick lopped off in half a second.
the Xp loss and corpse recovery is the only thing stopping me from giving this ago. I just dont' hate my self like I used to ;P
Those are some of the things I LOVE about EverQuest. Aside from the occasional stupid death you will have, which you will rage about, it teaches you to become a better player. It weeds out the people that are unable to group well because their reputation begins to proceed them, and no one invites them in groups. It also brings something to the myriad of dungeons that are strewn throughout Norrath: excitement. Knowing that the deeper you head into the dungeon, the more dangerous it becomes with the risk of death, but you trudge on anyhow, and when you get all the way to the end, and everyone survives... it is the biggest feeling of accomplishment ever.
This is what I love about it as well. In wow, anyone can continue to level up to max and will end up screwing your group with their idiocracy. When you have a real penalty for death, their's a limit you can reach in the game unless you learn to play it the right way.
That being said. I remember the level after a hell level was super fast exp, but the death penalty was super rough for that level (what is it 45 hell, 46 easy xp level or something like that). I remember a rough run on Naxx causing me half of 46 and 3/4 of the level back into 45 back in the day. So f-ing evil.... Maybe that's why I'm back I must be a Masochist.
Welp, server just went down again. This is the only thing that's starting to grate a bit, would happily pay a small sub for the annoying stuff to get sorted .
Some generic questions that may have already been asked -
How do hybrids hold up? (Rng, Pal, SK) It looks like they left the experience penalties in, but I never felt (at least in original EQ) that hybrids deserved it. You ended up being mediocre at everything in the end. (lower skill caps & low rank spells) Rangers didn't even get decent archery until what, Velious or maybe even after.
Did they put back in some of the rare fun items that SOE gutted out - like the manastone, guise of the deceiver, jboots, some others I forgot.
Some generic questions that may have already been asked -
How do hybrids hold up? (Rng, Pal, SK) It looks like they left the experience penalties in, but I never felt (at least in original EQ) that hybrids deserved it. You ended up being mediocre at everything in the end. (lower skill caps & low rank spells) Rangers didn't even get decent archery until what, Velious or maybe even after.
Did they put back in some of the rare fun items that SOE gutted out - like the manastone, guise of the deceiver, jboots, some others I forgot.
this is as it was released in 1999, so manastones and rubicite, all that stuff is still dropping right now.
for hybrids, at lvl 14, i see a good number of paladin's and sk's around, and they do fine, though they lvl slower than other classes. warrior/rogue/monk/ranger ane what i never see, and very few bards as well.
Some generic questions that may have already been asked -
How do hybrids hold up? (Rng, Pal, SK) It looks like they left the experience penalties in, but I never felt (at least in original EQ) that hybrids deserved it. You ended up being mediocre at everything in the end. (lower skill caps & low rank spells) Rangers didn't even get decent archery until what, Velious or maybe even after.
Did they put back in some of the rare fun items that SOE gutted out - like the manastone, guise of the deceiver, jboots, some others I forgot.
this is as it was released in 1999, so manastones and rubicite, all that stuff is still dropping right now.
for hybrids, at lvl 14, i see a good number of paladin's and sk's around, and they do fine, though they lvl slower than other classes. warrior/rogue/monk/ranger ane what i never see, and very few bards as well.
If you did everything correctly, changed shortcut path with "patchme" at the end, and put all files in the right areas... you'll log in using the name you chose at the EQ Emu forum control panel, then you'll be presented with a list of servers. Just choose Project 1999 (if it's up)
Only problem I ran into was it opened to a black screen. Had to go into the setup utility, change to windowed mode, and change some resolution
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The server is overheavy with casters especially enchanters. If it is one thing we really do not need it is enchanters they are fucking everywhere. Server could also use a lot more rogues in my opinion.
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You could get 'em off ebay or amazon used, you don't need the serial number. You need that specific version of the game though to install or else it won't be compatible with the server.
This isn't a complicated thing to locate via non-physical means..
thanks
edit: I can't wait to get my Shaman on again
same with keybinds. Any that you change/create right off the bat?
I posted a couple screenshots earlier with my UI setup in them, let me see if I can find my post to quote.
Here we go:
The only difference now is that I have the .mp3 player (hit alt+k to bring it up) in the upper left corner, almost completely transparent. Some macros that I made buttons for are /assist, one that is pretty much, "/g I have pulled %t, get ready to fight!", one to /shout across the zone that I have a train going to a zone entrance (for Crushbone and other dungeons), and one to drag my /corpse.
About the UI's: I downloaded the Velious UI from the Getting Started link on the Project 1999 forums, but am kind of regretting it because I like having the differentiation between the text window and the chatbar (in the velious UI you just kind of chat at the bottom of the window and there doesn't appear to be a seperate area (like the greyish/brownish area show in the screenshots in the post above). Might switch back to regular, if that's what Darmak is using because I like that, unless I can figure out how to get separate bars in the text windows. There certainly could be a setting I just can't find. If anyone knows, let me know.
edit; the same goes for swimming, which really sucks because I always liked swimming
It looks like "Sneak" doesn't work like that anymore? It used to say something like "You're walking as loud as a herd of elephants!" or something similar.
I thought I was done =(
Makartiz level 1 Shadowknight
Magna, level 8 Magician. Oh god, Magicians are soooo much fun.
The success/fail message was added later on, IIRC. Originally you could only tell if it worked by the speed decrease, or by changes in the way mobs conned you.
Hmm from what I remember sneak always had a fail/success message at least for rogues. I played a rogue since release. But wasn't there a racial sneak for halflings? IIRC that didn't have the fail/success message from the begining, and was added later.
Once again, if you need an invite to the guild, send a /tell to Dyne, Celestialsky, Duumas, Ogrebob, or Manafee.
Riverdale music... Mooto... Halfing druid kiting in the Lava(something) Mountains.
And then I remember all the times I literally cried (I was pretty young) after dying and losing hours and hours of experience points and realize why I stopped. :P
Good: Dinged 22!
Bad: Was power leveling a lowbie in the guild, who managed to pull too much, and I ended up dead. Luckily, I did not lose a level.
I would agree with this up until about 20 minutes ago, when I fell off a ledge in UGuk into some water, floundered around for about 3 minutes, then crawled up into a red con skeletal monk's chambers and got my dick lopped off in half a second.
Then I Alt-F4'd.
You talk clean and bomb hospitals, so I speak with the foulest mouth possible
Good xp too. Fuck this game, why do I not get bored playing it.
Get a rogue to drag your corpse out.
RBF is awesome, except when you accidentally throw it at your target. I remember someone doing this and then /ragequit.
Or a necro to summon it.
Those are some of the things I LOVE about EverQuest. Aside from the occasional stupid death you will have, which you will rage about, it teaches you to become a better player. It weeds out the people that are unable to group well because their reputation begins to proceed them, and no one invites them in groups. It also brings something to the myriad of dungeons that are strewn throughout Norrath: excitement. Knowing that the deeper you head into the dungeon, the more dangerous it becomes with the risk of death, but you trudge on anyhow, and when you get all the way to the end, and everyone survives... it is the biggest feeling of accomplishment ever.
Fuck, I really love this game.
That being said. I remember the level after a hell level was super fast exp, but the death penalty was super rough for that level (what is it 45 hell, 46 easy xp level or something like that). I remember a rough run on Naxx causing me half of 46 and 3/4 of the level back into 45 back in the day. So f-ing evil.... Maybe that's why I'm back
How do hybrids hold up? (Rng, Pal, SK) It looks like they left the experience penalties in, but I never felt (at least in original EQ) that hybrids deserved it. You ended up being mediocre at everything in the end. (lower skill caps & low rank spells) Rangers didn't even get decent archery until what, Velious or maybe even after.
Did they put back in some of the rare fun items that SOE gutted out - like the manastone, guise of the deceiver, jboots, some others I forgot.
this is as it was released in 1999, so manastones and rubicite, all that stuff is still dropping right now.
for hybrids, at lvl 14, i see a good number of paladin's and sk's around, and they do fine, though they lvl slower than other classes. warrior/rogue/monk/ranger ane what i never see, and very few bards as well.
Awesome!
apologies, I've never used an emu before.
Only problem I ran into was it opened to a black screen. Had to go into the setup utility, change to windowed mode, and change some resolution