what i think eq is
everquest was really frustrating at the beginning, for newbies like me, especially ones who are playing on older servers, and arent getting hooked up. now, i began to play on may 31 2001, when i realized my summer was going to be really boring. i also
wanted to get back to school, and i know times flies when i'm having fun. over the summer, this is how far i got without being plvled, twinked,
or whatever. i started with no gear and 0 plat
how i did it
first of all, i knew a bunch of people who make a class/race combo, level it to 10ish, and repeat. instead of this, my advice is to
start a class/race that is useful (most are, in their own special way) and >>> simply play it a lot <<< (not going to say anymore). note yoel's play hours in 2.5 months...
i also advise that you start a caster, because they're less gear dependent, meaning you can level faster without having to upgrade your gear all the time.
if you have enough money to twink a melee you really shouldn't be reading this~
here are the specific places where i leveled, but there are so many other options
- 1-4 steamfont mountains - bats rats and kobolds at 1, not skels until 2, and spiders at 3. make spell money off skel weapons
- 4-8 greater faydark - more yard trash to 5, orc hill/crushbone entrance to 8, spell money off cb belts
- 8-12 east commons - orc 1 or orc 2
- 12-15 ocean of tears - soloing alluring sirens
- 15-16 oasis - having a really hard time getting into an orc or croc group
- 16-24 lake of ill omen - near lake or windmill at first, goblin mines and fort at 20
- 24-27 highkeep - guards and maybe warriors if your group is good
- 27-40 overthere - really nice exp zone, cocktarices, tigers rhinos nak knights etc..
- 40-49 lower guk - frenzied ghoul camp. this camp is the best way to get to 50 hands down, if you're lucky you might win an fbss worth at least 7k on most servers
- 49-52 karnor's castle - dog captain (again lucky loot), right room (3rd best exp), hand/wl after 51 (2nd best exp), dog cap is bad exp after 51
- 52-54 velketor's labyrinth - top rares, hey im an enchanter.. this is where you start to get 60's in your group, and it's a breeze. you also can pick up your gems for vel armor
- 54-60 (to be completed~) a little of velk, howling stones, karnor basement, sebilis /shrug
what's mine
people often asked me if i was hacked because my gear was so pitiful.. by leveling yoel to 52 in a green silken drape
(the smr is only for epic), i think i've proven that gear is irrelevant for enchanters for a LONG time. i think this should work with clerics too, but i've not proven it yet :p
i never spent more than 1-2 hours play time going out of my way to trade off exp for gear. my priorities were:
- exp
- gear
someone gave me both of those earrings, and the platinum sapphire necklace, i bought the shiny metallic robe, won the crown in guk, won the polished mithril mask on a naggy raid, got the kunzar cloak from nbg in kc,
got the jboots rather easily (only 2 hours of camping), got the supple scale armband from nbg in kc, got the golden bracer from howling stones, i quested the stein of moggok and bought the crude stein for 50pp
all the screenshots i took
although i raided a tad toward the end of the summer, most of the screenshots i took are of me grouping, but can be fun to look at as well
find them here
