in case i get to play eq again

[Kramer]

Wow is just so easy, i am interested in playing Eq... it's been 5 years and i might finally be getting a comp that can handle it again.... i am wondering which class is soloable for the majority of the game...

if i remember, back in the day necro's were the uber-soloers, i think i would be more interested in just about any other class though, what do you guys think?

[Tikker]

shaman and bards were probably the most overpowered classes in the game

both could solo very well, and were always welcome in any group (almost as much as a cleric)

[Narrock]

I never tried a Necro on EQ, but I have one now on EQ2 and I love it. I just dinged 39 tonight and I've been playing less than 2 weeks, 90% soloing. The soloing is fun as hell and is also challenging, because your HP's and AC pretty much suck major ass. I have to say it's more fun than playing the Druid or Ranger.

[Naethyn]

http://www.shardsofdalaya.com

[Kramer]

yeah, i am interested in playing dayala

i would really love to solo a shaman, so that's good news

[Tikker]

shaman isn't a particularly awesome soloing class until you have your pet at 34 I think

and even then you really don't unlock their power until you get torpor

[Kramer]

that's what i remember too...

are beastlords decent soloer's? compared to necro's

[10sun]

that's what i remember too...

are beastlords decent soloer's? compared to necro's

Yes.

-Adam

[Tikker]

beastlord felt like easy mode up until you got to endgame, then they kinda get lost in the land of non specialization

[Kramer]

yeah, i am not too worried about the endgame, i could totally get into doing a hybrid that isn't a ranger... got to hate that class the first time around...

thanks guys, any other ideas/comments are welcome too.

[Tikker]

rangers were pretty fun


I dunno, I really enjoyed bard the most for an individual class, but I don't think I'd trade the rogue/shaman duo for anything else

[Yamori]

Beastlord is relatively easy to solo with (I should know, I've leveled 2 of them -_-) and is fun and interesting, but loses power immensely unless you've got the gear or friends that can get you gear (which you probably don't) or a healer to box with. But if you're set on a hybrid I'd say beastlord all the way.

Honestly if you are looking to actually have a beefy toon that you can wreck all the old world shit with (assuming you want to at least get to 65ish at some point), you need to play either necro or druid because they can dot/snare/root/kite. You can solo soooo many good quest equipments with either. If things are like they were when I quit, there are practically no groups so you're gonna be soloing most of the time unless you've got a batch of friends leveling with you.

If I were to start from scratch with no help from anyone and looking to be able to dink around in all my old favorite zones crushing everything, I'd be crazy not to play necro, imo.

[10sun]

If you can twink and make a healer box, make a SK or paladin.

I <3'd my paladin twink so very much.

[Harrison]

Play Shards of Dalaya.

Fuck EQlive.

If once you've played long enough and want a character around 40 to fuck with I have an extra druid up for grabs. He's not very well equipped but as a druid that isn't a big deal.

Healers as a main are rare and highly sought after.

Playing on SoD has the added benefit of me twinking the shit out of you as well. When a large batch of people got on I did my best to gear them up with SOMETHING at least, then the bitches all gave up playing.

[Kramer]

cool, thanks harrison. it looks like it will not be for a while, prolly have to wait for my b-day to get the comp, but i would only do sod if i played, and i would happily play a druid or necro, i have only been a melee guy but would enjoy the change

thx for the insightzz

[Gargamellow]

build a shaman

[Kramer]

i honestly want to make an ogre/iksar/troll shaman, i am just going to be able to play so inconsistently already i am not sure i want to have to depend on grouping all the time

the only reason i am not going to play wow is that it will on ly cost me like 15 bucks to get the EQ disks and play sod

[Drem]

i liked SoD a lot but i tried to play again a couple months ago and it sucked dick. it crashed every other zone and there's no pathing so whatever you pull walks through doors and water and up/down cliffs etc. so old pathing tricks don't work but you can pull things from far below because it'll warp up to you instead of training the whole way up to you. still sucked imo. i'd rather play eqlive with my shd again

[Gaazy]

Harrison gave me mad hastez yo

[Kramer]

i have been to some SOD boards and most of the folks are saying it's very different than original EQ, just has the same graphics, is this true, and if so how different?

[Naethyn]

i have been to some SOD boards and most of the folks are saying it's very different than original EQ, just has the same graphics, is this true, and if so how different?

The game has a storyline. You don't have to follow it, but it's very rewarding.

Quests are worth more EXP then leveling.

There are actually quests in this game from level 1 all the way to 65.

Quests items are generally very uber.

Quests pwn.

Religion and faction play a bigger role in this game. The choices you make during quests affect both of these.

Every level specialization points are earned that basically increase certain attributes like healing, attack, avoidance, ect.

Stats play a much bigger role in SoD.

CHA is incredibly important to detrimental spell as it affects resist rates.

AC is far more valuable.

The items are balanced according to class.

Tradeskills produce items / armor that is on par or better than most armors in the game.

The community is great.

Don't fuck with the GMs. They will ban you.

Regen is super fast when out of combat. It follows the same basic rules that WoW uses.

Dots are incredibly strong. In order to increase effectiveness of dots they made them reduce the amount of damage a mob deals. This is capped at 10% less damage.

The zones are totally revamped with different mobs, lore, and quests.

Guk is now Mielech. Guk A B and OS are all connected. (very cool place)

You can bind anywhere outside of dungeons with /cm bind

There is a thing called a bandlist. It's kind of like a group, but it allows for exp to be shared between characters even if they are offline. This is great if you are 2 boxing or have some friends and you don't want to out level them or vice versa.

GM events are very common. They are also a lot of fun.

There are no kunark zones present. They will come out when development is done. But the story is included with them that you learn from doing the main quest. Basically raiders from kunark can try and take over zones. Defenders (players) can hold them back for exp, rewards, ect. I've only done this once and it was a lot of fun.

Pet classes own hard has aggro does not transfer to a player if within melee range. Beastlords for example can be attacking a mob with their pet tanking. (huge diff)

The game gives me a sense of excitement and challenge that live eq just doesn't deliver.

[Kramer]

wow. cool. thanks for all of the info.

[Gaazy]

yeah, the storyline quests give you some bad ass fucking augs and theyre easy as pie. Then theres a lot of steps that as you get higher you can do the next step and it turns into (it really even starts) as a bad ass items. Like the newport ring quest for example, is a 5 step quest that is fun and pretty well set up and the rewards all the way through are awesome

[Kramer]

can you guys throw out your char names, i got on fir the first time last night and made a bstlrd, necro, and shammy, not sure which i will start playing yet.

it is so old school, the interface is a trip, just like old school eq, i forgot about all the hot key stuff, etc.

also, since regen out of combat is fast, is it prolly not important to pick a troll/iksar for their regen?

[Gaazy]

Im Gaazy, not playin much at the moment because ive been too busy with everything lately, but im gonna try to start playin a couple evenings again. Its just not a game I can go long periods of time anymore. The lower lvls are 10 times funner and the higher you go the less fun it really gets. I think Naethyn blows the games whistle as a little better than it is, but agree to disagree