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What server are you on?

Calthine is on Antonia Bayle. The rest of us (the fun people) play on Everfrost.

Whatsup! Gang!

I've made a Gnome Assassin on Everfrost. Like a fool, I started up a free to play account, thinking it was Gold membership - bought the SC currency for Gnomes and Assassin - THEN I unlocked Gold Membership, spending around $35...My mistake. Grr!

Anyways! I'm up and running on an assassin, level 3 or so. Hopeing this class is a beast. What's the difference between Assassin / Brigand / Swashbuckler?

Also, is it possible to "twink" in EQ2? I had a level 50 give me 5pp already! People are incredibly nice compared to WoW. Does Halas have an Auction House?

I'm eager to get up and running. Any room in a guild that wouldn't mind a casual player? 28 years old and mature! I won't scream in vent.

Any helpful tips for a newbie in terms of crafting professions that are a must, either for my own benefit or gathering money.

Should I be doing every quest possible? are there special armor quests that are huge upgrades?

My main is an assassin. I've tried brigand and swash, but never got one far enough to really make a comparison.

Assassins can be DPS gods if they're geared and have spent their AA right. But they can be kind of squishy. They're not the best at soloing, but it's possible. Because of my playstyle, I don't get to group much. So I soloed mine to 90 for the most part. I had some trouble, but it was doable. It's much easier now though, since gear is better and you'll start getting your AA at level 10. I didn't start getting AA until I was in my 30's, since I started this character before AA was introduced.

There's a bit of twinking you can do, but not like it was in EQ1. There are level limits on all gear and weapons, so you're not going to be able to stick a level 90 item on your level 10 gnome and go on a killing spree. But with the plat you got, you can search the broker for Mastercrafted, Legendary or Fabled gear that's in your level range. Also, don't forget to upgrade your abilities. You start off with Apprentice level skills. They can be upgraded - Journeyman > Adept > Expert > Master. And a few abilities can be Grandmastered.

Oh, and it's not an Auction House, it's the Broker here. All cities have at least one broker, usually several. Ask a city guard for the broker and he'll point you in the right direction.

My assassin is a jeweler in order to make her own ability upgrades. Another good one for assassins is alchemist so you can make your own poisons. Then you have provisioner to make your food or armorsmith or weaponsmith to make your own gear.

As far as doing every quest possible... I don't think it *is* possible, haha. This game has approximately 890,740 more quests than WoW (give or take 700,000). It's been years since I played WoW, but I remember when I did, the level cap was 70 and on my main, I had completed just about every single solo quest I could find. After playing this game off and on since launch (Nov. 2004), my main STILL has solo quests in her quest log that I might get around to finishing one of these days.

Anyway, welcome to Norrath, maybe I'll see you in game!

Thanks for the response!! Now I'm thinking Assassin may not be for me, hah.

What class in your opinion would fit the following criteria;

- Easy Soloing
- Does not require 100 abilities pressed correctly to be decent dps
- Benefits very well with the 5pp upgrading gear / abilities
- Allows me to afk safely while juggleing another videogame

Also,
Mercs - are they needed? Do they hinder my experience, do they require me to gear them up, and where do I get them? Also whichever class you inform me to grab - which Merc would best suit me?

There's so much I don't know about this game.

Should I be trying to grandmaster my level 5 abilities if I'll be replacing them with level 10 abilities eventually?

What level should I worry about mounts? I really need a guild lol.

Actually, that's an assassin, haha.

It really is a lot easier to solo in the game now. When I said it was hard for me, I'm talking about how it was about 3-4 years ago. Gear has been upgraded so much now that it's almost stupid-easy in some places. In fact, I'm leveling a second assassin (cause they're just too fun) on another server and I'm having a MUCH easier time than I did the first time around.

Also, scouts get the Sneak ability, which means you can pretty much be invisible to almost everything. Unless it's the kind of mob that sees through sneak, or is waaaaaay too high for you.



Mercs are not needed, but they are nice to help you in a bind every now and then. Most of my characters have used a merc at some point, but I don't use mine all the time. It's nice to have them for tougher fights, or to go duo a zone that you have trouble soloing, but it's not really necessary to find a group for. My assassin is currently using a DPS caster merc, instead of a healer. I figure we can burn down stuff so fast that we won't need to be healed.


I don't think you get the opportunity to GM anything until level 14. And from there it's every few levels... every 5 or 6, can't remember right now. In game, hit your L button and scroll down the first tab there and you'll be able to see the levels that you're able to GM a spell or ability.


You can technically have a mount at level 1 if you have the money for it, or you buy a Collector's Edition of an expansion that comes with a mount. Otherwise, if you go through all the newbie quests, you'll get a free mount, which will be almost as good as the stuff you can get later. All ground mounts give a run speed of %130. Later mounts will also give you a few buffs that are active as long as you are mounted.

I'll probably be on tonight, most likely on Enica, my assassin. Sometimes I'm on Nadenu. Also, Cyliena is on a lot, in some form or other, as well as Dyadem, his character is Gaftep. We chat in the Asylum channel, so just /join asylum when you log in.

Etros I would suggest a shadowknight or a bruiser for easy soloing. Shadowknights are more Area Effect tanks, meaning they can take on a group of mobs with ease. SKs also have the ability to heal themselves while they are fighting, which makes for very high survivability. The same goes for Bruisers, but i consider them to be more of a DPS class, or maybe an "oh crap" tank, ie if the main tank goes down, the bruiser can jump in and keep the group alive while the main tank is being rezzed, but the bruiser and shadowknight can both solo extremely well.

As far as Mercs are concerned, they are not needed if you are just questing and going about your daily activities, but if you want to venture into a dungeon to solo then yes, mercs are very needed.

the general rule regarding what kind of merc to get is if you are a melee type class then get a healer merc. and if you are a healer then get a melee type merc. int casters like wizards and warlocks might go for a healer as well. classes like the necro or conjuror might go for either or since they can keep their own pets alive, so maybe a swash or brigand merc might benefit those 2 classes more.


as far as grandmastering your skills at level 5... dont worry about that until after you hit level 20... you will learn spell research then and you will be able to upgrade your spells for free.

Yeah, player made dungeons are in the game. They're kind of still a work in progress though, haha.

Right now, you can't use your own character in the dungeons. You pick from a few avatars. The ability to use our own characters is coming though. It's on the Test server now.

Also, there's no loot dropped in the dungeons. You pick up experience and Dungeon Marks once you finish the dungeon. The marks are then used for gear, weapons, dungeon maker pieces and parts, potions, etc.

I enjoy doing them. It's really fun to see how creative some people can be. Or uncreative, in some people's cases (The Grind, I'm looking at you!). I've made two dungeons and I'm sort of working on another one, just need more tinkered crap.

I think anyone can access the dungeons, but you need AoD to build one.

Ok! I've decided on Bruiser. Just don't know of a race yet.

Deciding on a name RIGHT NOW!

Anyone know of a good profession for bruisers? Gots to craft me top end stuff.

This is why when Lucan D`Lere merged into Crushbone, I decided to move to Everfrost.. because the server is super spiffy.., yo. ;)

Fine. Just stay over there. We didn't want you, anyway.

Just kidding, you should totally make an alt and come play with us!

Hey new and old friends on Everfrost...just letting you know I didnt ditch out.

Really about all I've been able to do in game lately is log in and chat (after my daily dose of crafting for my apprentices), my shoulder is slowly getting better but it still is difficult to sit forward (upright) for long periods...so even some of the simple player-made dungeons are tough right now, so I won't even bother trying to run actual zones at this time.

Luckily Skyrim likes my controller so that's easy for me to play. Anyway I do hope to catch up with you all in-game some time in the near future. Like it was mentioned my main is Gaftep ...but I do have all of my alts listed in my signature link, on my Zam bio page, if you need anything specific.

Just try to take it easy on a cripple

See you in a month!

No really, that's about how long I was completed glued to it!