Recent content by Rufus

For me, I look at DPS from the group perspective so I don't value individual Bard DPS in isolation. I use 2 piercing weapons for their stun procs (Phantasmal Luclinite Rapier & Spiritual Epee). I know these aren't the top of the top, but my theory is that stunning procs reduces damage to tank...

This is to help those who might need it on the Partisan Quest in Firefall Pass: Ratfolk Ratatouille I used an updated mesh for Firefall Pass, which you can find here. Basically, say "make" to Glimmar Remi, receive a dish, collect some items, combine them all in the dish, and give the new item...

I agree. A few levels for the Insult songs, and same for Improved Chants. I noticed on Berserker & Beastlord, that the new AA seemed to add to their damage where they were missing...especially the BST, giving them some more 1h DPS. Maybe Bards were last on the list for AA consideration. Seems...

Happy Birthday! Thanks for helping making the game playable and enjoyable for those with disability/accessibility issues!

Since everyone else has been nice and more general, I'll be brutally honest and specific. Step #1: Drop your cleric from the group and start it on tradeskills. Tradeskills nowadays is unavoidable and can really help patch up your lack of augs with player made augs...but you will need a lot of...

Good points in previous posts and I agree with the relative simplicity of the Berserker class. Overall, little to no utility in return for excellent DPS. I'll add this observation: A handful of Berserker burns that are STILL part of the rotation, are level 100 and below. Brutal Discipline...

It's so interesting to see all the military links. My brother gave me EQ as a gift in 1999 when I was stationed in Hawaii. I thought the game was great and struggled to find people that played during my time. I ended up playing with people living in Australia at the time! Phew, some late...

I would suggest farming Cobalt Scar between rotation missions: Morweena Undertow & Ol' Grinnin' Finley Cobalt Scar seems to pop faster, mobs move faster, shorter pulls...more churn If you can't use the HAGI augs, you can now sell them for 350 of the alt currency to get something else.

$1,000 / year USD, roughly. 7 x annual gold so add 7 x expac to that, quarterly sub to RG, CWTN Plugins, a little extra here and there. A little over $125 / month. Brew coffee at home, but keep the beard. But yes, for comparison, it is a pretty expensive game as I play it. I play Diablo 3...

To me, this is the key. What is your time and money worth? I don't know rogues at all, though. Zerkers do have a pretty low AA pool to fill (compared to something like a shaman or shadowknight). To be fair, I don't know Beastlords for shit, either...but Sic & CWTN do... So, it can all work...

Could you go into more detail about why the chip improved your system over the i7 8700? I have that chip and would consider upgrading if it’s worth it. Thx

For my warrior, I click the CoV T3 Breastplate, then Fortitude, then /autoattack on, then /say insist. Rest of the teams falls in line. No one but my warrior takes that first round of melee. My team is WAR, BRD, SHM, BST, BER, BER.

My rational thought: We are pattern seeking animals and, while that trait serves us well most of the time, we can also see patterns where there are none. Putting my tin foil sombrero: You have hit the damn jackpot of what the MAN is trying to do to us! Actually, my conspiracy theory is based...

I assume group T3 ore drop rates will come down, so get them while you can. I think some group mission AoEs will get toned down. Maybe TS drops? Nearly every mob drops every TS item needed to make...everything.