Recent content by Valdemar

Thanks! Good to know. I should have read the notes more carefully. I assumed that since it's TLP, those classes would unlock later/

Excellent advice.

Couple of points to consider. It'll be 96 weeks before "The Serpent's Spine" unlocks when you'll get access to defiant armors. Perhaps you'll be beyond them by that point, but I doubt it. It's been awhile, but I don't remember any quest armors that would overmatch a full set of Elegant Defiant...

Reading your replies, it seems like you've already decided to run what you listed, so I'm not sure why you asked. There were some responses here with very good advice that you seem to have ignored. Personally, I think your groups will do fine, but they're not optimal nor efficient. As mentioned...

I hate to be Debbie Downer, but I have zero nostalgia for the pre-2007 versions of EQ. I thought the game sucked and was too much of a time sink for too little reward. Which explains why I never played often and quit early on. And does anyone remember how absolutely obnoxious the player base...

Thanks. I did read the article. I find this topic very interesting and good rabbit hole to dive into. I took away from the article that the ruling was the result of a failure by the judge to either research or understand the underlying facts that THJ was entitled to use images from the original...

I assume you're talking about EMU servers. Can you tell us what there legal basis would be?

Redbot's edit: This thread is for discussing legal matters around the EQ emulator scene. Accepting anyone's post here as legal advice is a bad idea, but it's a very interesting topic! Here are some links to get you started...

Yeah, this has been my perception of EMU - nostalgia and TLP-focused. Here today, gone tomorrow. Which is why I've never been interested. I don't want to go back to pre-Serpent's Spine EQ. I understand there is a number of people who like TLP and the nostalgia it brings, but I'm not one of them...

I realize that my personal background isn't of much interest, so I include a brief mention because it is relevant to something I've complained about repeatedly on DB forums. I am a retired business owner. I was a franchisee for a major retailer. Overlapping this period, I owned another small...

Ditto to this. You already have a near ideal caster group, just add a MAG and move on. SHM is fine, but my personal preference is for a DRU as main heal in a caster group.

I understand your issue. I think everyone struggles with controlling so many toons. I have only 18 and it seems like overload at times. Firstly, I can't help with what you want, I'm afraid, but I can offer some advice. You don't need a huge force anymore, even at level 50, to overcome these...

Congrats on your army! Well done. When you say, "automate older raids" what does that mean? Are you looking for plug-ins that do the raid for you?

No, I have not. But I will accept that your claim is accurate. I have only one WIZ character as part of my caster group, but I've never played with a WIZ merc so I don't know how they compare. Additionally, my one WIZ is supported by a BRD, DRU, and ENC as part of the group so his damage is...

I'll support those suggesting SK, BRD, SHM. To that, I would add three melee DPS (ROG) mercs as the standard line up. If you want more survivability for tougher content, you can switch out two of the ROG mercs for a WAR and CLR merc which would essentially give you a tank group. So, standard...