Hi all,
I didn't see a FAQ post so please shoot me that way if there is one I missed!
I played back from shortly after launch-velious when I was a kid and recently a few of my friends and I got back into EQ in order to stay connected during the pandemic. I played around with a bunch of different classes starting with a ranger, a Necro, sk, druid, and ended up landing on a monk right before Kunark came out. We all rolled new toons and I started with a shaman and got him to 115 as a gold sub.
Now that I'm back and have the old EQ itch to scratch and as an adult with responsibilities my play times are quite random so I stumbled upon some of your very well done videos on YouTube and decided I might give boxing a try. I had a few questions that are fairly wide ranging.
First I think this one does get asked a lot and I know a big portion of it are preference, but I'm trying to figure out how to build a group that synergizes well using my shaman as the healer. I know I need a tank and I'm torn on SK vs war right now. I'm planning to main drive the tank most likely but I would like at some point to basically play all the classes on and off. I never played a bard very long during my old days but would like to try one so that leaves three spots, I was thinking going more melee centric as I have my shammy 2.0 epic and paired with the bard epic I understand it is a huge melee boost. I never played a zerk or beastlord and was thinking of maybe adding one of each(side bar question is a beastlord a good syngery with shaman because I believe they do also slow but not as well as shaman? Would a ranger fit better?) That leaves my last slot open. Is adding a single caster a good idea for ranged DPS and utility (maybe mage or enc?) or should I stay melee and do something like a monk or rogue, I'm leaning monk because of how much I loved my original one. I know double zerk are quite strong but I think I don't want to double up on classes, but any feedback or insight would be appreciated.
I have an older computer with an older 3.1 ghz i7(4770) and 16gb of ram and a gtx1070 video card, no issues running two accounts on my system now, without turning down any performance, I doubt there will be issues despite the CPU being older. I also have an older maybe 2014 Asus gaming laptop, I don't have the specs handy, but it has a mobile gpu in it, do you think that could cut it if I bring the laptop when I travel for work? Also any tips on keeping any changes synced across two systems on a multibox setup?
I will likely keep my tank and maybe one of the other accounts gold and only sub the rest to get auto grant and then try to grab as many AAs as I can once they are 110-115 range. How does FTP work with the AA cap, specifically can ftp still get the heroic AAs if I unlock progression? If they get regular AAs as a reward from an achievement are those simply lost if you do it while you are FTP? I haven't been able to find a ton of I do on this from some quick Google searches.
Thank you for your time and insight in advance!
I didn't see a FAQ post so please shoot me that way if there is one I missed!
I played back from shortly after launch-velious when I was a kid and recently a few of my friends and I got back into EQ in order to stay connected during the pandemic. I played around with a bunch of different classes starting with a ranger, a Necro, sk, druid, and ended up landing on a monk right before Kunark came out. We all rolled new toons and I started with a shaman and got him to 115 as a gold sub.
Now that I'm back and have the old EQ itch to scratch and as an adult with responsibilities my play times are quite random so I stumbled upon some of your very well done videos on YouTube and decided I might give boxing a try. I had a few questions that are fairly wide ranging.
First I think this one does get asked a lot and I know a big portion of it are preference, but I'm trying to figure out how to build a group that synergizes well using my shaman as the healer. I know I need a tank and I'm torn on SK vs war right now. I'm planning to main drive the tank most likely but I would like at some point to basically play all the classes on and off. I never played a bard very long during my old days but would like to try one so that leaves three spots, I was thinking going more melee centric as I have my shammy 2.0 epic and paired with the bard epic I understand it is a huge melee boost. I never played a zerk or beastlord and was thinking of maybe adding one of each(side bar question is a beastlord a good syngery with shaman because I believe they do also slow but not as well as shaman? Would a ranger fit better?) That leaves my last slot open. Is adding a single caster a good idea for ranged DPS and utility (maybe mage or enc?) or should I stay melee and do something like a monk or rogue, I'm leaning monk because of how much I loved my original one. I know double zerk are quite strong but I think I don't want to double up on classes, but any feedback or insight would be appreciated.
I have an older computer with an older 3.1 ghz i7(4770) and 16gb of ram and a gtx1070 video card, no issues running two accounts on my system now, without turning down any performance, I doubt there will be issues despite the CPU being older. I also have an older maybe 2014 Asus gaming laptop, I don't have the specs handy, but it has a mobile gpu in it, do you think that could cut it if I bring the laptop when I travel for work? Also any tips on keeping any changes synced across two systems on a multibox setup?
I will likely keep my tank and maybe one of the other accounts gold and only sub the rest to get auto grant and then try to grab as many AAs as I can once they are 110-115 range. How does FTP work with the AA cap, specifically can ftp still get the heroic AAs if I unlock progression? If they get regular AAs as a reward from an achievement are those simply lost if you do it while you are FTP? I haven't been able to find a ton of I do on this from some quick Google searches.
Thank you for your time and insight in advance!