Me Gotty Skyas and some others have been playing on 7th hammer for few weeks, who else is playing on the server nowadays?

We are in a guild called Evil`Empire so if you see one of us running around give a shout out.

names are Kukulkan and Vhalleon

I've been playing Uluth, in Mystical Moonlight, and I know Intin's playing. No clue who else though.

How do you get back into this game? I'm so far behind on expansions.. what's the monthly fee?

Gotty? Wow that's a blast from the past. Tell him to email me please

Fee is still 15 per month. Or you can buy packages of 'x' months for a price that (when you average it out) is lower than 15. I think 3 months is 42, which factors out to 14 per...

As far as getting back into the game, it is extremely quick for anyone to level up to 60. Once you hit 60-70 then it starts to slowly become longer to level, and 70+ you need to start having some decent gear, groups, and/or power levelling to get up to 80+. And 80+ is just relatively bleh for obvious reasons...

My wife (Lisy) and I are on Stromm, and will likely transfer back to Seventh. I kept the FL guildname intact.

I can't even remember what level Joxur is.. 65? Hmm. I may re-up, I'm so fucking insanely ridiculously bored in WoW. We'll see when my Eve trial expires.

I'm playing as basically anyone you see with an Aphelion guild tag. Also, as some anonymous alts that just sit around with their mercs farming AAs, because you really don't have to be at the keyboard any more to level.

Pretty sure Cucu is still around. I have my accounts paid for, but haven't been online in a while due to busyness...

And if you buy the 2year deal its like $9/month. And i think its only 20-30 bucks to get the full set of expansions up to current, and you can do it all online if you feel the necessity.

Oh, im on 7th still.

Dash, did you ever find my account info? =p

I'm stuck on stromm, but I hated being on 7th anyways since they bitch slapped Lanys away.

Trax, 7th isn't bad. Tons of old Lanys people on there that I remember and have seen. Bigz, Tanise, Wayseeker (Now on a Bard Songseeker), Mistydawnn, Gutss (Mistaree) among others. Those are just the ones I've seen or spoken to that I remember.

Took about 6 weeks off but will be back raiding next week on the 7th.

Cuc.. how's everything? Great to see you still kicking. (wasn't a monk pun on purpose)

I'm kicking around in EQ again on the 7th hammer/Lanys server, kind of lost in what is going, Everyone is welcome to send a tell and say hi, name Wildiiana lvl 66 Ranger and a few AA's, Anyone have a link or something that will help an old newbie find out what area is good and things to work on.

Also still doing some WoW on Elune server, a night elf Hunter Wildiana

Ele... I would be down for a FL return. You know, a married + son, and a full time job type of return! Hahah

Seriously, WAR's expansion is pretty awesome and everything but, i'm still down for a challenge, especially with expansion coming up.

Shit, if only. Too much traveling for me. I really am only fucking around, maybe play with the mercs, relive some old content and just talk to a few old school folks.

I trade my raiding card for a Diner's Club card awhile ago =/

Note: WoW raiding doesn't count as "raiding". It's like herding cats through a linear progression model.

haha... believe me I know. I don't even know what type of raid schedule would fit into my life. The great thing about WAR is I get to log in for a hour, take a few keeps, maybe take part in a City push, some SC's, and other misc. stuff. I have no idea what EQ entails now but, would be cool to fly under a common banner again if only to relive so old content and raid a night or maybe two throughout summer or late winters. I'm a Tech Coordinator / Technology Teacher for a High School now so my days of grinding out and developing software is finally over. Being on a teacher's schedule is surreal and perfect for family life.

Doing pretty good Mulli just working a ton so play time is non existent atm. I will most likely log on this weekend and start back raiding 2 nights a week again.

Good Cucu, I should be 85 by then or at least real close to it. Enro and I play an hour sometimes a few hours 3-5x a week.

Wow... how many Lanys people do we have playing EQ right now?

Khan, may be an obvious answer but, with the play schedule you are on atm, how are you enjoying EQ? Right now, I play WAR nearly everyday for a hour or two. Sometimes a bit more on the weekends depending on family plans. The only way I can see EQ is playing 4-8 hours a day to truly accomplish things. I still have my cleric but if I came back I would like to reroll a SK. Can you get away with a couple hours every other day and still enjoy? I can probably raid one to two nights a week as well.

You can get a lot done in an hour. As far as raiding, I don t raid for more than 4 hours on the nights a do raid but that really depends on the guild your in. Tons of options for casual to hard core players.

We've missed you much Cucullin!

Xolar, Zeronus, and I all re-upped with the Mythic / Bioware announcement. Still debating on either bringing back my cleric or rolling a SK or Rogue.

See you guys in game next week when we get from vacation.

Muli

SK > all

Too late... I already went Rogue. Duty had told me that Rogue's are in pretty high demand. Also, if i'm going to tank, then I needed to be a warrior. I don't want to be a warrior so I went Dark Elf Rogue. Name is Muligann.. I wanted to be as close to a familiar name as possible.

I need some serious help so if anyone catches me in game, give me a shout. I'm definitely lost! haha

my statement stands.

But goodluck, rogue's are beasts.

The only thing a warrior can tank that a SK/Paladin cannot tank is raid boss named. Everything else... all three are capable and able to tank.

Of course you just need to play what you want to play. That is really the only way you will have fun in game.

Don't resubscribe to this game! It will steal your soul!

This game has really changed but I can't believe how much fun it is at the moment. I honestly went in with low expectations and planned on farting around with some old faces but, the game itself has been quite challenging. I actually noticed I had a 33 Rogue on my account so after playing from level one to nearly 10, I began remembering a lot of different things. I switched over to my 33 Rogue, Loches, and began hitting Hot Zones. I spend what little money I had on Muligan buying some Defiant Gear and weapons but I am so broke.

Xolar and Zero should be patched up today and I believe they are starting fresh. Talking to Xolar last night, I believe he will be rolling a Beast Lord and Zero a Shadow Knight. We'll probably pull a couple of healer Mercs around and begin destroying stuff. I have been reading stuff every night and killing my iPhone trying to learn how to play my class. I believe this is one thing I missed the most. Going into many other games, it wasn't important to be as proficient as it is in Everquest. It could just be me, but I feel to be of any value in EQ, regardless of class, you need to be good at what you do. Games just do not have the challenge or the demand of excellence EQ requires. I'm playing relatively casual, couple of hours or more an evening and it's great.

If anyone wants to lend a helping hand, I am playing Loches and if Givin or any other professional Rogues want to lend some insight here, it would be greatly appreciated.

Muli

so what do mercs cost to hire and how long do they last?

Mercs last forever. Thing is, every 15 minutes they charge you an upkeep fee. The cost for both is rated to your level.

Muli, look me up on Uluth if you need help.

You can look me up as Demondred (WoT fanboy), gnome sk. I made a gnome after Givin one time was sneaking around down in lower guk King side. At that time, like a month after Kunark release, we were all low 50's and I heard my first "woot". We all looked around and thought maybe it was a GM or something because none of us had see invisible up. I think that was the first time I ever heard of the word "Woot". He popped out later, I guess he was just roaming around. Camping the Froglock King back in early 2000 = uber btw.

Anyways, look me up...Demondred, I am in Iraq and have a little better than dial up but I can tank, destroy and train like the best of them.

I hit 81 last night. I can now AE headshot farm C2 in plane of fire. 100%AA gives 10% a kill. With LoD i get about 18-19%. In my 30 minute lesson (first time and no AE root yet) I was able to rake in 22AA. That's 22AA, solo (no merc), in 30 minutes.

Great to see you on last night Uluth. Duty really scared us to death last night but I made 3 levels. I'm 70.5 now but have a long way to go.

1.) I need some start up cash
2.) I still have Epic 1.0
3.) I have no clue where I am and where I am going
4.) I need a guild
5.) Did I mention i'm pretty much lost?


Duty took Xolar, Zero, and myself and we wrecked some stuff in Volderam(sp?) I have no clue what expansion that is a part of but I know this much, I'm reading like no tomorrow on every EQ site I had bookmarked. I love it...

Anyway, I'm playing Muligan, I said a Rogue but, I forgot how much I loved my Cleric. I thought I was sick of healing but Muli is just awesome but CH does nothing to Duty. He's an 85 tank that is pretty pimped out. Actually Duty, Zero, Xolar, and myself all need guilds. I belive Duty has half of a raiding guild that needs guild tagged.

I'm just pulled in every direction. It's actually pretty exciting. EQ has aged relatively well. I played 3 hours, including run time and all, and made 3 levels and logged off. No stress no worries, I like it...

I'll look everyone up this evening!

Damn you guys are making me want to fire up the bard. I wish I didn't have to pay the $40 to get up to date.

The game has become easier. At the same time, it is still a challenge.

Unfortunately, it is also still a grind game. Granted they have done some things to "spice" up your playing experience so that it appears that you are just not sitting there and grinding over and over and over... but at the end of the day, all it is is just grinding.

But the cool thing is- if you want ez mode, it is there. If you want a challenge, they are there too. The problem is that most people want permanent ez mode and are not wiling to take on challenges. But if you find some who want to challenge and do difficult things- stuff is out there for you to do.

Yeah...

ah guys EQ is just a fun game now and you don't have to kill yourself. I've played 2 of 3 days and went 67 to 71 and a few AA. Just playing a couple hours a night.

51% bonus exp starts today!

Very happy about the bonus exp weekend. My goal is to gain 250AA to bring me near 750. Gotta find out if potions stack with the bonus. Might go for 400 if they do :p.

They usually do.... can't think of one when they didn't.

They do in fact stack with the bonus. Go back to Valdeholme and you will get a few levels a night there until 75 when the XP dries up.

Mulli, I saw you and Duty the other night in DH killing the farm. The guy with me, Ganal is Enro from Lanys. We were on our way to Mech but couldn't resist stealing a few of your mobs you didn't pull fast enough!

Look us up including Heorot, we are the last of Seven Dreams.

Joe (Rulek, Aeian) is in Silent Honor, he seems to like it and they are in the Lanys Alliance so they get to raid if they want. Just have to put up with Tanise which isn't bad if you just read his typing. In vent his voice and the Uhhhhh after every other word gets very annoying. But he seems to know what he is doing and is an OK guy.

bah, double post...

We'll look you guys up and I can't get Duty to pull fast enough... he keeps talking politics and stuff with people. I think he is also obsessed with server rankings. Rumor has it he'll be in Diligence soon.

Cool to see some familiar faces. I'll catch up soon... then maybe i'll heal ya in some groupage.

Tanise ever visit these forums? So many people yet so few posts

Uhhh, I dont think so. Uhhh I'm not sure he even knows about these Uhhhh boards, Uhhh....

I had Vicious (sp) contact me last night about joining Dilligence. Was very weird.

Vicious tells you: Did you contact me about joining Dilli the other day?
You tell Vicious: Uhhh... newp.
Vicious tells you: Ahh ok, well I run the Zerkers for Dilli so if you are looking to join contact me.
You tell Vicious: Uhhh... ok?

Not suprising though, they only have 2 active 85 Zerkers in their guild. Guess they need the extra DPS to stay ahead of Lanys Alliance!

lmao, send him my regards, would ya?

Sure will, uhhhh... Leo, Uhhhh...

I wonder if Diligence is losing members because it has already finished this new expansion, and many of its members are leaving either on summer break or are just bored with Tower clear #1745. I have read that many of the higher end guilds on other servers are in major recruiting mode because they finished the expansion months ago, and there is still what- four more months till the next one? So those who are so bored are just leaving and either not coming back, or waiting till new expansion comes out. Not sure...

What would be interesting, at least to myself, is this supposed change from 54 man to 36 man raids for next expansion. Cause if guilds are recruiting for 54, and then when new expansion comes out and all those who left come back... now you are looking at (say) 80 active raiders competing for 36 slots? Or even 54 slots? Who sits out, who doesn't...

The hardest part of GoD (other than the horribly, horribly annoying fights) was figuring out how to deal with the change in raid force size. Going from 72 to 54 was a huge blow to the higher end guilds. Aphelion had an active raid for of 90ish people to hit the 72 person mark. Obviously extremely high attendance and by that point didn't really have trash to cut. The only saving grace was that GoD was so horrible that no one wanted to show up to raid it anyhow.

I'm sure that somewhere out there people loved God, but for the life of me I will never know why. OoW seemed neat, but then WoW launched and delivered the EQ belly punch.