Tag: The Heroes’ Journey

The Grind Begins

My ‘new’ main character is now sitting at a comfortable level 56, and it’s time to grind Dragon Necropolis until my eyes bleed. I do get a bonus to experience until I reach the same AA amount as my ‘old’ main, so right now that means I get the bonus until I have 681aa. I’m currently at 378aa, but over 200 of those are in the tradeskill categories, which are the first ones I maxed out because that’s what I want to do in game. The next things I went for were combat stability, and combat agility. Important for progression.

I am not sure which craft I’ll level up first or if I’ll just continue to work through them each until I get stuck. There’s the coldain prayer shawl that I’d also like to work on, and I need to get foraging up. The list of things to work on in EverQuest is never ending. The husband has over 1,000aa now on his character, and has been farming the lower level zones for items for me to put for sale. He has no interest in the marketing part of the game, but I am all for it. Over all, it seems to be a good pairing.

I did also spend almost all of my plat. I picked up the 30 slot that allows you to sell giant items instantly to a vendor, and I also picked up the 100 slot that allows small items inside and does the same thing. SO MUCH LOVE. These items are incredible. I opted not to spend real life money on these, and instead I purchased EOM from someone else. EOM have been shooting up in price the more people who play, too.

As always, happy gaming – no matter where you find yourself.

A lot of unlocks..

Vox and Nagafen went down without a fight, and then it was time to kill a few more dragons – and then a few more. Right now the character cap for my character is 60, and I’m just shy of unlocking Planes of Power. I need more AA before I attempt that, and in the meantime I’ve been farming things to sell.

There’s a currency on this server called ‘Echo of Memories’ and they’re purchased with RL money but they also drop in game. You can sell this on the bazaar, and they’re used for a few QoL things. 5 EOM will let you port directly from the Bazaar to your expedition zone, and it also lets you take your party along with you. 30 EOM will let you purchase a 100 slot bag that also lets you sell directly to vendor anything that’s inside of it. It can only hold small items – perfect for those craft supplies you’ve been hording. It also has 100% weight reduction. The other EOM bag that I want, is 40 slots, and can hold up to giant items. This one also has 100% weight reduction.

You can also use EOM to change your race, and your appearance. I believe they can also be used to change your class. We’re all given one free class change and then there’s a timer and a cost (from my understanding).

Speaking of – I decided to change my main. I didn’t opt to change but instead just decided to remake. Instead of the Shadowknight/Berzerker/Monk that I had been rocking, I opted to go for a Gnome Enchanter/Ranger/Beastlord – and I plan on crafting with this character. I wanted a Gnome for tinkering, and a ranger for forage. The enchanter to enchant metals (plus illusions for factions) and the beastlord is just a class I enjoy playing. So far she is locked at level 56, but has zero AA, which puts me quite far behind my old main. This Easter the server is supposedly going to turn experience bonus back on (yay) so I should be able to catch up then.

Most players on the server have been kind and helpful, the chats are constantly active, and I’ve had a bazaar character set up for all of the time that I’m too busy to actually play. I just earned 50,000 plat, but ended up spending it all on EOM (which are currently set to 1595p each, it looks like there’s a few people who just hoard them and resell for higher prices). You can’t really take the goblin out of me. In any case, I’ve been having an absolute blast, and I can’t wait to continue on with my progression.

The Heroes’ Journey Continues (The Ruins of Old Paineel)

Right now my paladin/monk/berserker character is level 46, with 155aa – it’s almost time to unlock Kunark. There is no cap on aa but now that I have 150+ I do lose the bonus experience, and until I defeat Nagafen and Vox, 50 is my level cap (I have 100% going to aa at the moment). I believe the guide says I should be reaching 250aa before going further, but I am really only loosely following that anyway.

The first 150aa were done in Castle Mistmoore, where we continued to level until around 40, then we went off to search for new lands. We’re currently parked in The Ruins of Old Paineel – also called ‘The Hole’ by most players. The encounters here are significantly more difficult than they were in Castle Mistmoore, with a LOT of casters who wear damage shields. I’m doing my best to land stuns on everyone but unlike Castle Mistmoore I can’t pull 10+ red mobs here and expect to survive. Things are starting to slow down, which is what I expected. There really isn’t any rush at all, so we’ll probably stay here for a few days and reach our 250aa, then level to 50. Once that is completed, it will be time to take on Nagafen and Vox. I’m excited for that fight. The unlocks are account wide, so that will give my alts access to Kunark. I’ve been thinking about creating a mage/x/x combination, having pets doing most of the work for me might be nice.

Right now there is 50% experience bonus due to the April Fool’s event that took place yesterday. All of the character models and players were flipped upside down (there was an easy fix on discord for anyone who didn’t want to remain this way) – the bonus lasts until Sunday, which is lovely.

It’s not exactly the same thing as playing the original EverQuest, but I’m enjoying myself, it’s nice to hang out with my husband in game like we used to back when we were just starting to get to know each other. I enjoy reading everyones stories in /ooc, the game typically has around 3000-4000 playing at any one time and it feels very full of life.

As always, happy gaming – no matter where you find yourself.

A Day in Castle Mistmoore

I’ve been playing THJ EverQuest EMU for two days now, and it has taken me some time to settle down with a selection of classes that I actually fully enjoy but I think I’ve finally found my combination. I didn’t want to be overwhelmed with having to purchase spells for three different classes, so I remade and I’ve been playing a berzerker/monk/paladin combination that seems to be everything I was looking for, at least so far.

My husband is still playing his berzerker/monk/rogue combination, and we’re currently level locked at 30. The advice from most is to lock here, and reach the current cap of 150aa before proceeding, so that’s what we’re doing. We created a respawning instance of Castle Mistmoore (this has a 2h timer, everything respawns but you won’t get any big named, the other version is a despawning version, big named will only spawn once, and I believe that instance is on a 14h timer). We can then farm the entire instance just the two of us – and experience happens to be zone wide because you’re in an expedition. While the husband is at work or doing chores, I can continue soloing the zone, and vice versa.

Right now I’m sitting at 82/150 aa earned. There’s also a gear leveling system, so we’ve been taking advantage of that. As you earn experience, any piece of gear (minus augments and bags) that you put in your ‘power’ slot, will level. Gear can come in 3 different flavours, the base version – an enchanted version – and a legendary version. It takes a long time to reach the legendary version of a piece of gear. These items can also drop in their base/enchanted/legendary versions, and you can sell them. I’ve been slowly working on my gear so that all of it is enchanted, and then I’ll contemplate working some to legendary (again, long process). I’m also thinking of starting some tradeskills, because why not.

The players on this EMU are lovely and helpful. All chat goes to the OOC channel which is also replicated on their discord server, so if you have a question about pretty much anything, you can search discord because chances are it has already been asked.

Once we reach 150aa we’ll go back to leveling and attempting to reach level 50. Our ‘big’ goal is to take down Lord Nagafen, and Lady Vox. We’ll see how that goes. It’s required to unlock the next stage of progress, and I’m pretty excited about it.

Happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!