The Heroes Journey (Multiclass EQemu Progression Server)

skylan

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On my first character I picked some whacked out shit too. Cleric/bard/SK, I mean it wasnt really that bad but I got him to like lv30 and rerolled to SK/ROG/SHM once I searched the discord a bit. I knew I wanted to play SK I just didnt know what matched well with him.

Im definitely looking forward to SSF, but Im going to start that once they release it with all the rule set to keep me honest. I dont think I trust myself enough, lol. I would get to a spot that sucked and fold and buy some shit on the baz. But definitely looking forward to the slow roll, looking shit up, going there, doing the epics, etc... Most of the alts I have basically all took the same route all twinked out. Blackburrow, Unrest, CoM to 50 and then DN to 60 and 2K aa. The last two I did basically went from 1-50 in like 6-8 hours.

So yeah, I want to experience more of the world, more of the dungeons, unlock all the waypoints, do some quests...etc..
Yep, exactly that. I had so much fun in original EQ / kunark / velious and blasting thru that because I'm overgeared feels a little shitty. Do we know when they're releasing SSF mode? I don't think I want to wait unless it's real soon. I just started playing a month or so ago and I'm still having a blast.
 

Kaines

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Yep, exactly that. I had so much fun in original EQ / kunark / velious and blasting thru that because I'm overgeared feels a little shitty. Do we know when they're releasing SSF mode? I don't think I want to wait unless it's real soon. I just started playing a month or so ago and I'm still having a blast.
They expect it in the next couple months. Nothing specific yet on release date.
 

mkopec

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They said once when POP settles down and they have all the bugs worked out. They have it pretty much done but it needs to be tested. so im assuming within a month or so? They will have HCSSF/SSF and SF for the peeps that want to group or duo.
 

mkopec

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Yep, exactly that. I had so much fun in original EQ / kunark / velious and blasting thru that because I'm overgeared feels a little shitty. Do we know when they're releasing SSF mode? I don't think I want to wait unless it's real soon. I just started playing a month or so ago and I'm still having a blast.
I mean, youre always going to be OP on this server no matter what. Youre essentially a raid boss when all geared out and AAed. Its the nature of having 3 classes together. For example if you roll anything with monk, they changed their kicks and punces to do damage based on the AC of the gloves and boots. So youre doing 100+ kick and punches at lv 1, if you find some boots and gloves with some AC lol. I know in SSf this will be harder, but still. I was kicking for 300-500 with some twink boots in blackburrow one shotting everything.

But, yeah you dont have to wait, just do a self imposed SSF and have fun. Just stay away from the baz, lol. I just know, me personally, would probably fold at some point and just buy some shit. Maybe a weapon or whatever to make it easier, which would ruin it.
 
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skylan

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I mean, youre always going to be OP on this server no matter what. Youre essentially a raid boss when all geared out and AAed. Its the nature of having 3 classes together. For example if you roll anything with monk, they changed their kicks and punces to do damage based on the AC of the gloves and boots. So youre doing 100+ kick and punches at lv 1, if you find some boots and gloves with some AC lol. I know in SSf this will be harder, but still. I was kicking for 300-500 with some twink boots in blackburrow one shotting everything.

But, yeah you dont have to wait, just do a self imposed SSF and have fun. Just stay away from the baz, lol. I just know, me personally, would probably fold at some point and just buy some shit. Maybe a weapon or whatever to make it easier, which would ruin it.
Oh yeah, I definitely like the OP part and soloability, I just don't want to make it overly trivial. I was expecting at least a little bit of a challenge from Trakanon at level 52.. I accidently pulled the whole room including tolapumj or whatever his name is and was still able to down everything at level 52. I did get about 400 aa's though.

This will give me some time to figure out some more shit before the SSF mode comes out. I only played EQ seriously from classic to velious, and then a little stint where I came back for PoP. I know they had AA's in PoP but I feel like I'm way behind the times on this server.
 

Ikkan

Molten Core Raider
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Not one of those classes, but in general your first two phases look about as quick as you can get without a Bard or Wiz. I don't know what your sustained DPS capabilities are, but you're definitely getting killed on P4-Quarm times. Sustained DPS classes can do each of P4 and P5 in under 10 minutes by way of some form or another, and Quarm in under 4 if they can do magic DPS, so that's the big disparity between you and all those sub-75 min runs.

This was my TTK for gods+Quarm yesterday (just killing one-by-one as Dru/Mnk/Rog), with a few more minutes for splitting Tallon out + running in general-
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Ahh that makes sense. This combo is strictly burst DPS, we have basically no sustained DPS. I wonder if its time to give my petcuck alt some more love.

Thanks for the info :)
 

Jackie Treehorn

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Oh yeah, I definitely like the OP part and soloability, I just don't want to make it overly trivial. I was expecting at least a little bit of a challenge from Trakanon at level 52.. I accidently pulled the whole room including tolapumj or whatever his name is and was still able to down everything at level 52. I did get about 400 aa's though.

This will give me some time to figure out some more shit before the SSF mode comes out. I only played EQ seriously from classic to velious, and then a little stint where I came back for PoP. I know they had AA's in PoP but I feel like I'm way behind the times on this server.
The early stuff simply isn’t that hard. You’re gonna quickly hit some harder stuff though. Even decently twinked out.
 

Ikkan

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YEah but a lot of that stuff is on par with Lucy gear, maybe 1 more stat or more hybrid. But the good shit is like 200K
There are some BiS or almost BiS items from Time that people sell the Enchanted version for WAY less than Legendary, and it can be a lot cheaper to buy 4 of them and level it up. I've done it with a few items.
 

Hippos

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YEah but a lot of that stuff is on par with Lucy gear, maybe 1 more stat or more hybrid. But the good shit is like 200K
Naw, outside of Earthen Bracers, Time drop prices are pretty cooked unless you get Legendaries that you can apply the petcuck tax to. Unfortunately for every 150-200k run you get in Time now, there's a 15-20k run you'll get soon after.

It's generally more profitable to spend an hour farming Diaku augs than it is doing Time now. Gotten to the point where I've just started skipping my lockouts unless I want to do some gear parsing.
 

mkopec

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I dont really sell gear. As I dont buy too much shit either. I just get it myself eventually. Too tedious to do the whole sell shit plus I have like 5 alts I need to show love too, so all the gear will be used in one way or another. I have 3 capable, prob 4 but have not tried, farming augs every day, so its all covered.

My pally is lucking out in the PoP BIS list, only needs the bracers and and a few other pieces which are pricey, but ill get that shit myself eventually rest of it was mad cheap, like 200-500pp cheap and hes got 4 pieces of elemental, chest, boots, gloves and Helm that are BIS, and that shit was mad cheap. and hes 14/21 with Diaku augs. Still has a way to go in gear but hes already 1400 and change in mitigation self buffed.
 

Talenvor

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Decided to give Time a go tonight. Got the clear without even dying. Quarm was a bit touch and go, but man I don’t think I’m ever bothering with Time again. Took forever to even get to Quarm and his fight is ass. Nothing but spamming heals and shield disease dispel over and over. I’d much rather just take 10 min and do Kera and buy Time drops with the Lego Kera augs.

I quit EQ before mid/late PoP so I had no idea what I was in for. If further expansions are these long boring flagging events with little to no good loot until the end of the last zone, then I guess I’m done with THJ.

We have 3+ more months of PoP and I have nothing to do unless I want to absolutely max out BiS and/or get that Seru Aug + vortex weapon, which I don’t know why I would do any of that since everything but Zeb is pretty trivial now.
 

Jox

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Are there any War Clr Bst here that have been tracking how long Time has been taking them? I feel like this is slow but I really cannot figure out how to make it faster:

P1 - 16 min
P2 - 3 min
P3 - 25 min
P4 - 24 min
P5 - 30 min
Quarm - 13 mins

Total - 1hr 51min

Maybe there's something about P1 that I'm not thinking that could improve it?
I haven't tracked my clear time since my first clear with this build and I've gone from luclin bis to pop bis since then but I know my Quarm takes about 6-7 minutes tops because he dies 1 bloodlust after my battle frenzy refreshes.
 

Kirun

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Decided to give Time a go tonight. Got the clear without even dying. Quarm was a bit touch and go, but man I don’t think I’m ever bothering with Time again. Took forever to even get to Quarm and his fight is ass. Nothing but spamming heals and shield disease dispel over and over. I’d much rather just take 10 min and do Kera and buy Time drops with the Lego Kera augs.

I quit EQ before mid/late PoP so I had no idea what I was in for. If further expansions are these long boring flagging events with little to no good loot until the end of the last zone, then I guess I’m done with THJ.

We have 3+ more months of PoP and I have nothing to do unless I want to absolutely max out BiS and/or get that Seru Aug + vortex weapon, which I don’t know why I would do any of that since everything but Zeb is pretty trivial now.
That's kind of the point of this server. Have fun blasting through expansions/content you never saw, reach a point where you're "done", just hop in for an hour or so a night to farm a few augs and then play other shit. Or do a PoTime run or two on the weekend and do the same.

The people who play this "hardcore" baffle the fuck out of me. I have zero idea how you'd even play this "hardcore". I've cleared PoTime probably a total of 8 or so times, but have kept Kera on "farm" with 4 chars since shortly after Velious launch, have full BIS on 2 chars(minus a couple diaku and atk augs on one) and full Luclin BIS on the other two (minus a decent chunk of augs on these guys), and have over 4 million plat with not really much to spend it on. Other than more gear for 2 toons that can already farm Kera no problem, which a 60 second shave off my clear time is something I couldn't care less about. All of that has been done with just 1-2 hours a night. Even skipping some nights here and there entirely. Maybe a 3 hour session on the weekend here and there mixed in.
 
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Ikkan

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I haven't tracked my clear time since my first clear with this build and I've gone from luclin bis to pop bis since then but I know my Quarm takes about 6-7 minutes tops because he dies 1 bloodlust after my battle frenzy refreshes.
Is your strat to just spam SotI cure or do you do something different?
 

Uriel

Blackwing Lair Raider
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Any recommendations on alts? My main is SK/RNG/ROG and I love it (almost 900aa atm, bazaar geared and feeling pretty strong), I'm honestly just tempted to make more of them as boss farmers but I'm open to other OP and fun combos.
 

DirkDonkeyroot

Blackwing Lair Raider
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Any recommendations on alts? My main is SK/RNG/ROG and I love it (almost 900aa atm, bazaar geared and feeling pretty strong), I'm honestly just tempted to make more of them as boss farmers but I'm open to other OP and fun combos.
Ranger rogue sk, clear time in 1h15m when you're geared.
 

Jox

Molten Core Raider
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Is your strat to just spam SotI cure or do you do something different?
I DW the whole time, riposte disc with first battle frenzy + divine avatar + vehement rage with 2 ethereal destroyers, once riposte ends I swap to holy hand + ethereal destroyer and I hit evasion disc to try to avoid more hits from the elementals and their slow proc(not sure this helps, but I do it just because it works in my head). I keep the 3 beastlord quick, frost nukes on cooldown and spam shield or cast heals as needed. Second battle frenzy goes with spirit frenzy + bestial alignment + the bestial fury disc, and I hit my purify and radiant cure + 1 or 2 shield clicks to at least get a few seconds of non slow dps while cooldowns are running.