r/everquest • u/Personal-Judge-2857 • 7h ago
Returning player. Completly lost and need advice.
Hey all,
Been having an itch for EQ for a while. Came back with EQL, absolutly devoured the content (all classes are decked out and currently lvl 50. Not much to do).
I'm waiting for Kunark to come out and have a craving to do the content i was doing 20 years ago. I stopped with PoP. I'm not looking to pay for another subscription on top of EQL, but i'd like to solo all the content up to Quarm in PoTime.
So the goal is to see all the content i missed out on, but i want as little grind as possible. Would love to do Velious fully, Luclin and PoP. Every boss, every raid, everything i missed on when i used to play.
I created a Necromancer on test server so i have free AA's, free spells directly when leveling up, journeyman pet ect.
I just hit lvl 80 and things are slowing down dramatically for leveling, it takes hours to level (and i have a hard time reaching the Hotzone quests and understanding how it all works. Often time i need to travel a LOT just to go kill 5 mobs hidden somewhere deep in a dungeon).
I can't yet solo all of Velious (tried temple of veeshan the other day and god damn some monsters and completly magic immune, i need to stand back and wait 30mins while healing my pet to kill Lord Vymm...annoying).
All that to say, what am I missing out on? What quality of life from 20 years ago (i bought some gear in the bazaar, lvl 80 req. Have a mount and some plat)? Is there an easy way to level? Is there stuff i should do? High level mage damage shield makes it so even though i 1 shot mob with 110k damage shields, i get no exp for it. Once again, am i missing on obvious things or does reaching lvl 100 really take weeks?
I am completly shameless, and dont care for any tips and tricks, however cheesy they may be. I'm just an old 40 year old dude coming back to clear everything up to PoTime solo on test server.
Thanks all in advance :)