returning player - gear

Discussion in 'The Newbie Zone' started by bzrkmaniac, Apr 26, 2017.

  1. bzrkmaniac New Member

    Recently returned and I have 21/23 expansions. Where should I be working on gear now? I really don't want to buy 4 expansions yet for all my accounts until I see how things are. Currently, all characters are lvl 95 full access.
  2. Gundolin Augur

    At level 95 I would worry mostly about leveling up to 100 . If you are running into issues because of gear (I don't know how old your gear is) then drop down to Rain of Fear and pick up Fear touched gear. If you are four boxing I don't think you should have much trouble named camping in East Wastes, or moving up to Kael Drakkel for more named. Possible other choice to go for gear would be the Crystal Caverns, but not sure how confident you are moving four characters through that zone.
  3. Kaley_D'vere Journeyman

    I would concur with Gundolin that levels > gear. You’ll attain gear, lots of it, while you progress through the content and subsequently level. Have you worked on Rain of Fear - Shard’s Landing much? That is a great place to level up and attain gear. I would also say grab any open Dead Hills (Gribble’s) groups as much as possible. Dead Hills is part of Call of the Forsaken expac and does require portal attuning (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=7244). Gribble’s missions in particular are boring and repetitive, but using your Lesson Vet AA or even an exp pot on one is a great way to quickly rack up that exp. In the past I’ve used bonus exp weekends to hammer out Gribs after Gribs when leveling toons. (Protip: Bonus exp events often coincide with holiday weekends.) It was boring but well worth the rewards in fast exp to get over that hump.

    Progression for that Rain of Fear expac is here: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/wiki/eq:progression_Through_Rain_of_Fear

    If you haven’t already done the RoF Portal Activation portion, you’ll want to do that so you can more easily navigate those zones.

    Also, don’t forget about augmentations - there are some “must get” augs (*) in RoF Zones:

    KAEL DRAKKEL – THE KING’S MADNESS

    Fjeka’s Fang: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=106581

    *Pakjol's Appetite for Destruction: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=106434

    SHARD’S LANDING

    *Stone of the Landing (one of a few that can be used in charm slot): http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=106462

    Sparking Scale: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=106543

    *Inflexible Scale: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=106423

    EASTERN WASTES: ZEIXSHI-KAR’S AWAKENING

    Moonstone of the Frozen Priest: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=107010


    While anniversary quests are still active you’ll want these augs (get a couple others to help you with these):

    *Shimmering Black Pearl: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=123281

    *(Blue/Green/Yellow/Red) Stone of Power: http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=6789 one of 6 different quests to get the (Color) Stone of Power aug.

    Have fun, and happy hunting!
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  4. Gundolin Augur

    It fits in the Charm slot, has 42 AC, and has heroic Dex, Wis, and Int on top of its other boosts. And did anyone mention it fits in the charm slot?