Some simple tips for newer players or first timer TLP'ers

Some raid guilds will skip VP but none I know would skip Vex Thal.

Definitely have to agree with this. I played a Wizzy in Aradune through Classic, Kunark, and Velious. Was it perfect? No of course not, Wizards have so many early era problems. But making things explode was fun, and that was my goal. I ended up in a lot of groups just as a result of the little things I learned along the way like using the orange AoEs as a means of saving mana on single targets, and getting good with timing on Shackles of Force to help split tougher adds if we didn't have an enchie. Dispelling AC debuffs, etc also made life easier on the melees.

Mischief was my first real TLP and one thing I regret was not buying Kronos for cheap before Kunark launched. People were literally selling them for 600pp, right in front of me, and I didn't buy them. A couple of months later the same kronos were going for 30K.

I also wouldn't recommend playing a Cleric. I'm a Cleric main on P99 and it's super rewarding over there due to how rare the class is and the fact that Cleric players are very sought after.

On TLP, being a Cleric felt really bad because it's the most commonly boxed class. This isn't an issue on P99 where boxing is strictly forbidden, but on TLP, if you are a Cleric main you will quickly feel obsolete when you realize a significant amount of players already have an AFK heal bot cleric on standby 24/7.

Awesome! Though according to point 6 I should not be reading this

Very entertaining read, easy to understand and all 100% truth.

Can't believe you missed /calendar

Thank you yes, that's what I meant. Not sure why I can't + your post.

Server 1 is cool.
They should remove lore tag too.

use /assist and learn how to type... i use voice comms now, but also raided pop and god with nothing but my fingers, no gina crutch either!

Set time stamps on your chat so you don't look stupid by responding to something in chat that is hours old.

Right click in chat window where you would type something and select which time format you want to display

yeah grumpy old guy but as an example, imagine a day when all cars drive themselves, does anyone learn to drive manually anymore?