I need help to start the game!

bexinh

I really want to play the game.

Recently they offer the heroic character, so i thought its a good chance for me to get on the game and catch up. But turn out its not that easy. The game is huge and messy with massive contents and knownledge curve but i determine to learn however i dont know where to start. I need help, i dont know where to go to grind for level. The dungeon finder is not working as i spent 3 hours on it and never find me a group. Ok so i go do some quests but somehow the quests dont give me any experience they only give u faction. So spent 3 hours and didnt get even  1 bar of exp. I called for help in game for 1 hour (i didnt spam) but no one even bother to answer. And also the world seems to be empty i travel around but rarely see anyone around so i can ask. If anyone willing to help outthere pls leave ur name and server ill find out to ask for mentoring.

 

Thanks in advance!

syriinx

Did you use your heroic character?  if so, hopefully you are on either Antonia Bayle or Freeport server

I would head to Sundered Frontier to learn your class, its meant for level 80.  once you learn your class for a hwile and get to 86 or 87 head to destiny of velious zones.

To get to Sudnered frontier, you use a wizard spire

 

decent site for information:

http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/EverQuest_2_Wiki:Main_Page

bexinh

I'm in Freeport server ign: Bexinh how do i contact u in game?

Nadia

I'm hoping the DOV quests now start at lvl 85  (used to be 86)

 

here is the DOV quest timeline

http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Great_Divide_Timeline

 

all DOV gear has been retuned - and will be better than Heroic Character gear

 

if SOE goofed and did not lower the DOV quest minimums, then i recommend questing in Stonebrunt Highlands

http://eq2.zam.com/wiki/Solo_Progression_%28EQ2%29

Level Range	Zone Quest Series	Tiers
1 - 20	Darklight Wood, Frostfang Sea, Greater Faydark or Timorous Deep	T1 - T2
21 - 33	Butcherblock Mountains	T3
34 - 47	Steamfont Mountains	T4 - T5
41 - 55	Everfrost, Lavastorm and Sinking Sands	T5 - T6
55 - 70	Tenebrous Tangle, Barren Sky and Bonemire	T7
68 - 80	Kylong Plains, Fens of Nathsar, Kunzar Jungle and Jarsath Wastes	T8
77 - 85	Moors of Ykesha, Sundered Frontier	T8 - T9
86 - 90	Stonebrunt Highlands, Great Divide, Eastern Wastes	T9
91-93	Withered Lands, Eidolon Jungle, Obol Plains , Cobalt Scar	T10

 

all of this content is free -- except for Eidolon Jungle and Obol Plains

ste2000

Forget the dungeon finder, the servers are half empty that's why it won't find you any group.

Just grind quests, like in WoW, WAR, Rift, SWTOR etc....................  if you played any of those, it' works the same way.

 

EQ2 is great if you can play dungeons and Raid, but at the moment the population is not great and finding a group is a quest in itself.

There are many starting zones and all of them are quite good to level (as long as you like questing)

Nadia

not mentioned on previous grid

Lavastorm has quests for level 80+ too

http://eq2.zam.com/wiki/Lavastorm_%28EQ2_Quest_Series%29

Nadia

 to anyone new to the game,

I highly recommend spending 15.00 to unlock mercenaries

http://eq2.zam.com/wiki/Mercenaries_%28EQ2%29

the shadowknight merc especially is very decent -- if you want a healing merc, grab the inquisitor

 

mercs do share your kill experience but you'll killing things so much faster you'll never notice it

mercs no longer share your coin

 

Nadia

sigh - seems like SOE threw new players to the wolves

won't be much hand holding until you figure out how to distinguish markers on the player map

 

any instant 85 gets dumped into Greater Divide and given 1 quest from nearby npc

 

The Footsteps of Destiny

i read the quest, its not clear to me where to go from reading the quest text

if you open your Map (M key) - you will notice a light blue area to your north west

the light blue is quest related

 

no other quests are available in DOV because they require at least lvl 86

drbaltazar

Stay neutral if you pvp

drbaltazar

When with neutral faction you can fight AALL

Nadia

Originally posted by Ppiper
is EQ2Maps still working. I noticed finding quests a bit daunting.

yes

http://maps.eq2interface.com/index.php?action=download

Nadia

for new or returned players that chose instant 85

 

I recommend this:

on DOV docks/big turtle   talk the otter npc Stissa, transport to Sinking Sands

for chat dialogue choose    Yes, let's be our way

 

you are now in Sinking Sands, a level 45-55 zone

follow the coastline south to the Druid Ring

 

click on bush w animated leaves inside Druid Ring to travel to any Druid Ring in the world

if you are Druid (Warden/Fury) your first stop is Darklight Woods,  talk to the portal trainer to gain own portal spell

 

everyone else, including druids, your next stop is the druid ring in Enchanted Lands

in Enchanted Lands, you will see a Wizard spire nearby -- go West to see it , its labeled Ulteran Spire Portal

click on it and choose Stonebrunt Hightlands

fly / ride South West to Matri Dut /Moonfield Hamlet --- tons of npcs with linear questing for you 

http://eq2.zam.com/wiki/The_Stonebrunt_Highlands_%28EQ2_Quest_Series%29

 

when you gain level 86 - head back to Greater Divide for DOV questing