Sterling
El Presidente
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Yeah I saw that post and it's a terrible idea. LoY isn't really an expansion. In most games it would be a mediocre content patch with almost no endgame relevance.
Everquest - Selos Server - 20th Anniversary Casual Server
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pharmakos
soʞɐɯɹɐɥd
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so with that knowledge, here's what the expansion release schedule looks like for Selo 2019
The Ruins of Kunark
The Scars of Velious
The Shadows of Luclin - MARCH
The Planes of Power - MAY
The Legacy of Ykesha - JUNE
Lost Dungeons of Norrath - JULY
Gates of Discord - AUGUST
Omens of War - SEPTEMBER
Dragons of Norrath - OCTOBER
Depths of Darkhollow - NOVEMBER
Prophecy of Ro - DECEMBER
The Serpent's Spine - JANUARY
The Ruins of Kunark
The Scars of Velious
The Shadows of Luclin - MARCH
The Planes of Power - MAY
The Legacy of Ykesha - JUNE
Lost Dungeons of Norrath - JULY
Gates of Discord - AUGUST
Omens of War - SEPTEMBER
Dragons of Norrath - OCTOBER
Depths of Darkhollow - NOVEMBER
Prophecy of Ro - DECEMBER
The Serpent's Spine - JANUARY
Arbitrary
Tranny Chaser
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Setting aside a whole month for Legacy of Ykesha is the most "ultra-casual" characteristic the server has thus far.
Grumpus
Molten Core Raider
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Revamped Cazic-Thule might be a good place to start gearing up. There is quite a lot of decent loot in there if its available at the start of Luclin.
Fight
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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I played a main Necro for years and had maxed AA's through Rain of Fear. I don't see how a Paladin partner does much for you? A Beastlord, Mage, or Shaman are all pretty good duo partners... but I always felt the Necro did the heavy lifting.
If you want a tank, then why not: Shaman (Troll) & Shadow Knight (Ogre)
-Legit heals
-Haste & buffs to all stats/resists
-SoW
-DoTs & Debuffs up the wazzo
-Slows
-Snares, Fears, Roots
-Pulls with high HP & AC, Feign Death'er
-Damage Shields
-Maybe a bit light on DPS
Or a Druid & Paladin combo, but you lack haste & slows which have always felt like a pretty big deal to me.
Xevy
Log Wizard
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I played Ogre SK and Troll Shaman box. Was a really good combo. Can just FD pull anything you need, and throw on torpor when you're too lazy to big heal. SK's can keep aggro even with the mega slow. And SK's are one of the few tanks who can build enough aggro to let your Shaman go full DOT dps and really melt shit. SK/Shaman probably the best hands on combo. The God combo is still probably Druid/Enc or Clr/Enc just because of how stupid charm pets are.
pharmakos
soʞɐɯɹɐɥd
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the Vorthos factor that i mentioned (Vorthos = a Magic term player that makes decisions based on flavor more than on power) is pretty big in my decision. notably, tho, all your suggestions lack Pacify, which i much prefer to FD pulling. on servers where i three box i add a Shaman as my third which does solve a lot of the problems you suggest. usually plenty of Shaman or Enchanters around to group with tho.
i've done Druid + Paladin over Necro + Paladin, and it was awful. the DPS drop from switching to Druid really brought out the worst in the Paladin.
BTW Paladins get self-only haste at level 44, tho it's not big, just 25%.
starting in Luclin for immediate access to Necro's undead-slow will help a lot for shorter sessions where i just two-box.
the perception here also isn't helped by the fact that most Paladins suck and don't understand what spells of theirs generate the most hate. the number of Paladins over the years that i've had to explain to about how Cease and Desist are your bread and butter for aggro...
Zaide
TLP Idealist
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Exp is going to be so fast if you go afk for a bit in a group you might accidentally hit 50.
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Zaide
TLP Idealist
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Korrupt
Blackwing Lair Raider
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The XP rate makes it super casual, you’ll have no grinding to do at all for most of these expansions other than raiding. Plus you’ll be able to save the next expansions major AA’s up front so you can dump 150 the day PoP goes live for example.
BUT they did say they are looking at feedback, who knows with this company honestly whats going to happen.
Ronaan
Molten Core Raider
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Korrupt
Blackwing Lair Raider
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Makes raid mobs hit harder, have more mitigation, and debuff you is the short version. The debuff on you is based on the pet count hitting the raid mob, specifically mage / necro.
Before that people could one group raids with mages using chain summoning. On Fippy which I didnt play on, they had SK armies ive seen videos of as well that would nuke mobs before they even showed on the screen.
yerm
Golden Baronet of the Realm
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It causes the mob to have increased damage, mitigation, and hps as well as a massive scaling reduction to stacked summon pet dps and a change to threat mechanics regarding said pets.
Aka mobs are tougher, wizards use rains, mages can fuck right off.
Ambiturner
Ssraeszha Raider
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How are Beastlords? Always burn out long before these things get to Luclin and can't decide between Ranger, Druid, and Beastlord