Sorry for the lack of updates lately. With the site being slow and a busy week of relatives over it’s been hard to find a free minute.
Last night I had a chance to get 2 hours in on EQ2 and I decided to take my little Gnome Conjuror into a group for the first time. The group mechanics in EQ2 have always amazed me because not since EQ1 have I experienced this feeling. Being fairly new I was offered the position in the group from a helpful player who has been somewhat a mentor to me over the past few days. Taking me in under their wing I was teleported by their higher level player to Antonica and then shown where I could get the quests for Blackburrow.
Once inside Blackburrow our group made quick work of all the quests. We had one of the members 2 boxing their mentored level 63 Fury which made things a lot easier for us when we died. We didn’t however cheat our way through. We died plenty of times due to choosing not to unmentor the Fury until we were wiped (so they could res us.) The entire trip yielded me nearly 3 levels and much needed group experience as a Conjuror. Since I only have the earth pet right now, and considering we had no tank, I was getting too much aggro from my pet pulling it all, dying, then dropping it on me. I learned that there are abilities that are AoE and abilities that are AoE only to the encounter you’re fighting – VERY important lesson to learn early let me tell you.
Gnobby is now nearly level 18 and almost ready to start the early crushbone quests and finish the Gfay quests all together. From there I think it’s time to move in to Butcherblock Mountains, but I’m not sure. I could really use a quality leveling guide that basically lays out where to go next or simply advice from anyone out there reading this. Achievements are also another shadow looming overhead. Deciding where to put these points is going to be a huge dilemma for me. I have 8 or 9 points right now and can’t decide if I put them in the Conjuror tree or the Summoner tree. Once I decide that the next dilemma starts for me – where in the tree to put them. Do I focus on my earth pet or my mage pet – my nukes or my pet’s abilities – solo or group build, etc etc etc.
I’m really, really enjoying EQ2 again and I foresee many months of enjoyment. If you’re on Antonia Bayle say hi to me (Gnobby) if you see me online.
I just recently started playing EQ2 again and happen to play a conjurer as well so I had the same questions about AA advice. I tend to solo a lot so the route I took was:
1) 20 points in summoner/STA tree 4/4/8/8
2) 20 points in conjurer evocation tree, then take the 20 point ability (I forget the name) that gives you the spell resistance buff)
3) 20 points in summoner/WIS tree 4/4/8/8
Too bad I play on the Crushbone server, otherwise I’d msg ya in-game. Oh well, if you ever wind up on Crushbone for any reason, give Thenra a yell.