What R People Doing Now That MM R Nerfed?Follow

Now people are actually playing their characters.

Five chars in Cazic-thule? You asked them if you could join, right? You know the group size is 6?
If you're having trouble finding a group, put one together yourself. Be proactive. What's your guild like? Your friends list? The LFG window? There are people all around to group with.

/shudder

I remember LFG in the 50's, was not too fun. I found that once reaching 70 there is usually lots more to do since more peeps are level 70 that in 50's.

Being proactive is a good suggestion. Instead of sitting in pok go to zones you want to grp in and /ooc. Imo your more likely to get a group if your already in the zone so grp does not have to wait for replacement to get there.

OoW is still pretty hot as well. I was on last night and wos, mpg, and rss were all pretty busy. So that'd be a good place to LFG if your not burned out on em.

..... sitting around watching the content rott like 99% of the rest of eq content.





..... never seen this be a problem. Its not like eq is attracting new players. Mostly what i have seen is people leveling alts and burning aa's.





.... yep back to 6 boxing, botting etc etc

Well, OK, I do appreciate the advice. But I'd like to know - for characters OTHER than clerics, shamen, enchanters and warriers - what's your average wait time for getting a group? I was in WoS Saturday night and there were 43 people there, but no response to an /ooc lfg from a 70 rogue. After about 30 minutes, I logged off and read a book. I've played this avatar since 1999 and have always had difficulty getting groups (other than when Highpass was crowded due to the monster missions). It seems to me that DPS are a dime a dozen in EQ, whereas a group pretty much always wants a tank, a healer, a slower and a mezer. And yes, I did check my guild: there were three people on (including myself) and the range of levels excluded grouping. (What my guild wants to do is go to Time at 1:00 am for a three hour raid - not something that I'm interested in at that hour.) I know I sound like I'm griping here. But am I the only person in the game having this problem? And one more complaint, since I'm sounding like a grump anyway. What's with the new missions that make you run from South Ro to Arcstone and so on? - if I wanted to run around delivering messages from one person to the next I'd get a paying job with Fed X.

I agree with dismus. The attractiveness of the MM was that it was easy to get a group in one, good xp, and good loot. The main reason that it was easy to get a group was due to the wide spectrum of available players. You had all lvls that could group with you because level didnt matter. Also, their was no wait time for that conviction or that KEI that took 1 hour to get because buffs didn't matter.

Now that MMs are nerfed, gonna go back to DoN and get me some crystals.

Which MMs have been nerfed? The fairy one in Nek and the HHK one are the only ones I know of. You all act like the HHK rescue mission was the only MM in the game. In reality that was the easiest MM but also the least fun MM Ive done. Keep in mind there are the original MMs, DoD MMs and now PoR MMs.

The new PoR MMs are fun, fresh and lots of people are doing them. I keep seeing "EJ MM group seeks more", "Thurgadin MM seeks more" being spammed in the general all the time. And Im sure there are more that havent been discovered yet.

For those that like MMs, there is plenty to do and every one that Ive done so far was a heck of alot more fun than that boring, easy HHK one and theres good loot to be had in all of them.

/waves bye to LF MM NT - good riddance

Oh, i thought it was all of em. My favorite one is the Stonebrunt one. Trying for the mask reward, lots of fun.

.... actually almost every dodh mm has been nerfed. The warewolf mission, the pirate mission, the griffon mission, the faery mission, the goblin mission, the orc mission etc etc etc. IN some cases like the warewolf mission the changes have completely ruined the content.

Then again SOE doesnt care they got you to buy the expansion then nerf it so you will but the next one. IN a few weeks they will begin the nerfing of certain parts of PORO and right befor the release of the next expansion they will make sure that poro content is useless also so you will buy the next one. Odds are of course that they still wont have fixed things like the UI problems. The money is in selling not fixing.

I'm loving the fact that people are willing to LDon again! As for the MMers that don't know their class, I'm not worried about it. I know the peeps i grp with mostly. I'm not afraid to solo or to find some quest to do. Because I like to avoid the "Hot spots", i've been to places most haven't and have missed places everyone knows. I'm learning those.

Same for the Griffon, regardless of the exp nerf the encounter is a stupid mess now.

I think most people are working on the PoR missions now.

I would think that part of the problem might be that a 70 rogue might be too much dps for the tank in your average WoS group to hold aggro consistently. I also have a 70 rogue and have no huge problems finding grps, soemtimes it takes longer than others, but there are tactics to gettign one.

If you desire to group in "Whatever Zone" do not /ooc, go to each camp and send tells directly to people in the group there, this is a tactic a rogue can do very easily, some people have /ooc and shout put in hard to notice chat boxes, but a tell box that pops up will catch their attention.

Use the /lfg utility in addition to the above and put something in the comment, it makes you stand out.

Write down the names of non guildmates who you enjoyed grping with in your friends list, you will soon find it is limited to 100 =) Use this list when LFG to find people in grps in zones you would not mind gaining exp in. They may be full at the time you say hello and ask if they have room, but something may open up soon and you will be their first thought.

Start your own group, find an empty camp, for a rogue like you, getting to 6 way in mpg should not be too hard, and the exp in mpg and 6 way in particualr is a nice draw for potential players.

My advice would be to do a combination of all the things listed here.

1.) Turn on LFG and use the comment line to stand out.

2.) Go re-explore old world content. Go to Sebilis and work your way to the bottom. If you get a tell for a group just use a gate potion to get back to pok or wherever.

3.) If you don't want to explore, go find a spot you can solo. I know this might be tough for some classes, but if you can't solo dark blues, head for some low light blue mobs and stock up on potions. Any xp you gain is more than you would get sitting in a zone just /ooc'ing lfg.

4.) Go try to hide/sneak and pickpocket your way through opposing faction cities.

5.) Pick an ultra rare mob camp to do just for the heck of it. Stormfeather comes to mind.

6.) Work on some obscure quest in which you probably won't even use the reward. Did you know you can actually do every class epic? (Can't equip it though, and it takes tons of faction work.)


My biggest problem with EQ, other than not getting groups (59 Ranger) is that there is too much to do! I have a list a mile long of what I want to do but can never seem to find time for.

I agree that finding groups sucks. And I'm like you, I don't like putting together my own groups. I want to be able to join up, kill stuff, and leave. Not everyone is a leader. I have to be a leader in real life, I want my online life to be an escape from the real world. When Im a group leader I always feel pressured to keep everyone happy and hold the group together as long as possible.

I know others have said it, but maybe try a different game for a month. You'll be amazed what a month away from EQ does for you. It really makes you appreciate what you have in EQ. And you don't have to go buy games, there are lots out there that have free demos. There are a bunch of First Person Shooter games that are completely free to play online (Battlefield 2 and Delta Force Extreme come to mind)

What ever you do, have fun. If its not fun, then it's work, and who wants to pay for work?!?!