Brand new, looking for advice from playersFollow

Rangers are pretty useful, good dps... but they're just dps.

Your best bet for grouping is to join a guild. You can find guilds that are recruiting by hitting the U key while you're logged in (I'm not sure this would work on a trial account). There'll be a list of guilds and a link to send a tell to an officer who is online at the moment.

Honestly the most helpful advice I've found regarding builds and practical character development has been over at EQ2Flames. As you might surmise from the name they're a rough and ready lot, but there's a ton of good information there if you look for it.

Nah, this is an adult board devoted to an adult game. We don't usually treat anyone with contempt or disrespect... at least not right away ;)


We promise not to hold any of that against you! You ended up here (at the best MMO) and that's all that really counts...


Crafting is one of the (many) areas where this game really shines. The crafting side of the game is complex and diverse and you could easily make a whole game out of it!


Rangers in EQ2 take a lot of guff (like being called "paper tanks" and such) but properly geared and well played they still tend to parse out as one of the top 1 or 2 sustained DPS classes so assuming you learn how to play the class and keep your toon geared up you should always be able find a spot in a group or a raid.


Feel free to return any time you come up with anything you wanna know. Also FWIW, the chat channels in-game are nothing like what you are probably expecting or what you're used to (from WoW) Instead you'll most likely find them filled with friendly helpful people who will willing respond to your questions with detailed and thoughtful answers.

In any case, welcome aboard!

Thanks for the, honestly surprising, mature responses. I'm so used to typical crap from other MMO boards that these response have made me feel welcome, and able to continue to ask questions.

Speaking of questions, I do have one. I just got back from picking up the SF all in one pack. I'm still on my trial account (mainly cause I want the title from hitting 20 in under 14 days. Not hard since I'm 17 right now and haven't even put in 12 hours yet :P). Anyway, my question, am I able to use the all-in-one pack to upgrade my trial, or do I have to start over? Basically, if I can use my AIOP, will it upgrade my trial to a full, and give me the 30day sub?

That's what I'm hoping for. Questing in Antonica right now, pushing for 20. 32% of the way to 18.

Can you get one of those prepaid Visas? Like this? Maybe you could do that sooner than you could get to Best Buy. I know around here, they sell them EVERYWHERE.

The best way to learn the game and especially the class is to play it. Soloing at the beginning isn't a bad way to go, you'll see that the first levels just fly by, after lvl 20, things do slow down a bit. It's also vital to group though, to fully understand your role in it.

Like Samira said, finding a good guild will only enhance your gaming experience. It's easier to find a group, get better gear crafted, get useful info and just have fun with. You're already lvl 20, so most guilds will accept you (family guilds anyway, raid guilds tend to be a bit more picky but you're not close to being able to raid anyway so don't worry about that.).

Small tips: don't forget the broker. It's a good way to make money, which will not be easy for you on your first toon. Just put a bag in the vendor slot and the collectibles, spells and possible other items in the bag. Check it regularly and adjust the price where needed. Try not to buy too much on it, only upgrade important spells not all of them if you're low lvl. (they get replaced too fast to bother and ever since transmuting, the prices are definitely not fair at a low lvl) Guild members most likely can help you craft your armour for either just the material costs or a small fee. (same with jewelry)

Use the /claim command and see if sony hasn't given you something useful, I believe you do get a handy bag at the beginning. Veteran rewards are very useful, but you've just started unfortunately.

You might not see all that many people at the older zones, although there are a lot of people who do have many alts, so you either have to wait with quests till you find someone or till you can do it on your own. There's the new Golden Path Sony created to help a smooth levelling, which is interesting as the more recent questlines tend to give better rewards.

Don't forget your AA's, you can get some really handy boosts, spells and abilities with them which will help you ingame. Don't overdo it either, you can only get 100 up to lvl 70, another 150 after that.


Above all ofcourse, have fun!

For housing placement:

Mouse Wheel rotates furniture

Shift + Mouse Wheel: Enlarges or Shrinks furnitver

Alt + Mouse Wheel: Raises or lowers items from the ground

Chat Channels:

The key is to see the number in (?)..like you stated you see Level 1_9 (2)... so that is your /2 channels (/1, /2, /3, etc).

Possibly, I'm not in game so I can't check. It's one of those two combos at least. I am mad at my house anyway. The layouts are buggy since the expansion. Items don't load, and if I use a saved layout..it loads it completely wrong... I have beds on the ceiling, mirrors in the walls...and things are just mad, MAD I TELL YOU!!

Thank you very much, now I don't feel like a total jackass when I try to figure out how to type to people XD.

There is some good stuff in this thread. My house is about to be a happier place.

Ok new question. I'm looking for a good ranger AA build. I have found a couple but I have no idea how to read it. It usually reads as such

STR - 4,4,4,8
AGI - 4,4,4,6,1,2


And so on... How the heck do I read that? What is that signifying?

Yup, what Dyadem said! I'd assume the 4,4,4,8,1,2 or what not would be their suggested AA point amounts to put in each ability going down that line. First strength ability would get four, second strength ability would get four, and so forth... Also, if you hover over the ability in that AA tree, it should still have "Strength", "Agility" etc underneath the ability's name.

Actually looking at the numbers you gave, it seems that those amounts correlate to the old AA tree.. might want to double check for an updated suggestion somewhere. :)

Well this makes me glad I still have the free respec option at the top. I'll have to browse around for some updated SF AA trees and see what I can find. Kinda makes me wish EQ2 had something like the WoW armory so we could see talent/AA builds online, would make it easier :P but oh well, I'll find one.

Anyway, one more question. I've been sitting at level 20 right now, my AA slider has been at 0% so the only AA points I've been getting are from AA quests. Should I change my slider? I notice a lot of people say 50% is the way to go to not gimp yourself at higher levels.