Background info and other stuff for noobsFollow

i'm not sure what site could tell you everything that your looking for. to me it seems that the mostly cover classes, spells & such. but i hope this helps you a bit.

the anniversary celebration is for Everquests fifth anniversary. i don't think that it intends to achieve anything other than providing some fun stuff for the players to do. but i could be wrong.
i'm not sure what kit your refering to so i can't help you there. :)
two-boxing is when one person is running 2 computers with everques & playing 2 different characters at the same time. for example a former friend of mine two-boxes an ogre warrior & a troll shaman. makes it easy to fight when you have a healer right there.

Lol at Yanari. Surely not bored enough to be reading my garbage? But glad that you took the time to answer thanks.

Thanks to Princess Fippy too.

I've been chased about the place a few time by those giant skellies and seen plenty of chat about them. Didn't know they were Anniversary related though, cool.

I'll head back to Halas and see what the new NPC is offering, if I can find him. Haven't been back for a while and need to stock up on throwing weapons anyhoo. :)

Thanks for the info, I've tried the beastlords den for further class specific stuff too.

That 2 boxing still baffles me. My mind and fingers struggle to keep up playing one geezer in a battle, what with all the different chat modes and windows to keep up with and everything. Can't imagine what it must be like with two keyboards, mice and screens!!!!! Then again I'm still new and haven't all the shortcuts yet. Perhaps I'll get better over time. Not much of that left though, I'm already an old git. lol.

All the best to ya.

Lance

My boss at work 4 boxes <on 2 pc's using Eqwindows> he plays a SK, Shammy, Chanter, cleric. he can and doed do normal LDoN on his own and groups in BoT with his 2 brothers. <Say Hi Uumuur if your reading this. He is very shy, 0 posts in 3 years lol>

So it can be done but i would say leave it untill you can play one class with little effort before bounding down this rocky road.

As stated playing two characters at the same time (via two PC's) is relatively easy to do in "normal" situations. I have two good friends who duo a Pally and Cleric, and a Warrior and Cleric and there is very little that they can't handle.

I duo a Ranger and Druid quite often and if I/we (it does send you a little schizo I will admit) play in traditional tank/healer mode it is equally easy.

Some classes though can be very challenging. I have duoed an Enchanter and Druid on raids a few times, it is stressful in the extreme if you are trying to play both characters properly.

It gets even worse when the raid leader puts you in two different groups, lol.

Someday, when I have done everything and been everywhere I will try duoing a Chanter/Mage or Chanter/Necro combo (maybe a Chanter/BL even) I suspect to play these two together well would be a serious challenge, but if you could manage it I doubt there is much that could stop you.

One of the biggest problems with playing two characters is moving around in dungeons or hostile zones. Often (as you may know) when you move from camp to camp in enemy territory you make a quick dash through areas not fully cleared, or you are using invis etc. I find that inevitably which ever character is on autofollow gets snagged up some where along the line, stuck on some steps, caught behind a lampstand or some other protuberance. Of course this will co-inside with invis dropping, a wanderer coming through or something.

What I often do now is have Celeni autofollow some one else in the group (preferably the leader) and then I tag along with her so that I can see if she is getting into danger or getting left behind.

Doing all of this underwater is a whole other trick, lol.

Has anyone tried 2boxing with a KVM switch? I have 2 comps and 1 KVM- the only drawback I can see is the small delay for each comp to activate the mouse and keyboard after switching.

I do use the switch, however, to make my game experience a bit easier- when swithcing over while pressing the up arrow, when I switch back it stays on (character is running without me having to touch the keyboard) and I can hit left/right without it stopping. Its also a handy way to up your swimming skill)
Also, of course, I always have Allakhazam up on my 2nd box so that when I med while soloing I can get any info I need.
And last but not least I keep a fresh copy of EQ on my 2nd comp just in case my 1st has any problems.