SOW Potions? Good or Bad?Follow

The duration depends on the level of the drinker. As does the movement increase.

A third lvl Troll warrior who can buy a 10 dose SOW potion can probably kill "froggies" also - and is by far the most f*cking twink I heard of since I started EQ...

Then you have led a very sheltered existence, Leiany.

Try a Level 1 cleric with 250 WIS and FT12 (before they nerfed it) not to mention a fast white horse and no idea what to do with the other 800k. They were actually a very good cleric too.

10 dose BoW costs around 75pp. You can kill spiderlings at level 3 and easily make 75pp. However I am inclined to agree that it is unlikely that you would do so. Or that having done it you would waste one running across PoK.

The only "froggies" are either the Upper Guk guards who are maybe level 8 but only 2 of them. Actual PC frogloks - but this was not on a PvP server - or the Gukta guards who are seriously tough and no amount of twinking would cope with them. There are assorted undead frogloks but they are mostly unpleasant casters that would chew up a level 3.

It is an unlikely choice of PL location.

Thanks for the answer regarding the level and duration of spells/sow potions terynolds! You have answered my question.

As far as the other two posts....

/sigh

Must correct myself when I stated Grobb - I meant the newbie area outside of Grobb and the guards just outside of the entrance to Upper Guk. They may be level 4 at most. I said Grobb because of the stone I took. My apologies.

-----------------------------
A third lvl Troll warrior who can buy a 10 dose SOW potion can probably kill "froggies" also - and is by far the most f*cking twink I heard of since I started EQ...
-----------------------------

The second comment from Leiany really doesn't deserve a response but I am slightly hung over and therefore in a pissy mood. I will explain my "twinked" character as follows:

1.) 10 dose blood of the wolf potion - 80 plat
2.) some decent armor from the bazaar - 200 plat
3.) a nice weapon borrowed from my 34 pally - free
4.) Temperance buff from a friend - 15 plat
5.) Running around killing froggies OUTSIDE of Grobb - Priceless.

I don't have an unlimited bank account. My highest toon is level 34. I was really just playing around with a character/race I have not played.

Am I guilty of Twinking? Yes (though I am sure worse has been done)

Am I a purist when it comes to EQ? No - it's a game that I enjoy playing and experimenting with because now I can. Six months ago when I started playing eq I could not.

Maybe I am roleplaying? Perhaps my Troll inherited some money, armor and weapons from his dead father? Maybe I got lucky buying one token in Shadowhaven and winning some prizes?

Bah - enough of my rambling. I am done. My apologies to those who read this mundane post and wasted valuable bandwidth downloading the thread.

Poopp
Level 3 Troll Warrior
Bristlebane

So you are telling me you only spent 300p on your troll? what a bullsh!t
the difference between 1. and 2. is that
2. is spent once
and
1. needs to be repaid every 1-3 gaming hours (depending on your play style)so this troll is a moneysink to your shared bank account that makes any tradeskill look like an investement fund *lol*

This toon has not spent about 300 plat and is done yet but needs to be fed with more plat per day than he can make himself.

Thats why they are called twinks - because they need someone else who pays their expenses ;-)

Edited, Fri Mar 26 09:09:30 2004 by Leiany

I am in constant use of sow potions and I haven't noticed any drop-off at level 34. I haven't really been paying a WHOLE lot of attention to it though, but I'm sure it's right in the range it's supposed to be at. I'd have to agree that this is probably a level dependent thing as well.
Actually while we're here, I can't seem to get the invis from cloudy potions to stick very long at ALL, is this a level dependent thing as well?

No, invis is just unreliable unless you have a fixed-duration spell or ability.

When I cast invis on people it lasts anywhere from 10 seconds to 10 minutes, no way to know.

Item prices are a case of diminishing returns. A 100pp item might have twice the stats of a 50pp item, but a 100Kpp item will only have a 20% or 30% increase in stats over a 50Kpp item. There are exceptions here and there, but it is a generally true. The same is true in real life. A $20K stereo speaker, for example, will only be a little better than a $10K one.

You tell 'em bub...

I think more people should get out and try different class/race combos, and if twinking it up helps you stay alive long enough to learn somtheing, all the better. The more experience you get with other class/race combos the better to understand why the cleric is OOM or the monk needs auto-split turned off. You spend countless hours playing one toon, understanding one veiwpoint. It is good to get the bigger picture once in a while, and if 'twinking it up' helps, so what?.
-DoT

Twinking is completely irrelevant. The only thing important is "Do you have fun". If yes, then its ok. If not, then don't do it.

LMAO i havet seen anything funnier than that in a long time
my wife thought i was nuts i was laughing so hard

Hmm first it is SoW potions...
then it is MQing velious armor....

Kind of like smoking pot leading to heroin?

But, but, really, I'm only a recreational twinker!....
I can stop anytime! now where'd I put that Lambent stone...

And the problem with twinking is...? We pay money to play this game and if he wants to spend money on a SoW potion then let him. I don't see how that's anyone elses business. (Leiany) As for the SoW duration I had a potion only last me a few minutes when I was in BB the other night. /shrug