Leadership pointsFollow

Ok, I recently got the rest of the EQ expansions so leadership exp is now available to me to use.

I've been slowly 2-boxing an Iksar monk and Barbarian shaman lately on Morden Rasp. I turn leadership exp on when the barb is leading and I have them in a group so he can get the exp. It has slowed his exp down enough that the two characters level within a couple of kills of each other. I intend to keep them the same level as much as possible (just cuz I said so).

So, here's my question for thos eof you who have been using leadership a while. Where should I spend my points? I've only accrued 1.5 so far, so it's not a burning issue...yet.

I spent my first points in mana enhancement (only got 3 pts before I turned it off as grind in 50s is a pain even without Leadership).

For 2 boxing this should be fine (I 2 box my clc & pally), but for full sized groups, the mark the target (helps those assisting and crowd control since it make clear who is current target) and the one that lets you know what spell the mob is attempting to cast (forgot the name) I feel are more important.

My chanter does a lot of LDONs, and those 2 are the ones I see the most now.

Overall, not sure the 20% exp diversion is worth the enhancements, but others may have a better idea.

I personally turn it on whenever I get a chance because in a group of 6 its pretty hard to get leadership if you didnt start the group yourself. I level slower than most people anyways because I like to do stupid stuff that kills me and I also do other things while on EQ.

I'm still kinda confused at how the OP got LEXP from only 2 people. my personal experience is that you can only get it with 3 or more people in the group.

It does require 3 members to get leadership exp. I only turn it on when there are 3 or more and the barb is leader. Keeping it on only part of the time is treating me right when trying to get both characters to level at the same time.

I actually have a couple questions about HoTT. Where exactly does the health display? I only kinda looked at it briefly (haven't been doing any LA myself, since there are several people far more along in AAs in my guild then I who take care of all that). Is it a hotkey you have to push to get the health? Or does it actually appear somewhere on the mob (like the mob health thingie?). I don't know why, but I seem to recall a hotkey being involved and I thought it was this ability.

One of the things to remember is that most tanks don't fight in 3rd person view and are too close to the mobs they are fighting to be able to see things like letters up above their heads. I remember commenting on another LA thread that desginate MA seemed kinda useless to me since the target ring on the ground wasn't really that useful for targetting. I'd been in dozens of groups with folks using the ability and not once did I notice that it puts little marks around the name above the mob (making it really easy for a CCer to now if he's got it targetted or something else). Since I'm usually MA, and I'm short (dwarf), and I use 1st person view when tanking, I literally had never seen it.

I'm wondering if this is yet another ability that I've really never taken advantage of simply because I've never seen it in action, or seen how it could be used. I actually find the LAs interesting in that regard because they are used differently by different class roles in a group.


I'll put in my favorite ability though. I think Spell Awareness is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Course, I play a paladin, and interrupting spell casts is one of my jobs in a group/raid. Knowing that the mob is stopping to cast a 200DD on me instead of a CH on himself is huge (I'll let him waste his time reducing his dps by casting a nuke on me, but will definately want to stop the CH from landing). It's also useful for catching those annoying people who insist that they aren't casting dumb spells in combat and taking agro from you. When everyone in the group can see that ranger casting flame lick 8 times during the battle, your case becomes a bit stronger... ;)

I have been doing lead exp since lvl 25, i'm a lvl 54 cleric now, i love them, first ones i got where mark npc, delegate main assist, the only problems i've seen is when other ppl don't have GoD, then they can't see/use yer buffs, anyways, i have well over 80 leadership points and don't know anyone else on Xev with as many as me...most ppl say lead exp is not worth it, but i totally disagree, send tell to Fixenuup if you play on Xev if you want more info.




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Okay, dumb question time.
I get messages of "you gain Leadership experience" when I start the group. From the looks of this thread this takes away from my standard experience points. I'm not sure I like that.
How do you see how many 'leadership points' you have and how do you turn it on and off? Oh and how are they used?
Thanks for your input and help.