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I have been gone for about two months. I left becasue i could never find a group. I consider myself a casual player. I play for about 2-3 hours at a time. Three times a week. One day a week a try and really have a go and go until i see doubles on the screen. Seems like i would spend an hour looking for a group, 20-30 min to organize the group and meet somewhere only to actually play for an hour.

I am level 70 and i like my toon. I play FV and do not want to re-roll or go to another server. Now with the cap at 75. Am i going to be a dinosaur at 70 that will have even a harder time finding work. I think i was at 8.4K hp and 2200 AC with around 250 AAs. I play a pally. I have most tradeskills up to 200. So i have tried that.

I work odd hours so i have never been able to committ to raids or long groups ahead of time. I am in a guild. But its still hard woking around my schedule. Everyother W/E, rotating day and night shifts.

Am i going to run into the same wal? Or any ideas on how i can actually be in game and actually be doing something prductive besides killing farming for plat. I like EQ and i do miss playing. But it is getting less and less enjoyable.

Not to sound discouraging, but I think you probably will run into the same thing that's discouraged you before. If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.

I'd suggest making an alt, something way at the opposite end of the spectrum from a paladin (i.e. a "solo" class). Now try logging into your pally with a specific amount of time you're going to LFG in mind. Once that time elapses, log onto the alt toon and just give the class a shot.

When I hit the "blah" period with my main, I did this same thing and now that alt is level 65 lol, and I have a blast playing either of them if the other can't find work. I seriously think just sticking to the one class and banging your head into the wall when you aren't grouping or whatever will make the game dull for you very quick. Making an alt may reinvigorate you.

I was much in the same situation, my sks hps sucked and I was always LFG. I made a druid box and my wife and I triod with sk beast and druid. She made a ranger and we took on better content, got better gear, then I made a third box, a cleric and now my sk would raid buff (if I raided) to high 14k, almost 15. I'm in the military and change shifts on someone elses whim so I also don't raid, but DODH Ro and TSS gear is very very nice for group gear.

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Off to work on a saturday, but good luck.

Edited, Oct 14th 2006 at 11:39am PDT by Srakeats