EQ achievement 2006Follow

Came out of retirement 1 year ago today.

Went from 65 to 75
540aa's gained (over 750 now total)

Got into Anguish and Dreadspire

My ranger's base HP was less than 5k when I came back, now sitting at over 11k unbuffed, raid buffing to about 14.9kish.

Overall a good year :)

2006 started the first couple of months looking to give my account away and has ended with me more hooked than ever.

In fact the evil side of me wants to get another account to feed my nasty little habit but then I would have to replace my missus as she claim's my current habit has become my 4th and most popular child (lies) and if I were to get another account I would need to look for a new place to use it.

Well I've been around since beta and my EQ outlook has never been brighter so SOE keep it coming.

But could you blast another double xp weekend so I can burn thru some aa's on my secondary main's pls +)

A rocking new guild, a couple epic's finished, about 1.7 aa's nocked out, lot's of flag's and key's and raid, raid, raid.

Oh and as of last eqplayers update #45 necro on my server and I'm not even anquish geared hehe yet.

I'm excited to see what the new expansions bring and to see how they can top TSS, or at the very least match it.

This game has gotten alot more playable for me.

In 2006 I retired my main 70 Palladin, Leveled my new main Berserker from 38 to 66 so far as well as progressed my cleric from 60 to 67. I also took about 6 month break from the game so really got that done in just 6 months. No too bad while only playing limited time per week.

For my Wife, it was Raster of Guk... LOL she FINALLY got her monk epic!!

2006 gave me a desire to play EQ again, I leveled to 70, gained a few AA's then pushed to 75 when TSS came out. More AA's and as of 5 days ago, epic 1.5...

sorry but that just bothers me. I ahve to say one thing. BULLSH*T. TSS has had so much group content it isnt even funny. PoR had alot of group content. DoD had alot of group content. DoD was also good for raiders, was an overall good expansion. PoR sucked. TSS so far has sucked for raiders with all the retarded hoops they ahve to jump through, please do explain how thats catering to them.

Picked up 52 levels and 142 AAs on my Mage, got keyed for several old world zones, finished several long-term quests and all my low-level pet foci, managed to finally secure enough LDoN points to get my pet focus, learned good agro management while soloing duoing or grouping, and (briefly) broke 75k

Picked up 22 levels (give or take) and 6 AAs on my Ranger, got my fletching from 0 to 246 (and probably more by morning), finally managed to put together enough LDoN missions to buy a spell I'll probably never cast again, since I have Run3, now.

Made an Ikky monk to throw money and gear at, got him keyed for The Hole, solo'd him to 51 and got my first two AAs.

Took my Cleric into The Hole the easy way, bound him at the top for easy "oopsie!" recovery when helping friends and guildies farm gems or exp.

Learned the ins and outs of a Bazaar vendor.

Learned that I make a decent tank after all as my warrior, and that the reason I kept losing agro was that the ranger I group with was spamming Taunt.

For the first time ever, bought "the newest expansion" while it was still the newest expansion, and took advantage of several things it had to offer.

Sac'd my baby druid to make an SK, and learned the joys of PBAoE breath weapons for farming grays and faction.

Put my beastlord into all plate gear and let him rot.

And to swincoop, who said "The developers now cater to the uber guilds and leave the rest of us out," I have to say that I used to feel the same way. TSS looks to be an excellent expansion for the solo/duo/box/group player, and from what I hear is pathetic in terms of raiding. I haven't bothered with PoR, yet, but I've come to some realizations...

First is that there is an enormous wealth of content already there that few players even bother to tap into, designed for levels 1 through 50. Yes, it would be nice to see a little more of it every expansion, but once you're stuck under that glass celing, there's nothing new for you to do. I've met players that can't gain experience anymore - or couldn't until TSS came out. Not regular exp, not AA exp, not leadership exp, not raid leadership.

For people that have already been to every zone at one point or another (not just all the new ones, ALL of them), it's nice to have something new to do that's reasonably challenging.

Secondly, DoDH was (and is) also an excellent expansion - one that I have yet to really sink my teeth into, to be honest - for the non-uber. Monster Missions alone provided content for anyone of any level, because it doesn't matter what level you are once you step into that instanced zone, and it doesn't matter whether you're in the uber raiding guild on your server or someone that's still working on breaking the throne room in Crushbone.

Step back and take a look at your Atlas (love that feature). Take the time to actually look over the old world. If you see a zone name you've never been to, look it up, and take one of your toons there. Sure, you may be soloing, but that can be a wonderful, wonderful thing, and with today's gear in Kunark zones, it's cake.

Yes, I think that the expansions came out far too quickly to have the real depth of thought and content that they should, and I think that all of the expansions this year could have been improved with more time and thought, and there would have been less downtime and fewer patches. This is purely speculation, because I have yet to scratch the surface of any of them, and have yet to step foot into PoR.

What did 2006 bring me in EQ?

I left the Bertoxxulous Server after 4 years there, it was the server I originally started my characters on with friends from around my home town. Before I left Bertox though I had my Ranger Bininimenu up to lvl 59 with 22 AA's. I also left behind Mulkokintyre (Wiz), Xyvarious (Nec), Ironheardt (Shm), and Setarius (Bst). I also left behind the Nobles of the Night and Alliance of the Stars guilds. Why? Well I was asked to join an online friend on the Firiona Vie server and to see what FV was all about I decided to give it a try.

Note to those that may want to try out FV, Do not come to FV without knowing what kind of character you are wanting to play. FV is a Roleplaying server and you may have only 1 toon unless you have multiple accounts, so unless you want to continue rerolling toons until you find one you like you need to be sure from the start.

On the Firiona Vie server I created a character Bikininemu Rogue 59 <Legion of Warclaws> follower of Bristlebane, and I started to have fun again with EQ. Yes I also saw zones on FV that I would not have seen on Bertox due to a lack of flexibility or difference in the servers.

I was a moderately casual gamer and have turned into a very casual gamer due to my new job, so EQ has suffered in the months since Halloween. My game time is not what it has been and I don't think it will get back to what it was anytime soon. But, I will continue to play and enjoy the EQ world as I have time and when I can find time during 2007.

Do I have any goals to accomplish in 2007 on EQ? Not really. Just to have fun and enjoy what time I do have when on there.

Bikininemu 59 Rogue Legion of Warclaws Firiona Vie server
Bininimenu 59 Ranger Alliance of the Stars Bertoxxulous server
Setarius Beastlord Bertox
Ironheardt Shaman Bertox
Xyvarious Necromancer Bertox
Mulkokintyre Wizard Bertox

1) Met and am soon to be engaged to my beautiful girlfriend, who I met in game (yes in game relationships DO happen)! We just had our first Christmas together hehe :) I LOVE YOU CERVESA!!!(Been living together for 8 months now and doing great!)
2) Found a Great guild, Vallis Aspectus.
3) Got my 1.5 and am 1 fight from my 2.0
4) FINALLY got over 10k hp's unbuff'd (11.5 atm)
6) Am having a great time in EQ!!

Edited, Dec 25th 2006 9:46pm by Hadowas

What a wonderful year! On New Year's Day 2006 I hit 70. I founded a guild of my own - now an alt's guild. In the spring I got in to serious raiding and have had the pleasure of being involved with some of the absolute best raiding guilds in the game. I was honored by being selected Allakhazam's player of the year in August, and have had several pics selected for their pics of the day. I advanced from 70 to 75 in four days and I am slowly but steadily climbing my way up the rankings for Druids on my server, (Maelin Starpyre)
Most importantly, to me, has been all the friends I have made along the way - I still eagearly log on each day to meet my friends and look forward to Fun & Adventure in our fantasy world of Norrath.
2006 has been a fantastic year - I look forward to 2007 and the surprises that await us all!
Happy New Year, Y'all!

Very good EQ year indeed! SK main to 75 and added roughly 250AA's currently at 520'ish; took over daughter's cleric - dormant for 2 yrs at lvl 22-- and achieved 75 and close to 120AA's;
Guild wrapped up Tacvi flagging, then after a few attempts at the content, jumped into Anguish progression, and simultaneously DoN dragons, completing all but Vish, placing Tacvi, Anguish, and most DoN dragons in farm mode; Have seen many old friends leave the game as many new friends joined the family.

what did 2006 bring me in eq? hmm, from time flagged to DPoB flagged, over 200 aa and 5 odd thousand hp increase :) definatly my most productive year in eq ever.

Edited, Dec 26th 2006 8:24pm by Nhauk

Took a 3 month break, came back to chars miles behind in skills. Almost have skills up to date............. BORING!! Will again let subscription lapse when the game card time expires. Simply not fun anymore.