What are you going to play on Fippy? (or Vulak'Aerr)Follow

Well I just read your original post, cause I had it open while I was on a conference call. Then before replying, I hit refresh to see what everyone had replied. Heh... Ok, it's Alla, so I'll have a go at this from my own perspective. That of someone who has played pretty much all of what you're asking, but not on progression servers.

Necro is always fun to play. Fear mechanics let you be the god that you are until fear is essentially removed as a mechanic (summoning, etc). You have a powerful pet and powerful tools in your kit - let's not discount invis, invis to undead, and feign death in addition to the rest. This lets you move freely and abort, retry when needed. Sure there will be a ton of necros playing but you know you can still have fun with it. The group appeal of the necro is that most don't group. You bring a lot of dps to a group - smart necros can even pull for groups without a better puller.

Druids... solo machines from original to well into this progression. You have all the utility everyone wants either as a drive by buff, a group mate or a powerleveler. It's a dull class initially, a fun class in the midrange. My experience over level 50+ is dull, dull root rotting that I will never, ever play again. I've read posts by level capped druids that makes it seem that it gets better but I'll never play a root rotter again in any form. It's not fun, it's not interactive. Polar opposite is the enchanter soloing by charm. You know what I mean.

Enchanter... such awesome group utility that no group wants to even operate without you. Clarity and mez alone make you a key player always. You can revel in that role or go solo and charm for the non stop rush. I did it too and frankly don't know if I can sustain that kind of intensity again. If you can't though, you can always fall back and do your relatively sedate group chores of buffing, mezzing, etc.

SK... well that was always my original main, and I soloed him in original/vanilla (whatever) with the same crap gear we'll have all over again. I never died (ok, I died once when I was sitting next to the druid GM at the north karana port, but only because a damn bear attacked me and the druid GM then aggroed... grrrrr). I leveled at my own pace and I enjoyed every moment of it. This is by far the darkhorse because you will move slowly everywhere, but with the confidence that you are always in control. I never did Greenmist either, and am considering rolling an iksar SK when kunark unlocks to give it a try. My well considered caveat to playing a SK is that you know what a necro can do well. You will never be as good at what they can do (solo) in the early expansions. If a SK and a necro group, the SK will be the one with the downtime. That matters again.

A druid was my second toon, but my first love in this game. He is lvl 83 now with tons of aa after seven years, my favorite to group with him is a sk and shammy, my second favorite toon is bst, he goes well with shammy also, but I have played one of almost every class into the mid seveties, so I am willing to roll anything to help a group on the new server.

Heh. I just got an e-mail from SOE saying my account was reactivated so I could enjoy the Fippy experience!

From 2/10-2/21. For a server that opens 2/15.

Really, guys? Really?

I got the "Welcome Back" email and decided to log in for fun thinking that I might try out Fippy for a bit. However, I've discovered two of my characters are missing from my account...so jaunting around to old haunts has lost some charm. :(

Yeah, I knew that, but was on Povar. Other characters are there. Have CS checking in to it.

So due to the early demand filling Fippy up...


I'm playing on Vulak'Aerr


Some 1st night observations of logging in newbie zones for 1 minute while naming potential alts(note some are cities with nothing to kill but rats):

Barbarians 35
Dark elf 25
Dwarf 7
Gfay ...list was too long to count
paineel 10 when I first logged, 20+ next 2 hours.
Grobb 15ish


Aude Sapere folks can find me as Suzac. No alts will be progressing at this time.

Started a human ranger named Jonwain. I am petitioning to have the guild name Aude Sapere approved for Vulak/aerr as well as for povar.

O.K since I was not the creator of Aude Sapere, the powers at Sony say I can't use the name on Vulak. Will start a guild known as Seekers of Stars. (If I can get that past the filters.)

I'll keep my eyes out for the "Duke"


...and the ogres eggs of alwayslost.

I was wondering... but hadn't logged onto Povar to see if you were busy there.


Alwayslost: I don't seem to be crossing paths with you during my EST playing time either. I've even been to the Feerott now.


Other Aude Sapere veterans: if you are playing on Vulak'Aerr TLP server Jonwin (Jonwain)started up <seekers of stars> there. Admittedly, if a few more recruits don't materialize the more active "mains" may have to join one of the currently massive guilds on the server just for community sake.

The guilds that actively group together are about 15-20 levels ahead of the casual soloers now. If I end up moving Suzac I'd still put my (almost ready to start playing) alts into SoS (kind of like the relationship <Lucky Insane> has had with AS for years.

One guild (actually a smaller # one, but they smelled organized) dropped Phinny the other day, so it won't be too long for some dragons I would think. However, there's lots of time for latecomers to get started on progression and enjoy the challenge it provides. Besides, get the level 30 (the dev-hinted but unconfirmed cut off for vote eligibility) and you can ensure the uber guild(s) don't progress the server faster than is fun for most rather than them.

Grats on level 5 on the eggheads (lol).

I let myself get really bogged down hunting Cubert and evil eyes to try and get some gear upgrades... I was finding no +int and no focus very slow going. So Suzac has been sitting at 17-19 for a long stretch of in-game time now.

I'm going to at least get level 20 (new pet) before I get sidetracked any further. Still haven't hit a sweet spot with this necro that feels like playing a necro again (tons of downtime still, not enough mana/hp to kite with any efficiency it seems).

I helped an ogre who was injured in Unrest, and helped him get the carrion from a ghoul.. he left an egg whats that all about? Very nice guy..

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My druid alt is nearly dressed in +1ish AC gear ready to start levelling in Surefall glade area. I've been holding off levelling her till I saw where Alwayslost's eggs and Jonwain the ranger were at. She has no timetable for me at this time, so can go as casually as needed to stay in level range.

Suzac finally made level 20... I have yet to find a sweet camp for the way mana/regen/hp balance is working at this time. I think I get a new lich at level 29 which might make it feel more like a real necro --If I ever hit that point Suzac will level quickly as my old necro never had an issue with getting xp or even decaying multiple corpses worth of xp attempting things outside conventional wisdom.