sitting does NOT replenish your healthFollow

"Also note that sitting does NOT replenish your health any faster (this was changed in late beta)."

I thought I would put it on the forum, some people know, some dont, I still see players sitting thinking they'll heal faster.

Also all the info can be found here, the link is available when EQ2 launches but I thought I would put it anyways, we often just want to get started and dont pay attention to the tips.

Yes I did, like myself to begin with.
Somtimes I sit just because I am a whm in ffxi, old habit. But yes we were speaking about it in my last party, 2 of us didnt know it didnt work anymore.

Sheesh. Sitting was soooo ingrained into our brains from EQ1. Its hard to break the habit.

Now people tease me when I sit, but I just chalk it up to roleplay as was mentioned before.

Nop it doesnt :/

I found this information useful for the one who doesnt know it's been modified since they say power does replenish faster in the guide I got with the game.

That being said if you knew it already, it's cool, if you do it because it's an habit or because you RP, it's cool too..

Well I didn't know so I'm grateful for the information.

It seems counter-intuitive from so many games and not just EQ. But regeneration of both health and power is so fast that it probably didn't make a lot of sense to have differential rates.

Ah, so THATS why I still don't regen as fast when I eat my summoned food as do other players who are eating player/store bought food.

Gah! Yeah it does say sitting helps you regen faster in the guide, so hahaha, I've been sitting all along! But egads, I could swear that my bars go up faster when I sit than when I stand. All in my head, I guess! Weird!

I did not know that sitting didn't speed healing until read post; also, have been making food and selling it to NPC for coin. Duh, I didn't examine it to see how it helped regen. I thank you guys for the posts, it may seem obvious to you but to some of us it is not.

I just do it to show everyone my lovely and studly tail.


ooooOOOoo Aaaaah tail.

Wow I never knew this, I still sit after every fight just as I did for 3+ years in the orginal Everquest.

I'm guessing that, at least in part, the food/drink thing is yet another way for SoE to make you part with your hard-won coin. Still, anything that keeps players from having 1 million plat (or at least delays it a bit) isn't all bad.

I'm probably going to get this backwards but I >think< that quality of FOOD affects health regen and quality of DRINK affects power regen. Player-made consumables are far, far better than anything (so far) that the merchants sell. Friend of mine set me wup with some creamed Coffee and candied walnuts and they lasted 50 minutes each and the regen was probably 3-4x starvation and at least 3x summoned stuff.

Hmm, that's a good idea! If you pull and they were not ready but they didn't sit, then it's not your fault. Saves having to ask "ready?" each time as well.

But about the original topic, I didn't know this until I read it in another thread a few days ago. I was in beta so I just assumed everything was the same.

Did not know this at all. I wondered why I was the only bonehead that was tradeskilling and sitting after every couple combines. I thought maybe they were all sucky and didn't know how to use power to make it easier on themselves.

On an unrelated note when I am sewing and I hear someone get whacked with an unyielding board failure does anyone else smile to themselves. I picture someone forcing a board into the saw and having it explode out and whack them in the face like the Three Stooges. And the nice groan when the board busts them in the chops for good measure. Always makes me grin anyone else?

I don't think it's wise to rely "solely" on people sitting to indicate their readiness state. Sure, you can try to shift the blame to them because they were standing, but if someone dies, does it really matter who's at fault? I think it's still best to always check the power meters before pulling and ask when in doubt.

I also find it a little bit insulting when people tell me when I can sit or stand for their convenience. Why should I have to worry about sitting or standing all the time if it serves no useful purpose. Look at the power bars, use your best judgement and excersize a little responsiblity. Healers get enough grief when people die. I would be extremely upset if a puller pulled a mob with my power at 0% and then got upset with me because he didn't see me sitting.