It sounds to me like you are right on track. I'm 15th now, but at 9th
I was in full leather, and was until around 12th when a halfling
fighter friend of mine retired his character (he was around 12th) and
he gave me all his small ringmail pieces. So aside from boots, gloves
hat, and no face piece, I have ringmail and a few banded pieces. And
an SBS shield from Crushbone. I also did get the 2 rings you got, but
had to pay 4 plat a piece for them, which is what it costs to make
them. At 9th, you should be able to fight at the Chessboard with
one other person, preferably a tank. You would be safe using ward
undead till about half of your mana, and then heals for the rest. The
tank will need to be patient with you, as you will need to med a lot.
It's also about time to make the trip to Qeynos to get a Shining Star
of Light, and while you're there, pick up Trumpy Irontoe's head. I
think I was 11th or 12th when I made this trip. Be forewarned though,
killing Trumpy _really_ lowers faction with circleofunseenhands and
corruptqeynosguards. I have to be careful now. There are two taverns
in Qeynos that have KOS people to me, and the corrupt guards walking
around Qeynos are 'dubious' to me now. These are both great weapons
and should be gotten as soon as possible. Trumpy is an easy kill.
He was green to me when I killed him. I saw him wandering around the
pier area.
One other note, just as it takes clerics a little while to get used
to the idea of being a straight-healer, it also takes melee classes
a while to learn to respect our need to meditate. I can't tell you
the number of times a bored bard or fighter said, 'let's go' when I
was at 50% mana and regretted it later.
And I mentioned that I'm 15th, and those 2 rings are still the only
stat enhancing items I have as well. Aside from the +2 disease save
necklace and the SBS shield and bloodforge hammers +10 sv magic.
All the good stat enhancing stuff is on like 20th level mobs.
Oh, and another thing that not many people know, the skeletons at the
first part of Steamfont (right when you enter Steamfont) were blue to
me at 15th (so were undead pawns). And they give much better loot.
You have to be very careful though, as they will help each other out
if they see you in combat with another one. But keep this in mind if
the chessboard is camped.
Ergo high elf cleric of the 15th circle - Test Server
>
>From: "Walt Zimbeck" <wzimbeck@...>
>
>I have been following this thread with considerable interest. I am running
>a high elf cleric on Erollisi Marr who is currently nine. My problem is
>that is hard to get into a group since a lot still want to solo at this age
>level and the groups that do offer want to either go to Crushbone or like
>today to the Chessboard. When I have grouped I try to aid in melee and
>still watch the health of the party members. I do not use Furor at all in
>combat saving my mana for healing and buffing only. I have also had a
>group
>not give me a chance to med back to even 50% before starting to fight
>again.
>Another problem of course is that once I begin to heal the mob starts
>beating on me and they cannot pull it off. I try not to fight back when
>this happens to give them a chance to get it off me though.
>
>I did manage to purchase a couple of 2 wisdom rings today for a total of
>2pp. These are the first stat enhancing items I have gotten. As usual I
>am
>almost completely broke now after buying my ninth level spells and the
>rings. I am still wearing a mixture of leather, PW and cloth armor and
>using a cracked staff in combat.
>
>I am open to any and all suggestions that you elders my wish to impart upon
>me.
>
>Thank you,
>Yilari
>
>
>
> > From: "Mikaela" <mikaela1@...>
> >
> > Yes, Anne, I agree that first and foremost we are and should be healers.
> > THAT is our primary role in EQ. But as I said in my previous post,
>there
> > are opportunities for you to get to melee even in a group, you just have
>to
> > know when NOT to melee but sit and med. If I"m FM and they just pulled
>a
> > critter, and I know they have to get down to 2 bubbs of health before I
>heal
> > with complete healing, I'm not gonna just sit or stand there and watch
>the
> > battle. The key is knowing WHEN you get to and stay at melee, WHEN you
>use
> > your DD spells, and WHEN you sit down and do your heal and med routine.
>Not
> > a single one of my group has EVER questioned me when I get to melee or
>cast
> > a dd spell. They trust me and know that I will not let them die because
>I
> > am not watching their hps or don't have mana to heal them or don't know
>WHEN
> > to heal them.
> >
> > I know one cleric whose tank died in the Avatar Room in Cazic because
>he
> > (the cleric) didn't want to "waste" any mana on a complete heal and
>waited
> > til the tank was at 1 bubble before he began to cast, and then his spell
> > fizzled. The tank was NOT happy and would not group with him anymore.
>I
> > also "grew up" so to speak with a cleric/wizard wannabe, who didn't want
>to
> > do anything but nuke with his dd spells. In fact, he even specialized
>in
> > Evocation instead of Alteration so he could save mana on his dd spells.
>I
> > got tired of grouping with him because I couldn't depend on him as a
>back-up
> > cleric for healing cause he never had any mana cause he was always
>nuking.
> >
> > A cleric who doesn't learn these "Whens" early on will not be effective.
> > It's called Learning How To Be A Cleric 101, with advanced courses as
>you
> > get older. If a group member dies because you didn't heal him/her on
>time,
> > or didn't have mana to heal cause you were meleeing or throwing
>Retributions
> > around like they were a 50 mana cost spell, then shame on ya and you
>should
> > go play another class cause you simply don't understand what clerics are
>all
> > about and how to play them.
> >
> > Mik
> >
> >
> > >
>
>
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