> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jennifer McComb [mailto:mccomb@...]
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 1:07 PM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: [eqbards] Thanks for all the input (was New bard questions)
>
>
> From: Jennifer McComb <mccomb@...>
>
> Thanks everyone for all the input. I now have a couple of
> goals for the
> near term (it's much more fun to play when you have some objective).
> First I'll concentrate on getting level 8 (I'm halfway there
> now), then
> I'll head over to either Queynos or Kelethin (from Freeport)
> to get the
> Kelin's Lament song. I've travelled to Kelethin many times to sell
> small patchwork. It's a pretty easy, but very boring, trip.
> That boat
> trip is a killer. First wait up to 20 minutes for the boat, then
> another 20 riding the boat. What fun. With Selo's is travelling to
> Queynos a better or worse plan? I have maps, but I've never actually
> made the trip. I'm only familiar with the area from West Karanas to
> Queynos. I've thought about doing a poor man's gate to get back. Put
> all my stuff in the bank and then commit suicide. (Isn't
> reincarnation
> great?)
The boat ride is my time to practice skills. At your level, sense heading
and fishing were the skills I practiced. I also chatted with others on the
trip or just went and got something to drink or read a newspaper or
something if I didn't want to press keys.
fishing can be done from a moving boat, but I find you have to move around
and try casting from different spots. You'll get your fair share of messages
saying you can't, but it gave me something to do. Also, if you have a
musical skill that isn't maxed out, it's a good time to practice.
> Once I have lament, I'll try to join some orc camping parties in East
> Commonlands. I joined my first party a couple of nights ago and had a
> blast, although I died a lot. I got the distinct feeling
> that the orcs
> hated me the most when I had my drum equipped, whether I was
> playing or
> not. Perhaps it was just my imagination or a conincidence.
>
> Now the hard thing will be balancing the need to save money for a
> combine weapon and using money to build up my smithing skills (lvl 43
> right now). I really want to be a master smith too, which is why I
> chose to start in Freeport. I think I'll go the route of the smith,
> then once I can make/sell banded I can buy the combine weapon.
The trade skills are pretty much a money sink, except for, perhaps
jewelcraft.
I've put in hundreds of pp in smithing to get to the point where I can make
banded reliably. 50 pp doesn't go far into training to make armor. There's
also not a huge demand for banded anymore on my server, Bertox.
I'd recommend saving your money and use it towards the combine sword. You'll
get the sword much faster just saving the money then trying to make banded.
However, if money is not a goal, then trade skills are a way to role play a
bit more. I can't say learning the trade is all that fun and is downright
boring.
---Windleaf