> I suck at selling and can't go into the bazaar anymore. Sharing a network
> with 4 computers with only a 19.2kbps connection really really blows. I
> can't even play EQ if one person has a text based rpg going on online now.
i saw some of your postings about not being able to enter bazaar.
i think it is either your connection or the gfx card is "too small".
have a look further down, i wrote some more things down there...
> > in WW wolves drop a pelt, that is sold for 400pp to 600pp each. well,
> > some still ask for 1000pp for it (i believe it is used for
blacksmithing).
> >
> Wow. WW is what now? warsilk woods? What lvl are they?
sorry... forgot about that zone... i was referring to Western Wastes.
and the right name of the wolves is "Velium Hounds". the wolves
are 49 to 51 i think and i can only solo them pet-chaining. one wolf
needs up to four, sometimes five (air) pets.
no discussion about pet's here: at my level only air is useful.
next best choice would be water. earth is only a good chioce if
you duo with a good healer (eg CH)... and fire... not here...
my heart rate is constant at the level like when i walked through
Kael Drakkel for the first time.
getting there can be sort of an adventure for non-porters:
Cobalt Scar -> Siren's Grotto -> Western Wastes
it is really nice to have a wizzy and druid alt... especially
if they are on another account and you have more than one
system to play... :-)
and having a cleric on a third account with even one more
system availible to play, makes me feel much better hunting
there.
huh... did i mention i am maxxed ally on CoV faction (those
drakes in Skyshrine)... also most of my alts have good CoV
faction... it makes it much easier to stay alive in WW.
actually there aren't many critters i could hunt in WW without
hurting my CoV faction. well, and if there is one of those wurms,
i just run... or gate...
here is the link to the mobs:
http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?zone=108
think of this zone like the sandy area of South Ro:
- replace the sand with ice... looks almost like eastern wastes
- replace all the undead with wyverns (CoV faction)
- replace all the spiders with (named) drakes (CoV faction)
- add some Brontos
- add many Ice Burrower (really big wurms)
- add _some_ Velium Hounds
- add some more things that want to kill you...
- and of course some NPCs
> Yeah, but by the time I can actually hit a key I'm kicked. :-( It takes me
> 10 minutes to zone in and then boom. disconnected.
argl... this is pretty ugly... :-(((
maybe switch to top-down-view before entering the zone.
my smallest system (p2/300, 512mb, tnt2) has some problems with
the game (old zones are the fastest), but still works pretty good.
actually i use that system for my trader and bazaar is no problem at
all. about zoning: it is faster than all my other systems...
the bigger systems are a notebook and a desktop, each with a
P3 (notebook 1.12GHz, desktop 933MHz) and nVidia chips
(notebook geforce 2 go, desktop geforce 3 ti550). all systems
have a fixed swap file with 4095MB (limitation is because of
windows 2k, i think XP can use bigger ones). most EQ options
are turned off, no music, "not much" sound.
the notebook gets slower in bazaar at a resolution of 1024x768.
the desktop hasn't too many problems even at 1600x1200. other
zones, like wakening lands (eg with many trees, and other stuff)
or some of the new LoY zones give those boxes very much
trouble.
all my systems are connected to the internet using a PPC/G4
based linux system connected to DSL (actually the german
"T-DSL" variant). the major problems i have is the connection
to the states... on the other hand, sometimes it is hard to believe
that the servers (eg Tarew Marr) is located overseas.
- bilt
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Biltilie Dwimmerlaik, lvl 57 gnome magician, Tarew Marr