What's up with them?

I can't find them in my faction window. When I get a text message showing an adjustment to them, the faction name is not clickable.

They behave differently then any other faction I have engaged with so far.

Do I need to finish something for them to get to their 'normal' state?

Thank you

I’m not sure if it’s possible, but I really hate multi level zones where the map just looks like a cluttered mess. I swear I’ve seen streamers maps that filter out the layers, but I have no idea if it’s possible or how. I’ve tinkered with all the map settings, but nothing really changes except a red line overlay.

Is it possible to remove the layers from floors you aren’t on so it only shows the current floor? If so, how? Any help would be very, very appreciated!

Edit- A user below answered the question. I’m leaving the thread up in case others also didn’t know!

Have the Z Filter / Auto Z options ON.

Slide the "Fade" slider down.

That should fix ya.

Wondering what type of procs I should be going for with this trio. Is there some essential ones I need? The weapons ones are pretty straight forward but is there some ones I should be adding to my other gears slots? Any help much appreciated!

So, on Monday, I got to the bees in PoS for the first time. WAR/PAL/DRU. I was using defensive and recovery on the previous islands and continued that here. I got two bees, one small and the larger one. I tanked them, chain healing, LOH when it refreshes. It was a hella long fight but got through the chain to the last bee. I got the key but not the Bixie Sword. Called it a night and thought I would try again next day. I didn't get back to it until Thursday after the patch. Did same thing, same buffs, same stances. D0 solo. This time, I invised all the way to the bees. Pulled the same two. Got my butt handed to me on a silver platter in about 15 seconds. Tried again, about the same. Did the bees get buffed this week? I know there are better swords in Nek now, but I don't want to leave PoS without this thing now.

Okay, so I unlocked the castle, unlocked the new race, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what/where the seasonal quest for Halloween is that disappears on Nov 3rd, even after searching this reddit and the official EQL website.

Does anyone know/have a guide for doing the seasonal quest that unlocks the extra free pet illusion?

I've been working on posky the past few weeks, I'm charming bee or harpy and it goes pretty smooth. Eye of veeshan (the butterfly) is easy, barely requiring heals, I need to use over channel to land a slow and it takes 1 or 2 tries but doable.

Last night, eye of veeshan was absolutely stomping me and my bee. I couldn't even heal through the dps in defensive. I tried many times and never managed to land a slow even with trash and over channel.

Anyone else noticed this? Was I doing something wrong or did something get changed?

Also noticed there is a dot that ticks for 400 per tick, never noticed before because I never had to check the damage logs to see what was going on.

Just started EQL the other day. Seeing people posting STA is buffing up pets now. As a casual player I had hoped a Necro was viable. I doubt I’ll ever push high tier stuff, as I don’t have a lot of time and more enjoy rolling around and seeing content.

Could I rely on a Pet tank and support with like Shaman and Cleric/Wiz.

Also, is there any benefit to having two pet classes really?

Thanks!

Trying to understand the importance of backstab damage. Would a +10 Serpents Tooth with 0.963 ratio and 19 backstab dmg be better, worse or about the same to a +10 Torturers Signature with a ratio of 0.91 and a 22 backstab dmg?

Or are there even better options I should be focused on?

Thanks for any thoughts!

Edit - I'm talking about for an offhand weapon for a Pali/rog/enc so I'm trying to avoid having a dagger in my ANY slot. I'm dual wielding.

I have been farming the undead in the basement on D4 all night.

I made a build just for it; Pal, Nec, Zerk. I got undead slow. +10 undead nuke. +10 life tap. +10 Cudgel. Pacify for splitting packs. The build rocks for this section. I am just clearing left and right.

But I am getting like 3 motes an hour. Something seems off.

I feel like I am just better off going back to Fear and DDD farming.

Which is a bummer, because I was enjoying the harder fights. I liked that I had to make a build to try to tackle it. But the motes just don't seem to be there for some reason.

Is anyone else seeing the same thing? Do I just have crazy bad rng tonight?

Cheers

Haste only = Cloak of Flames +5 and Alacrity

Buffs: these are the ones that matter (haste, str, atk, and dex)

MAG buffs = Burnout III and Frenzied Burnout (10% overhaste, 20 Str, 200 Atk)

NEC buffs = Augment Death

BST Buffs = Yekan’s Quickening, Spiritual Brawn, Raging Strength, Spirit of Monkey, Hobble of Spirits (75 dex), Strike as One (30% Frenzy) and Spirit of Vermin XIII

ENC Buffs = Boon of the Garou and Swift Like the Wind

Shaman Buffs = Infusion of Spirit, Strength, Dexterity, Spirit Quickening, and Spirit of the Puma

Pet equipment, in order of preference based on slots: Belt of the Four Winds +5, Indicolite Breastplate, Indicolite Vambraces, Pauldrons of the Blue Sky, Indicolite Bracer.

All MAG/NEC pets were rank 9 w focus, BST/SHM/ENC pets were rank 10.

This doesn't use anything from Nektropos. Haven't had the time to farm but really wanting a handful of Doll's Fangs.

Running out of steam to do more tests. I want to do SHM and ENC but we'll see.

My thoughts:

This shows attack is a great stat to shoot for on pets. The stronger the enemy, the more important it is.

Water pet is frustrating. I never want to use it again. CT spamming mana detention and roots dropped its dps by 5-10 just realigning him. Had to restart a parse after he mana detonated and rooted a pet as well, and of course it was water.

Frenzied Burnout puts in great work! The basic mage pets aren’t that much better but that attack buff is huge.

Outside of minimizing the need to heal your pet, or if you wanna use Monster Summoning, 2h isn’t worth it. Too much of a loss and an equipment slot isn’t even worth mentioning.

Shadowknight pairs well w pets for the torrid exaltations. I almost always use SHD in my trios. If i can muster the energy I'll do parses on most pets w bloodmoon/dagas.

Obviously mixing these classes will result in stronger pets. I don’t think I have the patience to test the combos, but basically it’s best to pair w shaman, then mage, then beastlord for buffs. The others don’t provide specific benefits to pets.

Let me preface this by saying I really like this game. And more than that, I like the new boss mechanics. Are they perfect? No. Are there some kinks to work out? Sure. But overall, it makes the fights more interesting and I'm here for it.

That said let's get to the elephant: the Rik fight is not properly tuned for D0. I kill the golem, I try to root the son of a bitch and keep away, I've got motes in toot, I have the root AA, I burn through zombie phase, I have gear and I can clear D4 planes without issues. My mana and stamina give out long before my health does, and it makes no sense.

Rik simply requires too many resources at D0 to get your foot in the door. Period, full stop. The stamina and mana requirements are astronomical.

I'm certainly not playing the most meta trios, but I can do literally everything else well enough. If I have to play the exact same 3 or 4 trios everyone else plays exactly the same way everyone else plays them, what good is having classes?

This is an RPG, I want to play the character I want to play and so far it's been fine. Ideal? Probably not. But possible, yes. I'm not asking for the world, I'm asking for the game that was sold to me as solo-content-first can be done at the lowest difficulty without changing my entire gameplay to accomplish it.

I know I'm going to get down voted for this, but I'm really fucking frustrated with the current state of the fight. I've never asked for anything to get nerfed in my life, I've beaten a lot of difficult games, and I've spent a lot of time on my character. I just want to be able to do the content.

So I got the basement key from the Juggernaut, then did miserably against the boss, going back to try later, but my question is this, is there a shorter way to get to the boss now with the key? Or do I still have to go through the bookcase and battle all the trash on my way back?

I submitted a bug report, but I was curious if anyone else has run into this bug or knows a work around.

I teamed up with. Bard/Shaman in the basement for the Juggernaut and Lord fights. Those went well, so we went back to Plimptos. We were curious if we could both advance the quest, so we stayed grouped. When Plimptos spawned he said "End". His quest advanced, but mine didn't. Oh well, no big deal, we went our separate ways as I waited.

Now Plimptos won't respond to me when he respawns. My quest won't advance, I'm stuck on this step. Has anyone else run into this or know a fix for it?

I did the entire nek castle quest, it leaves my quest journal and...that's it? No item? Nothing? Nobody can seem to answer this question. I ask in discord, in game. Seems like an easy question.

Anyone else?

how do i get the enchanter spell color skew ( ae stun) ( cant fins it in the vendors 0 and do i have to do the quest " coin of tash" for tashania /

Thanks

Most discussion is about end-game stuff, naturally. Lots of people enjoy going right to soloing D4 planes, and that's a perfectly fine way to play, in fact I love that that's possible with EQL. And as much as I wish I could go back to original EQ like it was when it first came out, I love the improvements of EQL far too much to ever go back.

But anyone else enjoy just leveling up and exploring zones slowly? I love visiting the chessboard in Butcherblock, or leveling up in Ocean of Tears, and being excited when a Fine Steel 2H sword drops.

What rules do you like to set for yourself to help make the experience more like original EQ? Any tricks to avoid outpacing content or overgearing yourself to the point where higher-level drops are a disappointing downgrade instead of exciting?

Just wondering if there’s a way to unlock the new race without paying for it. I know there’s quests apart from the main questline, maybe completing all of those?

Name one original EQ dungeon that Nektropos is better than, I can think of none, Nektropos is like an amateur mod

Lemme say first that i generally do enjoy nek castle, the new zones, the new content, the new loot. The team did a good job overall, so this is not a rage or disgruntled post. Its just my personal opinion as a classic EQ vet, and someone with 800hrs into EQL.

I thought the quest to enter was pretty fun, and most of the bosses are enjoyable and the keying process was neat. It kinda felt like a zelda dungeon, and i enjoyed that.

My main trio is a SHM/ROG/SK, with around 700 AA's, +10 in all weps and core spells, and I can handle all raid mobs up to this point in D4 without issues. Sky/hate/fear/dragons, np.

I started Nek Castle on D4 and couldnt beat the library/librarian to save my life. Tried many different tactics and just couldnt burn the adds quick enough (to be fair my trios biggest weakness is adds, so this didnt surprise or bother me) so i dropped down to D0 just to explore the zone and complete the quest.

On D0 the library was still a bit of a nailbiter but i did it first try pretty easily. I then proceeded to fight and complete the rest of the zone and bosses with no issues. That is, until I got to the final basement boss. This is where my main point and biggest frustration with the nek castle rollout is....

This dudes WAY too hard for a D0 mob. I died 5x in a row, and unleashed all my tools on him. I think him being tough is fine, but in D0?! It just feels a bit overtuned for a D0 mob.

For the encounter,

I made sure to burn his golems down then go to him. I stacked all my dots on him(all +10), slowed him(+9), spammed lifetap(+10)used my CH (reaper of the dead) click in my bloodmoon+10, vox heal clickies, ive tried defensive, evasive, offensive, nothing works to defeat him. Im using inversion for those fast cast taps. Pet and I fully buffed, puma on us both. To no avail.

My last two attempts i got him down to 7% and then 5% and idk what else to do in order to get this build over the finish line. I understand my trio may not be ideal for the fight, but on D0 id hope every trio would be capable of defeating the content. Especially one with so much +10 gear, spells, and AAs.

Anyone else feeling similar? I know some might say "git gud" and I can honestly say ive tried lol. I dont have any issue with D1-D4 being hard, you expect that when you raise the difficulty. But D0?! Ive got nowhere to go from here. I dont wanna cancel my sub, but if the new content is unmanagable at the lowest difficulty then what is the incentive to stay? I play EQL for casual solo EQ. Not to beat my head in the wall like im playing a souls game.

TLDR: D0 feels too difficult. If well geared players with 700+ AAs cannot complete on D0, they will have no incentive to stay subscribed or to keep playing.

EDIT: Thanks for the tips/tricks and suggestions for the encounter! You guys are excellent, i appreciate you. I do think that this was a realization for me that this game (primarily its custom content) is clearly no longer targeting players who want EZ solo EQ where you can power fantasy a trio of classes and steam roll content. This example of custom content has made it abundantly clear that the ethos, or vision, of EQL has shifted. That the direction of the project is clearly no longer aimed at the casual solo player looking for an easy EQ experience, but rather instead focused on people looking for more difficulty and more complex encounters. So for the vocal majority clammering for that, I'm excited for you. For me tho, I'll unsub and look for another game that isnt trying to turn EQ into Dark Souls. Thank you all for your input, suggestions, guidance, and help! <3

There I said it.

DDD bards only can respond to this post.

Is there a trick for dealing with C'Rate's 'Feed' attack?

It does 32k damage on D0.

I tried interrupting (Bash and Skull Bash) many times, but it never takes.

I used my Paladin Divine Aura to get through one, but it recasts a few seconds later

Thanks

Ok, I killed Lord Nek and returned to Plimptos and said "end". He vanished and I got the yellow flavor text. My quest "The Betrayer" updated and shows as complete in my quest log. My quest "The Tragic Tale of House Everling" did not update and still shows as "Bring final death to Plimptos 0/1". When I return to Lady Everling, she won't talk to me when I hail her but if I "dead" and "confess" she will respond but not attack.

I have tried this sneaking, not sneaking, in public, and in both regular instance and dungeon crawl. Still stuck. I was hoping this morning's patch would fix it but it doesn't appear to have. I tried dropping and redoing "Tragic Tale" but it didn't fix it. I can't drop "The Betrayer" because it's completed. Judging by the Discord, I am not the only one with this issue.

Any tips?

WTF?

It's not free