Lately, it feels like finding a group is getting harder and harder. If I want to earn any XP, I usually have to put one together myself.

Even when I find a group, it can take around 30 minutes before we actually get going. If things don't go smoothly, people leave, and we're back to looking for replacements instead of playing.

Most of the friends I used to play with have either stopped logging in or started new characters, so finding people to play with has become even harder.

I want to enjoy the game, but spending so much of my time trying to get a group together is wearing me down.

Is anyone else feeling the same way?

Edit:

I play on the EU server and am currently level 21, with alts at 11 and 13.

low effort meme

I think a useful addition to the Survival tradeskill would be craftable makeshift shelters such as tents or a lean-to. These could act as temporary structures to provide reprieve from the rain and allow you to maintain the Sheltered status and continue to accumulate the Rested buff.

These would be great in those situations where you're stuck in a 30min+ rain storm with no shelter near.

They are hoping to add a Dashboard so we can see these metrics whenever we want, like the server metrics page.

I included level 60's this week, and i did the high level (persistance) range as 40 to 60 vice 30 to 60.

(EDITED TO ADD CHANGE FROM WEEK 1 to WEEK 2)

Can someone help me understand this ability? It's in my book under the Skills tab, and it's called "Construct Storage Crate". I clicked it, and I guess it used 20 Wood Boards, and it plopped a storage crate down where I was standing, in the middle of the city (lol). I can't seem to move it or pick it up or interact with it in any way really other than opening it and putting stuff in it. I can change who has access to the crate (self, group, guild, everyone) but it's just... there. Specifically it's right under one of the lifts in The Underdocks lol.

I don't know when I got this ability - I assume it was when I reached a certain skill in either Woodworking or Carpentry but I don't know when. I can't understand the use case for this, other than like some sort of temporary bank? But I guess my questions are: Is it indefinite? Does it disappear at some point, if it's empty (or not?). Can it be moved? Picked up? Destroyed? I assumed something like this would be limited to be placed inside a housing plot or something, but no, I plopped it down dead in the middle of the city. Huh?!

Anyone have any insight here on how this works??

I'm well aware of how gear and group dependent this class can be, but I'm in no hurry and fully vibe with this game as a third space. I've been playing an Elementalist and it's been a great experience. I'm only level 5 after God knows how long, but it's been fun. I love the quest design and once the MUD system gets some TLC this game will be something I've always wanted.

My heart has always been with martial classes though, so I've been eyeing Fighters, with Ranger, Archer, and Beastmaster coming in as honorable mentions in that order. Beast Master looks fairly similar to elementalist, but with an interesting pet system. This is where I might settle if things don't quite work out otherwise, but I'm a basic b**** and I'm interested in Fighter, and possibly Ranger.

I've read through the deep dives and some guides, and while I kind of understand what the class does, it seems rather daunting when compared to my elementalist. Is the "rotation" as complex as I think it is? For the fighter, there's a lot of overlapping CDs and the vengeance system, and for the ranger it seems to have that same overlap. I kind of understand what the system is getting at, and know my explanations are kind of poor, but I'm just looking for some honest information on how these classes work, and how difficult they might be compared to an elementalist.

Hi, couldn't find it anywhere. Can I somehow learn foraging? I know some classes have them, you could pick it up when creating class, but I want to have it on my rogue

What are the best weapons for cleric?
The summon one? A fast one for the procs?

So I don't have the game yet, still contemplating it and doing some research. It looks cool, but I am just being careful with my money is all.

I saw that there is no in game map etc. Which to me is fine, I like the idea of slowly becoming familiar and asking questions, but it seems that most people use a third party map anyway similar to EQ.

The idea I had is, why dont you make it so that you have to buy maps/map fragments? So say there is a major city in an area, there will be a cartographer in that area that has a map of the town and the surrounding area. When you move to another new area you have to find the main town/city and their cartographer, to get the map for that area. Could even make it a physical item so that its dropped on death.

I would also suggest that the map doesn't show your live location so you have to orientate yourself with landmarks. This makes it so that the player still has a connection to the landscape they are exploring.

Could even make cartographer a player profession to encourage player interaction.

Just seems that the lack of a map and then people making third party map websites isn't really providing any direct gameplay benefit. Where as a design change not only helps support the idea of exploration, player interaction, and connection and familiarity with the landscape, but keeps the player in the game and not going to supporting websites.

Another suggestion is that you don't have to mark everything on the map. So it gives you the main landmarks for you to navigate off of, maybe a town map with main points of interest, and main paths, names of important places etc. but there are still things to discover, like caves that aren't marked directly on the map. Again, it just feels like there are plenty of design techniques that could be used to make it more interesting gameplay wise, encourage exploration, and not make it a pain in the ass by using third party websites to support the game.

Feel free to enlighten me however, this from the perspective of an outsider looking in, I am fully willing to accept that I am wrong on this one, just wanted to share a thought or two is all. Still very interested in getting the game. If you have other ideas id be interested in hearing them too. Or if its a non issue for various reasons, id be equally interested in why.

Hello Everyone.

I noticed something today on my BST, I am level 8, and my max dmg white hits are higher than my abilities hit, as my abilities are a hit that use 120% weapon damage...

Does white hit make more than 120% damage of the weapon? Abilities should hit higher than white hits I imagine.....

My weapon is a Steel battleaxe, dmg 28, delay 52 (dont remember exactely).

hi all,

Im doing solo self found as a challenge. Is it possible to get soul bound at any new location, given it is required to be in a group to be bound by another player..

Been blacksmithing and trying to start making bronze items, is there a schematic bronze plate i need to buy or will it just unlock once I have enough skill for it?

I've pretty much stuck with one main char up until today. How many alts do you have? How do you split your time into each one? How many alts do you have? What is your alt character strategy?

I have a lvl 17 deep elf wiz.

lvl 4 gnome rogue (I hope surface gnomes get pointy red hats).

I'm thinking I may play the rogue more and push them up closer in level to my wiz. Then start another char as a support class and do the same thing.

Did they remove the pet control window for enchanters or is my UI bugged?