Qindaar once again ventured out on Friday evening with his good buddies Valmantia and Vmalice to do the usual daily’s.  It was a good night because no one died until the end, but more on that later, and a good fight because Vmalice was pulling MoB’s like a maniac and we were handling them.  Here are some shots of the fights.

Also here is a group shot of us.

Qindaar managed to eek out an AA point that evening and moved up eight percent closer to the next level, so over-all a good fight.

After a while, since we completed the three daily’s we decided to go back to the House of Thule to take out some named MoB’s.  We were successful until we got cocky and decided to take out the Treant that killed me the other night.  Well we tackle a bit more than we could handle and the consequence was DEATH! for all involved.  We were going to go back again, but we had no buffs and in the last battle we only taken it down by 55% which wasn’t even close enough for a retry.  Give us a couple more days and we will get him.

EQ Video 15 Years. (click on EQ Video) to view

Great night playing last night, once again Qindaar teamed up with Vmalice and Valmantia for daily’s.  We fought valiantly with a death occurring, not from a fight but zoning into it in the House of Thule-Grounds.  A named Treant took us all out in almost one blow.

Qindaar started the day by doing a level 80 Daily, unknowingly you must take all the daily’s you are planning to do at one time for each level.  Once you start there is no going back to get more, so last night Qindaar tagged along for the regular XP.  He got an AA point and a four percent boost to the next level.  So there was a lessoned learned there, take all the daily’s at once.

House of Thule-Grounds was hopping last night, the MoB’s seemed overly aggressive, everytime we turned around we were being attacked.  Finally we sat at the zone in for a few minutes for a restroom break, cigarette break or let the dogs out break, but when Vmalice returned he told us to stay put until he found a spot, once he did we all ran over to him.  Vmalice pulled like a champ last night without getting us killed.  As a matter of fact Valmantia asked him to pull faster, it was an awesome ongoing battle for about 35 minutes.  Finally it was time to go because RL was calling…actually the bed was calling.

It’s great to be back in the game again and I appreciate Vmalice and Valmantia there to lend support! Will try to get a group shot one evening to post.

Qindaar set out again last night with his good friends Vmalice and Valmantia to do the Daily’s.  There are three that we pick up, one in Old Bloodfields, level 85; one in House of Thule-grounds, level 90 and one in Valley of Lunanyn also level 90.  So in preparation this time around Qindaar made sure he did the quest to unlock the Mercenary Journeyman V.  No problem, got the guy and he performed admirably in the face of death, protecting me twice by forfeiting his life.  Good Merc!, although he comes at a hefty price of 93 platinum every 15 minutes or one Bayle Mark.  Thankfully Sony puts Bayle Marks on sale every so often so I stock up.

So overall Valmantia and Qindaar moved up a level while we listened to Vmalice whine that he did not.  Well he is already way ahead of us anyhow.

There are many ways to play this MMO. One is to sit back, explore and visit all the wonderful areas of the game.  Finishing all the Quests in each City, etc.  The other way is to just Level.  I am torn between the two, there are so many places I have not visited, just as in RL and many times someone will say meet me here and I just get this HUH, I don’t know where that is.  I do enjoy leveling but I also like the exploring.  Torn is what I am.

Every afternoon Qindaar sits in the guild Lobby waiting for all the buff casters to load us up on extra protection.  This is what the Lobby looks like

This is a very important part of the day, without these buffs I would die very quickly if I made a mistake.  So I should quit writing and get back into the game.

Played for a short time last night, should have gone to bed.  Not even twenty minutes into the game and the first death occurred, not good for the rest of the evening I lost all the buffs that I had collected the whole day.  So now we are playing in pretty much the basics and half the group dies again.  Qindaar did not this time.

So we finish up the quest in Old Bloodfields and move off to the House of Thule grounds.  No sooner got there and poof Qindaar dead, one of the MoB’s could see through invisibility.  Qindaar laid on the ground while his cleric ran off with one of the other members of the team. All I could do is throw my hands in the air, pop back to the guild lobby for a summons and call it a night.

Maybe tonight might be better, but the last couple of days has seen little or no progress.

Had t wipe my blog due to the fact that the database was on a different server that I let my old domain name expire.  I let it go after 10 years of not having that name any longer.  So what I am going to do is repost here what I was able to salvage and then move forward.  I lost about two months of entries I think.  If I can ever recover them I will repost them as well.

Ding 86!

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Ed Sogolow

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Qindaar was very happy last night, he Dinged Level 86 while in the Bloodfields with his good friends Vmalice and Valmantia. V (as his friends call him) is a Level 86 Necromancer while his wife Val is a level 86 Enchantress. We used to spend hours years ago playing, now we jump on in the evenings for an hour to do Daily’s and Saturday nights for 3 hours to kill. We have a great time at it.

Currently Qiindaar is still Soloing in Loping Plains doing quests for AA points. So far he has made 10 of them and is currently finishing up a chain quest. Note his great new flaming, flying mount. He gets around in style.

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Excitement and Andreline

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Ed Sogolow

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Spent the last two days doing daily’s with Vmalice and Valmantia, yesterday I solo’d in Loping plains with Qindaar to get the AA bonuses was amazed at how quickly your fighting skills return after a six year absence. Qindaar got a little carried away in the goblin camp and pulled half a dozen golblins. Qindaar fought with bravery and along side him his trusty Cleric Merc but one of the goblins turned into a VoidedSoul and ran off before Qindaar could root him, needless to say the entire zone was soon running towards Qindaar so he had no choice but to cast an evacuate spell to get the hell out of there.

Yesterday we managed to get 8% XP towards his level 86 and earned an AA point plus 50% into the next one. Hope to level by the week’s end.

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Daily’s

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Ed Sogolow

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Qindaar experienced his first daily yesterday evening. Teamed up with his good friends Vmalice and Valmantia and went to Bloodfields via the Void. We were there for about two and a half hours. I made thirteen points towards XP and earned two AA points so it wasn’t a bad night. We played to midnight PDT which means three AM EDT for them. I really appreciated them playing and its great to have them back in the game.

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In a Holding Pattern

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Ed Sogolow

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Currently everything that Erimus and Qindaar are doing for their Epic Quests are on hold. The Jewish Holydays are cutting into gameplay since I am in the Synagogue all day.

I am in the process of researching Raid Trials and Instances, since Qindaar now requires a subquest of several raid trials and then three crystal signet rings are in “Instance Zones” a bit more planning is required.

Erimus’s Epic Quest requires learning every trade skill in EQ. Currently he is working on his baking skills and fishing skills. This is a slow process that requires much farming of materials or running to specific vendors for products if you don’t want to farm. This eats up a lot of Platinum though, so farming sometimes is the way to go considering you can sell the stuff you don’t need.

Winerian, my Ranger is sitting on the sidelines as he usually does, it is difficult to focus on three different toons at one time.

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Snag, and!

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Ed Sogolow

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Yesterday Qindaar managed to get four out of the seven crystal signet rings he needed for the anguish key. Only to find out the last three are in “instances” that require a certain number of people, also that he has to complete several raid trials before hand. This was quite a surprise and put a stop to the quest abruptly. Will have to get on the phone with some friends and figure out the least number of people I need to do this with.

In the meantime, I am happy with the progress I have made in the last two months or so and am fully enjoying the game once again.

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Today We Get the Crystal Signets

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Ed Sogolow

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Qindaar has to achieve the quest to get the key to enter Anguish. I have to take down six more Dragorn Tacticians in varies zones in Discord. These should not be too difficult unless the entire area around them swarms.

Once we have the key to anguish it a matter of getting the two Orbs of Discord I believe. Hopefully it is as easy as it sounds, but then nothing is ever easy in EQ…except yesterday’s walk in an pick up the horn with ease. I will not be as lucky today.

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Great Afternoon

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Ed Sogolow

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Now that my friends Jim and Robyn are playing EQ Jim text me and said let’s get this guy you need to take down. So we buffed up and went hunting for him. As we were nearing his stronghold we found lots of dead MoB’s and and told Jim that it looks like there is someone here already and we hoped they were not after the same guy.

We got to the place that the guy that I needed the horn of Gallen from was dead, the others had taken him down. I was disappointed to say the least. So while we were waiting to see if he respawned I went into the room to check his corpse and lo and behold they did not loot the horn, so it was easy pickin’s as they say.

So Jim and I started off on the next task which is to secure the key to get into the Anguish Stonghold. So I need to get seven crystal signets from Dragorns in seven different zones. Happy to say one down, six to go. I Feeling good, great afternoon.

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Epics, Epics, Epics

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Ed Sogolow

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Been working on both Qindaar’s 2.0 Epic piece and Erimus’s 1.5 Epic. The best news is that an old friend and his wife have decided to start playing again (with a little push from me). We were an awesome trio back in 1997 – 2006. So with them helping, we should be able to knock out Qindaar’s epic in no time once they get the feel for the game again. Jim has been texting me almost non-stop with what is this and what is that and how do you’s. I LMAO because I was the same way a couple of months ago.

Erimus’s epic sucks, it is almost all farming and baking, brewing etc. Very time consuming with no experience earned since everything is low level. But it does give you a sense of accomplishment when you finally get the Epic piece.

Well back t work now, game play this afternoon.

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Staff of Prismatic Power Obtained

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Ed Sogolow

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Qindaar pulled it off! He obtained his 1.5 Epic yesterday and is not on his way to getting the 2.0 Epic the Staff of Phenomenal Power.

Overall I have back in game for about a month now and am enjoying it immensely. The game has changed a lot in the last six years and even more in the last ten, but Sony manages to keep it entertaining and expanding, the 21st expansion is soon to be out, in BETA testing now. Someday I hope to visit every land the game has to offer.

Already looking forward to what to do after I get my 2.0. I never did the progressions, so I may start those or research what gear I need to advance to level 100. Right now I am not focused on level advancement, I am focused on the game and acquiring achievement points I think this is a real indicator of how you are enjoying the game opposed to just zooming through the levels and hitting that wall and waiting for the next expansion.

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Success

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Ed Sogolow

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Long night last night, determined to get my Qindaar’s tailoring skills to 130+. Managed to finally reach 133 and made the tapestry bag for the Wizard Epic 1.5. All I have left to do is round up the four stones needed to fill the bag for the turn in. Have a birthday party to attend this evening so this will have to be put off until tomorrow.