A New Beginning

I will start with a brief Summary of what I’ve been up to since joining Vanguard:

Originally, I began as a Ranger, Trailblaze, with the intentions of focusing on him.  That worked well for me until the guild I was in became no more.  I had been in a former Everquest guild and the majority of the people stopped playing Vanguard and went back to playing Everquest, Everquest II, LOTR or WoW.  Just when I had given up hopes for my time in Vanguard, I was contacted by a former Everquest guildmate and as told me about his guild (Revelry and Honor).  I then decided to focus on my Necromancer Fellmage.  Recently, a large portion of our guild decided to refocus thier playtime on Everquest II.  As a result, to group with the majority of my guildmates, I would have to refocus on my bard, Gaellespie.

That brings us up date, where I am currently rushing to catch up in levels with current guildmates.  At the moment, my character is working on his 22th level in the Shoreline Ruins area.  This is my 4th trip here, as I normally level in the teens and lower twenties on Thestra.   This time around the going is a bit easier, as I know the ins and outs of many of the local quests.  Many of them are time consuming because of the time you are forced to spend running around. 

Wednesday,  Gaellespie finished up his last UTR Armor mission, which ends in Shoreline Ruins.   I then proceded to work on the final UTR Hero quest.  Unfortunately for me the 2nd mission in this series seems to be broken at the moment.  In this mission you are required to gather 8-12 drops from undead in the lighthouse / graveyard area.  If memory serves me correctly, before you were only required to gather 1 drop of each type.  Now, the quest shows that you need the 8-12 drops.  That is fine, but it seems to be that the drop rate is currently bugged or not working at all as I spent over an hour without a single drop.  Consequently, Gaellespie won’t be getting his UTR weapon anytime soon.  That is too bad, considering that the weapon is very nice for his level.   Instead, it looks as though I will be trying to find a new place to level until I can get started on the Trengal Keep area.  Hopeful candidates appear to be Tuathian Delta, Skrillien Point and Scrawla Rock zones.

 At this point my guildmates range in levels from 32 -40.  While I consider myself to be making decent progress, I think that it may realistically take me 2-3 more weeks to catch up.