I believe this has happened to me before as well.

At the time I thought Qvic was just very unstable as I was crashing more frequently than it should have. Looking back at that horrible day - It is one of the only times I actually clicked the epic.

This weekend showed the standard Tiki Spawns for me. The longest I had to wait for a given tiki to spawn was 15 minutes. With a slew of Tiki spawns before I even got a chance to loot everything.

1)  What progression of zones should I go for, am currently in the lower levels of BOT...where next?

If you hail the custom zone teleporter she gives you a list of zones (which are in progrssion order if my memory serves). Ill list them anyway.

BoT > Plane of Time (Epic 1.5) > LDON (Epic 2.0) > FG/CG (Epic 2.5) > Qvic (keys you for 3.0 boss) > Tacvi > Plane of Dragons > HoHonor/Plane of Gods

2)  Is now a good time to start FG/CG?  Or are epic upgrades a better plan?  Or is just killing in lvl 70 zones a better idea to get some better gear?  Or maybe RoA?

In my opinion camp some pieces of the CG/FG when you are able to but its really not that important until you are ready to get your 2.5. Epic progression should be a main focus. You wont necessarily need RoA until Qvic at the earliest and may not need it depending on your playstyle. Also, it isnt until Qvic that your current set piece is required for the next progression piece. Dont be afraid to leave BoT/PoTime/LDON without getting all your pieces of gear.

3)  How far can I realistically get to with my current 2 box set up?

Qvic will stop you dead in your tracks - I recommend finding a guild or making a few friends to group with. Otherwise succumb to boxing a group.

4)  If I was to add a third box, what would you suggest?  Tank?  crowd control?  something else?

Warrior is going to be your best option. However, if you are like many out there who dont want to play a warrior because everyone else does I still suggest a tank.

5)  What's the waypoint thingy for in Surefall?

http://ezserver.online/forums/index.php?topic=502.0


Understandably not everyone has the time to scour through months of forum posts. But I would recommend skimming through the forums as nearly everything you need to know has been discussed on these forums.

How long does the bard song last on you after degrouping?

.3 minutes so 18 seconds.

I use both DS's so thats 14 seconds of DS per group up.

Ya I was coming back to say that me previous wild guess was much less than it really was. I did some RoA this weekend and realized the songs stay on for quite a while.

I memorized the order to the tune of the national anthem.

Nerd

All in good jest

Correction! Patriotic Nerd

You guys are just jeleous that when the EZserver con comes around in 2045 I am going to win the talent show with my song.

My guess was in tune with an agro cap as well - was just wondering if anyone did know the exact mechanics.

It looks like ill just have to take the DPS loss - which makes me sad since ive heard when breaking into T3 it could take 45 minutes to kill the bosses.

Thanks for the input fellas - im at least glad to find out it is a problem experienced by others - Im not going crazy after all!

I pull everyone off to kill the adds.

Let me give you another example that I tested out. On a handfull of bosses I did not attack the boss with my DPS warrior untill I had killed 2 adds. So the boss was at about 75% when I first attacked with my DPS warrior. He still pulled agro by the end of the fight.

As I have spent enough time in PoD to finally get my non-tanking warriors their Anger Augs, I have noticed that they are pulling agro when I believe they shouldnt.

I have had my warrior with 2 Anger IV augs pull agro from my Main Tank who has 4 anger IV Augs and I spam Right Click his Epic. Without fail Agro will be drawn to the secondary warrior around 40% of T2 bosses (this is probably coincidence). I finally gave up and just gave my second warrior full Aug V's but am sad to see the loss of DPS.

Am I Ignorant of some mechanic of agro that is causing the second warrior to draw agro? Has anyone else seen this? Is there a way around it without losing so much DPS?

I memorized the order to the tune of the national anthem.

Yes thank you very much. Was actually my first T2 days. Yesterday after double loot was over I realized how horrible the next days/weeks will be... 

It was my second weekend in T2 - I got the majority of my two groups geared. However, I wished it was double the chance of getting a kronos weekend too!

Ill be there for ages trying to get BPs.

I propose adding a rot bot in Qvic and Tacvi. However, I think that it should cost about 20k per transaction.

I figure if you have a price per turn in - it wont be used to speed through the progression for people who are just starting to get to this level as most people at this point dont have 100K+ to drop on a rot bot.

Instead it could be a way to alleviate the issue of having to go back for that one piece that seems like it will never drop - meanwhile your group has progressed well beyong one of these zones.

I have a few characters that are holding tacvi/T1/T2 molds because I cant get the Qvic peice to drop for me.

What are your guys' thoughts? Should the price be a little higher maybe 50k?

How long does the bard song last on you after degrouping?

I dont know the exact second count - my guess is 4-6 seconds. I half ass it with a bard that only has one 3.0. I sing the higher of the two damage shields and disband the second it hits. The song will last long enough to kill all the mobs except the Mighty Golems, Dread Knights and Jade Reavers.

I Just bought a guild instance in Qvic - I thought i was super lucky that i zone in immediately!

When I got to the other side I was in another guilds instance and the time remaining on the instance was 34 hours.

Some wires are crossed on the server.

Yeah it's a little weird but look at it this way, if your instance craps out after 2 minutes or whatever.. zone back in and you're good for another 24hrs for just another 1-2k...

A minor inconvenience - the juice is still worth the squeeze

Does this mean that  DS damage counts towards the person with the DS on?

On live server I used a technique(for power leveling) where I would DS my high level druid and get my lower level characters to AoE the mobs that were killing themselves on the druids DS. It was very efficient but I'm thinking it might not work here. Am I correct in my assumption?

Edit: Thanks for the guide!

I believe the dmg from the dmg shield is attributed to the person it is on. I havent done formal testing but I came to that conclusion a few times when mobs agroed my druid when I was lvling ROA in a primitive fashion.