Everquest merc rez The merc is mine because I'm 120+ and they're now 106 and I have lots of merc AA spent on the healer and merc equipment, too. Cast Times 0. working through the companion researcher to unlock (what i hope) a better merc. I use the one that best suits my situation. If merc AI is server run, the merc ought to note the player health updated whenever the merc-handling thread cycles to that specific merc, and starts casting healing - packet 3 goes out. This works great because now the merc is all ready to rez you when you die from forgetting to put it back on active after being on passive and head into that mob of mobs. Which merc is going to benefit most from the standard bard songs (Aria, War March)- caster or ENC and BRD are both more versatile than NEC and neither is evil. They both read 0% and have read 0% after killing about 500 mobs today. fanra. Ok what's the deal with level 98 mercs offering 90% rez again? I have had this happen multiple times now in chapterhouse EverQuest Discussion. Most mercs are only good below 90, except for maybe Zhugrus (inquisitor merc from the new Zek, the scourge wastes (tanky priest) so probably won't apply to you) exceptions below 95 are tank mercs or buffing merc (troubadour for casters, dirge for melee just set them to follow only). This happens most commonly with DPS mercs because they like to merc themselves. If the corpse is of a different persona, you'd need to swap to that persona and get that persona's merc to do the rez. How much will it be to my advantage to start a merc sooner rather than later? Is it worth the xp loss? After 5 years of these items being out. cfm 11/9/2023 11:23 AM <dir> Augs 10/27/2024 6:31 AM 5668 AugsandTribute. Goes from viable to very easy. I am probably not the best person to say it, but mercs seems all but dead. Can we PLEASE get a "/merc rez" command ? Just tired of staring at my corpses and my merc staring back at me Happens mostly if i need to decline a rez (for example when They like to not heal you, then offer a rez after you die, with a mob standing on your corpse. Snare, root and punt gives rangers the ability to CC. EverQuest Discussion. As others suggest passive stance on corpse recovery until you're ready and they're quite reliable. So if you have a merc, target the group member to disband and type /lua run mercrez target me This was requested in my Lua request thread and I had some ideas of how to automate it. Then if decline the rez, they'll never rez you again. It usually clears when I zone out and back in but not always. During combat, they load the level appropriate Light, Elixir, Promised, Word and Thirteenth heal. Also, if a group member dies and was using a merc his merc will soon disappear too. You can disband the targeted group member by using 'target' instead of their name. Normally I use two healer mercs, but now that the bard has improved gear and AA i no longer need a second healer merc unless a named. Merc healers offer 90% rez at mid levels, not sure about top end. It does get better and you don't have to ask another player to rez you over and over anymore with the cleric mercs. Thread starter Greymantle; Start date Dec 26, 2012; G. Then the merc will use the instant heal spells. Bug Reports . Clearly I had AA XP Dying and getting a 4% knock from a 96% merc rez (or God forbid, a 90% rez from F2P mercs) is brutal at higher levels. Always ready, never goes AFK, definitely casts vie about 100times more than any cleric main i have ever seen. My immediate supervisors routinely nitpick and micromanage all nature of trivial and banal things. C. Still, I can see the time coming when I will. But that means you have to switch those A friend commented that he bought the 10% spell and the 50% spell and nothing in between. They leave you lay there till all the mobs are dispatched. Learn about game mechanics, read guides, technical tips and references. The reward for using played toons over Mercs is that you don't have to deal with the merc AI anymore. usually I screw it up or the merc dosent get agro fast enough and I gotta rez up and try again. Rez tokens are super powerful on TLP where there's more of a penalty to death and there's a lot more restrictions on mobility. Merc AA xp is not affected by any xp modifiers: Lesson, potions, holiday bonuses - none of that works, you get the same amount of merc AA xp per kill. Additional Info: Group settings are main tank and main assist. Snare, -rez spells for Druid and Shammy. Only one rez timer per death please. I have not found a good case for the DPS melee. They absolutely have the mitigation and AC for current content. This is probably impossible but, remove the double rez timer penalty. Gives you a full complement of rank 2 spells just because you leveled. Its a huge benefit to rez in battle because if your healer merc is attached to the character that died then the merc will soon poof unless that character is rezzed. Please allow xp bonuses to apply to merc AA xp. In addition mercs are extremely bad at dealing with more than one mob at a time. Similar to the pally rez, people arn't into losing a big chunk of exp if they dont have to. Suggestions? As hybrids, Rangers are a versatile class. Persona Swapping when OOC in any zone, with no cooldown seems perfectly reasonable. I guess a merc that casts rez is nice too. Except for them healers, in particular (imo) them inquisitor mercs. They are designed Anyone one can use, in battle out of battle, any level and it is a 96% rez. After that merc tanks peter out. Many times, it is when you end combat and bring up your Mercenary Window wanting to pop your merc to rez people is when the button is greyed out. Why? Maybe it made sense back when it was just implemented and the ranks were 2-3 AA per, but now you need a whole lot more per rank. Vp to keep mobs at bay. No healer = group wipe. I am a necro and immediately returned looking for my corpse to get a rez and it has vanished. If your merc is an Apprentice Rank Merc, then their Rez is 90%. If I die I want to get rezzed and then logged off. MrInfernal submitted a new resource: MercRez - Disband a member, call out merc, suspend merc, re-invite member MercRez is for when you have a full group and your rezzer dies. - - The stats fo Just to clarify what Qbert said, The Merc cleric Rez is 96% IF it is a Journeyman rank merc. Its a huge benefit to rez in battle because if your Rez can refer to anything from reanimation (a cleric's level twelve spell that simply returns you to your corpse with no experience return) all the way to Reviviscence which The veteran reward AA Expedient Recovery summons all your corpses and performs a 100% resurrection on them. Yes we can dismiss the merc but that's just making it a problem for future me. All other TBM content I've completed was easy to solo at 120 in ToV gear. Thread get to 115 with no exp in ToV as is but to loose so much on deaths well what can we do to fix that I always get a 96% rez from merc or real Clr . I do tend to lean toward the casters more these days as it takes a lot less work to make the same progress. 50s : Remedy Yes I have had times where the merc was dead and we had to wait until the timer expired to get another person in the group. -mercenaries (people lobbied for these for years before they arrived). I think we agree with each other there is no reason to cast a 90% rez unless you are in combat which is what the person I quoted said but then after talking about 90% rez in battle he was talking about but saying he wouldn't Merc rez behavior was fixed years ago if I remember right. This time I had enough XP to reding me 115. It makes me think it's simply not displaying the right %s. . Low level rez spells are mostly there to get someone back to their bodies - to save them the run and the issue of finding the people who are fighting, if they Given that any player can get a cleric merc and get a 96% rez or spend loyalty tokens for a 96% rez I think that the ship has long since sailed on nerfing other healers rez. Rezzing out of combat is a quality of life thing, battle rezzing is balance changing. Seriously, every time my tank merc runs up 300 yards away to engage a mob because the mob switched targets to my cleric merc, who healed me as I came in range of my bot cleric's aura, I am reminded that I need to find more tanks with whom I can group, so I Rez is short for resurrection. At level 15 the bear hits over 1K. In this case, the priest died, and due to the mission I was in, there was agro which didn't go away til the mission was done, and the merc cleric never cast a rez for the priest. Out of combat, they load the level appropriate Light, Aego buff, Symbol, Rez and The only 'reasonable' option for an extra merc slot is if your main merc is something other than a Healer - then you can add the Healer just for rez and buffs. I only solo so the merc needs to be attainable in older content or non-Heroic current content. EverQuest Development. I just use my bards cleric merc, and keep rez tokens on bard/beast incase **** goes pear shaped. So my question is this: How soon should I start using a Merc? I have toyed with them a bit although I haven't needed one at all. " Conq Active member. I have maxed healer merc on mage. As soon as the new one is trained a few levels, she is being fired (well demoted to overseer duty). I believe the merc will only rez the corpse of the current persona. Wrong. Merc never drops below 85% mana, can take being beat on by an add while I maneuver the situation. Funny thing, I am inquisitor, and I run with inquisitor merc . /blockspell add me 13 18272 18254 That will block Complete Heal, the single target elixir line, and promised line of heals. Dec 15, 2024 This is to discourage use of the mercenary as a pocket rez, or pocket buffer. Ive recently returned (hurrah) and decided that I want to main a cleric! (double hurrah) I know conventional wisdom is to pick either a tank merc and tank/spank or box a tanky class and bot the cleric. They tend to do their job (healing, curing and if needed, rez). No merc on this character is active They lose their insane regen in the mid 60s and are a bit weak before gear and AAs. Thread starter jiri_ Start date Apr 24 However 2 wiz 1 clr would work fine for ya. Managing the rez isn't really an issue. If you need a rez, one option is to get a healer merc if you don't already have one and have it do the rez. I find that a quick rez to get back into things I am pretty gimped, because i have to then get a pet up, get a buff or two on pet etc. At lower levels, 0-40, druids and shamans get The rez token increase makes a lot of sense. Around 85 it becomes Solo class w DPS, then Solo class with Healer ( merc), then any class that needs a tank (merc). " True but that requires out of combat to cast right? So there should be no issue with not having mana for it if they must wait 3-5mins for out of combat before they can cast it. Rezzed and carried on. Hell, even my healer pulls agro from the SK at lvl 100. To me that's pretty dull and is Anyone one can use, in battle out of battle, any level and it is a 96% rez. Currently, I'm running the peacock dude from planes. And don't forget your weekly rez from special AA - expedient recovery I used to show off my ranger using rez tokens during combat since mercs won't rez if your fighting. Unfortunately, if your persona's merc is too low level to rez, You could always use a healer merc too or a cleric alt, or non cleric alt with a healer merc. Dinged 115 again. Overseer takes all that risk out of the equation. Merc timer bugged recharging rate on unsuspend Merc timer bugged recharging rate on unsuspend. Tank box. Releasing the druid/shaman rez in the same expansion that includes mercenaries so everyone has a cleric merc on demand, that is just poor planning and a waste of potential. Hard Red Con then Tank as the DPS Caster may not land squat. Plenty of DPS and survivability in both set ups. Dec 18, 2024 #8 Mercs are the Devil. Tank merc you would be killing a mob once every 35 mins. J5 merc healers have five spell slots. You're the only one in group and have your cleric merc up, And you die before the merc has a chance to cast a heal or anything on you that would put it on the hate list. cfm 10/27/2024 6:31 AM 11599 Bazaar. Got a merc rez again. - Mercenary equipment has been simplified and improved: - - All existing pieces of mercenary equipment (excluding the Vestments of the Forsaken) are now 'Faded' items that can be converted to newer equivalent level and archetype items. jiri_ New member. No battle rez, unless. New posts Search forums. They didn't just slap the Everquest Item Information for Token of Resurrection. One way or the other I don't care but the rez penalty for zoning to bind because the raid takes to long to get you a rez (remove this) or the additional rez timer after you rez from that death (or remove this one. The interesting thing is, I died and got a merc rez and got my level back. One screw up and I'd have been looking for a rez. Tanks . - - Vendors that sell mercenary equipment now sell the newer items. MOLO, as in you and a merc, be it DPS or Healer or Tank, pretty much any class to 75-85ish. Edit: And if someone can give a good explanation of why MAG can't mez, paci, slow and charm elementals that is some answer other than it would make them OP as heck, I'm open ears. If you're playing a DPS class and a merc without Amends is keeping agro, you're doing it wrong. Sippin 115 DRU **** Firiona Vie ****Agnarr FV: 115 WAR ENC CLE MAG WIZ SHD SHM Master Alchemist ROG Master Tinkerer & Poison-Maker At that point, the veteran pally's Amends is far superior for holding agro, and she's got the bonus of being able to rez you mid-fight if things go sideways. The first time he accepted the rez fine (merc, 96%) but not the 2nd or 3rd time. It's actual players who cast the Project1999 is an emulated server of the 1999 MMORPG EverQuest seeking to rebuild the 'classic' EverQuest experience. SoD is late, even just open up the apprentice mercs significanlty earlier could really help TLP keep population going past level 70. You can battle rez for 96% with themany class can click and rez any other player at any time. Merc issues. Whether you are new to EverQuest or returning, this is the place! Check out the helpful links EverQuest Discussion. So perhaps something like SK + Rng + Shm/Clr?. In a TOV T2 zone killing a white con you earn less than . It completely disincentivizes anyone from going out to actually play the game. CatsPaws , Sep 19, 2018 I need a recommendation for a pure DPS merc for my Inquisitor alt. It is not zone specific either as it appears to occur in any zone. 05 per kill, which means to recover the I hop back and forth between Bard, SK, Sham, Rogue merc x3, and Bard, Mage, Nec, Cleric merc x1, Rogue merc x2 with Bard as my main. Forums. Not A Bug losing too much exp on death. Currently on Kaladim and no mercs here. Now, you can automatically: Disband a group member Unsuspend a merc Have the merc rez and buff as needed Re-suspend “Yea but go back to my first quote and it makes no sense for what he was talking about with medding for 90% rez. ). cfm 10/27/2024 6:31 AM 11596 ChatandMacros. Until the the Guild Lobby was introduced (and thus, the ability to summon one's corpse immediately), the player's corpse and gear remained where he fell, but the player is returned to their "bind" point naked. Something to do while the Vet Rez button cools down as I prefer a 100% rez I try not to die, but it happens. why now? I dont see you guys fixing any of the horrific bugs, zone lag and glitches out there. Adding weird arbitrary limitations like "POK Only" or massive cooldowns adds nothing of value. And honestly if rez xp percentage is really that big of a deal people can just load a cleric box to handle rez and do rebuffs at the same time. - Communion of the Cheetah I've had it happen a few times. And if the merc dies, I know I'm going to join him shortly. Main is magician, box is bard. So I've used these before, but not much. You can rez yourself when your merc is down too. The merc really gets paralyzed by high damage rates and spikes that cause it to interrupt a cast to react to the fast damage. cfm Not if the merc is dead But the biggest thing for me is that mercs don't rez when your in battle. They tend to throw the first one as soon as possible. Caster mercs - with Enc & Beast mana regen + Enc Twincast Aura Melee mercs - with Enc haste + Beast melee buffs For context, I'm still growing the team If for some reason you are using either a tank or DPS merc and die, just switch to a cleric merc and either get to the body or summon the corpse. In other words, the merc is alive in the guild hall at first. In addition to healer mercs there are also Token of Resurrection you can buy from Loyalty merchants. So if you can toss that group member a rez then his merc stays alive. Reason this spell went live is because with dru/sham "call" AA rez for 0% you are better off using 0% rez then using a cleric merc once they arrive for 96%. You have to perform one of the workarounds I can only speak to (currently 89 J5 Healer merc) molo Necro pet tanking. cfm 2/29/2024 9:45 AM 34334 Classes. I was using KA. You can only have one Merc out at a time but I got a Tank, Healer(Res+Buffs), DPS Caster, DPS Melee mercs. The tank merc will likely be the weakest link in the chain, but it should be workable. Was still nice to run through them at 120. Greymantle Member. Hi, I am curious on what the current death penalties are in EQ, and what has changed regarding that from about 10 years ago? How much do you lose with no rezzes, and what are the partial exp loss from the different rezzes? Something I came across only mentioned that you could get your corpse What is the max number of merc slots you can have and how? Home. Now that I think about it, he died three times that night. With a 96 rez at level 115, you lose about . The field medic adornment is a definite must have, upgrading your gear / combat arts / spells is also a must. When I use a merc I don't target a mob and order my merc to attack. With the Bard pulling/slowing/hasting and the Ranger DPSing/snaring you will have all the bases covered, including tracking and crowd control. I figured it was just a fluke where my tank didn't accept the rez. He's ok but I want something a bit more powerful and I don't need my merc to cure or rez or do anything but do DPS. Title says it all. Not sure the SK or Monk can do that. And I find that I tend to die when in Heroic dungeons. What's new. Can't you just include a button on the merc window that says Rezz Me? They're your mercenary, you're paying them money, you should be able to tell them what to do. info. The merc dies in transit (zoning) so I am not seeing a message. With merc gear and AAs they become about on par with a group geared tank. Looking at changing mains and want some advice. e. Apr 24, 2017 #6 Thanks. 2) Revives merc (if needed) 3) Accepts Rez 4) Suspends Merc 5) Logs off I tend to leave my Mage on at night and let my pet kill, however, every once in a while I end up dead from adds or something and then lose XP (due to me sleeping while it is running). OoW for the lesser quality rez that druids get is unnecessarily late. www. View attachment 45504 You could always use a healer merc too or a cleric alt, or non cleric alt with a healer merc. Healer as I said Buffs and Rez. Out of combat, anyone can already merc rez and get a 96% for next to nothing. The Veterans' Lounge . I'm helping them 'catch up' with their characters without completely PLing (i. I have the details highlighted on my log. Prevents group wipes. My thoughts are it might be better Teek - My necro died this am in Chardok. Soft Red and lower I use the DPS Caster. Last weekend (prior to the expansion launching) with the beastlord marked as puller, the merc had no problems following the group though would run out to the puller if the puller was hit by a spell but would follow back to the group. Conq . Cleric wizard merc set on burn merc tanks and you chain heal the living stuffing out of it. I currently have a 120 BST and they are pretty solid class, except on a wipe. Especially in dungeons, that's a good way to have your merc swarmed by mobs and die. Hybrid . Thread starter Deadness; Start date May 7, 2024; D. If you are the one with the merc, you can use 'me'. This way you don't have to shuffle and add players. An AA, or a quest, to improve merc recovery time would be nice. May 7, 2024 #1 Category: Mercenaries [Can Repro] Date/Time: Tue May 07 07:46:47 2024 Character: Level 70 Necromancer (Main) The merc does not always zone out when you die, they stay till your rez timer ports you so you could even get rezzed back where you were. Kind of like he was hung up after accepting the first one. The cleric's buffs, mitigation shields, ability to distribute HP through the group, 100% rez, way WAY more powerful healing (by a lot, seriously their healing is Project1999 is an emulated server of the 1999 MMORPG EverQuest seeking to rebuild the 'classic “I disagree on one small point. I go to try and buy this and it states "Unavailable" I asked others and other people are saying that the site is saying, "You already own this" Even when we don't own the awesome sword of truth ornament. When I use the guild hall porter, and land in Shar Vahl: Divided, the merc is already gone with a countdown timer to rez it. Class Discussion. Resolved . The "free" merc is mostly worthless except for cures and the occasional rez. almarsguides. If you die that fast the AND the merc is enabaled it will rez you. Had a real cleric log in while we were using 2 healer mercs, cleric joined group but we left 1 healer merc to heal to allow the real cleric to nuke the undead in ToV, real cleric was doing back up I have tried to look for this issue in my log files, but it doesn't exist. Would appreciate any thoughts/perspectives on which DPS mercs are better for a SK/Enc/Beast box team? I don't know which synergizes better. we're keeping to where they can tank and mez other such even though everything is yellow to red to them). I have a lot of thoughts about this, but let me first start with the impact to raiding. 5% of a level. Finally hit 115 on her and then promptly died. Either they cast it when you really don't want it, or don't cast it for minutes when you do need it. Everquest Spell Information for Rejuvenation of Spirit. Wizard merc can tank decently and provide the needed dps. J. Nature's Guardian is interesting as long as you get enough levels in it. Spirit of the Wood is a nice AA too, both regen and DS, I tend to use it when a tank has many adds on him, it heals him and damages mobs as the same time. Bug Reports. Merc belongs to the beastlord (me) who is higher in level than the other 4 (friends who recently returned). Chain with melee defensives make rangers light tanks, and weapon shield make great for covering a downed tank during rez. It's not even about clerics being one dimensional, a monk can with rez tokens can just go flop where ever drag your body and rez you, sure a necro can do the same thing but they need to get an essence emerald which has a in game cost and The next method would be to bring a player rezzer with you and rez quickly after each DT. As a necro I tried Track corpse and is said I have none The Paladin will Rez you. Mercenaries are NPCs for hire that will aid adventurers in their heroic endeavors. Deadness New member. Home (News) I'm in ToV, XPing in Velks. A rogue can tank with a cleric not so much with a cleric merc. Problem: When you zone, are resurrected, mercenary dies, etc and the Mercenary Window is minimized, the Mercenary Unsuspend button is frequently greyed out. When a player dies, he loses a significant amount of level experience gained. They are OP, for multiple reasons: 1. Merc gear matters a lot (as it should). Which in Read about Death & Resurrection on Zliz's EverQuest Compendium: A complete guide to the MMORPG EverQuest 1. Seems rezzing is a 50-50 proposition so i know what you mean. You can optionally specify how long you My inquisitor merc is on strike and doesn't want to heal. The player AAs seem to work fine. Above a certain level, your healer merc can rez you. We want you to play several EQ characters at once, come join us and say hello! 👋 IS THIS SITE UGLY? The mobs will train from across the zone to the evac or rez point. There is a timer of 3 hours in place before your corpse becomes unavailable for resurrection. Of course, quest requiring more than 1 character are not included. Also if they are trying to med for ae rez why would you waste mana trying to cast a 90% rez? Just use the clicky epic Healer mercs are using a very poor choice of spells currently. Dec 26, 2012 #1 Ok what's the deal with level 98 mercs offering 90 It's a respectable duo, which will need a merc tank and a merc healer to function later on. com - /eq/general/ [To Parent Directory] 1/11/2025 9:02 AM 122425 AAplacement. If you decline a rez, they'll wait 2 minutes then try again. Merc Tank Aggro I am usually running a 3 box group, consisting of Ranger, 105 Bard, 105 Shaman, with a J5 Merc Tank, J5 Healer and, J5 Melee (or some other toon to leech xp). Their levels and abilities will scale appropriately and they will think and act for themselves with limited player guidance. My mage was lagging behind the group a bit in XP. //everquest. This behavior can chain once or twice and by the time it gets off a spell, you are hovering dead and sometimes getting a rez (since the merc never acted during the deadly combat). Personally I think choosing to block these is a situational choice rather than an all the time thing (other than CH, obviously block that), but if your main goal is to maximize your merc's heals per second while you tank things, block those. My caster group is 117 and tearing through ToL with a tank merc just fine with a healer merc doing all of the healing. You've discovered RedGuides 📕 an EverQuest multi-boxing community 🛡️🧙🗡️. . Died again. Other useful druid AAs would be : - Call of the Wild is a must have, obviously. One big problem I have is when boxing they will not usually do a rez while the rest of the group is in combat which results in who ever is dead not getting the bonus on whatever HA we are in or losing out on hunter /ach. Today, however, instead of resurrection w/ 96% exp regained, I got a message: "You were unable to restore the corpse to life, but you may have success with a later attempt. I would guess that the tank and healer merc are used the most often. I respawned, travelled back, finished the mission, and sure enough, as soon as it was done, the cleric merc cast a rez on the corpse. cfm 10/27/2024 6:31 AM 6980 AAs. I work for a giant corporation. Another possibility is to bring a cleric merc with you, eat the original death touch, take a cleric merc rez, then kill the mob before it death touches again (which will be 30-45 seconds depending on the mob). Now, how long said packets take to reach the client PC, get processed, get logged, etc should affect only one thing - how long till the player sees those lines pop up in his chat boxes This is based on what I remember talking with a dev about during Seeds Beta doing mercenary testing, so things may have changed. 2. I'm having a similar problem with my merc AAs and my regular xp. 25s : Promised 0. Shammies root rot with wiz merc able to line up several and slowly dot down with merc nukeing. It no longer uses slower cast, more mana, longer term heals. Here's where it gets weird. Those are handy cause mercs will not rez during battle and those work. uojdad oqnrv gaidj qeqf glgjh dxivh evdmoe rrbrlvho mdzst oavzt olafh bzzlh myun eibw uopy