Setup

1. Download a RoF2 client. Google for it if you don't have one.

Your eqhost.txt should read as below.

[LoginServer]

Host=login.eqemulator.net:5999

#Host=login.projecteq.net:5999

2. You need at least one EQEmu account. To do so, you first need to register to the forum and then create your account(s).

3. Download the server files.

4. Read the server rules.

5. Read the FAQs.

6. Optionally download and install MacroQuest 2 and e3. (e3 download)

7. Create your character(s) - see "Select your Team" - log in and visit the server-greeter in-game.

Play the characters you enjoy most. It is difficult to select a group that doesn't work at all. Maybe stay away from enchanter.

Stizok's recommendations: select a core of warrior, cleric, shaman and bard. Then add two or four dps of your choice.

warrior, cleric, shaman, bard, monk/rogue, monk/rogue/beastloard/ranger (6 box)

warrior, cleric, shaman, bard, monk, rogue, rogue/monk, beastloard/ranger/berzerker (8 box)

If you enjoy a caster group, I highly recommend multiple wizards. This allows for taking down armies of weak opponents and out-damages pure melee based groups for such situations by far.

warrior, cleric, shaman, bard, druid/monk/beastlord/rogue, wizard, wizard, wizard (8 box)

warrior, cleric, shaman, bard, druid, wizard, wizard/mage/monk, wizard/beastlord (8 box)

Kobex' choice:

warrior, warrior, cleric, shaman, bard, monk, rogue, rogue/druid (8 box)

Go to DPS Parse.

Stickmode

There are different play styles. If you mainly play on your tank, and you prefer to position yourself manually, you may want to disable the stickmode from MQ2Melee. You can do so on the command line.

/melee stickmode off

Or you can set it ini file. This is not the same ini file as for E3, instead you find it in the root directory, and it's named something like "The Dark Exile_YourName.ini". You can either edit it manually there under [MQ2Melee], or save your current configuration. You can see your current configuration in-game using:

/melee

And you and save it to the ini file like this:

/melee save

Abilities

For some classes configuring MQ2Melee is rather important. It works independently from E3. For berzerkers for example, it is crucial to disable both kick and slam, since they share a timer with frenzy, and frenzy does considerably more damage than the other two. Thus, your berzeker config should look something as shown below. If you are using E3, then you can setup your melee abilites there as well.

[MQ2Melee]

cripple=20

disarm=1

enrage=1

facing=1

frenzy=1

infuriate=1

kick=0

melee=1

plugin=1

provoke1=4933

provokeend=20

provokemax=1

provokeonce=1

ragevolley=20

rallos=0

resume=75

slam=0

stickrange=75

stun1=4933

version=8.100

In order to use the Shaman book with E3, you first need to adjust your e3 code, or your EQ client with the shamen will crash!

In e3_Castings.inc, in older versions of E3 at around line 70 in newer around line 112, you need to adjust the code, so it looks as below.

/if (!${${ArrayName}[${ArrayIndex},${iCastName}].Equal["The Lord of the Pumas - The Fellowship of the Jaguar"]} && !${${ArrayName}[${ArrayIndex},${iCastName}].Equal["The Lord of the Pumas - The Two Leopards"]} && !${${ArrayName}[${ArrayIndex},${iCastName}].Equal["The Lord of the Pumas - The Return of the Panther"]}) {

|- Check for spells listed in the failureList: reset on zone

/if (${Select[${${ArrayName}[${ArrayIndex},${iCastName}]},${failureList}]}) {

/varset castReturn FAILURELIST

/goto :skipCast

}

}

If you have questions also check out Fippy's comments on discord on, e.g. on Jan 26, 2022.

After that, add the book to your shaman's ini file for one of your melee characters. (Don't target yourself, as the timer is shorter for some buggy reason than on others.) You can add it under Bot Buff= and/or Combat Buff=.

Note: The shaman tends to cast it twice for some reason with these settings.

[Buffs]

Combat Buff=The Lord of the Pumas - The Two Leopards/YourCharacterName

For 500 Coins of Exile, you can get a books of standing meditation, which allows you to meditate whilst standing. It is similar to being on a horse, just better, because it works in all zones, and you can interrupt your spellcasting, and you don't need to summen a mount.

[Buffs]

Instant Buff=Book of Standing Meditation (Priest)