Thanks. I wish I did have a site. I know I did a video on my shaman setup, but I'm always making changes. Let me explain my spells first, then I'll do a separate reply for some hot button line up info. My first two spells are Wintry Gift and Spiritual Squall. Then the 115 and 110 Reckless spells (can mem up to four reckless if needed-will always have a reckless ready), then I usually keep Recourse and Primoradial Intervention up (can drop to just recourse), then my 105 reckless (often swapped out), Dissident Roar (always), Recourse of Renewal, then I’m into my final four which will be variable (for example, sometimes I’ll go with single target unity for rebuffing the dead on raids). But if I’m DPS mode, it’ll be the two combination dots and two magic dots. Sometimes, I’ll drop renewal and through in a fifth disease dot. In this case, my line is Gift, Squall, Reckless, Reckless, Roar, Renewal, and Chaotic Poison, Pandemic, Curse, and Evil Eye. Next, I’ll go over my hot bars.

In this video, I use a modified twist on what I posted in my previous shaman set up video. My goal is to cast via keyboard stuff without having to mouse around. I have nine hot bars, but only three matter much when actually in combat. HOT BAR NUMBER ONE is preprogrammed so you can trigger each button by hitting 1 through 0 and the - and equal sign. On that bar, I have the following: 1. Single Target Malaise (AA); 2. Single Target Slow (AA); 3. Chaotic Poison (Spell 10); 4, Elkikatar’s Pandemic (Spell 11); 5. Marlek’s Curse; 6. Evil Eye; 7 Attack (social hotkey, /attack on and /pet attack); 8. Spire (AA); 9. Fleeting Spirits (Big Burn AA); 10. Spirit Call (AA); 11. Force Rejuv (AA, usually if I need my group spells refreshed); 12. Epic (social hotkey where I let group know I’m using epic so bard can coordinate but usually I coordinate with bard, and then /useitem). I pull by hitting the 1 and 2 keys and then I hit 7, which sends in my pet and causes me to attack. Then I’ll hit the 3, 4, 5, and 6 keys to dot up the mob as I can in between healing. But the 3, 4, 6, and 6 keys might be single target focus, a cure, or whatever depending on the needs of the mission. For 11, instead of Force Rejuv, I might drop the Glyph hot key in that slot and then I’ve got my burn line up ready to press. HOT BAR NUMBER TWO is how I cast most of my spells. Right now I have the Y key programmed to hit my twin cast nuke. The U key does squall. This is different than how I do my raid lineup. So, I have the following on HOT BAR NUMBER TWO: 1. Wintry Gift (key bound to Y key); 2. Spiritual Squall (key bound to U key); 3. Reckless 1; 4. Reckless 2; 5. Reckless 3; 6. Jeweled Apothic Dragon Spine Hammer (50K instant heal) (3 through 6 are all key bound to the J key); 7. Recourse; 8. Intervention; 9. Soothsayer’s Intervention (AA); and 10. Chest Heal. (7 through 10 are all key bound to the K key). In this video I have the 11 and 12 spot taken up by Spirit Guardian and Union, but usually I put my all purpose cure in 11 and radiant cure in 12 (key bound to the L key). This means if I’m attacking, I’m hitting the 1 through 7 keys and if I’m healing I’m doing Y/U for twincast squall, hitting J for single target heals, and the K key to heal my group (or even just myself and my pet, because I don’t have to target myself, can stay on mob). I’ll do the 3rd Hot bar in the next post.

HOT BAR NUMBER THREE tends to change as I drop stuff in there that I want readily available. This is the hot bar where I mouse around for the most part as with few exceptions it’s not key bound. In this video, HOTBAR NUMBER THREE is set up as follows: 1 and two are specter and roar but that’s a mistake. 3 and 4 are Guard Self (AA) and Call of the Ancients (AA). 5 MGB’s Ancestral Aid and lets the shaman group knowing I did it so they don’t overwrite it. 6 and 7 are virulent paralysis and spiritual rebuke, the root and boot AAs. 8 is my Canni AA and I hit that religiously. I’ve a Gina Trigger that lets me know every time its ready. 9. is my spiritual channeling AA and my emergency button in case I go OOM and canni is down. 10 and 11 are key bound to the semicolon and are Specter and roar (I have a GINA trigger telling me when spectre fades and when roar pops). 12 happens to be radiant cure, it gets moved to a key bound key (L) when I’m in an event where cures are relevant. HOT BAR NUMBER THREE is just so I know where important stuff that isn’t key bound is when I need to pop it. The other six hot bars are good to know and I go over them in my other video. If you have more questions, just ask. The key thing you can take from this is figure out a system that works for you and you can implement. Everyone has their own system and a shaman is such a versatile class there are a lot of ways to skin the cat.

I'll have to check it out. I usually group up in TOFS, but wanted to kill twenty minutes so hit the ghouls.

You could make either work, but I'd recommend shaman. Beastlord and bard both bring a lot to the table, but I think shaman for a duo I'd strongest.

@@Twelvestrings Yea been watching your shaman videos and think shaman warrior would be an amazing box set up.

Me too. A lot of people prefer the SK, but a warrior is really strong, amazing dps, and easier to box.

@@Twelvestrings I just realized your in Fu as well, no wonder i like your content this is Tygarcrow 115 Beast Lord, Grimjawl 111 warrior, Tygercrow 115 Rogue, Zakrage 112 zerker. and now Grimmjawl 90 Shaman :-)

@@tomrichardson5508 We will have to group up sometime. I haven't been on much lately, been exhausted and less than peak health. But finished my latest round of antibiotics and hoping to have more energy. Take advantage of the anniversary missions. Two great augs in the latest mission.

At 85, you'll have gate up as an AA. Also, can get Drunkard's Stein right now (anniversary), which is a fast port to POK and actually works better as an evac. If you don't have sky ring, there are FD potions you can make via alchemy.

@@Twelvestrings FD potions?! Nice! In many a raid it was a FD necro who saved the wipe, thx to rezz. Looks like all healers have a rez now. Is Allakhazam still the best place for research?

It and Eq Resources are the goto place for general infom

Eq Resources is slightly more up-to-date usually, but Allakhazam sometimes has the answer.

Nice. More memory will help.

@@Twelvestrings I'm getting an 500 GB SSD HD, 32GB of RAM at 3.2 Ghz DDR4, and an AMD RX 5700 XT 8 GB GDDR6. It should be here by Friday but I have to take those items to be installed at Best Buy!

Nice computer. You'll love the SSD drive. Be nice to be back gaming. Good luck on the installation.

@@Twelvestrings I'm going to have re-setup the user interface for every toon I have a lot since I have 6 accounts, and on my main I have 11 toons and the others I have 4 ea basically!

@@Twelvestrings Do you ever record your progression quests that you do? Just a thought.

I just logged onto EQ again after a more than 1-year break. The short answer is you either box (which I no longer do) or you joint any decent sized guild and put together groups. Hit missions and grind out content. Not I said, "Put together groups," the best way to progress in EQ is be the guy who says who wants to hit "X" and start snagging people. Good luck. I'm going to be leveling a toon again soon with my brother, so I'll be feeling the pain and may have some ideas.

I've literally spent multiple days in a row attempting to form groups with no luck whatsoever. The game is just dead. I think multi-boxing is truly the only way. I'm not saying it doesn't EVER work to look for people but I think its ineffective enough that its fair to just call it pointless. @@Twelvestrings