Guides

Grouping Etiquette

The unwritten rules of EverQuest group play. Invite, camp, loot, and leave with grace.

EverQuest is a group-first MMO. Most of your playtime past level 10 will happen in a 3-6 person group at a dungeon camp. The game's etiquette is old and strict; violating it will get you quietly excluded from the next three groups you ask about.

Before the group

LFG in /ooc with your level and class. "51 wizard lfg" is enough.
Be patient. Tank groups form fast. Cleric groups form instantly. Bards and Druids sometimes wait longer.
Check faction. If you're rolling a new race-class and the group is in a zone your race can't reach, you'll hold everyone up.

Joining a group

Say hello. "Hey, thanks for the invite."
Follow the leader. If the group has a puller, let the puller pull. If they say "hold," hold.
Don't assist uninvited. On some camps, the puller wants a specific mob camped; don't off-pull.

During the camp

Buff everyone who needs it. If you're the Shaman, buff the group. If you're the Enchanter, haste the melee.
Stay at the camp. Don't wander off to explore during a pull — the group's XP pace depends on you being in range.
Communicate. If you need a break, say so. If you're low mana, say so. If you need to go AFK, say so.

Loot rules

Dropped gear goes to someone who can use it. Usually the puller and the tank get first refusal on their class's drops.
Rare drops for a class not in the group: ask. Most groups will let you roll if no one in group can use it.
Coins usually split. Evenly, or as the group leader declared at the start.

Before leaving

Say when you're leaving. Give 10-15 minutes notice if you can. "Cleric is leaving in 15."
Thank the group. "Thanks for the group, good fights."

What breaks etiquette

Pulling without being the puller.
Looting a corpse that isn't yours (always FFA → ask first).
Ninja-looting a rare and immediately quitting the group.
Training mobs to the camp and then silently leaving.
Insulting other players in /group or /ooc.

On Crushbone

The server is small. Reputation compounds. Groups form and break over time but the same 200-300 names keep appearing. Be the person others want to invite back.