The Troll

race logoThe Troll starts off in Grobb and starts hunting in Innothule Swamp. Trolls are considered an evil race and are killed on sight in the good cities of Norrath. What is the best strategy for playing an Troll? What zones and cities should you take him to and which ones should you avoid? Which factions should you work on improving, and which factions should you be wary of decreasing? How can you safely play your Troll in the good areas? What are the best quests for the beginning Troll? Where are the best shops? How should you role play your Troll?

Post your strategies on how to best play a Troll, and read, rate and comment on those posted by others.
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XP penalty removed
# Aug 11 2007 at 5:50 AM Rating: Decent
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.. All racial XP penalties have been removed from EQ now.

The only race which recieves an XP bonus are halflings (5%). The only classes which receive an xp bonus are warriors (10%) and rogues (9%). (so Halfling warriors/rogues get 15%/14%). These XP bonuses appy to XP for leveling, but NOT AA xp.

the XP penalties were removed when TSS was released (patch notes).

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- Race based experience penalties have been removed.
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# Dec 27 2005 at 6:56 AM Rating: Decent
oh wait i figured it out now....thats harsh
when newbies want to know something
# Dec 26 2005 at 9:35 AM Rating: Decent
i'm new to this game played on it a tiny bit, whats the deal with trolls and frogloks?
my faction sucks
# Apr 05 2005 at 7:05 AM Rating: Decent
yeah im a 55 lvl troll warrior who screwed his faction up in home town. Is there any way that i might be able to get it back. Please let me know
raising factions
# Dec 15 2004 at 10:10 PM Rating: Decent
i have a new troll shaman roaming around nek forrest and i am wondering who i have to kill to get that ogre merchent to sell to me. as it is i am dubious to him. i would appreciate any faction hints. thanks
Troll stompy stompy
# Oct 10 2004 at 8:11 PM Rating: Decent
Ya we could take back troll town or even better yet take guk and troll town and push the frogs out.
class
# Oct 02 2004 at 5:50 AM Rating: Default
whats the best class for a troll anyone plz???
RE: class
# Oct 15 2004 at 10:29 PM Rating: Decent
Imho the best class for a Troll is SK or zerker
class
# Oct 02 2004 at 5:49 AM Rating: Default
whats the best class for a troll anyone???
RE: class
# Nov 17 2005 at 12:35 PM Rating: Decent
I would Say WAR because there is no requirment to int or wiz as in SK or Shammy. Zerks/beasties are kool but im not savy on there requirments though i am certain beasties need wiz too for spells. The war utilizes the troll's best stats and even has a regen mod. Trolls take longer but make sweet tanks in the long run. It is nice when you are fighting several mobs and your life bar actually is going up instead of down.
class
# Oct 02 2004 at 5:48 AM Rating: Decent
whats the best class for a troll
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# Oct 02 2004 at 5:48 AM Rating: Decent
whats the best class for a troll
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# Oct 02 2004 at 5:48 AM Rating: Default
whats the best class for a troll
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# Oct 02 2004 at 5:48 AM Rating: Decent
whats the best class for a troll
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# Oct 02 2004 at 5:48 AM Rating: Decent
whats the best class for a troll
Stop whining
# Jul 25 2004 at 9:21 PM Rating: Decent
Plz stop whining its better to be were you can see and run insted of swim and most of you guys need to freiken lay off the only thing you need to do his kill all the frogs you see if your so mad. Pusbag kill FIDDO!


"Graknik Darkheart" lvl 37 Troll ShadowKnight
<Stromm> Newbie Server
RE: Stop whining
# Sep 25 2004 at 5:28 PM Rating: Decent
Ya I never whin at the frogs I just smoke em evertime I see one damn bastards. I say we put a raid together and take back hometown and make a GM watch so they see there is no way those guys could have taken us!
quests..
# Jun 21 2004 at 8:02 PM Rating: Decent
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i'm just starting out with a trol shadowknight and i was wondering if there was a low level set of quest armor. almost every other sk race has one..
stupid frogs
# Jun 07 2004 at 9:43 PM Rating: Decent
god damn stupid frogs i had my 43 shaman troll parked in grobb but then when it became frog town i died at least 25 times cauz i was bound in there.
trolls specalties
# Jun 07 2004 at 9:39 PM Rating: Decent
trolls have better faction with the good races...still kos but it takes less to be liked, also they have enhanced regen and a lot more items are able
What r trolls good at?
# May 24 2004 at 3:27 PM Rating: Decent
I was looking at the stats of a troll and a ogre and the ogre seems to be basically better at everything. If there was somethin i missed plz inform me
RE: What r trolls good at?
# Sep 25 2004 at 4:59 PM Rating: Decent
Ya but we are beatings and get regen, also we look alot better than a stupid ogre
What r trolls good at?
# May 24 2004 at 3:27 PM Rating: Decent
I was looking at the stats of a troll and a ogre and the ogre seems to be basically better at everything. If there was somethin i missed plz inform me
What r trolls good at?
# May 24 2004 at 3:26 PM Rating: Decent
I was looking at the stats of a troll and a ogre and the ogre seems to be basically better at everything. If there was somethin i missed plz inform me
Halfling ribcage
# Apr 23 2004 at 2:54 PM Rating: Decent
i'm a lvl 10 warrior, and all i need is a halfling ribcage for the last part of my quest does anyone have info? like who drops them and where i can find them? I have been killing the Captain on the halfing stump since i was lvl 5 no go? i'm getting tried of killing this shortfry over and over with out payment lol,
Question time~
# Apr 07 2004 at 10:06 PM Rating: Decent
Right, not sure if I'll get any sort of answer in due time, but here goes...

Got a 25 shaman duoing with a 25 shadow knight (both trolls)... Any suggestions on where to level?

Oh, the shadow knight also only has the original EQ and Kunark, so that does narrow things down a bit...

Edited, Thu Apr 8 10:02:02 2004
RE: Question time~
# Sep 25 2004 at 5:21 PM Rating: Decent
Ya I started a troll war and was in Mars Seru for awhile and is good with a group if you want to solo with out alot of downtime go to Netherbian lair and kill trog's for awhile. Then when you hit 30 I would move over to Overthere. But if you get a good group go to Gunthak and kill critters on the island. But don't die and make sure you stay away from the never ending trains from the cave, but is really good xp.
RE: Question time~
# May 06 2004 at 6:39 PM Rating: Default
[Black]well i have a lvl 28 troll sk and i was lvlin in pc til lvl 22 about ...then i went to maruss seru ...a good place for your lvl. go to the nexus, then zone into netherbian liar. once there run to the center of the zone and turn right. it will take you right to marus seru
RE: Question time~
# Jul 14 2005 at 2:44 PM Rating: Default
He did say he didn't have Luclin.

I'm sure by now this whole situation is remedied but if anybody is looking for a good place to hunt at these levels pre-Luclin then Upper Guk is a very good place for exp. The area in the back near the land entrance to Lower Guk is well stocked with dark blues. They give a hefty amount of exp too.
Boots 'n Potions
# Jan 16 2004 at 1:50 PM Rating: Decent
So if dis troll wants to buy sumtin from a teeny little gnome...lik mazbee sum o' dem traveler bootz...but dat dum gnome not like us trolls much, so he not sell to me... me think of story me hear from Rogash the Relentless...'bout uzing magik to louk like anodder race.... If me getz potion to louk like gnome...will dat gnome sellz me da bootz??

Kruylick Rumblebum
a angry troll fan
# Jan 02 2004 at 10:41 PM Rating: Decent
i was so pissed when i learned what happened to the trolls if they had to make a dumbass froglok race why couldent they make a city in guk or seb the trolls got so screwed and why couldent they move to ogguk its a shorter trip this whole idea of moving the trolls out is stupid the guy who came up with that should be killed you cant even earn the city back cuz every guard hits for over 300 and da guildmasters hit for 600 gukta is untakeable it sucks the trolls have been wronged and theres nuttin we can do accept wine and complain i hate that they did that
RE: a angry troll fan
# May 06 2004 at 7:01 PM Rating: Default
i agree those dumass frogs are stupid and i cc anyone i see
RE: a angry troll fan
# Mar 17 2004 at 11:43 AM Rating: Default
Like I said in the froglok section, Neriak is a much better town than Grobb EVER was. Moving the trolls there was a good thing for them, since it was hard to raise trolls inside Innothule. They couldn't swim, they couldn't see, everything hated them, and Grobb was the poorest excuse for a town in the game (next to Oggok). Now they start in the big, orderly, and fully-stocked Neriak which spans three zones, and has a newbie ground which is actualy possible to play on. Leave innothule to the frogloks, they turned Grobb into Gukta, and it's much more orderly and well stocked than Grobb was. Also, the froglok's swimming, underwater breathing, and ultravision makes them much more adept at hunting in Innothule. Also most things don't attack them on sight (except kobolds), making it much easier to level. (by welll-stocked I mean good merchants and all tradeskill town appliances).
Grobb owned Neriak
# Oct 18 2004 at 2:43 PM Rating: Decent
Okay first off, whoever didn't like the simplicity of Grobb as a city is a dolt. It had everything you could ever need as a Shadowknight, Warrior, Shaman, Beastlord, Berserker, whatever, for just plain fighting. Shamans would have to do some runs between oggok and grobb as I believe, which wasn't too much of a problem, I don't know what they are stuck doing now, probably some lame trash like Oggok>Feerott>PoK>Nektulos>NeriakA and than back again. Having to use PoK all day is so very lame, especially with the wonderful zone times and overall lag in that worthless zone. PoK truely ruined part of Everquest. Got a bunch of level 65 noobs who don't know where east commons is cause it ain't a PoK stone. It is really pathetic.

Anyways, not to be getting too off topic now, Grobb had everything that I, a Troll Shadowknight, WOULD EVER NEED, and they gave the frogloks it. All frogs should die naturally, and this just increases the reasoning for it. Please explain to me how a stupid little half pint frog does 300 damage with his bare hands by the way. This is mostly attributed to the grand idiocy that is SoE. Oh, instead of getting off our lazy butts and making a neat frog city, lets give them Grobb, imo the best city there ever was for getting supplies and banking done quick. Oh, while we at it, lets do something to cover up our lack of any good AI and just make all monsters do 5 x normal damage. Woot, we are real pros at this game making stuff!

Naturally Grobb isn't going to support your tradeskilling, Oggok covered some, and for those going all out, they can get off their butts and travel to Neriak and do it all there. Which is now by the way, even more joyously cramped into a tiny space than before. This probably isn't going to change, due to SoE not wanting to do the work that should have been originally done, nor attribute their own amazing lack of intelligence. But hey, I got a great idea, lets do more wonderful expansions to easily surpass Omens of War. I got some wonderful ideas for you sports fans!

Kobolds become a playable race, Take over Erudin and Paineel (So the poor little evil kobolds have somewhere to go), all Erudites forced to move to Qeynos.

Gnolls become a playable race(I support this idea actually), Take over Qeynos and that Nature zone (whatever its called, the land of druids/rangers that must die to me), all Erudites and Qeynosians must go to Freeport.

Orcs become a playable race, Take over Freeport, force all Erudites, Qeynosians, and Freeportians to move to Halas.

For some strange reason, a band of 3 Wooly Mammoths all level 80 come into existance, and take over Halas so NO ONE can use it, forcing all Halasians, Erudites, Qeynosians, Freeportians, to move to Kelethin. We could call this "The 3 expansion", with the main feature being Halas being captured.

Solusek Ro becomes furious, and turns Faydwer into a land of lava and death, forcing all Dwarves, Gnomes, Erudites, Half Elves, Humans, Wood Elves, High Elves, and Barbarians to move to Rivervale and Highpass Hold. We could call this the "SoE doesn't know what it is doing expansion"

Oh, but than the Goblins use their mighty level 30 powers to take over Misty Thicket and Rivervale, forcing everyone to move into Cat city. We could call this the "Learn the stupid cat city already expansion" (I really despise that city)

And than, through some force of magic, or sheer will, Verant accidentally deletes Shar Vahl, and all the races besides a select few can only find refuge in the Plane of Knowledge. We could call this the "Get T1 and a 256 mb video card or die" expansion.

But meanwhile, back in the Feerott, the dark level 7 to 38 undead are scheming a dark plot to overthrow Oggok! Bouncer Fug falls to the swarm of 10 decaying skeletons! The Guildmasters cannot handle the hordes of level 13 zombies! The spectres sit back, smiling, as the uber powers of these undead is enough to thwart Oggok for good, and merely kill the ogres that try to escape, leaving enough to crap up Neriak later. Cracked staffs in hand, or at least what is left of their hands, the undead have no problem capturing the city of Oggok within minutes. ( I actually thoroughly support the idea of a race of Skeletons or something like them ) The ogres are forced to flee to Neriak, and Shamans make a fortune in shrink potions!


Okay, I got rather off topic with this, but my main point is, making 2 cities work for 3 races is a really stupid idea decided on by a stupid group of people. They never did this before, Gnomes had Akanon, Dwarves had Kaladim, Halflings had Rivervale, Halfelves and humans had Qeynos and Freeport, Erudites had Erudin and than Paineel, Barbarians had Halas, Wood Elves had Kelethin, High Elves had Felwithe, Vah Shir had Shar Vahl, Iksar had Cabilis, Dark Elves had Neriak, Trolls had Grobb, Ogres had Oggok. What force possessed them to have that big of lapse in judgement? I mean even the stupid npc monsters usually have their own cities, although they kinda screwed the runnyeye goblins and splitpaw gnolls over, which is no surprise here. Why did they do this? How could they be THAT stupid?

This is old news I know, but I just started playing again a month and a half ago and this truely bothers me. They will probably never change this, as I stated before, but they would sure do the game alot of good if they made an official froglok city, instead of slapping them in MY GROBB. Frogloks should have remained sources of froglok meat for troll stew, nothing more.
RE: a angry troll fan
# Feb 20 2004 at 10:39 AM Rating: Decent
Learn to speak English correctly please, and deal with the cards you have been dealt. Don't waste people's time by whining and *********
a angry troll fan
# Jan 02 2004 at 10:41 PM Rating: Default
i was so pissed when i learned what happened to the trolls if they had to make a dumbass froglok race why couldent they make a city in guk or seb the trolls got so screwed and why couldent they move to ogguk its a shorter trip this whole idea of moving the trolls out is stupid the guy who came up with that should be killed you cant even earn the city back cuz every guard hits for over 300 and da guildmasters hit for 600 gukta is untakeable it sucks the trolls have been wronged and theres nuttin we can do accept wine and complain i hate that they did that
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