Everquest

i remember EXPLORING new zones. Sense of danger everywhere. You never know what will hit you and when.

I remember nearly 20,000 items on sale in bazaar on prime time.

People looking for group in oasis, killing crocodiles... oh and desert madmans :)

I also remember EQ for  "kiting". Never saw such a good kiting system in any other mmorpg. Druids and necros were gods. Handling several mobs at once.

Trains in Estate of Unrest and Paludal Caverns.

Twinking alts

The sound that Scarabs make  :D

You could probably find all this in today's EQ as well, but these are the things i remember...

i remember sitting im WC by derv camp there looking at my spell book couse i was medditating then hearing somthing big comming not having the time to get up and ... loading please wait ... then going back and seeing what hit me a HILL GIANT ... good times i will never forget how the hill giants sound "MURMURMMARRMMAARR" like a drunk uncle passed out on a couch dreaming of who knows what hah

Nice post.

I can recall weekend long camps on POH.  The raid would never leave...just keep hunting all night long into the next day to finally clear all the spawns and get a shot at Inny.

I can recall gettingthe first loot ever off of Innoruuk on my Bard two 11/25 weapons that a few months later wouldnt even be worth a few plat. This was on the Innoruuk server with a Bard named Wispas!

Can recall the first time I saw a Barbarian on my High Elf.  i couldnt believe it!

Can recall that first time I ventured out of the gates of Felwithe, lost in the forest I saw a group of people sitting around chatting/medding.  Felt so completely amazing to me.  A party of adventurers in the woods-D and D come alive!

And of course making it thru the tunnels into Blackburrow on a Barbarian w/out a torch.  Endless trains in Blackburrow.  The fear of crossing the Karanas!  Paying 5 plat for someone to finally lead me through Highhold Pass so I could make it to Freeport -this was 75% of EVERYTHING i had!

I could go on and on...first naggy/vox kills, camping gnolls for that uber weapon in HHpass, camping orcs for exps in the pass, UNREST! just amazingly difficult and dangerous but oh so spooky, rumors of Kedge Keeps existence and then finally adventuring in it.  The sea monster in Lake Rathe ???, finding the secret entrance to Permafrost and wondering what was inside!, seeing my first giant, seeing my first treant, meeting ogres and trolls for the first time and realizing theses were actual players, lower guk and the mask camp, fbss/yak, camping ogre guards to get to level 50, the "deadly" run to get to the fear portal, and of course commonlands bazaar, gathering at the gfay spires for POH raids and on and on and on..

Game stayed pretty amazing thru Kunark and Velious, seems to have wandered quite a bit from its core once the Moon expansion was released...that was more or less the end for me..though I stuck with on and off for a few more years!

We will see this again I think, when a game is built with a business model that can accept 50-250k subscriptons. Everquest of old is NOT a 1 million + user game but certainly can be a 50-250k user-dedicated and loyal fan base.

Much has to do with how game companies define and plan for success.  If every game has to be the movie equivalent of Titanic rather then Pulp Fiction in order to be a success-we will never see another orgiinal Everquest. 

My first ever online game! running into this dark cave built into the hillside in greater faydark as a level 3 ranger. at the time wandering why all these people are sitting outside it, but foolishly still zoning in, LOADING PLEASE WAIT! and the screen hadnt even loaded up lol. DVINN.

not having even spoke to another person yet and zoning into butchblock and seeing two people standing around. I ask " escuse me can you tell me the way to the boat?" and "how much does it cost to et on it"

Exploring Lavastorm and finding a cave, entering and asking the guys at the zone whats in here then?. getting the answer back " look at the zones name friend". then asking " who's nagefen then?" then nearly falling of my chair when i realise there are actualy dragons in the game.

Finding Dalnirs Crypt accidently before i even knew it existed then spending a 7 hour session with 2 friends exploring the whole zone.

I would do anything to actualy get a game back where exploring is actualy dangerous. Or becoming a master Fletcher is a big achievement. or actualy having to search for quest nd use your head a little.

Originally posted by DrowNoble

Hmm let's see....

Taking my bard once he got the water-breathing song (gah what's the name) and diving into the water at freeport.  Auto running into an underwater corner and then going to bed.  Get up, swimming at max.

Iksar warriors and SK's unhappy cuz they can't wear plate.  Unable to wear darkforge or crafted I see many wearing banded armor into their late 20's.  Official reason why is "it chaffes their scales".

Setting up my "train to zone" hotkey... used frequently in Crushbone.

Falling down the well in Befallen at lvl 9 and trying to get my corpse back for an hour and then swearing I would quit this stupied game because of this stupied design, only to have a friendly druid come by and help me get my corpse back.   I played for 5 more years and was in that Druids guild for 2 of those years.  Elusive Path on Queillous.

I have never found another game like EQ, not only because it was my first but because I have never found another Necromancer Class that was as good as the EQ one.

I am not playing Sword of the New World, it is a good game, reminds me alot of EQ.

Ohmy god i just remembered one of my fondest memorys of everquest!

I enter mistmoore zone to find a huge train at the zone, before i know it my group is dead and i have been charmed! i can speak to my group and i am telling them in amazement how i am not in control and that my master is just walking back with me in tow! " oh crap im going into the castle now!" oh my god i am really deep into the castle now ( by the way im only level 19) HMM all im doing is standing guard in the corner of a room now? oh here we go on the move again. now i am walking into a tower area and there is a druid and a paladin siting on the floor. oh god im attacking these players now and i am feeling so guilty. im trying to change my chat to talk or tell so i can tell them how sorry i am, adrenaline is pumping through me now.

Then the druid turns to me and says" arrr how cute" then proceeds in rooting me to the spot and killing my master. eventualy the charm wears of and i take about 10 mins to explain how it wasnt my fault and that i wasnt in control. The paladin growls at me and tells me he had to use his LOH, which at the time i had no clue what it was. Then they both tell me not to worry about it and tell me to jump of the tower to get back down.

I have never felt such exhilleration in a game since.

DAMN YOU for starting this thread!

Lol, how true, how true!  Fond memories indeed.  When I first began playing, I started a half-elf ranger and began in Queynos.  Leveling took forever back then, but I somehow managed to reach level 7 when I got into a conversation with who was to be my first guild leader.  He said I had to come to Highpass keep in order for him to invite me, so I got a sow from someone and began following his directions to get there.  It was night time in Norrath and my heart was pounding out of my chest as I ran along the shores in the Karanas!  Don't ask me how, but I somehow made it all the way to Highpass keep where I got my invite to my first guild in any MMO!  What a blast it was!

Now if only I had the wealth and power of Bill Gates I'd make a freakin MMO to bring back what we all loved so much about EQ1 !