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• • Favorite Memories of EQ ((pre 2000 mostly))
  • I only have a few words. Rubicite, Ykesha, FBSS, and Glowing Black Orb.
  • Posted: 5/10/08 2:16 AM
    Everquest
• • Banned for catching a GM hacking
  • Sounds like they are still as corrupt as they were in 1999/2000. I fondly remember people with names that were copyrighted being renamed to something like Liililililimus. And not getting it changed for a day or two.
  • Posted: 5/10/08 2:15 AM
    Everquest
• • Back after 3 years and several games

  • Originally posted by shukes33
    

    Just thought i would update you all on how i am doing now in EQ.

    I am still here and already i am hooked as bad as ever! advice for any old vets coming back...start fresh! there is so much new content in the game i have just reached 51 and have barely touched any old content. I have joined a great guild on FV...Wayfarers Elites....great friendly guild with a whole range of levels. Great leader ( Tsolaes ) and a great core of players. I am a million miles behind as far as cash goes but it's not really making much difference as the new content has a lot of great quests. at level 20 i quested a 1 hand weapon that had the same DPS output as my old epic earthcaller.

    Levelling seems to have taken a huge boost with the new regen upgrade. new content is not too far from new games either which is nice. Lots more questing to do too. Not sure if thats a good thing or not though. questing seems to be something i used to love but now think can ruin a game if saturated..ie VG, wow and such.

    Alli all i'm having a blast and wonder why i ever left. the grass is not greener!

    
    This is exactly why I've considered for four years every now and then to return to EQ but never have. I think only an 'old/first content' server would pique my interest, which ive heard was once implemented but think they have since been taken down? Or was it progression servers, where they unlock a new expansion every couple months or so? Do they do this any longer?
  • Posted: 5/10/08 2:09 AM
    Everquest
• • What would it take to make another EQ?
  • Simply, to make another EQ one would need to make a hardcore mmo that would not appeal to consumer present day mmo players. Most of the first eq players came from MUDs, like Dragonrealms. You had no idea wtf was going on and had to find out for yourself. Its all so spoonfed now with quest journals, waypoints, instant zone travels... whats the fun? Requiring a high level wizard to port you to somewhere was cool. Taking an hour and a half long dangerous trek with a horrible death penalty was cool. Having to actually boat across continents was awesome and dangerous as well, especially when a damn shark could eat your face on the boat due to bugs when you were low level. I doubt an EQ game will come out ever again, its too standardized of an industry now. No one will try to break the mold that WoW has created, even if EQ and UO built the basis for that mold, and they were way more hardcore.
  • Posted: 5/10/08 2:04 AM
    Everquest
• • KEYS ARE UP!

  • Anyone else having an issue with fileplanet downloading the .zip? It's showing that it's only 613mb, and redownloading does nothing. Says zip is not a valid file once it downloads that 613mb zip... I was under the impression it was 12 gigs from fileplanet.

     

    What the deal?

  • Posted: 4/25/08 8:08 PM
    Age of Conan