Old School Inny players

[UnfeteredOne]

I played on Inny as Unfetered One the Half Elf rogue from release until PoP came out. I left at PoP as the game I knew and loved was forever destroyed as I feel it peaked with Velious.
So I discover Project 99 and well its time to don my dirk and chain coif once again and venture back out into that wonderful unsullied land. I am wondering if there are any ex Inny players out there, and which 99 server should I go for? Blue or PvP?

[wormed]

I played on Innoruuk the same time you did. I also quit around Planes of Power! I think I stuck it out for awhile in PoP though. I was with Legion of Darkness waaay back. I think that's their name? Smaller guild. Funny enough it was like a Asian guild, so I remember raiding at like 4am.

Good times. The addiction was real.

[joedirt87]

I played on Innoruuk from like september/october 01 to september/october 04. I was in a guild called Legion of Darkness too, may have been totally different though (joined them in 03 or 04). I never liked PVP so Red isnt for me, but it does have its perks like the exp bonus.

[Elycion]

I was one of the original Innoruuk crew, although I didn't start for about a month after the game released.

My main was Elycion Bladesong, a wood elf ranger. I stayed guildless until after I hit 50, but after a while with nothing to do at max level I got back in touch with a friend I'd made while leveling in Blackburrow and joined his guild The Pantheon. There were some very good years of playing and raiding with The Pantheon until that guild eventually fell apart in the mid-Velious era (largely because the guild leader went to work for SoE and couldn't really play much anymore.)

After leaving The Pantheon I joined Ashen Vendetta and raided with them for a few more years until that guild collapsed under the massive weight of fail that was the Gates of Discord expansion. This led to me moving with a few other guildmates to join Blades of Wrath on the Torvonnilous server, but that didn't end up being a very good fit and I eventually gave up and left the game in early 2005.

[joedirt87]

Besides SR I don't recall a lot of other guild surviving GoD/OoW.

[pasi]

There is an interesting story regarding Gates of Discord launch and the fall of AV and LoD which resulted in most of those 2 guilds either joining SR, quitting the game, or transferring to another server.

Basically, the only guild progressing in GoD was SR and all of the big 3 (SR, AV, and LoD) had a bunch of people who would only show up to loot PoTime once a week (read: dead weight). A few of us tried to form a super guild from the core of each guild.

The effective leader of LoD at the time (who was/is TMO here) delayed the idea too long, and the GL of AV found out and booted Lhile and Koramar who were 'representing' the AV core. This resulted in all the LoD/AV people jumping ship to SR.

Not to say that's the entire story, but it's fun to revisit these things.

[Kaezyr D`Shiv]

Long time Innoruuk player here. Played main dark elf rogue, Staelth D`Shiv. Was in some raid guilds including: Dawn of the Phoenix, Silent Justice, and The Defiant. Now I play a dark elf SK who leads a small guild on blue that no ones ever heard of, mostly my RL friends: Guardians of the Dome. Currently level 33 enjoying dungeon crawls on the regular.

I doubt I will ever be part of the raid scene here, as sweet brown put it "ain't nobody got time for that".
Good to see some other Inny peeps find out about project 99, it is great to re-live this stuff all over again!

Pretty sure I remember you, part of the rogue circle and all, tons of rogues in the community that I would talk to pretty often. Names I remember: Balandrus (DE rogue brothah), Kremmit (Gnome rog guildy), Unbidden (Barby euro-rogue guildy), Kanuuven (DE rogue guildy)

I later played an SK on live and fell in love with the class. Hope ya play blue!

[joedirt87]

There is an interesting story regarding Gates of Discord launch and the fall of AV and LoD which resulted in most of those 2 guilds either joining SR, quitting the game, or transferring to another server.

Basically, the only guild progressing in GoD was SR and all of the big 3 (SR, AV, and LoD) had a bunch of people who would only show up to loot PoTime once a week (read: dead weight). A few of us tried to form a super guild from the core of each guild.

The effective leader of LoD at the time (who was/is TMO here) delayed the idea too long, and the GL of AV found out and booted Lhile and Koramar who were 'representing' the AV core. This resulted in all the LoD/AV people jumping ship to SR.

Not to say that's the entire story, but it's fun to revisit these things.

Who from LoD is in The Mystic Order? I think Janakin was the guild leader when I joined LoD but he wasn't playing all that much. I remember a lot of the other core guys like Meadbh, Samira, Oderry, Thand.

[ko37qtl]

I'm not sure if I qualify. Although I had alts scattered all around, I didn't pick up stakes and move most everything from Bertox to Innoruuk until 2003 or so when I discovered I had some local friends who had been playing there since the start. Innoruuk really wound up feeling more like home and Blue Moon was my best guild experience, despite or perhaps because of a complete lack of raiding. I've tried to entice some of my Blue Moon pals back to here but the interest has only been very occasional. I wasn't sorry to leave the game in 2005 but I was sorry to leave a fun guild and a welcoming server.

[Zalus]

Played on Innoruuk from about 2000 to 2004. Zalus was in Crimson Snow for a while before leaving EQ. Usually I just played with friends and family.

[Masrok]

I played on Innoruuk way back in the day. I remember your rogue Unfetered. I was never really part of any big guild raiding scene, so you might not have noticed me. I had a Barbarian rogue named Derob and a Dark Elf shadowknight named Masrok that I played mostly. I started playing on p99 several months ago and recreated both toons. I don't play as often as I should so they are both around level 20 or so on here.

[Iniaru]

I joined EQ in 2002, first guild was Sacred Legion of Tunare until it shut down, then was in Mystic Legions and Dawnfire. Primary character was Rumblebore, dwarf Paladin. ood to meet you all.

[Arterian]

Legion of Darkness was the top guild there.

[Pheer]

I played inny on live, was just a casual nobody but theres a lot of names being thrown around in here that I remember

[gamecat]

Well this is odd, had randomly checked in to see how 1999 is going ..

Long time Inny player here, doubt anyone would remember me though, played Euro times with our own guild Iceni, cleric called Urky. Kept up with the drama on the Inny boards with LoD and AV and whatnot, very strange indeed to see it discussed 15 years later. Moved to Saryn during GoD, played up until Prophecy of Ro I think. I check in occasionally on where most my ex guild members ended up, a few still clocking in at 5 raids a week, I can't even...

Might fire up 1999 and make a cleric again, not much interest in the F2P live version.

[Tarnot]

I played on Inny from late '99 until around the time that GoD released. I was super casual for most of that period and don't recognize any of the names being thrown around aside from OP. For some reason, I have a distinct memory of Unfetered and someone whose name I don't recall killing ogre guards and letting me loot shields/steins so I could buy spells on some random alt.

I boxed a gnome wiz named Chronis and a HE bard named Harkikuri. I ran with lots of guilds over that span of time, most notably Elementals of Tomonari and Dead of Winter. Being part of DoW during my final year or so of the game was quite the experience.

[UnfeteredOne]

Names I remember: Balandrus (DE rogue brothah), Kremmit (Gnome rog guildy), Unbidden (Barby euro-rogue guildy), Kanuuven (DE rogue guildy)

Balandrus was the daddy of rogues on Inny. I looked up to him and I was no noobie rogue. Unbidden, now I had a major duel with that character on the top spidey floor in Venekor. Unfetered V Unbidden. We were very evenly matched skill wise and throwing AA's at each other. We both got to about half a bub left... then the zone crashed.
I always said the server couldn't handle two mighty titans slugging it out like that. We never rematched.

I remember many of the names here, seems odd after all these years reading names I had long forgotten. Anyway, I have Unfetered the rogue on blue (15) created and Unfetereds (Curse) the necro on red if(10) anyone ever wants to hook up.

[Sidvrath]

I played on Inno back in the day as Goban Bloodspiller Ogre warrior. Was in guilds Prism and Ashen Vendetta. I left round the time we were killing Avatar of War, Yelinak etc.

[Samatman]

I played inny on live, was just a casual nobody but theres a lot of names being thrown around in here that I remember

Same here. Was in Outcasts of Norrath back then. I had contact with a lot of the other guilds at the time through my brother who was more gregarious than I. Amici, Patronas Veritas, Ashen Vendetta, Ridgerunners, LoD and DoW, even Fellowship of Justice that has a huge presence on Live to this day.

Where is Kaurik now? I had that foul mouthed asshole on ignore for so long I can't even begin to remember. I'd probably be best friends with him today.

(not sure why I am even posting - every time I do it says "awaiting moderation")

[Launch]

I played on Inny from late '99 until around the time that GoD released. I was super casual for most of that period and don't recognize any of the names being thrown around aside from OP. For some reason, I have a distinct memory of Unfetered and someone whose name I don't recall killing ogre guards and letting me loot shields/steins so I could buy spells on some random alt.

I boxed a gnome wiz named Chronis and a HE bard named Harkikuri. I ran with lots of guilds over that span of time, most notably Elementals of Tomonari and Dead of Winter. Being part of DoW during my final year or so of the game was quite the experience.

I played a Wood Elf Bard named Legollen, with Dead of Winter, up until GoD. Was on Inny from 1999 to 2004 or so.

I remember you well Chronis - we had some crazy times in DoW over that final year. Small EQ world!