New Player here, wanted to introduce myself

[Sully van Richard]

Hey everyone

I finally decided to install Project 99 to get that classic Everquest experience. I never played Everquest, but I love to try out older games, such as Doom I and II or Baldur's Gate I and II, which are some of my favourite games.

My MMO experience so far:
I played WoW Classic back in the days, but stopped when Guild Wars 2 came out, which I still play from time to time. I also played Guild Wars 1 for hundreds of hours and still love it.

Now I wanted to get back to the roots and see where it all started.

Also, I have a quick question: I play on a 4k screen. Is there any way to optimize the game for that? Or at least get it to run fullscreen? So far it only starts in window mode and I see now option to turn fullscreen on. Any help is appreciated =)

I am looking forward to a classic MMO experience and hope to see some of you online =)

With best regards,

Sully

[honeybee12874]

Heya! Welcome to EQ!

I never played Everquest before either, until I started here on P99 last year :)

There is sometimes a steep learning curve, but there is so much to do & see! I hope you're having fun so far!

[kjs86z]

P99 is my first EQ experience as well.

Take your time with it. Read the p99 wiki. Nothing in EQ happens fast...except deaths....those can definitely happen quickly.

[YendorLootmonkey]

Welcome to Everquest! !

[honeybee12874]

Nothing in EQ happens fast...except deaths....those can definitely happen quickly.

Ain't that the truth! :D

[Mblake81]

Also, I have a quick question: I play on a 4k screen. Is there any way to optimize the game for that? Or at least get it to run fullscreen? So far it only starts in window mode and I see now option to turn fullscreen on. Any help is appreciated =)

Yeah it should, display options.

Keep in mind that the titanium client is what is used here, its not classic. Even the custom UI's are nothing more than min/maxed tools. Hardly any fantasy art & style. There are some other things missing as well, such as night blindness. If you find torches or lanterns in the game you will know why they are there. The original tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l93daYpKY8) is missing as well as the original intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym9hIEbnijw) when you launched the game. Rogean, Nilbog and crew have done much to restore the original game and polish it.

EQ eventually fell victim to the min/max mentality that plagued nearly all MMORPGs.. but there was a brief moment in time...when the developers didn't know what they were doing or "how to do it".

https://i.imgur.com/3O0ijdd.jpg

Anyway, Welcome to P99. The closest to original EQ that is out there.

https://i.imgur.com/yZ3MjFU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qrSYovP.jpg

[Budder]

Welcome new folks! This place is amazing!
We have a new guild that’s all under level 30 if your interested! Msg Semperfi, Hoaty or Helbit!
Read and study the wiki like you’re studying for an exam! Tons of super useful info there. And just have fun.

[Mblake81]

My first character in 2000 was a human monk. I remember getting lost somewhere in West Commonlands, it was night and I was blind. Then in the distance I seen this large ball of fire, the size of an evil eye, go streaking across the scape. It was a fireball spell, they are just small dots here on P99.

Spells would stand out in the darkness, especially fire based spells.

[hagglebaby]

This game can be extremely brutal. Significant XP loss when you die. Waiting for boats to travel between continents can take up to an hour including travel time. Forgetting to retrieve your corpse in a timely fashion and losing all your gear and PP forever. Putting bad starting stats into your character and feeling like maybe you should just scrap all your progress and reroll the same job class, letting your group down and feeling their rage, everyone has way more money than you, knowing there is content you will probably never experience. Botching a quest turn in and wasting many hours with nothing to show for it, handing gear or pp to the wrong npc or player and not getting it back, petitioning someone and getting banned, getting petitioned and getting banned. It also can creep into your personal life if you’re not careful and take your job, friends, family, health and ultimately your life. Msg deathbunny in game if you want to duo.

[Zalos44]

That sounds great man. I love BG1 and BG2 too. Is your name Sully in game?

[Indecisive]

Welcome to Project 1999!

[Zuranthium]

I also played Guild Wars 1 for hundreds of hours and still love it.

Guild Wars 1 is still the best PvP game ever! I'm not into PvE there though (well, anywhere, compared to the 1999 Everquest experience).

I hope you manage to get something worthwhile out of this server! It's a shadow of what Everquest really was, but at least the zone design and stuff can still be interesting to check out, if you've not seen it before. I would recommend to not try too hard here and just experience it rather than try to "beat" it. That will put you more in the mindset of how the game is supposed to play and maybe help to reveal more glimpses into what made it special.

[Orionsaight]

Sad it may be true that because of graphics, this problem may be avoided. However, I remember playing EQ and I couldn't get past level 4 in steamfont. I got frustrated and quit but there was something planted in me that knew I had to return. Its a very frustrating game but its awesome. It has things that you hate but secretly you don't. An anomaly you may call it.

[Sully van Richard]

That sounds great man. I love BG1 and BG2 too. Is your name Sully in game?


I created an Iksar Necromancer called Archargonar =)

Thanks for all the advice and welcoming messages!

[Sully van Richard]

Guild Wars 1 is still the best PvP game ever! I'm not into PvE there though (well, anywhere, compared to the 1999 Everquest experience).

I hope you manage to get something worthwhile out of this server! It's a shadow of what Everquest really was, but at least the zone design and stuff can still be interesting to check out, if you've not seen it before. I would recommend to not try too hard here and just experience it rather than try to "beat" it. That will put you more in the mindset of how the game is supposed to play and maybe help to reveal more glimpses into what made it special.

That's the main reason I wanted to try Everquest out, to experience it. Today most games are just so overloaded with constant rewards, daily quests and so on, that the experience itself is just lost. I want to get the sense of adventure and challenge, that used to be in such games.

Also, I'm really looking forward to playing Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen and what better preperation as Everquest? =D