totally Noob here :-)

[Zanji123]

Hi,

I'm the new guy from Germany just created an account.

My backstory is kinda funny since i've never played EQ back int he day (with 56k modem and pay by hour as a 15 year old... yeah i don't think my parents would have allowed it). I was interested in it though since i already hat the basic box for the Pen and Paper RPG "The dark eye" (biggest rpg in Germany)

fast forward last month i watched a video on youtube about Pen and Paper RPGs based on Videogames and EQ was mentioned and kinda short reviewed.... end of story i found someone on ebay selling the Players and GM Handbook as well as the Monster manual and i'm currently reading through everything. Therefore i wanted to ry this game now :-D

[Tunabros]

very cool! if you want someone to tour you through the game send me a tell in game
my character name is Azile

[drackgon]

Same, you probably play opposite times of me. But if I am on and you ever have any questions feel free to reach out. Or other <Gathered Might> players. Welcome to P99 btw! Hope you started on green btw!

[Jibartik]

If you like D&D and pen and paper games, you'll love EQ.

It always itches my pen and paper RPG scratch.

I have made this rant many times:


"My fave thing about EQ is, it's a video game, but they still put descriptive text in it like its a pen & paper RPG and I have to imagine it all.

If you stand around in a cave in velious, you see the text pop up "water trips from the stalactite to the stalagmite"...

..as if the game is some kind of dungeon master haha.

It's like, hello computer, this is a video game, you can make the water drip... you dont have to ask me to just imagine it!"


Its super stupid, but its part of why I love EQ. It really is like the pen and paper games I played as a child come to life.

[Naxy]

Don’t hesitate to ask for help or ask questions. There are lots of people around that can and will help.

[Nuggie]

Welcome to the server. I think you'll like the experience for the most part. Every group has bad apples, but most folks here are friendly.

[Dirkdaring]

Welcome to the server , hope you enjoy it as much as I do, if you have any questions, or need help let me know .

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[BlackBellamy]

Hi,
EQ was mentioned and kinda short reviewed

here's some useful history and background on the game

https://www.fandom.com/articles/the-weird-and-wonderful-history-of-everquest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf7yPC0akFo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyF6vDIEBOk

[Zanji123]

:-) thanks guys.

you also can contact me anytime when i'm online (Asgrimm / Barbaric Shaman)

and yeah :D you can clearly see that EQ classic is an classic PnP just online. I mean ... we have a SPEACH skill. (btw: if i meet a dark elve... and i do not speak his language. can i understand the player when he writes or how is this implemented)

Also two questions:

can i download new UIs and Everquest HQ for the Green server?

[drackgon]

No Legal Uis for green, And everyone naturally talks in common, Players can swap to their native tongue at any time which you wont understand unless you also speak it. (can increase your skill in it by talking in party chat)

[Sabin76]

...or how is this implemented...

It changes the letters of the words someone types (but not the number of letters in each word and I don't think it does anything to punctuation, either). The more proficient you are in the language they are speaking, the fewer letters are jumbled. Sometimes, it can be pretty easy to tell what someone said, but it really does look like gibberish.

[unleashedd]

/ooc teaching gnomish for donations at PoD lift

[Baler]

Welcome! Be sure to check out the Project 1999 Wiki (https://wiki.project1999.com/Main_Page) it's filled with useful information to help you hit the ground running! :)

[Vaarsuvius]

Welcome to p99,

We might not have a chance to meet in game if you're on Green, but if you ever get on Blue, feel free to /tell one of my characters

I'm on the Begian/French border so we'll most probably be playing
at the same time.

PS I started playing EQ back in the late 90s when I could not play real rpgs with friends anymore (D&D, WFRP, SW, MERP/ Rolemaster among others)

Hope you like Norrath as much as most of us do 🙂 it's not Greyhawk, but it's awesome anyway

[Zanji123]

:-D ok than i might have to create another char on Blue

another dump question: in the pen and paper RPGs i kinda liked the Va Shir (from the background story, note once again: i come from the PnP game).

What is the reason that the expansion with the Va-Shir was cut from Project1999. Is there a reason why this expansion is not considered "Classic"? I mean it introduced the final race (afaik... well the PnP doesn't have any further races).

[cd288]

:-D ok than i might have to create another char on Blue

another dump question: in the pen and paper RPGs i kinda liked the Va Shir (from the background story, note once again: i come from the PnP game).

What is the reason that the expansion with the Va-Shir was cut from Project1999. Is there a reason why this expansion is not considered "Classic"? I mean it introduced the final race (afaik... well the PnP doesn't have any further races).

Nah there were multiple other races introduced over the years.

There are people who think Luclin counts as part of the classic era. It’s certainly arguable in some ways. But the reason P99 does not go there is because they think that Luclin was when you started to see EQ go down the slippery slope to things that changed what made it great. Things like the bazaar, fast travel via the Nexus (later on made worse in PoP with the Plane of Knowledge), Paludal Caverns with its zone and quest design that made everyone who made new characters immediately just bring them to that zone to level because it allowed them to breeze through things faster, etc etc. Velious is the last expansion where you really have “true” EQ in essentially its original form.

[Jibartik]

yea..... that's pretty much right.

https://i.imgur.com/ZeIRLfk.png

[TheoMac]

Welcome! I'm new as well and look forward to meeting many of you!

[Vaarsuvius]

:-D ok than i might have to create another char on Blue

another dump question: in the pen and paper RPGs i kinda liked the Va Shir (from the background story, note once again: i come from the PnP game).

What is the reason that the expansion with the Va-Shir was cut from Project1999. Is there a reason why this expansion is not considered "Classic"? I mean it introduced the final race (afaik... well the PnP doesn't have any further races).

Vah Shir and the Beast Lord class (shaman hybrid type) among other things were added with the Shadows of Luclin expansion

[Zanji123]

ah ok... so the teleporters where the reason :-/ ok that's understandable

sad though :D Beastmaster Va Shir sounded soo cool (at least reading it in the PnP Rulebook)

[Zanji123]

another dump question:
I'm now level 5... i trained Meditate to lvl 2 at the guild... still on my character sheet it is still Lvl 0

why??

[Topgunben]

I think you can train meditate, but it's not used until level 8. Might be a bug

[cd288]

I think you can train meditate, but it's not used until level 8. Might be a bug

Correct. Depends on the class but yeah meditate becomes an active skill at different levels but for whatever reason you can still train it

[Zanji123]

ok final question: I don't know which "Trade Skill" i should invest into as a shaman.... i mean lore wise i would say... something with leather crafting

[Comapavik]

As a shaman you’re going to do the Alchemy trade skill. It’s shaman only and you can make potions that other people want to buy (spirit of wolf, Invis vs undead, shrink). You can’t start until lvl 30 I think. I would save up for that.