Divarin
05-22-2011, 12:43 PM
There are a few things that separate EQ from other MMOs, one is the fact that you can do quests rather than mindless grinding. These quests are more challenging and fun than most MMOs are today, such as WoW's system of find the '!', don't bother to read, click accept, follow the arrow on the minimap, kill something, find the '?', rinse repeat.
It is tempting to get into a grinding mode however and find yourself subconsciously doing maths like "I can get x exp per hour killing these things vs. y exp per hour killing those things". I think that takes the fun out of the game.
So I made a bard and decided I would do as many quests as I could, except ones that wouldn't be fruitful for a bard. In doing so I discovered a number of broken newbie quests. These are old-world quests, not recently added Kunark quests. Below is a list of quests I found that are broken:
Cure for Lempeck Hargrin (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35144)
Lion Meat Shipment (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34579)
Crows special brew (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34534)
Toxdil's Poison (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34473)
The painting (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35828)
The most recent of these was posted nearly a month ago, and there has been no reply to indication that the quests will be fixed.
There were a few others but they either a) shouldn't be there altogether because their not classic, so the fact that it's broken doesn't matter, or b) is able to be completed but just not in the right way (ie: the text you have to say to the NPC isn't what it should be)
Obviously 'classic EQ' had numerous broken quests, but before submitting these bugs I checked archive.org's history of allakhazam's web site on these quests dating back to the earliest date I could for each quest. And in all cases these quests were reported to be working and complete-able.
The last quest, "The Painting", is the one that finally discouraged me from even trying to quest on p1999 anymore. At level 9 I walked by bard all the way from Qeynos to Freeport (Yes I know I could have purchased a port but I was role playing and making the journey the hard way seemed more fun).
But then getting to Freeport and finding that the NPC I was supposed to talk to just doesn't respond to anything very so discouraging. Do I return to Qeynos, do I try to make a new life for myself here in Freeport? What's the point of going on if every other quest I encounter will be broken?
In short if you want to get your nostalgia kick, or you want to grind, get to max level, and raid, then fine. But if you want an RPG where you can do quests look elsewhere.
It is tempting to get into a grinding mode however and find yourself subconsciously doing maths like "I can get x exp per hour killing these things vs. y exp per hour killing those things". I think that takes the fun out of the game.
So I made a bard and decided I would do as many quests as I could, except ones that wouldn't be fruitful for a bard. In doing so I discovered a number of broken newbie quests. These are old-world quests, not recently added Kunark quests. Below is a list of quests I found that are broken:
Cure for Lempeck Hargrin (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35144)
Lion Meat Shipment (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34579)
Crows special brew (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34534)
Toxdil's Poison (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34473)
The painting (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35828)
The most recent of these was posted nearly a month ago, and there has been no reply to indication that the quests will be fixed.
There were a few others but they either a) shouldn't be there altogether because their not classic, so the fact that it's broken doesn't matter, or b) is able to be completed but just not in the right way (ie: the text you have to say to the NPC isn't what it should be)
Obviously 'classic EQ' had numerous broken quests, but before submitting these bugs I checked archive.org's history of allakhazam's web site on these quests dating back to the earliest date I could for each quest. And in all cases these quests were reported to be working and complete-able.
The last quest, "The Painting", is the one that finally discouraged me from even trying to quest on p1999 anymore. At level 9 I walked by bard all the way from Qeynos to Freeport (Yes I know I could have purchased a port but I was role playing and making the journey the hard way seemed more fun).
But then getting to Freeport and finding that the NPC I was supposed to talk to just doesn't respond to anything very so discouraging. Do I return to Qeynos, do I try to make a new life for myself here in Freeport? What's the point of going on if every other quest I encounter will be broken?
In short if you want to get your nostalgia kick, or you want to grind, get to max level, and raid, then fine. But if you want an RPG where you can do quests look elsewhere.