I'd stick to the "happy path" of popular grouping zones like East Commons, Oasis, Unrest, Mistmoore, Lake of Ill Omen, Dreadlands, City of Mist, Karnor's, etc. These zones tend to be overcrowded at normal times, but I'd imagine they have a decent amount of people even at off times. But then again, I normally would put Crushbone on that list, so your luck may vary

Also I'd recommend learning the zone abbreviations for zones you'd like to do. That way you can check if anyone is in Crushbone just by doing "/ crushbone all", without having to run there and then be disappointed.

Great post. :cool: Yeah OP is playing in the wrong zone at the wrong time sad to say. EC and the Tunnel is where to go early to get groups in Orc camps, and uber buffs to Solo. :)
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Or just play a damned good solo class like a Necro, Mage, Enchanter, Bard.

I'm playing at 6AM EST on a weekday, why isn't there anyone playing?

... is that seriously what OP just asked?

I lol'd...

I heard a crazy thing; 6 AM EST is not 6 AM everywhere in the world. weird but true.

The newbie population is kind of low because the path from 1 to 50 is way shorter than the path from 50 to 60. Even with the higher population, I think there are a chunk of casual players who are crawling through 50s cause of the time sync at that point. (myself included) Kunark has been around for 4+? years now and while new people join if you put in any effort at first you get through those level relatively quick.

Under 50 you're stuck on basically the path "happy path" above unless you have time to recruit people to join you. Each 5 level gap or so has like 1 zone for easy/quick pickup groups until the 50s

It always seemed to me the vast majority of EQ players are in the US though.

Omni has players on at the times the OP mentioned though.

I am in the exact same scenario as you. I work a night time position and am usually on around 6 AM EST. I've been playing for a little over a month, and during that time frame, I think I've been lucky enough to stumble upon a group once or twice. I play a rogue, so I'm not the most sought out class, so it's possible if you play a highly sought after class like a cleric or tank, it may be a bit easier. However, on my days off, when I am able to play during the late evening hours, I have been able to find groups fairly easy.

Unfortunately, that's just the way the cookie crumbles. It's an emulated server, that has you jump through a few hoops just get to going, and revolves around a game that's over 15 years old, so you can't expect a World of Warcraft type population, especially in the odd hours. You can always roll a solo class, but being that you are complaining about the lack of people, something tells me you don't want to work alone, which is the same for me, which is why I play a rogue.

And out of that 700, 690 are in EC. :eek: