Old EQer coming back for more.
 

I played EQ from launch to around Gates of Discord and recently had an urge to play again without all the extra crap they added. Was hoping to find a private server with EQ/Kunark/Velious, but this one interested me.

So, I was wondering if any of you could help me search through the fog of my memory to remember exactly what the state of EQ was for this server. There's so many things that were added just in Kunark/Velious, I can't remember what the state of the classes were.

For instance:
Are the xp penalties for races still in effect?
Do pets summon at random level range or at max?
Are rangers still useless? (I remember them becoming pretty good after one point)
Do Bards get meditate? (That one was a life-saver)
Are zones such as Paineel available? (Erudite Necro ftw! =P)

Thanks for any replies, I'm just trying to get a feel for what patches have been done.

Yes.
Random.
No, as long as your gear is decent - same as any melee.
Good question... not sure.
Yes, but not Warrens.

Thanks, the paineel question was the big one on whether I wanted a necro...although if pets are random I might not =/

Bard meditate was only to allow them to scribe and mem spells faster, not for any mana regen or anything. It only went up to 1 point or maybe 20 not sure.

Was thinking of making an Erudite Necro or possibly a High Elf cleric. Although my friend once had a badass Halfling Rogue, but I remember them not having any high damage piercing weapons

Good chance by the time you get up to speed - especially with a Rogue, Kunark will be out and you will have a few options :)

Welcome aboard - what EQLive server were you from?

Dunno about Rangers, I knew in Classic they were good at mid levels to a degree because of dual wield and all. I'm seriously considering one myself, in spite of the difficulties. As for when they got 'good' - I'd probably have to say - when Sony 'fixed' ranged in PoP by giving them some AA's, but that's debatable. Some Kunark weapons could help them significantly too.

But then, back at that point, I was on Vallon Zek and a well played Ranger could own in PvP.

I played on Karana which split to Ayonae Ro...started the game as a Half-Elf tanking Druid, was fun in Lower Guk. Also had a High Elf Cleric, Erudite Wizard, Half-Elf Bard when PoP came out (Charmkiting Ravens in plane of Nightmare was awesome). And probably dozens of alts that I never took anywhere.

Yeah, know that feeling. No alt-mania for me here. My biggest mistake in EQ was rolling alts all the time.

That and I switched servers, so it was hard to keep track of people from the olden daze, but I still remember a number of them.

Oh, another question I just remembered...is Kithicor still vanilla? Or is the redo in effect? (ie. death at night from undead)

Yes, at night time the undead indeed comes out in Kithicor.

<3

Also I just updated it to explicitly state that Paineel is unlocked, and the answer to the pet summon quest.