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Originally Posted by odiecat99
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Im glad most EQ (unlike eq2) Quests didnt give you Jack Shit for exp, it made you appreciate the adventure more.
I love that in EQ I can be a noob in a zone like feerrott and then come back mid to high 30s for spectres, then back again 46+ to raid.
I have always been a fan of that. Dont simply don't simply exhaust the quests line or the zone you are in.
this was a huge reason I hated world of crap craft was you just do your quest and you would move on and that was the end of it. I also hated the fact that it was instanced dungeons that s*** is wack know what I'm saying my n****
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Yes. When you're a noob in the Oasis, you have fun killing orcs and alligators while dodging around giants. Until you see that badass dude on the center island killing those really creepy spectres. Until you find that enchanter coming along and mind controlling the giants that have been fucking with you. And you think, "Holy shit. I want to do that one day."...
And then one day in the future, you've spent likely months leveling. And then someone says "Hey, you should try killing spectres or giants in the Oasis.", so you return there, and now you're the person killing those awesome things. Noobs look on and get motivated to level, thinking that one day they will do what you do.
That type of world design just doesn't exist in modern MMOs. It is really sad. You're more like a tourist in the WoW model, because you go to each place once, just to see and exhaust the experience of being there. With games like EQ, and SWG, you're not a tourist, you're someone that lives here. You interact here. You need to know how to get from Highkeep to Qeynos, because you're going to go by there a lot. It's a lot more like learning your neighborhood that you just moved into. The exploration is learning every knook and cranny, every trick to travel around, all the secret places any given area has in plenty. It isn't about consuming a quick experience and saying "Well, that's everything", it's about the complexity and beauty of making a place into your home.