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Originally Posted by Aadill
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Personally, I am maxed level 50 and have no quests to do to further my character. I can't solo for cash, and I have a few friends that I used to be able to PL but now cannot (because I'm an effing ranger and they're too high level for me to heal/DS/whatever). I don't want to make an alt in classic, or even Kunark for that matter, and therefore have no other characters to play.
What do I do when I log in? I like to swing at things that could kill me in one hit (insert ranger joke here) and do my best to play my role as a guild member of Dark Ascension.
Yes, I play the game. Is it the same game you play? Maybe, but it doesn't sound like it. When EQ first came out everyone was in so much awe of the game. I have to give a nod out to the guy that recorded that youtube series about "just starting everquest on P99," the awe-filled dialogue and misadventures of a newbie are what we all love and remember really hit home how great this server has presented itself as something that could totally corner a niche market in the video game world. However, it's been said again and again that the people who know about this server probably played EQ at some point or another - I've run through all these zones and died in all of them. I know what alt I want to make when the time comes, what quests to do, what gear to get... it's not like it was back in the day, but I still enjoy it because I enjoy advancing my character as well as others. The game is a bit different when you already know what happens when the next expansion comes out. I still play it because I love it.
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Im almost in the same position as Aadill here. Everything he said is true. Even though I only have a few sky items (I'm 1 item away from a few of them = P ) I could get to further my character, I still play the game because I love the game and the way that it was designed. For me, Its about being the best, and the fact that I never was able to experience this "raid" part of Everquest because I was 8-9 at the time that classic came out and that I began playing this with my dad. It's fun to come back and be able to "Master the Encounters" as some of you have said, but even though this is an emu, there is enough built up/invested at the higher end guilds to make this feel like being the best means half a shit. I think this comes from having people on your side of the battlefield - and the other side for sure - that feel the same way that I do. Most don't play alts, and just push to be the best at what they are every time they log in.
If the server goes poof because of sony or some other unexplainable reason, at least I had fun while I could, and at least I didn't half ass what might be most of our last shots at reliving this classic experience. Sony isnt going to do it now on live, and neither will Everquest Next.