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Originally Posted by tizznyres
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A simple concept that's all but lost in modern MMOs: the idea of discovering and solving quests that most other players likely don't even know exist. Whether this is done through EQ's rather archaic idea of Hailing NPC's and trying to discover quest keywords or a more modern and less tedious method. This added a level of intrigue and mystery to EverQuest that I haven't seen in any online multiplayer RPG since. It helped make the world feel like it was something special, and that there were always secrets to be discovered. Not to mention solving the epic 1.0 quests originally were massive efforts on behalf of countless players in the community. Even in 2015 I find it fascinating to go back and read classic-era archived posts about how certain quests were solved originally.
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This doesn't really work as well as you imagine. Once a quest was discovered and solved - everyone just reads its walk-through online, including useful comments on how to skip unnecessary steps
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] How many people playing on this server have actually EVER found and solved their own quests without looking it up on Alakhazam first? How many people on this server have wiki page opened with check marks to each step done when doing their epics? This approach works well for a one time DnD campaign, but not for MMO.