So last night I log on for a short bit with my lightly twinked level 4 Troll SK, and I head for the entrance of Upper Guk.
The two frog guards at the entrance are yellow to me, so they're level 5 I guess. I try pulling one, but both come.
First off, I see again first-hand how well tanks are able to stand up to abuse (long time caster here). I wasn't instantly squished!
Secondly, a small crowd of higher levels is sitting around - I guess getting ready to do their own thing in UGuk. A couple of them watch me duking it out, without interfering. But as I get pretty low on HP, I get a heal. Then I get buffed. I DING LEVEL 5. I get grats'd from these (relatively) uber people in their shiny armor and stuff
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Anyway, yeah, this kind of stuff happens all the time in EQ. I played WoW for months at one point, but don't remember anything similar happening. I don't even remember needing help or particularly caring about dying either.