A Green Story...

[Deathrydar]

So I logged on, on Friday night and made my character at 4:03pm. When I logged on, there were over 150 players in Nektulos Woods. I was aware that there is no way that there will be a single MOB available, as EQ was not made to have that many people in one zone, so I ran to East Commonlands.

After seeing that the lower level MOBs in EC were already camped, I ran into West Freeport....same thing.....East Freeport.....same thing.....I ran into NRO. I finally saw a decaying skeleton standing there, so I casted Lifetap on it. I receive a whisper informing me that everyone is struggling to get experience and to not be a jerk. I argued with the gentleman a bit and told him that I checked and no one was around that MOB so I took it. We agreed to disagree.

Not a good start, I thought to myself. I found a decaying skeleton spawn and sat there on it. I started thinking to myself that maybe I did KS that player, as the dynamic of the zone was odd with each player "owning" a single spawn point. I told myself that it is time to apologize cause it seems that I messed up, when I get a whisper from the guy that says that he is sorry for being a d**k about the skeleton.

I told him that I was sorry because I think I did indeed KS him, and that I didn't understand the "rules" of this launch. We are now friends in game. It took me three and a half hours to get to level 3......three and a half hours. After I dinged level 3, I ran back home to Neriak to pick up some level 1 spells. I see someone asking for help trying to find their corpse in Nektulos. I asked him if he needed help, and I casted Locate Corpse and found his corpse for him.

I ran back into EC and sat on a fire beetle spawn for a bit and logged off for the night. I logged back on Saturday morning and there were only 1,500 players on.

That was me being sarcastic. 1,500 is way too many players for one EQ server.

But I survived. After a bit another player was looking for help finding their corpse. I offered to help and casted locate corpse and found his corpse for him. I found a large spider spawn, sat on it, and sold some spider silks. I bought a silk robe and was pimping it up. I logged off for the evening.

On Sunday I went into WC and sat on a spawn there for a bit. Yet another player was asking for help finding his corpse in Kithicor. I offered to help and found his corpse with locate corpse.

I had no idea that level 1 spell would be so helpful!

Yesterday I ran into NRO and camped a spawn there for about 12 hours straight. I cannot believe the time that can disappear when you play this game! I forgot how much of a time sink it can be. Anyway, there were a few squabbles, but for the most part, I am not experiencing the kill stealing or the riff raff that is being reported in other zones.

I am now level 11, two bubbles in. Can't wait to log on tonight! The only downside is the ridiculous amount of people on this server. Why anyone voted against the server split is beyond me.

But again, I would like to thank the Project 1999 team for allowing me to experience this pure bliss again.