All I can say is...HOLY OMG!

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THANK YOU to the folks responsible for this EMU. I've been floundering in a sea of semi-gaming boredom (xbox) for almost 2 years now and had almost given up on PC gaming altogether simply because of the lack of MMOs that aren't the same monty-haul-on-rails crap that they all have been since EQ and DAoC. I'm sure you guys have heard it all before, probably lived it too, so I will cut this short, save to say again, THANK YOU! I've literally been JONSING to play EQ the last few weeks but just couldnt stomach trying to go back to the old mains.

I'm old-school (April 10th-ish, '99---will post in the players section later about all that) but my girlfriend never played EQ and I've been dying to show her around, just seemed so pointless with the way live is now. Was poking around today and found Project 1999 mentioned on another forum and now I'm so stoked from reading your board that I can't wait to get it loaded and start. Called girlie at work and she's all about playing this...I even found my old copy of titanium from when I added an account way back in like 3 mins on the back of a shelf....We just gotta get loaded up, petition for dual access, and figure out what to play and we should be good to go to really play all weekend [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Two questions I was hoping you guys wouldnt mind helping with so as to hasten the startup....

A) Has there been any word when Kunark will release? Don't need exact dates or anything, but just wanted to make sure we have time to enjoy levelling up, geeking out on gear, raid some dragons and whatnot, before I go inviting old buddies, wasting time smelling the low level roses, etc. I managed to miss a lot of the old-world high end the first time around (as well as on live progression) due to re-rolls and I'd really love to be able to get into it this time, even if it means rushing the lower levels a bit. Besides the Efreeti, I'm not sure I raided anything old-world before Kunark came out and I've always wanted to. Silly me, I thought I would be able to on progression, but I blinked and kunark was out.

B) We like to duo when we can, of course, but we are coming here specificly to GROUP primarily....better gameplay and you make friends that way. I read a couple threads about classes and checked out the poll....Looks like a pretty even split, but thought I would ask if anyone notices a marked lack of or overubundence of any particular class? The last few times I've played EQ it always seems like complete feast or famine on one thing or another....My last server always had dps out the wazoo sitting around LFG and eventually clerics everywhere too, but never any tanks. And if you could find a tank, no slowers to be found....

Would love to avoid that. I'm great with pretty much any class besides Rangers....she is a great gamer, quick learner and quite flexible also, so if there are any holes we can fill, I'd love to know if anyone has noticed in their personal experiences a distinct need for any particular thing, primarily in grouping, but also raiding, too.

I've got a few combos in mind for us, but it really depends on what she's up for playing....If you guys can offer any info it will go a long way to helping us narrow it down quicky so we can sink in!

C) Refresh me, as it's been a while...The good cultural armor that went in rather early on (Fierce Heraldric etc is what I'm thinking of, not the first stuff) before or after Velious? For some reason I'm thinking that went in about halfway thru Velious era, but I'm probably wrong about that. Depending on class, diety might be an issue, I'm thinking.

I had another question like the one above, but it evades me now. Wrapping my brain around going to Velious and stopping, while having not played the game at all in about 3 years is making my head spin a bit trying to think of what I want to play.

Thanks so much! Can't tell you how excited we are!