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Old 08-04-2016, 03:48 PM
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Default Do you see yourself stopping?

Been playing with you fine folks for just over a year now. I started in May of last year and my main and only character is 45 (Gilder the Druid).

Now that I'm getting closer and closer to the end game, I feel "okay" with the idea of stopping.

Hear me out - I'm not saying I'm sick of playing. I just feel like I'm getting closer to "closure" with the game.

I was just a kid when EQ went live (barely a teenager), so I never had a powerful, high-level character. I just kind of farted around, traded gear and died in exotic locations. The world still felt full of mystery long after I quit playing. Now that I'm getting to see a lot of that content, I feel like I'm successfully scratching the nostalgia itch. Do you guys ever feel that way?

EQ sometimes feels like a game I never quite "beat" and I'm coming back to it now for that sense of closure. There's a lot of games out there for the first Playstation I feel this way about - the best example being Final Fantasy 8. I finally beat a few years ago and I look back on the story and the experiences fondly. Never with any sort of "burn out."

I guess what I mean is - do you see yourself parting ways with EQ in a POSITIVE light?
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Old 08-04-2016, 03:48 PM
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there are still so many things i want to do
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Old 08-04-2016, 03:53 PM
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I've never beat a game, though I've not played all that many either. I'm not here to beat a game or accomplish anything, I just enjoy Norrath ^^
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Old 08-04-2016, 03:57 PM
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Agreed, there's still a TON of things I want to do. I enjoy just going to CB and West Commons Orc Camps and buffing new people.

I guess I just feel like I'm in a... healthier? place with EQ. Does that make sense?

Nostalgia is a drug that I abused for too long I guess is what I'm saying.
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Old 08-04-2016, 04:05 PM
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Nope. I never got the nostalgia itch, I haven't really stopped playing since launch of live, and I was an adult when it launched. I've always had EQ installed and only take breaks sometimes for a few months or so. Same with UO, but I finally quit playing that 4 years ago, replaced it with something like it but w/o cats.
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Old 08-04-2016, 04:10 PM
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Starting a new character is what most people do cause there is no ending to EQ...
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Old 08-04-2016, 04:12 PM
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You might try the pvp server. I played non-pvp on live, and figured I'd give pvp a go when I started here. I'd say it makes the experience more exciting and entertaining.
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Old 08-04-2016, 04:14 PM
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I really dont think I have the time, nor the physical ability to go through another character all over again. My carpal tunnel these days sucks. I've switched to using the mouse left handed.

The PvP server I tried and left. I'm not big into EQ's PvP.

Dark Age of Camelot on the otherhand... lawdy was that fun.
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Old 08-04-2016, 04:19 PM
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My carpal tunnel these days sucks.
switch to a trackball. I use a center not a thumb, but doesn't matter, which ever works best. They don't cause any pain.
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Old 08-04-2016, 04:21 PM
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roll on red or go back to blu fuk boi
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