Nice to meet you all!

[MetroidHatchling]

Hello! It's nice to meet you!

My name is Bradley. I'm currently a level 5 High Elf Magician on Green named Faenaenon.

This is actually my first time playing EverQuest. I played EQ2 for a while at launch, and I was hugely into Star Wars Galaxies until the NGE came out. I played a ton of other MMOs during the early-mid 2000s, runescape, ragnarok online, FFXI, UO, and more, but somehow never played EQ1, which is a shame. I really like it so far.

On the positive side, I get to experience it for the first time in what seems to be a very good recreation of its early days.

I got it set up on my windows XP computer (for that authentic feel) that I rebuilt a few years ago to be like the one I had back in 2003 and despite some difficulties in getting it set up without any glitches at first, it seems to be running smoothly now.

I've been feeling pretty tired of most newer MMOs which, imo, generally feel like some variation of a wow clone. Not to say that wow is bad, I really enjoyed it during vanilla and bc, I just wish there was more experimentation done in game design like there used to be. I've been itching to play something from "the good old days" of mmos and I thought "I wonder what EQ1 was like", so here I am.

The role-playing elements being integrated with the game itself is really cool. Having to actually type back to NPCs, for example. I've never had to do something like that outside of a MUD. While it feels a bit basic in its execution, I think it's a great concept.

The idea of a game like this having no in-game map was almost shocking at first, but I honestly really like it now that I've gotten used to it. I can't really tell how big the world actually is, so despite however big it may be, it feels enormous. I have no way to tell (aside from looking online at maps, but what's the fun in that?) I have no idea what is beyond the next corner. I got lost a few times just wandering too far out in the greater faydark and it was a little mini-adventure I had trying to find my way back to the city gates without getting murdered by orcs. Now I can find my around most of the area and city without even needing or wanting a map.

I'll be playing when I can spare the time and I'm looking forward to seeing more of the world. I may be 20 years late, but I'm glad I have the chance to see what it's all about.