World of Warcraft is a really old game now.

[Wakanda]

I'm very active on P99 and on WoW. I've played WoW for well over 20 years at this point now. It's just an interesting thing for me to think about when I have WoW friends gasp at me and tell me how old EQ is because it completely goes over their head that one game is 25 years old, and the other game is almost 21 years old.
I also genuinely wonder if EQ would still be alive and well if Sony didn't pull the plug on it for EQ 2.

There are other philosophical questions I have. Like people tell me the reason the P99 community is so friendly is because they are old. Meanwhile I'm surrounded by dudes in their 40s on WoW who are complete jerks, and I'm still in my 30s, despite playing EQ in '99.

The history revisionists drive me wild too. The 25 year olds whose eyes light up when they find out I play EQ. They always assume that because Runescape came out in 2001, that it was the top MMO of the time, and in reality, no one I know played RS. But in their mind it was the first OG / top MMO of the early 2000s. I don't even think it became a thing until much later?

PS. Also in all seriousness, a woman I dated briefly was making fun of me for WoW's graphics and how out-dated they looked a couple of years ago. It reminded me of how WoW players sound when they talk about EQ. Which is ironic.

[Jimjam]

WoW is a new game, and as such fake and no good. Eq is not old, it is just classic.

Please stop hurting my feelings with your comments.

[Toxigen]

asherons call was the best mmo of all time

[Naethyn]

Everyone played world of warcraft. Only true nerds played everquest.

[Rygar]

Originally Posted by Naethyn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Everyone played world of warcraft. Only true nerds played everquest.

This holds true. I remember WoW pulling primetime TV ads with celebrities advertising it, such as Mr. T. It was too mainstream, and they started just feeding the subscription model beast. It became watered down and a shell of it's former self.

There is a reason D&D has stuck around, some people just want community, challenge, lore. EQ tapped into that. It certainly isn't without it's faults, but it remained true to those core 3 values which appeals to the true nerds.

[Toxigen]

Originally Posted by Rygar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This holds true. I remember WoW pulling primetime TV ads with celebrities advertising it, such as Mr. T. It was too mainstream, and they started just feeding the subscription model beast. It became watered down and a shell of it's former self.

There is a reason D&D has stuck around, some people just want community, challenge, lore. EQ tapped into that. It certainly isn't without it's faults, but it remained true to those core 3 values which appeals to the true nerds.

there is zero challenge and lore in eq lmao everyone just min/maxes everything

take off your rose tinted glasses....we're all late 30s+ males with too much time on our hands

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Toxigen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

there is zero challenge and lore in eq lmao everyone just min/maxes everything

take off your rose tinted glasses....we're all late 30s+ males with too much time on our hands

Can’t wait to get a new server and solo a wrongly raced warrior to 60 on najena skeletons and solb sonic bats again. 3 times is not enough to satiate the need.

[Toxigen]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Can’t wait to get a new server and solo a wrongly raced warrior to 60 on najena skeletons and solb sonic bats again. 3 times is not enough to satiate the need.

time invested is not challenge

eq is the easiest game ive ever played

[Ekco]

Originally Posted by Naethyn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Everyone played world of warcraft. Only true nerds played everquest.

nah EQ had tons of normies at first
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Gfay was insane on Fennin ro with people basically just using the game as a chat room and cybering in random huts in Kelethin,Felwithe..etc

[shovelquest]

Originally Posted by Ekco [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Gfay was insane on Fennin ro with people basically just using the game as a chat room and cybering in random huts in Kelethin,Felwithe..etc

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