The moment you knew...

[azeth]

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

All I ever did was run her back and forth from Qeynos to Surefall Glade, killing small snakes and gnolls. Mostly I just pretended I was going on fishing trips and fished off the docks in SFG.

i love this.

[hedbonker]

Does anyone remember how scary it was at the time to kill a kobald, watch it die then gasp when its arm flew up again for one last strike? lol

First time I saw a Kobold was in SolB - That final paw swipe scared the crap out of me LOL.

[nicemace]

soloing frenzy with my necro and causing so much greif. was mad fun times. people had no idea you could do such a thing.

[Taluvill]

When i was sitting outside of surefall, and after having watched the Millers like they were gods (they were the first non gm/guard that was red that I had seen) and watching a necromancer solo them both simultaneously... that was incredible.

Also, running up to the big skele spot on the hill and watching the skeletons that looked like corpses come to life and beat the piss out of me. that was scary.

[Exavus]

I saw a few people that worked at a used game store playing EQ and I watched a few times and was amazed that there were other people online playing with them. I convinced my mom to let me get it and started it right up.

My first character was a Human Warrior and my graphics card was pretty bad so it was really laggy, but I was impressed by the game and the graphics were really good for 99/2000. I killed a ton of rats in Freeport until I couldn't level off them anymore and made friends with a few other newbies in the same area. I hung out there like it was my home and tried to help other people kill rats and orc pawns. Then I figured I might as well look at new areas.

I zoned into East Commonlands and looked around and saw all the trees.. A vast forest waiting to be explored and I was just amazed at how huge it was. I went further in to find tons of people running around, casting spells on each other.. I had no idea there were spells in the game and never really saw any until then. I grouped at an orc camp some then explored more.

I came across East Commonlands Tunnel and was amazed at how many people were there. At this point I realized this game was truely a gem and had hooked me from that point on followed by 4 years of a wonderful love/hate relationship with the game.

<i>Now....</i>

I found p99 and thought that this was too good to be true. I made a Human Warrior and started in freeport... I looked and I saw people leveling up on rats... wandering around.. High levels by the gate buffing people... I almost shed a tear.

I went into EC and ran to the tunnel to see at least 50 people. My heart was pounding and I realized that this gem lives on in other people too and not just mine.

[Aaryn]

When I saw my RL friend in Full Plate that he had bought from a merchant , a DE Cleric named Filter Soulblighter. I thought to myself OMG HE IS A GOD, I must have a set just like it!!!

[fugazi]

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

Does anyone remember how scary it was at the time to kill a kobald, watch it die then gasp when its arm flew up again for one last strike? lol

Hehe, not that she thought it was scary but my girlfriend killed her first kobold yesterday and mentioned exactly that.

I started getting interested in shit like AD&D, Warhammer and the likes at the age of 12. Then a friend of mine showed this awesome game he got from his parents. He played a human paladin and was just able to solo giant scarabs in the Ro deserts. I told him, move over, and rolled a trullish shaman because they looked menacing. The trull did not disappoint, though my main character a year and half or so later became a trull shadowknight. I can't ever forgive Sony for fucking up the trull model with Luclin, though they pretty much fucked up ALL models with Luclin. Seriously, who over at Sony thought that any of those models were a fucking improvement? The Velious armor sets, those were improvements.

[Tamika]

I knew the moment I joined a server and that classic everquest loading music blasted out of my tiny speakers (:

[Qaedain]

I stumbled upon Kelethin after slapping wasps, wolves and skellies for an hour or two.

The music. The people. The majesty. I was sold. I played for 5 years until I hung it up in 2004 for WoW.

[corradojeff]

EQ was the first MMORPG I really played. I had tried a mud or two when I was 11 or 12 and didn't get in to it much. I tried UO and didn't like it. When I was 15 my Dad and Uncle played EQ and I watched them a lot. With only one PC in the house and my dad playing EQ most of the time I didnt make a character. I got hooked just from watching him FD his monk. When he started to slow down on play time I made a character and played for a long time afterwards.

This leads me to a slightly off topic question:

Do you think the next generation has the same feeling about today's MMO's? What I mean is: did EQ give us this great feeling that no other game can give us because it was our first 3D MMO?

The reason I ask is because other people I talk to that started on WoW, or some other game, don't really like EQ. I wonder if they got those same feelings from their first game of choice. Or could they ge that feeling now from EQ if they would give it a chance.