Worst town layout?

[Kesselring]

Originally Posted by lowner411 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In all this, I don't think anyone ever mentioned Kaladim. My first character on Everquest live was a dwarf paladin, and I could never figure out why the Paladin guild was two zones and in the very back end of the zone.

Kaladim also sucks if ur any class taller than a dark elf.

[relentlessimp]

Do we need to stick to classic towns? Because the revamped Freeport on Live is fucking terrible. It's ugly, it's haphazard, and it's just a goddamned eyesore on the face of Norrath. Everything is needlessly complicated and ornate and they couldn't even make it pretty, just gaudy. But nobody cares because EC is no longer trade capital of the world, so they just fucked up a perfectly good town.

Sticking to classic, I'd have to just say that Halas is the most irritating city. Take a boat ride, run around, everything is white, white, white, everything looks the same, there's no distinction between the Warrior guild, the Shaman guild, and the Rogue guild, oh and they're all on wildly differing factions that go up and down in very different places so it can quickly turn into a goddamned death trap too.

[Sage Truthbearer]

The city layouts in EQ are garbage but isn't that one of the charms about the game? The learning process of figuring out where you're supposed to buy your spells, getting attacked by a random NPC in your own starting city because you ran into the wrong guild hall, etc.

[jakerees]

Just want to say that if you also consider how things are on live now vs. the classic p99, I absolutely HATE the revamped Freeport. I know the classic Freeport like the back of my hand, sewers and all, but I get lost constantly just trying to find my way through the new Freeport to certain things

[Gumbo]

Two zones that come to mind would be the passage ways of Everfrost and High Pass.

I used to get lost for hours in Everfrost when I was a newbie Barbarian Shaman. I can now run from zone to zone with my eyes closed in High Pass but that after killing enough Orcs and Gnolls.

[Sonark]

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

The city layouts in EQ are garbage but isn't that one of the charms about the game? The learning process of figuring out where you're supposed to buy your spells, getting attacked by a random NPC in your own starting city because you ran into the wrong guild hall, etc.

Disagree.

Cabilis is excellent.

[Jimjam]

I like the organic feeling town plans of the classic cities. It feels like these citys grew from small settlements, not planned as part of fake reality.

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

Take a boat ride, run around, everything is white, white, white, everything looks the same.

Pretty much one of the big reasons why I never bought velious on live, not until well after LoY was released.

How on earth could it be interesting to stretch Halas/Everfrost/Permafrost (including the stupid opposing faction system from Halas) into one huge expansion.

Having played it now on p99 I admit there are a couple of interesting dungeon lay outs, but the expansion is basically just one poop socked pixel piñata and I'm glad I stuck to mostly vanilla with a little bit of kunark back in the day!

[Sage Truthbearer]

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

Disagree.

Cabilis is excellent.

Cabilis is probably the worst city in the game. No music. Dull. Boring. Everything is the same color. At least other cities have personality.

[bum3]

Kelethin hands down. Wait.. what i'm needing is below me? How?!? Jump off 5ft onto platform below and take 400dmg... dead.

[Mortiis]

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

All of them.

There is not one single town that comes to mind that is laid out in anything approaching a useful or realistic layout.

I find the "easiest" to be Erudin, kelethin, and Rivervale but none of those are very good either.

Agree with Qeynos as the worst.

Winner for best town:
Grobb wins hands down. Impossible to get lost. Easiest to navigate and best town in game.