Anyone else started EQ in P99? - Page 4

Vexenu · #31 04-23-2019, 09:48 PM

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A friend of mine (who I had moved away from in '92), tracked the progress of the game on Usenet for years, and both (eventually) got on the game the day it opened. I created a human rogue and he created a human cleric. At some point during the first week we got into an argument, because he was obsessed with knowing when I was poisoned, even the weakest of poisons, and we got into an argument when I stopped telling him about the short duration poisons that did next to no damage, so that he wouldn't waste all his mana curing them. He basically just rage quit that day, and I never saw or heard from him again, LOL.

Your friend just wanted to roleplay as a poison curing specialist and you denied him that. Early EQ had all kinds of weird role playing like that. I remember some people played Monks and refused to equip any items whatsoever. Let's not even get started on the Warriors who rolled small races and stacked AGI because they thought it made them harder to hit.

d3r14k · #32 04-23-2019, 10:06 PM

I remember a dude who would only use rapiers and role-played as a fencer. He was a good lad.

Swish2 · #33 04-24-2019, 05:21 AM

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I remember a dude who would only use rapiers and role-played as a fencer. He was a good lad.

Whatever happened to him? Dare I ask.

d3r14k · #34 04-24-2019, 09:19 AM

He got stabbed in the heart by a better fencer.

I'm not sure though, really. We were friends in live and then we lost touch. Two roleplayers passing in the night.

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Secrets · #35 04-24-2019, 09:37 AM

Threads like these are why I wanted to contribute in the first place to P99: I hope that future generations and those who didn't get the opportunity get to try this wonderful game out.

Caillou · #36 04-24-2019, 09:57 AM

Saw the commercials for the game when I was 7-8 but never got into it. Saw a post on something awful years and years ago now asking for people to join in a rush on this new Everquest classic pvp server called red. Been in love since albeit not always happily.

Edwadragon · #37 04-24-2019, 06:02 PM

Grew an interest in eq when i was around 6-8 watching my uncle and babysitter's son play (i was a super easy kid to baby sit, literally just watched other people play video games..). Wasn't allowed to play because I was too young but I remember my uncle letting me give it a go when I was 8 ish toward when he quit playing. It was a thanksgiving dinner and I remember being ecstatic that he said I could try it. played for hours! went up for dinner, ate as quick as I could then ran back down to play till we had to leave. After watching what felt like hundreds of hours of the game, I was so ready. I buckled down and played the living heck out of that Shadowknight. I don't remember what level I got too, obviously not far but it was enough. I never got to play EQ again, continued to watch till my uncle quit and changed babysitters when I changed schools and it was out of my life... but the passion was still there....

Fast forward a few years and for christmas when I was 12 I got a bit of cash. Boxing day we went shopping and I strolled through electronics and WoW caught my eye. Of course at this time it was still vanilla... and I had JUST got a new computer (new to me, it was pretty junky). Asked my dad to read the requirements for the game and when he said it should work i bought it with just about all of the money I was given because it didn't need a credit card. I felt like I beat the system! I was never allowed to play MMOs because of a credit card but WoW could use pre-paid time cards!

So at this point... WoW was king to me. Played that game like it mattered. Had two friends who were always on right after school like me and we had the time of our life. Life went on and I got a newer computer and started trying other MMOs. Part way through BC I quit WoW (for the first of probably 6 or 7 times) and I jumped on every damn new MMO that came out. I could easily say without counting I've played over 25 MMOs (certainly didnt lvl cap every one) over the last 15 or so years but never even considered going back to try original EQ (but from what everyone is say i didn't miss alot). Everything from Korean grind fests to cartoon Weeb food but WoW was always what I went back to. It was just right... for so long... but as I'm sure everyone knows that game has slowly treaded down the path of entertainment rather than achievement (no i dont mean the achievement system, I want the weapon I'm holding to say I slayed a dragon, not some stupid digital plaque).

So friends... and after jumping into p99 2 months or so ago, and meeting great people that I play with night after night, and seeing repeat faces in our favorite camps, I truly feel I can say "friends". I have to say I truly feel like I have found the experience I have been longing for since the first time I quit WoW. I just dinged 30 last night on my Enchanter, Cathodin, committing genocide to the goblins under highkeep and I am still loving every second. I feel a bit like when I finally hit the level cap on my main I will have completed a very large chapter in my life going all the way back to when I was watching other people play the game and I got to give it that short try... It's actually almost a little nerve wracking... but damn it, is it fun.

More on enertainment vs achievement... all of the best stories are forged in adversity. Recent MMO developers seem to not realize this.... they look at adversity as the death of entertainment. When I walk into work in the morning and I chat about EQ, there's always a small recount of the more spectacular deaths (or not so spectacular ones... like using my new troll illusion in Erudin after buying it...) or close calls that truly leave lasting memories.

TLDR; pretty much started EQ here after seeing it as a kid and I love it. Also, bring adversity back to the MMO genre.... look at the dark souls series... obviously there's a market for those that want a challenge or to beat their head against a wall...

Sonark · #38 04-24-2019, 08:53 PM

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TLDR; pretty much started EQ here after seeing it as a kid and I love it. Also, bring adversity back to the MMO genre.... look at the dark souls series... obviously there's a market for those that want a challenge or to beat their head against a wall...

All of that exists on Live.

Literally all of it.

This p99 elitism is really peculiar.

Edwadragon · #39 04-24-2019, 09:08 PM

Well to be completely fair to live, I havn't played it sinse that time when i was 8... so i suppose when I'm done here (which I imagine I will eventually be) I'll give it a go as well.

d3r14k · #40 04-25-2019, 09:13 AM

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All of that exists on Live.

Literally all of it.

This p99 elitism is really peculiar.

I think where a lot of the P99 elitism comes from is that Live seems like it has driven itself so far from the source. Yes, the content is still there, but it's such a deviation from what it used to be. Compound that with the mish-mash of features that came out over however many expansions and it's just a jumble of unplayable nonsense. In Live's rush to stay relevant, it tried to take facets from modern MMOs and cram them into EverQuest.

If I wanted to play a modern MMO, I'd play one (but none are very good, which is why I'm here until *cough* Pantheon 2026).

I'd also argue that there isn't much adversity left in Live, but I'll concede that I could be wrong there because I haven't played it in ages.

Just my two cents. If someone enjoys Live, I won't lambaste them for it. I just look at it and see it as an abomination and know it won't ever be for me.