Newbie Zones: Ready for Launch?

[Jibartik]

I have nothing but my memory but my best friend and I that played EQ together played a troll, and I played a dark elf. I leveled in the dark elf area and he leveled in the troll area.

The troll area was like "the place to be" for a noobie. You would get a full set of mesh there leveling (or was it woven?) it was a leather graphic for a caster... We had started over a lot together, and did lan parties on weekends and he would just be like you're wrong, you're wrong, everytime I tried to level anywhere but the swamp. I finally listened and went to the swamp, Id think "man he is right this is the spot!" and got a full inventory of leather graphic armor for my darkelf necro by the time I got him to level 8 there and went back for spells, proudly I wore that armor through the oasis, I remember that trip!!

That armor stuff sold for like a gold+ each!

Id always go to the swamp to level noobies from then on..You made hand over fist plat leveling in that area as a noobie just killing froggies.

I tried bringing a character there because of my memories when I started playing p99 and was like, what the heck this area is the worst! there is nothing to kill but like 2 tads!

Like loramin says, we likely will never prove this one, but idk... I suspect some things may have changed since the old days with regards to some of these noobie zones.

Cant prove it, but my suspicion is now stuck in my brain.

Edit: Or it could have just been that classic effect "46 froglock tads with one AoE!" or maybe that guy litreally did kill 46 froglock tads? I just dont know now....