Interesting old (but relevant) EQ web paper

[Chanus]

I logged on my first character (rolled in May of 1999) a couple years ago... level 21 with 24 days /played.

It was different back then... leveling was just one of the things you did.

[fischsemmel]

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

I logged on my first character (rolled in May of 1999) a couple years ago... level 21 with 24 days /played.

It was different back then... leveling was just one of the things you did.

This was my experience with my first playing of EQ. I didn't start in classic, it was the very early days of Kunark, but when I played my enchanter back then... it was just to play. It wasn't to level up. I roleplayed, explored, died a lot and spend hours trying to get back to my corpse, tried to sneak into hostile cities with illusions and invis just cause, etc. Along the way I earned some experience and slowly leveled up.

[KilyenaMage]

Everyone will be in Seb / KC. Farming chardok and HS will be $$$.

The variety of items in kunark, especially for melees, is what really makes it so much fun.

In contrast to kunark, velious will be interesting - since there is no level increase.

[Kayd]

I was in a large group of people in EQ that started the day the first retail servers opened, the bulk of whom were starting to hit level 50 around 10 a year. Overcrowding was one reason. I spent more than a week on one level alone hunting centars in the Karans because with over 130 people in the zone it was so hard to find mobs. Kunark changed that, and overcrowding vanished nearly overnight.

I have to say the author of the article may have a point. The word "level grind" did not become real common in the EQ vocabulary until Kunark. The level rate may have crossed a line that some people just couldn't handle.

[Duma]

Thott's an asswipe like Furor. No one with an IQ over 85 took anything they said seriously, except Brad. Everything they said or did was nothing but self promotion and deception to try and weasel their way into furthering their career at the industries expense.