Great Players and Fun Gaming

[Toehammer]

I tend to agree that, essentially, MMOs are most fun the first time around. For me, P1999 feels like a second first time if that makes sense. Back in 1999-2002/3 I played on a shitty computer, with a shitty connection. I leveled about 5 characters to mid 20s but kept dying due to lag/choppy graphics. Also, being in high school, my dad wouldn't let me play more than a couple hours a week.

I decided I was gonna buckle down and level a warrior because if I lagged at least the cleric with the good computer would keep healing me and i would be attacking, lol. Literally, that was my logic. Got to level 57, got sick of being LFG for 1/2 my play time and quit EQ cold turkey.

Now on modern computers the game runs flawlessly, and I play a shaman. I explore new zones, can solo, find groups easily. The game is completely different.

However I still remember one of the most fun things back in 2000 was checking all the new items that people discovered every day. Newness is super sweet in MMOs. But if you don't overplay them... the worlds are so big that it always will seem new [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Splorf22]

I tend to agree stormlord, which is why I'm in the a-team trying to kill Overking Bathezid with 5 rather than TMO/BDA/FE trying to kill trak with 30.

However, EQ does not really reward this playstyle. You'll get a lot more mileage out of repeatedly doing the same thing.