So how many of you will really go to green?

[Mblake81]

I want to relive a classic EQ memory. Seeing a necro camping the freeport gate guards, the pet was casting a floating skull spell. I was so confused. I want to be that necro now.

-Nerf Soulfire & Recharges for green. Too many power gamers know of them.

[Xallis]

paying for 3 phone lines so you can talk to people while playing is definitely classic

[Mblake81]

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

paying for 3 phone lines so you can talk to people while playing is definitely classic

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It's why we only have a single chat box, they figured we would be chatting on the phone with people around the globe.

One of the reasons frequently cited for the decline of the genre is the contemperaneous rise of social media. It's become a truism to assert that turn-of-the-century MMORPGs were the social media of their day. For many people, playing an online game provided their first and for a while their only experience of talking in real time to friends and strangers around the world.

This is entirely true. What's less well-reported, I think, is the focus the primitive technology of the late 20th and very early 21st centuries brought to the mix. In those increasingly difficult to remember days we tended to do one thing at a time. Well, perhaps not one. Fewer, though. Certainly fewer. If you played EverQuest you had to concentrate on that. There were consequences if you let your attention slide. Corpse runs. Experience loss. Misery and despair.

More than that, the game itself resisted distraction. You could not tab out to look something up on Allakhazam let alone check your email. EverQuest could not be windowed. It used all your screen space and all your processing power. You played it until you'd had enough then you closed the program and did something else.

[gl0ri0s0]

Never played a druid, necro or enchanter in all my years of playing. Even retail. But come green I will have a druid & necro. Still skeered to play chanter. Too much responsibility..... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Quinas]

I initially said I wouldn't focus much on Green (and wrote about it). But a few months away from Blue has meant my connection to those characters is slightly less strong, and I am ready for a new challenge.

Also I logged into my Ench last night and noticed a hotbar gone so I'd basically have to change my muscle memory anyway now. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Might as well reroll right??

[Chortles Snort|eS]

if u no QuiT bLuE foR gReeN
u R no aBouT eVeQueSt

[Gustoo]

I think the only people with anything to lose is folks closing in on BIS status on blue, who really care about that.

For everyone else I don't see how green has a downside and it's a once in a blue moon experience.

[Deathrydar]

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

I think the only people with anything to lose is folks closing in on BIS status on blue, who really care about that.

For everyone else I don't see how green has a downside and it's a once in a blue moon experience.

If there are more than 1500 players online at one time, that is a true downside!

[magusfire24]

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

If there are more than 1500 players online at one time, that is a true downside!

Nice thing about EQ is if you try hard enough you can always find a place to exp that isnt crowded. There are some very out of the way areas I know of.

[Deathrydar]

Originally Posted by magusfire24 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nice thing about EQ is if you try hard enough you can always find a place to exp that isnt crowded. There are some very out of the way areas I know of.

I know. But, first, the chances of no one else knowing about those locations is pretty slim.

Secondly, there aren't many of those locations on the original three continents.

Well, Odus isn't even really a continent as it has like three zones so we really only have two continents.