Where is the quest in Everquest?

[Vonkaar]

Tell you what...

I'll ask the devs to change my name to ! and then I will hang around EC giving out "quests." Hail me sometime and I promise to hook you up. Almost all quests will involve "turning in" varied amounts of platinum and dragon loot, but you'll receive some very real satisfaction upon completion. You'll undoubtedly gain massive XP after killing the many monsters that my quests will require, and just think of the prestige earned by being the first to finish the ! (formerly known as Vonkaar) Epic 3.7 quests. I'll even broadcast via /shout every time a quest is turned in, complete with your name. Afterward, the entire zone can see a Fire Beetle© corpse proudly displayed for 7 minutes to honor your accomplishment. If you /surname, "HeroOfTheVonkaar" or, "ChampionSexy" or, "MootosBitch" you will have a one-of-a-kind title commensurate with your deeds. I have hundreds of titles to hand out so don't fret if you see, "Rogean GnollSpleenCollector" running around. You'll get your title soon enough.

Hail me, I'll be waiting for you.

[Combo]

The quests are in South Qeynos for Gnoll Fangs, Kaladim for Crushbone Belts, and Temple of Soulsek Ro for various toys.

EDIT: Oh wait, you're talking about changing EQ into a more modern MMO style. That's not the point of this server. Part of EQ's charm is that 95% of the quests in the game have an atrocious risk:reward ratio. The other 5% are Gnoll Fangs, Crushbone Belts, Stein of Moggok, Paw of Opalla, the shit in Temple of Solusek Ro, class armor (Crafted for instance) and the Epics.

There are some more I'm forgetting. But the vast, vast, vast majority are "spend 4 hours /played travelling around the world, 10 hours camping a rare spawn, then return its MacGuffin to me for a 4/26 NODROP Magic Shortsword, 1/4th of a blue bubble of xp, and 8 gold."

[Kassel]

There are lots of custom servers in the server select screen.

[toddfx]

While I think introducing any new re-vamped content or game mechanisms into P99 is obviously a horrible idea, I do admit questing has always took a back seat in my EQ experience.

There were certainly exceptions, but for the most part quest criteria just took up space in my bank. I'd constantly run across some interesting NO DROP item, so i'd look it up on Allakhazam.com only to find I need to be 10 levels higher to accomplish it. I'd toss it in the bank with hopes of one day completing the quest, but of course it would never cross my mind again.

Plus there's the hurdle of having to camp mobs for 30+ hours for just 1 of 5 required pieces. By that time it became worth it to just dedicate that time to leveling and looting, which would then give you the plat to just purchase something comparable.

Maybe that's just my playing style, but it is unfortunate.

[Hoggen]

Quests in live classic gave WAY more exp than on P1999. That said, I enjoy the server, and if you want rewards, try Jboots or one of the others that actually produce useful items i.e. Temple of Sol Ro.

[Rhambuk]

I thought EQ had nailed it. I love getting a group sitting in one room and chatting/killing stuff for hours. The wow/eq2 quest system killed me I hated running around for hours solo questing because grouping was worse exp.

I would have loved to have seen more quests in classic eq though, for lore and adventure not for exp they really could have amazing quests with zone lore.

[ooantipostoo]

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Hey,
It's all grinding. And quests barely give any exp for completing them.

This isn't WoW, plenty of quests give good items.

[Uthgaard]

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If you can't find quests, I don't know what to tell you.

[Sparkin]

I hate all WoW-based quest systems with a passion. The first decent future MMO to dump it (they all seem to think that they have to have that to succeed) will probably have the best chance to receive my money every month.

[Rhambuk]

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