EverQuest Hoaxes

[Aabdel]

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

I still believe the angle your facing affects your chance to hit a mob. And you'll see me constantly turn back and forth slightly, just to find that sweet spot

haha definitely did this too, but it was more about distance to/from the mob. and i still do it out of habit. i always look like i'm humping my target's leg

[t0lkien]

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

Uh, one of the first players to attempt the monk epic and 18 months of work lost? Well that just doesn't work.

Oops yes, I meant 8 - fixed now (and even that might be too much). I've looked for the original link about this, but can't find it.

[Meiva]

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

Oh and silent faction hits with Druids for killing bears...

Ugh... This isn't true?.. Rolled a druid for some fun this past week and I haven't killed any bears/wolves for fear of this.

I am far more gullible than I had thought...

[t0lkien]

BTW, this is probably not what you were looking for, but it was still a quite famous "hoax":

http://www.salon.com/2000/11/21/virtual_suicide/

[Meiva]

Originally Posted by t0lkien [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

BTW, this is probably not what you were looking for, but it was still a quite famous "hoax":

http://www.salon.com/2000/11/21/virtual_suicide/

You are awesome! This inspired me to post. I first watched a vid on console game hoaxes, and then googled EQ hoaxes. This is pretty much the only thing that showed up [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

*Edit* Cnt' taalk twsingt... Probably my favorite sig (yes I get it).

[Ryba]

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

there might not be hundreds, but there are a bunch

just one that i stumbled on earlier today: http://wiki.project1999.org/The_Whistling_Fists

there's a lot more if you peek around.

Maybe you already know this, but Whistling Fists eventually made it into the game. That may have been a placeholder for step 1 of the quest that was later redesigned as a continuation of the shackle quests.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=10340

Sort of shitty item, but it was an awesome quest. One of the saddest facts about p99 is that the iksar demi-epic quests fall outside the timeline. I thought I was so cool in Luclin with my epic fists, robe of the whistling fists, shackle of tynnonium and whistling fists. I was, however, not cool at all.

[pasi]

If you're checking out unfinished quests, go on a live server and tell Sontalak 'The King is Dead.'

[Messie]

this thread is very cool. loving it . never heard the kelethin tree one...thank god, would have been running into trees all day.

My favorite was definitely the ToFS secret floor. I used to camp that place on all floors on live. it was my favorite zone because it was the first time i heard about a "unsolved secret" of EQ that I could make an effort to crack. Although ive read places that they say it doesnt exist in the code or whatever, i still believe, man.

[uygi]

The idea that new mobs couldn't pop unless you looted the old corpses.

Then there were the early days when the passages through the sewers of Qeynos and Freeport were virtually unknown. I couldn't convince people there was a back way to North Freeport that bypassed the Freeport Militia.

I remember doing jewelcraft very early on... I had to actually explain what the stats did or people wouldn't buy. This one guy in GFay very loudly kept proclaiming that increased INT/WIS wouldn't increase your mana pool because only starting INT/WIS gave mana. The idiots believed him and I couldn't sell any more that day.

I started playing live in beta and don't really remember exactly when these were really believed.

While not a hoax/confusion/misconception, also have to remember the days of /corpse giving loot permission- it's probably the single biggest classic element of the game that P99 missed. I think I only got scammed out of all my shit one time.

[foldupmonk]

It might have later been finished....IDK really but this zone shall play a part in this server. Plane of Mischief anyone?