New to EQ!

Darreth · #1 11-14-2013, 03:09 PM

Yes, believe it or not, I have NEVER played any of the EverQuest games.

I'm tired of current MMORPG's. They're just blah. I've played WoW for too long and nothing else can hold my attention longer than a couple of weeks.

So after a couple of days of research, I've stumbled upon P1999. I hear not only is EQ a great game all in all, but P1999 is doing it right. The live version of EQ is no good (so I hear) so I'll be making P1999 Blue (I believe that is the PvE server) my home for now.

I look forward to getting ingame here within the next few hours and meeting new friends, and experiencing what I've been missing out on for all these years!

Cheers everyone, to a new beginning! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

xnolanx · #2 11-14-2013, 03:12 PM

Welcome!

Be sure to drop your in-game name in the thread once you get started, and I'll try to help you out a little on your first day..

indiscriminate_hater · #3 11-14-2013, 03:15 PM

Hell yea, great to hear it. And welcome.

EQ is a very challenging and sometimes unforgiving game, but if you stick around long enough you will find out that these are some of the reasons why it's such a great game.

RoboClam · #4 11-14-2013, 03:15 PM

Be prepared to be transported to a time before all those luxuries existed, like maps and compasses and quest logs.

EQ is an imperfect game that frustrated even a returning veteran like myself. But the longer I play it, the more those imperfections seem less like flaws and more like video games ought to be. This game is immersive, a world you truly must enter and understand to enjoy. I've tried introducing numerous friends who can't get past level 1 because they get bored, or irritated, and go back to those flashy games they are used to.

Too bad, I say.

Darreth · #5 11-14-2013, 03:21 PM

I'm ready for the challenge! I'm tired of the hand-holding, non-challenging game that WoW and many other games are today. I'm ready to be immersed and sucked into a world again!

I'm so pumped just thinking about it, the chance to really be amazed by a game again. As soon as I get ingame I'll stop by this thread and put my IGN here. Hopefully I can get Darreth.

And thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

Crede · #6 11-14-2013, 03:28 PM

Let me know if you need any suggestion on race/classes to start with. I'm assuming you've seen the wiki, it has a pretty good writeup on all of that also.

Nice to see a nice face, I don't believe there's a better game that will ever exist than classic EQ.

Yumyums Inmahtumtums · #7 11-14-2013, 03:32 PM

I got one of my coworkers to join and he never played as we. Is now level 20 and enjoying the shit out of it.

Prepare for good times.

Should also note that my friend had also never played MMOs before so he is a true newb.

Estu · #8 11-14-2013, 03:34 PM

Check out this guide: http://wiki.project1999.com/Players:Newbie

ctechguy · #9 11-14-2013, 03:44 PM

Relatively new here as well. I started playing last week, and have played a few sessions so far.

Really excited that this exists, and that there are people who not only put in so much time and effort into the emulation, but that there are so many people who enjoy it. It's very easy to get immersed in the environment.

In the old days of 1999-2000, I played the same character as I'm playing now. A 35th level gnome enchanter. I created and ran the guild Magi Discordia on the Quellious server, which consumed a lot of time and was much fun.

So I'm Lumbo again, 5th level gnome enchanter hanging out around Orc Hill and Kelethin, and having a great time so far. Say hello if you run into me!

One last thing, I wanted to say thanks to whoever came by and gave me that Crude Stein last night. It was extremely kind, and you were gone so quick I didn't have time to get your name. Thank you.

Cheers!

Kekoa · #10 11-14-2013, 03:45 PM

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

I got one of my coworkers to join and he never played as we. Is now level 20 and enjoying the shit out of it.

Prepare for good times.

Should also note that my friend had also never played MMOs before so he is a true newb.

Being a "true newb" was so fun when I started EverQuest, plus I was in 3rd grade so I was practically a newb to reality, learning english and improving my typing on EverQuest, understanding and spelling words on spelling tests that I learned from EQ... Heh.