It's funny how the times have changed...

[HeallunRumblebelly]

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

I felt eq was more about persistence. How much could you put up with before you just quit. Wow and some other games were more the no-life phase because they didn't actively try to make you quit. wow was an easy game to play for years because nothing ever happened really that made you feel like "wow I give up". Eq does that to me every day. When I die and respawn zones away and losing a few hours of exp it makes me want to just not play anymore at all. But then I remember there is nothing else like eq so I calm down and try again the next day or in a few hours.

I would have liked an mmo that captured the essense of eq while cutting down the brutality of the game. A lot of times when I play everquest the game tries really hard to make me quit. And my 12 year old self did end up quitting because I didn't have the ability to deal with all the crap the game threw at me at that age. Now that I'm older I'm better able to deal with the challenges in the game but at times I still make mistakes and feel crushed.

If you die and respawn zones away you were unprepared. Most people on p99 are still just fucking terrible, really. Even leveling pre kunark, it was rare to die if you leveled with the right people and took the right precautions. And our kill ability by kunark standards was just terrible.