Where was your live EC tunnel

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

EC tunnel on Cazic Thule.

Iirc Gfay and NFP had some activity just not as much.

[Duckwalk]

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

2 zones from good bank
2 zones from evil bank(and evils can use NFP bank easily)
1 zone from 3 wizard ports
1 zone from 1 druid port
2 zones from Boat to other continent.

Using NFP as common trading ground :

Same zone banking for good and evil.
2 zones away from Wiz and Druid ports.
1 zone away from boat.

Plus the giant headache with traveling with large amounts of pvp is negated.

[myriverse]

On Nameless, it was EC tunnel (and by the time I started, in Sep 1999, it was jam packed). And nearly every time I went through GFay (which wasn't that often) it was dead.

[Taeoz]

NFP on Saryrn. Luclin was released so quickly after AB opened, that I don't think I ever got a chance to shop in EC - until now.

[Tecmos Deception]

NFP was Saryrn's tunnel. It had plusses and minuses really. You were farther from ports but closer to a bank. Remember that back in the day most people kept all their pp in the bank of their main, not on a mule sitting somewhere. Also, far fewer people would grind NFP faction up/tag lucan, far fewer people would use invis items like larrikan mask or whatever, far fewer people knew about banking through walls, etc.

NFP is where P99's tunnel should be.

[Obwin]

NFP on Mithaniel Marr, it was awesome. Banking / market should be in a city IMO. Behind the jade tiger was a big hangout and sewers for evils. Also people constantly dueling / fight club in sewers.

[Nubben]

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

NFP is where P99's tunnel should be.

[myriverse]

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

NFP on Mithaniel Marr, it was awesome. Banking / market should be in a city IMO. Behind the jade tiger was a big hangout and sewers for evils. Also people constantly dueling / fight club in sewers.

EQ tends to lack many of the real world things that influence where markets start. But EC was a natural crossroads, where markets would usually arise in ancient times. You had people from FP, Neriak, places west, Ro and beyond, plus proximity to not just one bank.

On most servers, race is meaningless to PCs, so it doesn't make much sense to exclude a large part of your customers by selling in a city. Markets tend to be very neutral places by nature.

I think I only ever went to NFP twice on Live, and once was an accent with my SK... and I died. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Kekephee]

Solusek Ro: Gfay


EC tunnel is a pretty stupid place to trade, honestly. Someone in this thread mentioned that it's "two zones away from a good bank and an evil bank and one zone away from ports" and all that is true, except have you ever made the trip from EC tunnel to NFP or Neriak on an overencumbered character? It is so fucking far. Gfay made even less sense, so I'm not saying we were doing it right, just that EC is pretty bad.


I think Toxx would be a better place to trade. It's smaller so it's easier to run across to get to good/evil cities, and the ports are completely right there.

[Thulack]

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

Solusek Ro: Gfay


EC tunnel is a pretty stupid place to trade, honestly. Someone in this thread mentioned that it's "two zones away from a good bank and an evil bank and one zone away from ports" and all that is true, except have you ever made the trip from EC tunnel to NFP or Neriak on an overencumbered character? It is so fucking far. Gfay made even less sense, so I'm not saying we were doing it right, just that EC is pretty bad.


I think Toxx would be a better place to trade. It's smaller so it's easier to run across to get to good/evil cities, and the ports are completely right there.

Ive banked multiple times in NFP running from EC on Evil and good toons while encumbered. It's called fake trade trick and strafe running. But when i do this i usually ask the person why they dont just have a mule in EC to hold all their stuff and they can't ever give a good answer lol. keep 500-1k in your bank for CR's, recharges and leave the rest on a Mule in EC.