I noticed a lot of military folk enjoy EQ...why is that?

[iruinedyourday]

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

I am an active duty person in the military and I can give you a couple of good reasons.

1. Big open spaces- as opposed to where I currently live out of a 2.5ftx6ftx2ft box where I sleep and all of my shit is kept, and I can only go at most ~500 ft in one direction and ~100 ft in another (soon to change because I am about to come back from deployment YAY!). EQ on the other hand is a vast world that has a sandbox element to it where you can explore just about anywhere, and have the freedom to do just about anything, something which no other game really offers at such a massive scale.

2.In the military you are not given many personal freedoms, at all you are told what to wear, your appearance is dictated 100%, only allowed to eat at certain times and only what they offer. In EQ I can make a shaggedy assed halfling and run around buck naked, drunk, beating fire beetles with a stick to my hearts content and no one can tell me otherwise.

But that is just my two cents.

haha I like that second cent.. its very endearing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] what classic eq is all about! runnin around killin beetles!

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[Alexakis]

Personally, I played and loved EQ as a young teenage so the nostalgia is a huge part for me for playing P99 as an active duty Soldier.

Now plenty of the Soldiers in the battery I command play a lot of CoD/BF4, LoL, and WoW.

Currently, I also play TESO with a few of my friends from IRL/P99. Always loved me some Bethesda!

[Bazia]

u musta been in a long time ago fuck fuck games is pretty damn common terminology

[Valdarious]

Yeah, I was in twice. 90-94 and again from 2003-06.

[Brynnag]

I started playing EQ in 2001 while stationed in Korea. Was awesome being able to talk to normal people that didnt hold every day conversations in army infantry jargon. Also to see something (even if simulated) other than squinty eyed koreans who are always angry or dykes in BDU's.

I actually made a lifelong internet pal while playing on my first character ever in NRO

[Destron]

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

Also to see something (even if simulated) other than squinty eyed koreans who are always angry or dykes in BDU's.

L.O.L.

[Faisca]

Interesting thread.

I had noticed this before too, and I always thought the draw was in the similarities EQ has with the military life, you know, being involved in guilds and raids sometimes feels like being in the army. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Valdarious]

I was already back from a tour in Saudi and having a great time in Germany. I mostly played EQ because of my love of DnD and midevil fantasy stuff. I was running a computer gaming center at the time so I was able to play all day while I worked.

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

It's like that with a lot of games from what I can tell.

I played the shit outta borderlands 2 with a serviceman who didn't want to leave base and go get drunk.

[Cistern]

Military life is hard, I assume. I also assume the nostalgia plays a huge part and offers a great deal of solace to their tiresome minds.