Is the server overpopulated? Or is it something more?

[iruinedyourday]

permadeath server

[Eliseus]

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

permadeath server

It's actually kind of interesting. Wonder if they ever will release classic servers with different rules like this. One thing I have always liked about EQ vs other games that I play is EQ is the only people to release servers that aren't the norm.

[rollin5k]

Just make a new character, max your agi and dex. Do not accept money or twink. Level only in the most inefficient places and beg others to join you. Don't rush and don't try to get exp too much. pretend your stupid and fish allot while roleplaying

[Portasaurus]

Originally Posted by rollin5k [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

pretend your stupid and fish allot while roleplaying

[iruinedyourday]

Eq is 100% what you make of it. Dont ever forget that.

[Taeoz]

People make their own fun. For me, it's about getting to play in Norrath again, seeing the old familiar places. The magic that made EQ so amazing the first time around, the newness of it all - well, that can't be recaptured anymore, until they figure out some new technology (Oculus Rift might be going in that direction). And after the surprise had worn off, it was the people, the community that kept me playing EQ more than the actual game play. It remains to be seen, if it is the same way here.

As for the game play, well...I quite like twinking and making alts. My "twinking" is pretty tame compared to the P1999 veterans - but I've managed to make some plats with my Leatherfoot hat trade (though I lost about 9k's worth in a ground transfer, lol). And when I make those alts, I try to level them up in different areas. If I find a quest item, I'll look it up in the wiki and if it seems interesting, I'll probably do it - even if it isn't beneficial to me in any way. That's me, experiencing the content, the way I want to.

I sort of get it though, what you're saying. I myself don't find it especially fun, to try and kill orcs with a rusty sword. I much prefer slicing them up with a Green Jade Broadsword. But if I have that sword at lvl5, then I won't have much of a progression in weapons during my play - I'll keep using that sword until the endgame, unless I farm up enough money to buy a better one. I definitely won't be upgrading it from drops. And that does remove some of the fun, when killing mobs - if all they can yield is experience and some coins, then it is just a grind. But I still find that preferable to trying to kill things with shitty gear. I mean, even as twinked as my characters may be, there is still plenty of risk and difficulty in the game to keep things interesting.

My suggestion would be to try and find those like-minded people and then go group up in Splitpaw or whatever. And if you play with the same group of people, who are not already twinked to the stratosphere, then you won't have to deal with that issue so much. At least, that is my plan, as soon as I get my altitis under control and start leveling up one or two of my characters. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

tl;dr - *shrug* Concentrate on the positives, not the negatives. It's still a free server in which you can experience most of the classic EQ stuff. Just try and squeeze out every ounce of satisfaction from it, that you can.

[Aveenia]

One thing that is recaptured from the original... Kithicor still scares the S*** out of me.

[Zulzephur - Tarew Marr]

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

One thing that is recaptured from the original... Kithicor still scares the S*** out of me.

LFay for me also... god damn brownies piss me off.

[Susvain2]

Ive done many groups in splitpaw and cazic thule while level appropriate. Both were some of the most fun ive ever had on the server.

Let me tell you youre problem OP, you dont start youre on groups and ya dont make like minded friends. Most people are so excited and thankful when they get a random invite to a dungeon. I explain this to so many people. Just start spamming /who all class + level range and send tons of tells out. The group fills up in a few minutes or atleast you get 3-4 people and you can start. You start to make a network and remember the names of people who are fun to group with and you meet them daily. I do this on every damn toon. Been doing upper guk for a few days in a row on my sk and had alot of friends with me each day.

You also need to join an active leveling guild. In Harmony we were excited to get on teamspeak and do paw, ct, najena, guk, droga, every rare dungeon there is. I have alot of memories and stories about naivgating start to finish of split paw with a group of 30s and none of us had been there before. Or letting a crocodile run in CT and bringing a huge train back down on the bottom floors. We had 10+ people go from 15-50ish together doing all the obscure camps and dungeons in the game. We made epic experiences out of dungeon crawling noobie dungeons.

Take some blame for you not enjoying the game and do somethin about it

[Kye1709]

Originally Posted by Susvain2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ive done many groups in splitpaw and cazic thule while level appropriate. Both were some of the most fun ive ever had on the server.

Let me tell you youre problem OP, you dont start youre on groups and ya dont make like minded friends. Most people are so excited and thankful when they get a random invite to a dungeon. I explain this to so many people. Just start spamming /who all class + level range and send tons of tells out. The group fills up in a few minutes or atleast you get 3-4 people and you can start. You start to make a network and remember the names of people who are fun to group with and you meet them daily. I do this on every damn toon. Been doing upper guk for a few days in a row on my sk and had alot of friends with me each day.

You also need to join an active leveling guild. In Harmony we were excited to get on teamspeak and do paw, ct, najena, guk, droga, every rare dungeon there is. I have alot of memories and stories about naivgating start to finish of split paw with a group of 30s and none of us had been there before. Or letting a crocodile run in CT and bringing a huge train back down on the bottom floors. We had 10+ people go from 15-50ish together doing all the obscure camps and dungeons in the game. We made epic experiences out of dungeon crawling noobie dungeons.

Take some blame for you not enjoying the game and do somethin about it

This.