What was it like in 1999

[Tumdumm]

[QUOTE=Hoggen;226453Starting in Neriak. Giving up because you couldn't find your way out of Neriak.[/QUOTE]

ha! i even had the map printed out, totally deleted that dark elf necro i made first

[azeth]

i remember suddenly ending up with some badass lowbie gear due to drive by twink/quest help from some higher levels. Was around level 9 with a Short Sword of Morin, Full Banded, and a PGT bagged.

[spok]

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

ha! i even had the map printed out, totally deleted that dark elf necro i made first

Yep, my first toon was a DE Necro. My first night was getting lost in Neriak for hours....I was still enthused by the game. Then....enter the newbie log. Why is this skeleton attacking me! AHH where did all my stuff go when I died?!

Needless to say I never found that characters corpse, deleted that toon then I rolled a human bard and life was easier.

[Darian]

Ragequitting my first two characters because they were Barbarian and Erudite, had no night vision, and could not find my way past the newbie zones' winding zonelines. Kept zoning back and forth in the dark. Problem was finally solved after some mysterious higher level character gave me a lantern (AND a Runed Totem Staff aka the best weapon ever made ever).

Getting a huge rush when I looted Polar Bear skins in Everfrost because I knew about the super secret Halas quest for leather armor.

Hitting level 9, getting SoW, making the absolutely terrifying run from Halas to Freeport while tracking my progress on my handy cloth map. Seeing the Highpass Ramp and being completely blown away at how cool it was to be climbing up to the top of the EQ world.

[Lazortag]

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

Ragequitting my first two characters because they were Barbarian and Erudite, had no night vision, and could not find my way past the newbie zones' winding zonelines.

Do we have (impaired) night vision implemented on this server?

[hateshadow]

Making a high elf paladin.
Falling in the river in Felwithe.
Drowning because I could not figure out quickly enough how to swim.

[Aarone]

This...

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

Seeing the Highpass Ramp and being completely blown away at how cool it was to be climbing up to the top of the EQ world.

And this...

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

Making a high elf paladin.
Falling in the river in Felwithe.
Drowning because I could not figure out quickly enough how to swim.

Along with dieing COUNTLESS times to lag in Kelethin going up and down on those lifts, as a result of my PC not being able to handle EQ's graphics. I eventually started running to Felwithe to sell and bank. And to drown, of course... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[LevinJ]

Made a druid, got him to level two pure melee (had no idea he had spells or how to scribe them). Someone gave me an FS Scimitar and i was GODLY. Got to level 3, got lost in Gfay, died to an orc centurion. Couldn't find my corpse after an hour, then someone told me corpses rot in 30 mins. Rage quitted, re-rolled a HE rogue. My RL friend made a HE paladin at the same time. I leveled the rogue to 4, using a rusty longsword. My friend got given a bronze 2hs. Was uber jealous of how much more powerful his paladin was - my rogue couldn't even use a 2hs and couldn't tank half so well!!

Rage quitted again and re-rolled a dark elf SK. That was my main through classic and kunark.

[Badmartigan]

I remember actually seein someone i'n planes armor was rare and a treat..

I remember when I got my BIBS and that was a totally awesome weapon..

Exe axe being worth 5k

No Scammer casinos trying to gouge plat for RmT purposes.

Bronze armor was good armor

Getting nukes while at the bank by oblate i'n telethon and NFP.

Need before greed actually worked because no one had shit.

[Orov]

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

no douche bags allowed

Then you must leave!