This is why I loved (and still love) Everquest

[NegaStoat]

Vanilla WoW had Alliance warlocks running through the barrens at level 20 to get their Succubus pet, and Horde shaman right at level 20 were making the trip along the road to Tarran Mill in Hillsbrad as part of the water totem quest. Both ventures on a PvP server meant you were going to die repeatedly before reaching your goal in the early days of the game. It felt like it was intentional in giving the player a hard time.

I agree with your OP in that Everquest gives very little slack to the players, especially in terms of NPC spellcasters. Here on P1999 it feels like the NPC's are given a far more complete set of spell gems to use and they will wreck your day at the drop of a hat. It's a good feeling.

[Eukaryotik]

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

Vanilla WoW had Alliance warlocks running through the barrens at level 20 to get their Succubus pet

As an "oldschool" warlock I feel like this doesn't really cover the trip of getting both the Succubus and Felhunter spells.

For both you had to get to the Barrens, which you could do 1 of 3 ways:
1. Take the boat from Stranglethorn which had mobs that ranged from 30 to 40 along your path, then travel from midway in the Barrens to the southern portion.
2. Take a boat from Menethil to Theramore and run through Dustwallow Marsh which had mobs 35-40 along your path.
3. Run from the very top of Kalimdor through Darkshore, Ashenvale, and then entirety of the Barrens. Which also required you to run through the horde barricade at the northern portion of the Barrens

You did all of this at RUN speed; no mount, no sow, at both level 20 and 30.

People here love to compare Current WoW to Classic EQ and forget what the world was like in 2004 when you couldn't pull 2 mobs at a time in WoW.

[mcoy]

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

Here on P1999 it feels like the NPC's are given a far more complete set of spell gems to use and they will wreck your day at the drop of a hat. It's a good feeling.

I believe this is actually an existing bug report in that NPC's have access to their entire spellbook instead of a limited set. I'd link it but my skill in searching is stuck at zero until I find a trainer.

-Mcoy