Which Server has the pure Launch Everquest game? No expansions?

[Argronok0]

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

Classic is my own favorite period of the game, but it's marred by the woefully inadequate amount of content for levels past about 35. It was allright when P99 was in that period due to the low population at the time, but the present population (or higher) would be problematic to say the least.

Danth

So Kurnark and Velinous does not feature content and gameplay features that spoils what the original launch Everquest's gameplay?

What gameplay features do the first 2 expansion offers other then new continents, dungeons, monsters, and what have you?

[Arkanjil]

This server is going to be the closest to launch Everquest that you’ll experience anywhere. The active population here is really what makes this server special.

[Gatordash]

Originally Posted by Argronok0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So Kurnark and Velinous does not feature content and gameplay features that spoils what the original launch Everquest's gameplay?

What gameplay features do the first 2 expansion offers other then new continents, dungeons, monsters, and what have you?

iksars, lvl 50-60, epics. Did you play original EQ and quit before kunark launched so you dont want to play it or something?

[DMN]

Well, just an idea, but you could simply stick to the old world and only play there. You will still find plenty of people in the old world dungeons, so don't worry about that.

[Argronok0]

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

iksars, lvl 50-60, epics. Did you play original EQ and quit before kunark launched so you dont want to play it or something?

Not that I don't want to play Kurnark.

Its that I worry that the launch content of Everquest will become irrelevant.

I have this goal and vow that I wanna fight and beat Lord Nagafen in that Dungeon of his. But I worry that not many people are forming parties to fight that guy becuase he's outdated. And people will be equipped with the new stronger gear that the expansions offer, making Nagafen easier.

[Danth]

Originally Posted by Argronok0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not that I don't want to play Kurnark.

Its that I worry that the launch content of Everquest will become irrelevant.

I have this goal and vow that I wanna fight and beat Lord Nagafen in that Dungeon of his. But I worry that not many people are forming parties to fight that guy becuase he's outdated. And people will be equipped with the new stronger gear that the expansions offer, making Nagafen easier.

You don't have to worry about this. The original game does NOT become irrelevant on a server locked at Velious. Case in point, using your own example: Nagafen is, still (after 9 years!) routinely killed almost as soon as he spawned and he's hugely contested. He is easier, arguably, although with unlimited raid sizes and heal click items he was never truly difficult.

Many of the leveling zones are well-populated and routinely see significant grouping activity. Drops like flowing black silk sash, if no longer considered high-end, still see use.

I remember the "fun" of trying to play classic on servers with ~2000 population. Lower guk with 100+ people--stinks! I do not like either expansion quite so well as I liked the original. However, they're good enough while greatly resolving the original game's crippling lack of content. Even better would've been the original game having more to do at 35+, but at that point we're talking daydreams, not reality.

Danth

[Rygar]

Originally Posted by Argronok0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have this goal and vow that I wanna fight and beat Lord Nagafen in that Dungeon of his. But I worry that not many people are forming parties to fight that guy becuase he's outdated. And people will be equipped with the new stronger gear that the expansions offer, making Nagafen easier.

Ahhh I was once a ignorant young flower like you with hopeful dreams... fortunately mine involved entering into Plane of Fear with a small elite force and killing mobs for the challenge.

Mission Accomplished with my buddy Lyant on the first occasion and my buddy Zentile on the second:

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[DMN]

Originally Posted by Argronok0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not that I don't want to play Kurnark.

Its that I worry that the launch content of Everquest will become irrelevant.

I have this goal and vow that I wanna fight and beat Lord Nagafen in that Dungeon of his. But I worry that not many people are forming parties to fight that guy becuase he's outdated. And people will be equipped with the new stronger gear that the expansions offer, making Nagafen easier.

He still drops some dank swag like cloak of flames, so I'm sure he's still on farm. Roll a cleric. Obviously you can't do anything about the gear of others, but it's the closest you are going to get. Nag was pretty much a joke in classic though. Vox was the real accomplishment.

[Argronok0]

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

He still drops some dank swag like cloak of flames, so I'm sure he's still on farm. Roll a cleric. Obviously you can't do anything about the gear of others, but it's the closest you are going to get. Nag was pretty much a joke in classic though. Vox was the real accomplishment.

Just letting you know that I am COMPLETELY new at this game.

Never played Everquest 1 when it came out because I was a little kid. So now I am trying to experience this game as it was since I have tried out EQ 1 in its Live incarnation before.

I don't even know what works at all in this game. I mean I only just started fighting enemies and browsing merchants. I don't know where to get quests.

[Danth]

Originally Posted by Argronok0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't know where to get quests.

Everquest might be the worst-named MMORPG in the history of the genre. Most players only do minor amounts of questing. You locate quests by hailing various NPC's around the game world and responding to their [text] in brackets. It's clunky to say the least. In practice most players find quests by looking it up on the internet, usually on the P1999 wiki.

The majority of quests available at low-level tend to exist mostly for role-play (world lore) or faction purposes, occasionally for experience (gnoll fangs, crushbone belts), and very rarely for useful items. Unlike the majority of newer games, quests can be repeated as often as the user wishes. For example, in Warcraft you might've been sent to collect 10 bear hides. Not 8, not 11--10. Then no more. In EQ, you can take those gnoll fangs and turn them in whether you have 1, 10, 100--whatever.

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With respect to the original game, take us at our word for it: The original's great, but by itself isn't really adequate to support a large population. Kunark and Velious, while expansions, were both part of the game's original design and ended up as expansions mainly due to budget and time pressures. That's why P1999 decided to stop with Velious--that's where the original "vision" was complete and, afterwards, the genuinely new expansions began.

Danth