Launch Day / Year 1 stories

[Rygar]

Played with 2 friends on 1 PC day of launch. Most popular server I recall was Rallos Zek (PVP). Maybe 2200 folks on launch?

Just patching took a long time, constant drops. Couldn't stay logged in for more than 10 mins if that. We had a phenomenal time in newbie zone (Qeynos) and eventually going to Blackburrow entrance and exploring Karanas.

We literally looked at our cloth map that came in the box and saw a village in the karanas and went to find it (we weren't aware of any map sites at the time).

We were shocked when we saw the village appear in the distance after a run that seemed like it took the entire night with all the LDs. There was something magical about that moment for us, like we were going off of an old cartographer's map and not knowing if we'd find our destination. We were literally cheering in the middle of the night.

Imagine even more our surprise when this village turns out to be the Aviak village! Couldn't find any birds that spoke to us, eventually held our breath and attacked.

Dead in seconds...

Welcome to EQ! I'll never forget that night