Human Night Vision

[Galaa]

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

YES!

I'm very grateful that I started the game in 1999 as a Barbarian Shaman. Not having night vision made for the most spine-chilling gaming experience I've ever had. At any given moment during nighttime you felt like death was around the corner. Navigating that tunnel into Blackburrow was indeed a difficult task. It took some time, but eventually (after seeing it with a party who created enough light) you learned to "feel" your way through it if you didn't have a light source.

The tunnel into Blackburrow lol. Memories.

I used to wait outside the tunnel and wait for some other players who carried a light source, and when they go down the tunnel I'll go in after them, following their light.

[BarackObooma]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed this. Back in '99 one of my first characters on live was a Barbarian Shaman and it was impossible to get back to Blackburrow at night if you died because it was pitch black.

There were no lightstones available around Halas either and no one was high enough level to port so very few non-Barbarians ever visited Everfrost.

I also had a human ranger and that was nearly as bad in EC.

[ArumTP]

The darkness at night is fine, in 99 couldn't see sheet. I remember well up into velious you couldn't see. Ring of the Frozen flame was my most prized drop >>>> over my dragon gear.

[Galaa]

The "night blindness" in P99 is no where even near the one from classic EQ back in 1999 (despite the server is said to be classic).

As a barbarian in P99, i can run around fine in everfrost and qeynos hills even at night.
Back in EQ live in 1999, a human or barbarian will not be able to see anything at night. I remembered the times when my human in eq classic needed to sit at qeynos gates at night, waiting for the sun to rise, because it's so dark that there's no way to move around.

[maahes]

Agreed. If possible, bring this back!

[sbvera13]

Annoying as it was, it was cool that they tried to make the world matter to you. I think right now the only thing that matters in day/night is kithicor.

[Boombha]

Might sound silly, but if I re-position the screen on my laptop my vision gets better, so while items are good, sometimes a change in the screens position can also help.

[Kika Maslyaka]

I also remember how some time later when I got a char into 20s who could cast Eyes of the Cat (druid version of infra-vision), when passing to/from BB, I was asked a number of times by young barbarians to escort them through the tunnel =)
And not just low level people. I once even escorted a lev 40 warrior who kept getting turned around in the tunnel for like 30 min before I showed up [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Beastro]

Loved how the EF walls glowed whitish-blue while playing a Barb for a bit back in the day.

As much as the lack of night vision was a PITA, it still did offer some beautiful sights the other races couldn't see.

[Slave]

I would love to see the darkness returning to mankind on this server. As it is, the easy gamma makes this game approximately 100% easier for low level humans and about 50% as immersive. Let there be DARK!!