Aradune Returns to EQlive

[Deverell]

I also think he really does share responsibility for why EQ classic was the way it was

While true, it also has to be said that he basically copy-pasted almost every EQ concept from a MUD called Sojourn where he played and got the inspiration for EQ. The races and classes are basically identical, the world is very similar, the types of gameplay are the same, and the spell and skill system was pretty similar as well. The only thing that was truly unique and innovative about EQ was actually the concept of aggro and tanking. Sojourn just had mobs periodically switch targets at random and then the tank had to use a skill called rescue to get the mob back. Everquest made the process much more dynamic and organic, and it came to be the foundation of combat gameplay.