Life better in EQ in 1999 or in p1999?

[Aetherial]

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

Then of course, but replaying eq here beats any experience I had on other mmo's I've tried since 1999. So still good!!

That sums it up.

It is absolutely pathetic that EQ 11 years later is still better than anything since.

I wonder if it is because we are familiar with it.

Would we feel the same if we were devotees of another game of that era like AC or DAoC and there was a classic experience available in those games?

[falkun]

I'd have to say now is better.

Ya, I have less time to play P99, but I am much more social than I was back when I started EQ (my room didn't get the nickname "Cave" for nothing). I'd say I'm a more well-rounded person now.

I will concede that the awe of EQ isn't there the way it was when I started, but the enjoyment definitely still is. Its also refreshing how much harder it is, especially going EQ (Kunark - PoP) to WoW (BC - WOTLK) back to classic only.

[Rael]

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

Would we feel the same if we were devotees of another game of that era like AC or DAoC and there was a classic experience available in those games?

DAoC has a pretty popular classic server (Uthgard) and even WoW does (Feenix)... I guess everyone longs for the old days once their MMO jumps the shark.

[knottyb0y]

I would say now,

Back in the day was great. I played starting the original EQ but i putzed around and just had fun being a lowbie and re-rolling almost every time i got to level 25-30ish until around the middle of the Velious (I <3 Velious best expansion IMO) stage where I finally found my character (Gagresh) and pushed to max level and found a whole new game awaiting me.

I say now because 10 years later I have different schedule (not in high school, have a more rigid schedule with kids but still get a couple hours a day). But mostly because my girlfriend plays with me. Its really fun to experience eq again when the person next to you is seeing it all for the first time and I get to play the grizzled vet (she actually listens to me when I tell her stuff bout eq!). Also I'm playing the one class (bard) that I had the least experience in so for me i'm seeing parts of EQ i never saw before. Not to mention my first computer back then sucked, my computers now run eq like a dream.

... I remember everything being so much darker and only seeing things by the glow of my infravision... crappy voodoo 2 video card i guess, thank god i upgraded around velious originally.

[Lagaidh]

I'd probably say then, just for the newness. There's nothing wrong with now though. L14 and traded my way to a ghoulbane [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Knowing has it's privileges.

[Braveguard]

Then... it was mostly the state of my life. I was in my early 30s. My firstborn son was toddling around happy and healthy. I was happily married and on the top of my game at work. This all seeped into my leisure time. Everything was better.

Now's not so bad either though.

[beeshma_nameless]

Now - from the few hours I played.

While nothing can bring back the first-time experience and awe, this has come closest.

The one thing I miss is the world being dark at night, and I remember that being a human I would sit out the in-game nights at guard tower etc alongwith other equally blind humans heh.

[Prefader]

This is a really tough question to answer. I miss the newness. I remember the first time I saw the spires in GFay, I was in total awe. My character was new, and felt so small and insignificant at that moment. I had no idea just how far I could get with him, and didn't really care, so long as the game kept providing moments like that.

Now, most of those moments are gone, because I've seen most of these things. However, there is nothing available to play right now that recreates the feel of classic Everquest. Your character's advancement is earned, not served up. There's no icons over NPCs heads telling you who will do what for you, no instances letting you know "THIS WAY TO UBER LEWTS!!!111!1!" . . . you have to participate in the illusion that this is a real place in order to play, talk to everyone, run to the next city, wait for a boat. Roleplay.

So, maybe Everquest is better now, if only for the fact that the other games have helped me to see what it is that I appreciate about this game.

[beeshma_nameless]

oh the boats work in this one? Wow, off to wisp island en route to erudin once my mage gets to level 10 or so!

[Prefader]

Oh, don't take my word for it!

They might not work, I haven't actually checked yet.