This is why I loved (and still love) Everquest

[Tynan]

Originally Posted by Bardp1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We have some very impressive individuals on this server then. Some call it mental illness, I call it unwavering commitment to pixels.

There is that.

[Supaskillz]

Interestingly ring of the combines is just s velious spell, so you could not port there until 34 during kunark. Though at 34 you still don’t really belong there.

The epic nature of things you encounter and are totally out of your reach as you level was part of the appeal. I suspect tons of people are like me and remember runnng into s sand giant in oasis or a city guard and thinking anyone who could kill it was basically an eq god.

[commongood]

Don't want to speak about vanilla wow as I only started from halfway through the Burning Crusade but I played from then and 5-6 years. Prior to that I had played EverQuest from 2000-2006.

I do think WoW had its charm for sure and was a great game in certain aspects but there's a reason why I'm drawn back to "classic" EQ and have never thought about playing WoW again.

For me it can be boiled down to:

Making mistakes in EQ has consequences (exp-loss at death).

Achieving goals in EQ is incredibly time consuming (just getting to level 60 without Chardok AoE or other PL takes a LOT of dedication).

Achieving medium and beyond items in EQ requires team work and you are therefor forced to interact with others and at least try to behave.

All of this just meant there was a greater sense of commitment to your character and that helps hugely with immersion imo.

[applesauce25r624]

ITT tons of pve plebs that have never stepped foot into the arena

[d3r14k]

Originally Posted by applesauce25r624 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

ITT tons of pve plebs that have never stepped foot into the arena

Fite me

[sox7d]

all wow needed was to force first person view and make every mob elite


i'd play that server

[Swish2]

Originally Posted by sox7d [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

all wow needed was to force first person view and make every mob elite


i'd play that server

EQ2 was damn hard and grindy when it first released - the elite type mobs were definitely a pain to try and do.

Imagine grouping in CB or Unrest and someone dies... and you ALL take a small amount of XP loss. People got real mad, I liked it but didn't troll with it.

[platapus]

I am thankful we got rid of Epic MQ's by adding 46 level restriction to them because now its like World of Warcraft where only the appropriate level has access the appropriate items and we can all breathe easy again.

[Tnair]

Today's "There's Nothing Like Everquest" moment:

Accidentally destroyed my progress in the Qeynos badge quest by forgetting to sneak before turning in item to investigator in the sewers. Maybe eight hours of total time spent on the questline by then, done over the course of weeks as I could find people willing to help. Died three or four times during it. Time to start all over again.

[Kaedain]

Dying in WoW just didn’t carry the same weight like it did in EQ , just a minor time inconvenience. Spirit Rez to get corpse back if needed too. The repair cost “penalty” wasn’t an issue until you had full epic quality armor and even then it’s relatively minor