When was your first experience with Everquest?

[Oeconomia]

I am an age 40+ player, and cannot find the guide to get me playing the game. Please help. There are no obvious links to download a client or how to get in game. Please help. I want to help and play.

[Masakizt]

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

I am an age 40+ player, and cannot find the guide to get me playing the game. Please help. There are no obvious links to download a client or how to get in game. Please help. I want to help and play.

Not really the place to post this question, you can try the Technical Discussion sub forum, or just check out this link to the 'Getting started' section: http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2651

Feel free to PM if you have any questions also

Good luck and welcome to p99

[susvain0362]

Cmon, everyone started in classic? I just dont see it, i think people are not voting truthfully for a strange reason

[ccs88]

Originally Posted by susvain0362 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Cmon, everyone started in classic? I just dont see it, i think people are not voting truthfully for a strange reason

Makes sense to me; the farther back we go, the more nostalgia we have. That's why we all searched for classic EverQuest and found P99 amirite? Really, if you started playing EQ after Velious, your nostalgia juice can't be flowing that hard.

My best/worst memory: My brother had multiple 60 characters on Innoruuk, and he was in all the best guilds at some point or another... popular guy. Meanwhile I still hadn't reached 60 (I actually never did), but I would play his druid from time to time.

One night I decided to teach my human warrior some elvish language (with his druid) by making macros and spamming huge chunks of random text in group chat. Unfortunately for my brother, I was accidentally sending it all through the Bazaar trade channel, and I sat there spamming for a good 10 minutes before it dawned on me. I'm pretty sure half the server ignored his druid. He lost some friends. Woops. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Bronia]

We brought the box home from Sainsburys (special offer, reduced price, souvenir Iksar figurine painted later by husband) and installed it - original EQ plus Kunark and Velious, not long after Velious launch. Got it installed and patched over 24 hours (no joke on dialup).
Read the booklet that came with it, decided on a human ranger. Started in Surefall Glade at midnight game time. Back in the days when no human night vision meant just that. Black screen. Blundered around randomly for ten minutes, finally found guildmaster, managed to accidentally attack him. LOADING - PLEASE WAIT. Deleted ranger.
Went back to the booklet again and decided on wood elf druid since they had night vision. She lasted all of five minutes before falling off a Kelethin platform. LOADING - PLEASE WAIT. Deleted druid.
I still liked the idea of druid so tried a halfling since the booklet said they had an easier starting city. Made it out to Misty Thicket, actually killed a rat or two, managed to get the wrong side of The Wall and six orcs went medieval on her poor little halfling backside. LOADING - PLEASE WAIT. Deleted second druid.
Next attempt was a dark elf necro. She got deleted in disgust after 20 minutes of trying to find my way out of Neriak. No amount of ultravision was worth putting up with that city...
Half elf bard. Got to level 2 and then had multiple deaths. I couldn't get my head round the fact that AE damage song and running to guards in panic was not a good combo.
By this point I was almost about to uninstall the game and throw the box in the bin. Decided on one last try. Easy starting city - hmm, they say Halas is simple. Ok, barbarians have no night vision but how dark can it be if there's snow everywhere? Made a barbarian shaman. Got out to Everfrost, killed my first polar bear cub, never looked back. I finally retired her in Seeds of Destruction era at 85. And it's no accident that I tried a shaman again, coming back here. Though I'm playing with a bard as well. This time I do know that AE songs and Freeport Guards don't mix [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[JackHarper]

My father introduced me to the game in the summer of 2004, so during Gates of Discord. Made a Froglok Pally and loved it. This was back when the Frogloks had control of Grobb; I clearly remember killing snakes for the first time in Innothule Swamp. Great times back on Fennin Ro.

[Dragr]

August 1999, a Half Elf Ranger in Surefall. My guild leader one shotted me when I typed A. I moved the auto attack button quick. Most memorable was first time in Black Burrow, same character. Bodies piled up like cordwood, that was players bodies. The first time I heard those puppies snarl, my hair actually stood on end. First Real CR was in the Gorge, trying to get to Misty. There was a group fighting Minos and they helped me recover my body and invised me for the rest of the run through Runnyeye.

[mtb tripper]

surefall was lots of fun

[Altair]

Was in 989 beta test, got my beta CD signed in SanDiego. so not a nub and I love this 1999 server. wish I could find more Ole Buds from rodset-nife/quell. e njoy

[stormlord]

Started in March 1999. I honestly don't remember where I bought it or how I happened to buy it so early.

Maybe if I got hypnotized I could remember. Funny thing is, I remember other memories around that time and it's so strange because they seem so recent yet EQ seems so old to me. For example, i can remember going to school in 1997-98 and it seems more recent than EQ somehow.

And btw I still recommend people stop playing p1999 and come to live instead or just do something else. IMHO, staying at p1999 is playing with fire because at any moment they could try to shut it down. Bottom line, they own eq and unless they give an official nod at p1999 none of us should be here.

I'ts a pain to see all this since so much work (successful I might add) is put into it.