You quit Wow for pj99 I did?

[maskedmelon]

Just thought I would drop a few of these off for the OP. Here:

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Use as many as you need!

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[webrunner5]

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

Same is true in classic EQ's case. The higher your level the further you have to go generally from your bind point to your camp. It's a balance between wanting a bind point near to a city and having it close to your camp. The designers of hte game deliberately placed the low level content adjacent to the cities to make it easy to find, but didn't go the same lengths for high level content.

I sort of agree with that. But with Druid, Wizard ports you can get pretty much back to any zone on here in not a lot of time. Dial A Port has even made it easier.

I do not even have WoW on my computer anymore. Not going to lure me away anytime soon.

[LulzSect]

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

WoW died when BC came out. world pvp died. unique classe for each faction was now shared. arenas. gimme fully populated vanilla wow server and ill play it.

Vanilla WoW was the last MMO I enjoyed. Watched a buddy keep playing even though the game was dead to me after BC.

[chantil26]

Well lets see ive made a druid clr and a magi!

[Deadmantis]

Beta tested EQ, played at launch in 99,
left for DaOC sometime after Velious,
Back to EQLive for Luclin,
Left again for good after Omens of War for EQ2 in 2004.

For the next 10 years played off and on: EQ2 to lvl 95, WoW to lvl 80, some Guild Wars & GW2, Lotro to lvl 65, Warhammer Online for a month, Aion for a month, and Rift to lvl 55.

Sometime in 2011 I got an email from Sony giving me 30 days free to play on the Fippy Darkpaw server. I think I played there for about an hour when I saw someone in ooc mention Project 1999.

[HallyVee]

Curiously, I happened to quit WoW a few months before stumbling upon p99. Live EQ just couldn't fill the mmorpg void, so I kept searching.

Still think WoW is a great action game, but I want an rpg.

[harnold]

hate all mmos including p99

[Clark]

Originally Posted by chantil26 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Long story or short LMK your's!
I never even got into Pc game's until I was 19 and wow was the first MMO I ever saw Played that for 6 years for 4 of them I did not even know WC1,2,3 Where even there
I got into this Game never played live My ex got me into pj99 and i'm here to stay!
It's Way more hardcore dieing is extreme with out much help not knowing a dam I'm getting the full EQ EXP.

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[Darfindle]

trying to find a titanium i can buy online...seems impossible living here in the uk, if theres anyone who can send me there copy to borrow and download and i will send it back all expenses covered ofcourse...lol been searching now for hours cant seem to find it anywhere other than paying 100 quid on amazon! dont want to use the online downloading sites to download it as there not safe

[Nimmanu]

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Back in the days before computers were every-household items, I played a ton of D&D. I was a DM (dungeon master), and my players had a love-hate relationship with me.

They hated how absurdly BRUTAL I was... but they LOVED to get in on my games. They would scream at me. Rant at me. Call me names.... but fight each other like cats and dogs to get a spot in one of my games.

When they died... they had to do an intense, arduous quest on a brand new character to gain access to whatever way I would allow them to bring their character back to life. There were no exceptions and no short cuts. You could get your beloved char back into my games, yes... at a very, very steep price. Nobody wanted to pay it--but they usually WOULD if their character died.

They would curse me and all my not-yet-born children, and their children, and their children... you get the point.

Still. I was SO horrible. So cruel. So mean. The list goes on (all negative).... but they'd FIGHT to get into my games, anyway. I ended up with hordes of players showing up, by the end of my DMing, there was standing room only in my house (until I had to move it to a local--fortunately friendly to D&D--diner).... A lot of people came just to WATCH.

But why?

Because it all felt so REAL. Real life can be brutal, just look at lions, lol.

When they died, it felt REAL to them in a way. As if, in losing that character, they lost something meaningful. Something that THEY EARNED. They had to work HARD to prevail against my dungeons.



And when I started playing EQ... I GOT it. I saw the Dungeon Master behind this game, and I GOT IT.

I could experience "real" fear. I got lost in faydark and OMG it was petrifying! I had EARNED that 8 gold, by golly, and I wanted that backpack! I HAD to find my way back!

OH MY GOD, it's an ORC CENTURION! RUN!! You're not killing me and making me lose my 8 gold! Do you have any idea how many wasps I killed to get that?!?

That's the thing about EQ. From the very start, every triumph feels epic and every failure feels huge.

My first char ever was a Barb shaman in Everfrost. And you know what happened? I got a Greater Light Stone for her. My first epic quest. No big deal, you say? Well, did you know you have to get a MAGIC weapon first? And you pretty much have to do that while running around naked, in the dark, with high level (to you) skeletons chasing you and laughing while they beat your ass down into nothing.... All while completely lost in a stark white land where everything hates you.... By the time you're done with that, and you are killing gnolls, you come to find out that gnolls are EVERYWHERE, when you least expect them (yeah, trains on top of trains on top of trains in BB back then).

Once you find help getting your corpse out of the deep dark hole that you fell into while running screaming for you life, you're 2 levels lower because you couldn't give up on the ONLY MAGIC WEAPON YOU COULD FIND!

Now, that's the newbie level game we're talking about here.

I got that GLS. And IT. WAS. EPIC.

Because that's what a true, real DM does. She (or he) makes it so that you really, truly feel like you WON. You fought obstacles, you overcame, you persevered... and by god, against all odds, you got that silly GLS. And it's SO precious! (Really, isn't it just SO precious?? Just LOOK at it!)

I did play WoW for a while. I had a child and I found WoW a lot easier to drop out of at the drop of a hat. Baby's crying? Gotta go. Don't worry, LFG tool will replace me forthwith. You won't even notice I'm gone. Neither will I...

WoW was great for a low-key "something fun to do". It didn't feel epic. The fear didn't feel real, the wins didn't feel like I'd overcome tremendous odds to get this or that. Raids were tedious, the runs back an annoyance, not terrifying events.

So basically, it shows that EQ was made by DUNGEON MASTERS, and WoW was made by disgruntled EQ players.

Everything that pisses people off the most about EQ are the things that make it feel like a real WORLD, instead of just a GAME.

Every time that they made things "easier" and "better", they made the WINS MEAN LESS. And when the wins mean less, there's little to fear. After all, if I have nothing to lose, I have nothing to fear... and if I have nothing to fear, it doesn't feel REAL.

When it doesn't feel real, the wins don't feel real, either.

EQ feels like a world, not a game. It's harsh, it's brutal... it's beautiful.