Who is starting in Qeynos?

[Tyronius of Midnight]

Originally Posted by CHusk2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I completely agree, it's Qeynos & Paineel all the way for me, too. I also really enjoy Erudin. If the Warrens were live I might consider spending time in Odus, but it'll be a while before we can go kobold hunting.

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

Yea - it's a shame Warrens weren't in at the start of the timeline. Without it (and Stonebrunt), there's sadly little reason to go to Odus.

You lack knowledge. Perhaps a stroll through the Erudin Library would be most beneficial for you.

[Caledore]

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

You lack knowledge. Perhaps a stroll through the Erudin Library would be most beneficial for you.

Pah! The library of Erudin pales in comparison to that of Paineel. Unlike our brethren in Erudin, we consider no knowledge 'forbidden'.

[Busher]

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

I started in Qeynos on live in 2000. When I started on Blue it was right after Kunark had been released and I made a Half elf Ranger (my main on live) and was incredibly disappointed that Blackburrow / Karanas were practically empty. I am hoping the Qeynos population stays relatively active for at least a month so I can have that nostalgia.

That's funny. I had almost the same experience. Started the same time, Half-elf Ranger (who was my main), and the zones were pretty empty compared to Freeport and Gfay newbie zones. I started on Firiona Vie, the RP server
Have fun today

[Cuktus]

The main advantage of starting on the Freeport side, on blue, is easy access to EC, free buffs and easy ports. Both of those ain't gonna be a thing for a while. So with those out the question, what does FP, Butcherblock, CB have that Qeynos, Blackburrow, and Qhills don't?
We even have our own Befallen over here, Kerra Isle.

[cd288]

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

Because on Blue it was always a ghost town. I figured the isolation on that side would turn most off not having access to the Elf / Dwarf areas.

The Qeynos area is definitely one of the better areas in the game for the first 15 or so levels. Blackburrow + Gnoll Fang turn in and Karana Bandits + Sash turn in are some of the better XP quests that also help raise some solid starter cash.

On Blue I think it's empty primarily because people have so much cash at this point that they can twink out their characters and give them a bunch of starting cash, plus buy things like CB/DF belts and bone chips to turn in to skip the first like 12-14 levels if they want. Those Qeynos turn in quests become a lot less OP in that case, but on a fresh server where everyone is broke they are quite lucrative.

Of course, the fact that the Surefall Glade port doesn't show up until basically deep into Velious also makes people on Blue prefer just to start elsewhere since it's a trek to Toxx or NK to get a port out. But I really do think it's primarily mudflation that has the Qeynos area quite deserted later on in a server's life-cycle.

[Baler]

Remember to watch out for the corrupt guards. They'll ruin your day.

[beeshma_nameless]

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

That's funny. I had almost the same experience. Started the same time, Half-elf Ranger (who was my main), and the zones were pretty empty compared to Freeport and Gfay newbie zones. I started on Firiona Vie, the RP server
Have fun today

I started in Sept 99 on Quellious, and Qeynos monk and the place had a lot of people...and again on Nameless when it opened later in 99 and Qeynos area was great with people.

But by mid 2000 or so people had gravitated towards Freeport - and avoided many camps in the karanas (Except bandits and a couple more?)..

For me though, Qeynos area is amazing, and blackburrow is the best newbie dungeon (Crushbone is just trash compared to it, really). [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As we are in classic, let me also point out Qeynos creates better, hardened players (the trek from Qeynos to Freeport at early teen levels is a rite of passage :P) compared to the Faydwer trash err players [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]