Was Qeynos really one of the first cities designed?

[Jimjam]

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

Whether it was intentional or not, the first run from qeynos to freeport as a 15 year old was so damn epic. Sometimes I wonder if it was as cool for people who started in FP and ran it reverse to Qeynos.

That's another cool aspect of early EQ- we're all playing the same game, but depending on where you started it was a totally different world for each person. I don't think I even made the trip accross the ocean to faydwer until I was like lvl 30, but for other people that was their first experience of the game.

repped

[Kirdan]

People who say that there's nothing going on in the Karanas are just telling us that they never go there. Each Karana zone is full of stuff to do at various level ranges. Yes they are large zones, and that is one of EQ's selling points. The game was even marketed using the fact that it took literal days to walk across the world.

[branamil]

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[Ooloo]

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

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Lmao

I disagree with the message because halas and everfrost and blackburrow own... but it was still hilarious.

[SantagarBrax]

Qeynos just didn't have that great zone that FP has: Oasis

Sure, Blackburrow is fun when it was brand new but players were going there at lvl 5-6 and it wore out its welcome by lvl 12 or 13. It was time to go explore the world. I don't remember anyone making the journey from FP to Qeynos as there was nothing out there to bring the people over. Everfrost could have been that zone, but it wasn't.

When I hit level 13 on my ranger, some friends said let's make the trip and it was a wild one. We made it through the karanas, highpass (mainly due to the amount of folks training through and dying), kithicor, all the way to west commons where I died by the only HG hugging the wall around befallen. I had to make that trip a second time, naked.

It was glorious and I'll never forget that first run

[magnetaress]

Yall complain about oasis.


Butt south karana- lake rathe and rathe mnts is the bomb

[Jimjam]

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

Yall complain about oasis.


Butt south karana- lake rathe and rathe mnts is the bomb

agreed - the qeynos starter area is Qhills thru to EK/HHK to the east and rathe mountains to the south.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

I don't think they original layout folks anticipated how popular dark elves were going to be maybe. They might have expected the opposite?

You get a Freeport - Qeynos axis that makes some sense only if you eliminate the location of their home city. Neriak unbalances the map and dark elves are really popular. Solution: Neriak off of Lake Rathetear.

Give dark elves a water beathing ability that allows them to hunt fish a lot. They cn hold their breath until they are blue in the face.

[Ennewi]

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

I don't think they original layout folks anticipated how popular dark elves were going to be maybe. They might have expected the opposite?

You get a Freeport - Qeynos axis that makes some sense only if you eliminate the location of their home city. Neriak unbalances the map and dark elves are really popular. Solution: Neriak off of Lake Rathetear.

Give dark elves a water beathing ability that allows them to hunt fish a lot. They cn hold their breath until they are blue in the face.

Neriak -> Neriad

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[Ennewi]

In terms of asthetics, Neriak easily could've been placed underneath the Arena with a zone on the other side of the subterranean city for low levels to xp in, otherwise Lake Rathetear would've needed to lower level mobs.