Dumb rumors from classic

[Myth]

Love this stuff. Brad could have funded his crazy game by publishing a book with untold EQ stories/quests/undiscovered items. I'd buy it.

One I havent seen: Killing wildlife (specifically bears) ruins your "hidden" Druid faction and you will go kos at druid rings.

[Myth]

Sphinxes in Rathe too. They were always a huge rumor mill. I recall reading some dev interview that they were for the original fiery avenger quest which was broken and eventually rewritten into its current state. Could be another rumor though!!

[Feathers]

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

WTB Screenshots of the "Rest of Unrest"! Super interesting!

So I got a levitate and a sow, and I headed on out there to see if I could get over the wall. I made it up the first flight of steps, and got a group invite!

I just had to stay there and kill residents until I passed out. Great xp!

[Cecily]

Anti-camp radius!

[Jfertal]

great thread, only one I remember was the monster that swam in lake rathe, so I would always run on my ogre along the edge of the water to get back and fourth from qeynos and oggok etc.

[pasi]

2. In all of the zones there is a special “developer’s box” at coordinates 0,0,0. They are just grey box rooms with no doors or exits. One of the boxes has a clue to a GM only quest written on the wall.

There are a few zones with GM boxes. They don't all have coordinates. The VP one for example, has cats.

3. There is a hidden prison, I think under Rathe Mountains, that Senior Guides can bind really obnoxious players to when there is no GM around to issue a ban/kick. The prison has no exit, and you can't use any abilities, items, or spells.

No idea about a prison in RM, but there is a prison in Qeynos Catacombs where they would summon/bind players. It was just a tiny square tube (maybe 5 steps by 5 steps) with no ceiling.

5. The default model for mobs is a human male. The Sleeper's model wasn't finished before a guild was able to spawn him, so he spawned as a giant naked human.

This is how the game is coded. The player has specific NPC models enabled for each individual zone. Like, if you tried to dbspawn a frost giant in EC, it would likely come out as a giant naked human male because thats the default for any NPCtype where the client does not have the correct files for the zone. The default EQ install does (and did) have some extra models enabled for some zones meaning either oversight or incomplete content!

Anti-camp radius!

This was actually implemented according to Prathun. I believe it was for a spawn in Najena.

[Feathers]

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

There are a few zones with GM boxes. They don't all have coordinates. The VP one for example, has cats..

Ohhhh but do the coordinates on the walls of the boxes lead to a quest!?

[stonez138]

5. The default model for mobs is a human male. The Sleeper's model wasn't finished before a guild was able to spawn him, so he spawned as a giant naked human.

I can vouch for this one. Way back in the day I installed EQ on a new PC and Im not sure how or why but when I logged in to play ALL mobs appeared as naked male humans.

[Colgate]

you can look through the walls at the entrance of befallen and see the catbox there, if you're interested

[myriverse]

The cat's just dead, regardless. The only thing to be determined is an individual's knowledge of the death.