Those things which ignite those first day feelings!

[Jimjam]

I admit, I am no young eel, BUT I beleive this thread belongs in this space.

For the past few months I've been largely disengaged from the high level game, almost completely neglecting guilds, raids and so on.

I've been on a nostalgia trip revisiting the parts of the game that gave the impression of a new world to explore.

Of course, these feelings aren't always prompted by experiences we partook in our first few days or weeks - sometimes they came when a new expansion dropped or we discovered some new lore text by casually chatting up obscure NPCS.

I want to report one of my recent experiences that prompted that huge new world feeling - and use that as a jumping point for you to share yours!


Running through the southern sands of Ro, a puma is caught unaware by my passage. My soundcard rumbles into action to emulate the kitty's suprise, "Wow!" calls the cat!

Splendid.

[shovelquest]

I was IVU back in the old days of 99 and me and my friend (who was at my house at the time) walked up to a mummy in so ro.

I walked right up in his face.

The sound of his mummy noises. His red con. The fear of IVU dropping. I was trembling like a chihuahua.

Scariest environment imaginable. That's all I have to say. Scariest environment imaginable.

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I can't have that fear in game anymore, but I do enjoy squeezing the grass between my druids toes in East Karana.

[Swish]

Getting my ass kicked by a level 1 mob because I don't have the melee skills yet and having to run the guards until I get a few points in piercing/1hs [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[shovelquest]

I really enjoyed learning the in's and out's of leveling in the Qeynos area from level 1+

Mastering the sewers' was something I'd never be able to say I was able to do!

Wearing +1 wis quest reward rings.

A fully geared Qeynos level 1 through Qeynos hills quests is like, oh boy.

That's pure EQ mojo imo.

[WarpathEQ]

Try picking a starting location that you never have before. I personally tend to gravitate towards Faydwer but personally have never started in Qeynos or Erudin, nor am I that familiar with the latter as its not a commonly traveled area.

But for me nothing quite does it like not being able to afford backpacks and only having 6 slots to pick up loot to sell for copper pieces (2 slots taken up by starting food/water).

Having to constantly run to guards for safety is a close second.

[strongNpretty]

On Live during Kunark phase, i was so young, had only 1 character during my entire tenure, a gnome mage.. Listening to all those clock works ticking in Ak'Anon, and hanging out near windmills in steamfont are for some reason my go to memories everytime i think of EQ

[Duik]

Following roads in gfay taking the long way all the time as a <5 woody druid. After I figured out how /loc worked and tried to shortcut a diagonal run in Gfay watching numbers so closely i ran onto a bunch of orcses.
Woodelf was on the menu that night ill tell ya.

[Jimjam]

You guys are giving me some great nostalgia hits.

I'll be rating this thread 5 out of 5 stars.

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[Georgeharrison]

My very first character, after leveling up a little in Qeynos, had outgrown the area and I found a slightly higher level player who said Freeport was the place to be, and offered to lead me there.

As I had never seen any other zones, running through the Karanas was magical (specifically seeing the chain-linked bridge in East Karana. Breathtaking).

When we got to the gorge she told me to follow her closely and started leading me up the right wall in hopes of staying out of the aggro range of the muddites and minotaurs.

It was a long corpse run.

[vossiewulf]

I remember when the boats were totally unstable, so everyone would put all their hard-fought newbie gear into the bank before taking the boat, so you'd see a boat from Faydwer to Freeport with 50 naked people onboard.

And it was a smart thing to do also, because our first boat trip crashed at the BB/OOT zone and it dumped everyone in the water. GMs came to rescue, but one of my friends swam to one of the islands, grabbed a canoe, and paddled his way across OOT.