Then I see a screenshot of the 'good old days' of EQ... the fun stuff, like seeing an old-sk00l bard running through Oasis with ~50 deepwater goblins in tow, or a screenshot of someone at the top of Blackburrow, surrounded with dozens of gnoll corpses, or in the tower at the top of CB, with a screenshot of someone floating on Dvinn's head... and it makes me nostalgic and want to play again 
I always loved the 'old days' of EQ the most. The most fun I had in the game was long before Velious, Kunark, or the rest... [ 10-01-2003: Message edited by: Khyron ]
I'd love to return to my days of classic EQ loving. I've tried to go back to new eq.. and it just sucked.
don't install the expansions.
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KaLourin had this to say about Tron:
I have a solution to that.don't install the expansions.
Pretty much impossible, I tried that. Got the most old school looking UI I could find, and tried avoiding the expansions... But everyone else has at least Kunark, and pretty much all the expansions. Can't do that in a multiplayer game =p
Apart from that... Yes, pretty much agreed the game went from a challenging treadmill to a boring treadmill. Not a fair trade.
But I've also enjoyed growing in level and exploring the new places. The new dungeons are really fun, and they're something nice to do when everyone wants to. We couldn't last night with my guild group, so we got some 30s and went hunting up in DSP.
I just like the game in general. I like the changes, I miss some old things, but all in all I have to say that I'm very happy with how it is now. It's not like it was 3 years ago when I joined (I joined with Kunark, so I never had *the* original EQ), but I can't say it's exactly bad, either.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
It was one hell of an adventure, back then. When we finally got to qeynos we went to Fish's Bar and drank up all our coin in celebration.
I gained 30 alcohol tolerance!
I tried to get back into it a few months ago, and went from level 1 to level 37 in just a few days, grouping regularly. It was just plain sad.
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JooJooFlop had this to say about pies:
You suppose they'll ever open up one or two "classic" servers that have EQ the way it was before any of the expansions?
Beyond emulator servers, nope.
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Led had this to say about Robocop:
EQ was a lot more fun when it was actually CHALLENGING.I tried to get back into it a few months ago, and went from level 1 to level 37 in just a few days, grouping regularly. It was just plain sad.
Of course, most of that is to blame on the fact that you know the game well now. Sure, it was challenging at first. But that was because you didn't know what the hell you were doing.
Remember how Lv.20 was a big milestone? It was for me, the first couple of times I got it. But after that, meh...
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JooJooFlop stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
You suppose they'll ever open up one or two "classic" servers that have EQ the way it was before any of the expansions?
I might come back if this happened. I've heard alot of people say they would. So who knows.
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This one time, at Kiranê camp:
ImightWOULD come back if this happened.
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How.... JooJooFlop.... uughhhhhh:
But that was because you didn't know what the hell you were doing.
There's much, much more to it than knowledge. The zones they added with insane exp modifiers, easy camps, etc... All factor in. A good trio could probably make L1-20 in a 2-3 days without PL... Whereas that was virtually impossible before.
Not like back when getting a full suit of bronze armor was great mid-level gear, and where bronze sold 2pp/ac (And banded sold for 1pp/ac).
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Khyron's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Not like back when getting a full suit of bronze armor was great mid-level gear, and where bronze sold 2pp/ac (And banded sold for 1pp/ac).
Man, I remember those days
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Vorago stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
Man, I remember those days
Wow... not do I only remember them, but my old character (Soldar, a name that's stuck with me) is still equipped with stuff like that. I was so excited when someone sold me some banded sleeves...
Obsidian shard! [ 10-01-2003: Message edited by: Soldar ]
The way I see it, if they removed the XP fixes outside of the ones that were most needed ( such as the hybrid penalties which ended up effecting the entire group )
They should have left Hell Levels alone... they should have left 50-60 xp alone. I'm glad I went through every hell level in it's original form, just made me want to play more since dinging was an accomplishment.
Another issue is AAXP and Level XP pull the same numbers. AAXP needs to be a lot faster then Level XP, and PoP was sort of designed in my eyes to help with the horridly slow AA progress since the possible max now is 540+ AA. Smack down the XP mods in PoP zones and put an AA Mod on them. Make the leveling tread mill harder without really effecting AAs.
Oh yea.. and twinking is an big issue with making the game too easy. They had something going with recommended levels and required levels. I like the idea of recommended levels more then required, but still. But fixing that would require a revamp of every piece of equipment in the game. [ 10-01-2003: Message edited by: Pesco ]
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Soldar had this to say about Robocop:
Wow... not do I only remember them, but my old character (Soldar, a name that's stuck with me) is still equipped with stuff like that. I was so excited when someone sold me some banded sleeves...Obsidian shard!
Same. My character is still in Ivy Etched, and has some GM event gear.
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Khyron said:
Ahhh... back in the days when I would earn tons of ph4t l3wt by hiking my level 3 butt down to LGuk, and /shouting 'Looking for a pair of Shin Gauntlets and Shin Greaves'.... and grabbing any FS weapons and loot that other groups wouldn't want.
Holy crap, I did that with every single char I had that could wear them, heh. It was the same AC as bronze, but lighter with stats! Plus it looked so cool, being silver as opposed to bronze.
Also, everybody was jealous of me at level 10 because I had saved up a whole 15pp. [ 10-01-2003: Message edited by: Suddar ]
shut the hell up
edit: stuff like Bloodsage's favorite experience drove me insane. [ 10-01-2003: Message edited by: Kegwen ]
The spiders in that game still scare me I think the most fun I had though was going through the burning rapier quest. I did it starting at level 10 lol. I just knew I wanted that weapon! I read about it in the guide that was out then and for some reason decided I needed it. It took me weeks of playing and ignoring leveling to get that thing, but I finally achieved it! I was so proud of myself. Nothing ever compared to the challenge of that and the fun I had trying to find everything I needed to get it.
Of course, I was a little miffed when I found out it was only a subweapon needed on the long run to get the rogue epic item. For some reason the idea of trying to get another weapon quest didn't appeal to me. I never did get the epic weapon before quitting. And even if I did, I think I still would have felt I had more fun getting the rapier
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Sashu wrote this stupid crap:
I also remeber sitting around at the Dev Camps, being pissed when someone pulled the Thug cause it would kill us all....Ya... good days.
I remember everyone going to East Commons because it was the best exp, but I always liked Nro better. (It wasn't because of that though, the first time I went to EC, I nearly got killed by black bears, and then after that, I went out at night, as a human warrior, deep into east commons and tried to fight a darkweed snake, first death in the game and I had no clue where my dead body was.)
Eventually at level 16, me and a few people that I grouped with since level 6 (Saryrn was a brand new server, Kunark just came out, I was a complete newbie, grouped with other complete newbies) headed out and decided we would kill the vile Dorn. Well, we had 2 level 16s, 2 level 15s, and 2 level 14s, and we went out and kicked Dorns ass. We thought it was so fun, that we did it again. And got wiped out by the thing that spawns sometimes when you kill dorn (Dark Elf Assassin I believe).
That was one of the last things I ever did in Nro, then I went to Oasis, where I spent most of my time on the bottom of a sand giant's boot.
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ACES! Another post by Vorago:
Man, I remember those days
I loved my dual mino axes too
I kept that joker into my mid-20s. Also, anyone who knows who gave it to me gets a cookie. I don't think EQ has really gotten any worse as a game, but none of us are doe-eyed newbies with dreams of digital adventure anymore. People just don't like the game that much anymore.
Now, they sped up the treadmill, so that you can get to high end stuff sooner, because thats where they put the most new shit.
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Sent-uh-oh had this to say about A_Tron_01:
My fondest EQ memories:
- Three words. Player run events.
I remember one time a guild sponsored a continent long race for newbies (level 1 naked people made for the race). It started in Kelethin, went throuh Butcherblock and along the karanas to Qeynos. Anyone that used ports were disqualified, and if you died you were also out.
I ended up making it 3/4 of the way through WK before a giant stamped me out.
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