Comments on: Everquest Turns 10 – Oz Reflects http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/03/25/everquest-turns-10-oz-reflects/ a group of adventurers on an epic quest Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:28:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Brian Woods http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/03/25/everquest-turns-10-oz-reflects/comment-page-1/#comment-30348 Brian Woods Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:05:41 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=3574#comment-30348 Everquest was pretty magical. Maybe I bought the game and guide the day they were released and just studied for a week before installing the game. I looked at all the spells it listed (all the way up to l20, I think) and decided a dark elf enchanter was right for me. I rolled him like I still do today, not for what I thought would be best, but what I thought would be most fun. (Oh, he's a DE, maybe he should be agnostic...hmm, people won't like him, so I should put extra points in CHA.) Jorel on Xegony ended up being pretty well balanced as far as skill points you needed. I played him into the 40s, then shared him with a friend into the 50s, then sold him to a guildmate when I realized I was spending too much time playing. When Luclin came out, I restarted as a Beastlord and played another few months. I still wonder what happened to a lot of the people I met and played with. They were good people. I stayed playing so long not because of the game Verant created, but because of the friends I made playing it. No game since has matched it. I am still a player that prefers exploring over combat, and I never developed a taste for PVP. For me, the people I played with(Tyorl, Jesster, Exec, Moonkey, Hirosan, Xanit and those other Seekers of Lore) were the creme de la creme. I wonder if I will ever have that much fun again in a game. Everquest was pretty magical. Maybe I bought the game and guide the day they were released and just studied for a week before installing the game. I looked at all the spells it listed (all the way up to l20, I think) and decided a dark elf enchanter was right for me. I rolled him like I still do today, not for what I thought would be best, but what I thought would be most fun. (Oh, he’s a DE, maybe he should be agnostic…hmm, people won’t like him, so I should put extra points in CHA.) Jorel on Xegony ended up being pretty well balanced as far as skill points you needed. I played him into the 40s, then shared him with a friend into the 50s, then sold him to a guildmate when I realized I was spending too much time playing.

When Luclin came out, I restarted as a Beastlord and played another few months.

I still wonder what happened to a lot of the people I met and played with. They were good people. I stayed playing so long not because of the game Verant created, but because of the friends I made playing it. No game since has matched it. I am still a player that prefers exploring over combat, and I never developed a taste for PVP. For me, the people I played with(Tyorl, Jesster, Exec, Moonkey, Hirosan, Xanit and those other Seekers of Lore) were the creme de la creme.

I wonder if I will ever have that much fun again in a game.

]]> By: I HAS PC » Happy Birthday, EQ http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/03/25/everquest-turns-10-oz-reflects/comment-page-1/#comment-30317 I HAS PC » Happy Birthday, EQ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:09:30 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=3574#comment-30317 [...] beta tested EQ, and it set me off on a flurry of beta tests since, nearing the 20 mark. Inspired by Oz’s memory post at KTR I thought I’d share a bunch of stuff from that wonderful long forgotten world. A world where [...] [...] beta tested EQ, and it set me off on a flurry of beta tests since, nearing the 20 mark. Inspired by Oz’s memory post at KTR I thought I’d share a bunch of stuff from that wonderful long forgotten world. A world where [...]

]]> By: Fergle F Fergleson http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/03/25/everquest-turns-10-oz-reflects/comment-page-1/#comment-30302 Fergle F Fergleson Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:56:29 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=3574#comment-30302 As much as xp grinding is something that's rightfully hated, I have to say some of my fondest MMOG memories are from nights where me and a pick-up group would just setup camp somewhere. We'd spend hours pulling/killing and chatting. It was like IRC-with-a-purpose. :) As much as xp grinding is something that’s rightfully hated, I have to say some of my fondest MMOG memories are from nights where me and a pick-up group would just setup camp somewhere. We’d spend hours pulling/killing and chatting. It was like IRC-with-a-purpose. :)

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