The most eye-grabbing moment was back in 1999, when I first started my high elf cleric. I remember trying to get to Kelethin, and shout-asked if anyone knew the way. A higher level ranger, in FULL roleplay mode, came by and led me all the way to Kelethin, making comments about the dangers of Crushbone and his gratitude for Felwithe as an ally in the coming fights ahead. Then, I saw the city, and I was completely blown away - he gave me a mace and a shield to start out with and wished me well. I had never experiencing anything like in on any video game ever, and that memory still sticks with me over 20 years later. One thing I do find really sad about the direction EQ went was for whatever reason, you saw the roleplaying vanish. Seems like that was only a super early-era kind of thing, but it was really, really neat to parttake in.
I had a very similar experience on Xegony with roleplaying when I first started playing in the summer of 1999. ( I think it was summer) I had a paladin and came across so many role players and I RPd back since I had some experience in RPing when I had been playing pen and paper Dungeons & Dragons all through out college. I was given several pieces of Bronze and a nice sword and shield and I felt almost invincible at my level. Later on some of those same people helped me along in getting my ghoulbane by clearing down to the camp with me and helping me separate the spawns so I could handle it by my self. I got my Ghoulbane and after I manage to get out of Uguk I did a shout that I finally got my GB and everyone in the zone cheered! Those were the days. I have yet to really recapture any of that. I think the closet I came was when I played DAOC when it was released, and here just recently EQ Project Quarm. THe people on Quarm are sooo nice.
@@alphadragongamingFTW I remember that we were looking for a guild to ally with, because ours was too small to put together a full raid force. It took several weeks to make it happen. Because we all had to learn Dwarvish and gain faction with Kaladim because that's where the meeting to ally our guilds was going to be held.
I remember when they did an event with Blackburrow attacking Qeynos Hills and I as an human SK who despised the guards of Qeynos purposely was the only player trying to kill the guards. I didnt win or get anything but it was fun to roleplay the dastardly villain
That is what playing back in the day was like. Even if it was not full role play, people were all about the experience. The concept of 'pay it forward' was huge too.
Everquest really helped my development as a child, infact being able to spell, read, and type very fast from playing the game from a young age actually masked a profound learning disability which was only discovered by my tutors in university from my attempts of writing degree+ papers!
1999. My half elf bard born in Qeynos, completely blown by the size and danger of the world , ventures to Blackburrrow for the first time. A train full of bloodthirsty screaming Gnolls rushes to me. I panick, try to run, loose orientation and fall in the hole at the entrance. 3 seconds later I am dead . All my meagre belongings lost , a deep sense of despair overwhelming me but I go back. At the entrance a high level (anybody above 20 was for me high level and impossibly glorious) tells me that he knows where my corpse fell and that he would help. He fights all the way to the horrible depths of Blackburrow and leads me to my corpse. I almost faint with relief and fear to not make it back. We did. My undying gratitude to this hero whose name I have forgotten but whose kindness I still remember 25 years later.
That's really what drove EQ in the early days: it was a social system with an attached MMORPG that happened to be lots of fun. The problem is that now there are TONS of social interaction apps that have siphoned off and fractured what used to be a cohesive player base into a billion different subgroups whose main interests nowadays seem to consist solely of themselves. How do we fix that and bring back the old style D&D players that were emotionally invested in creating characters into which they vested a great deal of creativity? I dunno. But playing an RPG with "Stinky McPimpleDik" whose chat capabilities would make a lolcow blush seems kinda ubiquitous across all platforms. Maybe we're just dying out. 🤷♂️
It was that way in EQ2 in the early days too. Waiting hours for the Lightbringer Wisp to spawn, one player getting the drop and swapping out for another guildie, chatting and laughing the whole time.
Yeah, well now it's not. You either solo, you raid, or you quit. Granted there are the groups of people who play together, all the time. I'm not in one of those, nor will I ever be. People log on, they form up their predetermined groups, and when they get tired, the activity is over. No more asking for more people to join, because there are no people. And I've been back in EQ long enough to know that if you're a solo playing spamming for a group, you might as well be talking to yourself. And that in fact, to most people, makes them look down on you. Why? Because you don't have the experience to know that isn't how things work anymore and if you're stupid enough not to know that, then you're probably not worth dealing with.
I remember logging into the common lands at night and realising I didn't have a torch and I couldn't see a thing, and it was the corpse-run days where you lost everything if you died and couldn't find your corpse again.
The birth of the Firiona Vie server back in 2002. It was a truly magical place, with a truly magical community, where I made the best online friends that I’ve ever had.
For me its the sense of adventure you get from EQ that no other game does for me. Specifically exploring a dungeon for the first time, I'll never forget bumping into a wall and going through it being a secret wall feeling like data from the goonies and screaming over the party chat "GUYS! I'm in a whole another room!". Getting truly lost in the world with friends for hours and hours on end is why EverQuest will always hold a place in my heart and while I may take breaks for as long as the servers are up I will always find my way home.
I was in a guild called Scarlet Underground and their old guild website became an Asian born site. I tried to go back to it a number of years ago and boy was it a surprise lol
Early on, our normal group got stranded in the Qeynos / Blackburrow area. I was not yet capable of porting us (as a wizard) so we made the run across the Karanas and up the ramp into Highpass, through Kithicor (along the wall, even though we waited until daylight!) and into the Commonlands. Now, by this time our group was actually 8 members strong, so we formed an ad-hoc raid by putting two groups of 4 together. My wife led one group and I, the other, and I was on the phone with the other husband and wife team who were also playing in opposite groups. I think our biggest takedown that day was the griffawns in Northern Karana, but it's been 25 years and the memory is a bit fuzzy. Maybe they were Griffins and the one's in the Commonlands were Griffawns, I dunno. Either way, it was a blast, our first "raid," and a hell of a grand adventure for all of us. I think we were level 12 or so.
My EQ journey began right after The Scars of Velious launch. I was a Wood Elf Ranger. A couple of days in I met a High Elf, Cleric if I remember correctly, named Breezer though so with a name like that he might've been an Enchanter. Anyways, after killing some orcs for awhile near the Northern most lift nearest Crushbone he asked if I wanted to learn any of the languages. I had no clue what he was talking about so he gave instructions, I followed, & soon began learning various EQ languages. I was so amazed & hooked.
@@wo3fullyin3pt0678 Did they? Are you referring to EQN or an actual EQ3? EQN looked interesting, but may have had a bit too much experimental ideas baked into it as they described it.
I remember camping Ragefire with a friend (he was a cleric) back in the original Kunark and when Ragefire was still in SolB. The server had a rotation for clerics ready for the last encounter and it was my friends turn. If you left the zone at any time you forfeited your spot. We sat there for 68 hours. His guild cleared the Fire Giants everytime they respawned so they could come enmass to kill Ragefire. Finally, Rage fire pops ! We put out the call and the guild comes running. He does the turn in we do both fights and before he can loot the piece he goes LINKDEAD. Remember this is dial up modem era. 68 hours and no issue and POOF he disappears. Luckily after some resets he got back in just in time to loot the piece. A rez stick back in the day was huge and our guild was happy we had it! I slept for 17 hours after that haha
Quarm is knocking it out of the park, Secrets and team are doing amazing work there. No krono, no boxing, no RMT people actually passing on loot to people who use it over selling it. They need to up their game for the next TLP, it's the 25th after all.
EQ was special to me because it let me build and create “my character” in a way I had never been able to do in a game before. The progression thereafter was that much more special because I was growing and learning in my own way. Having that level of customisation in a rich world with deep lore made me feel like I was creating a place for myself in Norrath, especially when I felt like I have no place for myself on Earth
I fondly remember being at the docks in Oasis of Marr fighting crocs and watching the trains to the zone go flying by. Also, having Specter's pulled to the docs or the named sand giant guy and watching the folks run for cover. Also, the hours spent on my Halfling Cleric hunting evil eyes and muddites in the Gorge of King Xorbb, not to mention the occasional Minotaur.
Server first attempts at Nagafen. Finally being strong enough to farm Dragoons in Neriak. The first run from Freeport to Qeynos. Fearing the Dragoon & griffons in Common Lands. So many, it's hard to name them all isn't it?
Hello, After running everywhere and shooting on everybody in counter strike, I remember EQ was just another world. One of my best memories concern waiting for group in front of Paludal with an in-game friend and just chating for one hour. I just hope they don't plan to release EQ3 two weeks before RIOT MMORPG lol. I think EQ2 was a good game but completely eclipsed by wow. Just a last word, I just play casually now but I still looking your videos because EQ is the best mmorpg I ever play. Immersing for the first time was astonishing. Of course, there is friends but memories from the game too : - first black screen from blind - first death in the middle of Kithikor by night - first death from trap in Beffalen - first GM running full speed and full gear in Nektulos (WTF!!!) - /ooc train to zone macro - you have been killed by Kizdean Gix And a lot more... To be continued ... I hope :)
The Velious armor upgrade was a HUGE incentive for me and it really drew me into the game. They were also some of the best armor models to date IMO. Gnome goggle helmet was hillarious!
I want nothing to change with EverQuest. Every year I love looking forward to a new TLP where we all get together and play for a while I also love that I can run it on my toaster. I hope this never changes
Yes it must be fun to start all over every year an MMO that is supposed to be all about character progression. You make it seem like you're playing Path Of Exile leagues or something. If i had to start over every year id be long gone
@@xzxxx-km4vy Most of us old heads only enjoy the first 4-6 expansions. That's a good year and a half to two years of content to run through with like-minded people. Generally there's a new server starting up around that time for those who want to hit the ground running again, or the freedom to skip it and take a break before the next go. It's pretty perfect.
I know this is more focused on live or at least progression. But that love for P99, never falters!!! It's so nice to have a helpful and engaging community in game! Thank you All!!!!
I first started playing Everquest in early 2000 when I was in 6th grade. I reached level 14 or so and had just gotten some bronze armor on as a Paladin. I got too big for my britches and thought I could take on the world beyond the Commonlands(EC and WC). I wandered into Kithicor Forest and soon thereafter, night fell. I was swarmed by the high level undead and quickly was killed. I had no idea where my corpse was in my frantic attempt at an escape. I cried my eyes out after I died because I was too terrified to go back and search the huge zone for my corpse. My corpse decayed with all of my gear... I learned a very important lesson about Everquest that day. Don't get too big for your britches.
Its very hard to narrow it down what the most memorable experience i ever had in that amazing game has been: I think it boils down to something that isnt actually the game. Falling in love with a stranger from across the world and the many friends i have made and retained from across more than 20 decades of it, has to be the top two experiences.
I used to enjoy drawing my characters, and each armor piece had an identity. It created this cool patchwork of all of my character's adventures. This does not happen when it's all the same. My most stubborn memory : I was riding a boat, I believe it was just a boat to and from Freeport. I was either in the wrong spot, or I lagged on load. My fully equipt Cleric fell into the water. I had a panic. I could not find anyone on that could summon my body. An Iksar finally messaged me back. This guy dove into the ocean with no way of knowing where I was. He swam up and down the boat path. Eventually he found my body and he dragged it all the way back to me. If you know how far a boats path can be, before zoning you know that is huge. It was amazing. I also very much remember the tunnel and people paying it forward. Paying any favor forward was a huge deal. Sitting and taking donations for buffs. Etc. I miss the social aspect of it. They make you able to solo which is great but then, no one needs you. I have other memories but that Iksar was awesome. Oh and my posts are STILL on Allakhazam mostly under Valdon Gravestone.
I used to play a long time ago around the Velious Expansion. I have fond memories of my time in Everquest. Your idea about updating the models would be amazing, and honestly I feel as though it would bring new players into the game. I would imagine from an outsiders perspective the game has grown stale after so many years. After watching your video though, I hope that they are looking to put in some more work with future and more content rich updates, especially the visuals. That would do a lot to bring in new players.
Considering the proliferation of instances for dungeons, and the low player count per server, maybe they could collapse all the Live servers into one so those of us looking for the social interaction have an easier time finding it as we grind toward the endgame. 🤷♂️
I still play EQ2 (well, recently came back after a very long hiatus), and I left the same feedback. I know it's not so simple as just dropping and/or consolidating skills, but it desperately needs it. I tend to do alts just because it's more manageable at lower levels.
May of shared this before, but one my all time greatest raid memories comes from Planes of Power. It's raid night, we are going to fight Coirnav, we have Xegony and Fennin down, and starting work Coirnav and the Rathe. We are set up, we start the fight, things are going great, we are fighting coirnav, can barely see anything left on his HP bar when my screen locks up, and I find myself in the Plane of Tranquility. Yup, we missed the 15 minute timer and had been booted from the zone. Lots of explicitives in guild chat, and the active roster went from like 80 to 10 in about 20 seconds. That would be what I consider my first ever fail on an enrage timer, less than 1% hp, and while not a wipe, might as well of been.
My game dev journey is chugging along. Nothing to share yet, but one day.. you'll be streaming it :) Spire / EQsage let me extract everquest race models and stuff so I can play around with them in my game as placeholders.. but it instantly made my game way more everquest-like. I need to upscale the models so I'm not breaking any copywrites.. but it's progress! Take a look at EQsage and what it can be used for, for EQ emulated servers. It's amazing! (I have no affiliation with them, but I appreciate the heck out of their efforts!)
I Love EQ because there is always something to min max , reaching 4k AC on my Warrior at OMENS and level 70 Rawr. My favorite moment in EQ is when i was selling Power leveling 1 to 50 on P99 delivered in 12 hours 1 session. I got the runs so polished after selling more than 50 runs , that I don't think anyone could ever beat my run.
EQ2 was my first MMO, I'd love to go back and experience that wonder again, no data mining, having to map out certain areas, no guides on-line, just a brand new world to explore and discover, forming groups to overcome dungeons and quests, even the old crafting system where you had to make all the components, different housing areas depending on your race, starting off as a generic class, fighter/scout/mage/healer, then having to go through class quests around level 10 & 20 to define your class/role
My first memory in EQ was my baby Necro dying in Nektulos Forest. I ran around naked looking for my corpse and was devastated when I received a tell informing me that corpse along with all my gear had decayed. I felt like quitting. The next tell invited me to meet them at the entrance to Neriak whereupon a level 50 (a god to me then) proceeded to gear me up like there was no tomorrow. I'm still playing EQ because of that person. I was later to discover that this person was a member in one of the most notorious guilds on the server proving to me that actions make the rep, not guild affiliation.
I played 20 years ago, and I still have memories of some of my memories. The danger of going to Crystal Caverns just to bask in its subtle beauty after finally arriving. The frustration and anxiety of trying to get your body back after death (thank GOD that was done away with!!). The Kunark enemies, and the Dridards (spider people) too. Good memories.
I play EQ2 more the EQ about 80/20 - however I agree with you. I would NEVER recommend EQ2 to a new player. They would hate it. I rated it 1/10 for recommendation, but it’s a 10/10 on how much I like it.
Gamed EQ on and off for years. Right now not gaming but plan to get back to it in the next month. FV server, ranger. Level 113. I kind of like running quests and offering TA;s to other guild members.
The area where I grew up has terrible internet connection, so playing PC games wasn’t really an option, thus I missed the golden age of MMORPGS, including EverQuest in its heyday. Having played it now as a 30 year old, I really wish I had the opportunity back then. I think this is the only mmo that still retains that old school fantasy nostalgia factor.
For me there has never been anything like racing other guilds to high priority targets. Having to mobilize and organize ports for everyone all the while other guilds are doing the same is so heart pounding and exciting. My guild of 24 years still talk about racing to NToV/Ssra Temple ect.
In EQ, enjoyed the friendships that were formed though guilds and parties. The slower more difficult battles that required team work and skill. Sometimes I will play for a bit now, but it is not the same without friends. The game has gotten so big, that there are very few, or no people in the lower/mid level zones. If there is an EQ 3, I am there for sure!
I've never done this, but, first? EDIT: Okay, but really, why is there still *so* many abilities in EQ2? It feels awkward every few years I re-install the game and decide to run around for a bit. All my friends who do the same thing feel the same. It's a turn-off for diving deeper into the game. I remember feeling there were too many abilities during Desert of Flames, an expansion released in 2005!
I definitely feel like EQ2 is a weird game now. When you play up a SHD or something, you really feel like melee abilities and magic are unequally balanced to the point where I don't even press my melee buttons if they don't have an effect like stunning or something, because autoattack does like 40 times more damage than me mashing my entire hotbar. Spells however seem to actually do a meaningful amount of damage, and I have no idea why. I used to love playing Assassin, but it feels pointless now except for Assassinate or Mortal Blade. Entering high level areas is also mind boggling when you autoattack one-shot heroics and then get your trash kicked in from a boss that visually looks no more challenging than the rest Also, the individual stats being redesigned to Primary Stats really took the immersion away from me when I was excited for progression servers back when
Damn!! He's spittin FIRE! love it! I hope they do some graphical stuff (Armor identity, player models) ... and wow... a number squish for both games would be nice.
Everquest is what started my addiction to MMOs. I don't always have the fondest of memories of my actual playtime back in the day, mostly due to the fact that I was one of those weirdos who actually played on the PVP servers, and as a teenager I ended up being pretty toxic at times. Still, the world itself I've always looked back on fondly. I put another good amount of time in on Thornblade when it came out, and I'm interested to see what they will do with TLPs this year. As much as I love the idea of the game, I won't be going back if it's just another classic experience. I'm not saying I just want another random loot server, but it will need to be something equally as radical and interesting, or I won't be playing. My dream would be for them to somehow make an EQ3 that managed to straddle the difference between the encouragement of social engagement along with the realistic and sometimes punishing consequences of EQ, but with gameplay that wasn't braindead boring (looking at you melee classes). For a while I thought Ashes of Creation would be that game, but I've lost almost all interest in it over the years of following the development updates, as it seems to be leaning more and more into an elitist focus where all of the interesting mechanics are designed for a small percentage of no-lifers, (node mayors, castles, flying mounts, freeholds, legendary weapons, no karma on the ocean, etc.), and 95% of players it seems are expected to just play as loyal serfs.
I'm an active EQ player and have been playing for well over a decade. I jumped onto the ship whenever everyone else seemingly jumped off and my experience with the game has been vastly different than the nostalgia chasers that you normally see. I don't sit here day dreaming through rose tinted glasses about the good ol' days. I've played through multiple TLPs as well as being an active participant on the Live servers. All this being said, my most fond memories are of raiding content and clearing before the other guilds can clear it. That level of excitement to see clear times faster than another gives everyone involved friendly competition and it keeps the raiding scene alive through all the cookie cutter expansions we've had for the past several years. What I'm hoping for the future of Everquest, for all of our sakes, is that they begin to at least attempt to police their game again. TLPs and Live servers both are rampant with botters, cheaters, farmers, and multi-boxing armies. All of this has killed the spirit of Everquest and the staff seems to not care enough to get this epidemic under control. I miss the days of grabbing a group for an AA grind and cutting it up in group chat while we mindlessly kill mob after mob. Now, if you aren't running with a tight group of friends, you are stuck solo/molo and Everquest just isn't built for that. I put Everquest 1 at a 2 star on the survey specifically because I would never recommend the game in the current state that it's in to any new player. It's barren and confusing for a new player to join into.
As someone who started playing after luclin was out and only knew the new models.... I'd LOVE new player models. I also wish they would have UI and chat filtering options that did what I wanted.
Honestly, GMs. That's what EverQuest needs more of. Ones that are empowered to script and run spontaneous events, investigate player /reports, ban (even if just temporarily) people who cheat/grief/etc. And depth. People like to talk about the graphics or the music or whatever, but visuals are outdated the moment they're released. Every game needs to attract players, sure; but more than that, they need to KEEP THEM. And when your game descends into a phat lewtz stat inflation death spiral that has as much lore behind it as a leaflet on famous Jewish sports legends, even the hard-core don't want to bother. 🤷♂️ Edit: That DX11 upgrade really killed me, as my old laptop's GPU doesn't support DX11. So, now I can't play. At all. Gonna have to wait until I buy a new computer now. 🤦♂️
I want a tlp that has classic through luclin unlocked with new class race combos. Mischief loot. Instead of unlocked expansions for the first three expansions have a raid unlock schedule. Also cap the level at 50 until the raid tiers require 60s.
I miss how the world felt immersive there werent instant travel abilities you bare minimum needed a wizard or a druid to get somewhere quick and even that was limited by the locations they could go. I loved how as a human shadowknight I had to be careful in town because I may be human but my dark class may lead to a fight I wasnt expecting. Not to mention the social aspect baked into the game that has been all but removed from MMOs now.
I know its not needed but I thought focus effects being from the start was really fun. They stopped cuz they said it made it too easy but EQ is easy to anyone with Knowledge about the game.
I prefer the general gameplay of EQ. It’s a natural, truly open world fantasy MMO where how you do things matters to not only your personal story but that of others when grouping/raiding. I prefer the activity options and depth of EQ2. Through specialized quests (heritage, lore and legend, etc), crafting, housing, etc it allows such a wide variety of things to delve into. For instance I want to start a housing library and collect as many books as possible with a Conjurer TSing Scribe focused on gaining arcane knowledge. That could be hours and hours of gameplay. I hope the next EQ melds the strong points of EQ and EQ2 to create an extremely versatile and long lasting MMO.
I played with a Mage "Briah" and a Cleric "Saphie" for years and I was a halfling druid Bibbilea on the Innurok server. For years they thought I was a girl, because I played a halfling female druid. It wasn't until another clan mate asked me what gender I was, and he let me know that Saphie and Briah thought I was a girl. I remember being totally horrified having to break the news to each of them lol. I miss the hours and hours we spent grouping though and barely getting anywhere.
EQ is bittersweet. My First MMO, my guild kind of sucked and after PoP it fell apart, thats when I started playing wow. I had a group of friends going last year. we to the 35 but they ended up stopping. I want to play again, just sucks soloin
I missed the EQ train back in the day, DAoC was my poison of choice. Tried EQ2 for the first time last week and it feels like a mess. Horrible starting up as a new player.
I was about to jump into the next progression. I heard they did something with screen brightness?? I hate the total darkness. Did they bring that back?
For me personally, I still prefer the old models to the optional models, especially when it comes to Dark Elves. Not sure what it is but the optional models just look a bit off. For instance my human paladin just looks like they are always leaning to the side with one leg being a tad longer lol. I wish they stuck with the old models but actually just refreshed them and smoothed textures and blocks out.
Everquest is great because everyone can play how they enjoy game play, and there is no "Right" or "Wrong" way to play it. Just go out and have fun how it is fun to you.
I've had to ditch Windows, thuse making it near impossible to play EQ1. (switched to Apple, not Linux like I've done before) So I've been playing WoW a little while, in the back of my mind, hoping the 64bit switch might make it possible to run EQ1 on my M3 iMac. While playing WoW again the difference in how it was managed is SO different, and frankly better. They had a vision into the future that truly out classed the management of EQ1. I prefer EQ1. I like the community in EQ1 WAY better than in WoW. (it's an age thing I think) Yes, it was much easier to future proof WoW since they had a lot more staff and money to work with, but it's still very obvious that EQ1 was not managed in a way looking this far into the future of the game. WoW dealt with this problem much better. Again, I ditched Windows, not EQ1...but a game is a game and (talk about mis-management) after the stuff I've had to deal with on Windows at home, and in the work place, I finally had enough. Tinkering in Linux was not a practical solution even though it would mean I could play EQ1 still. As it stands, I'm so happy with my iMac M3 (24gb RAM + 2tb storage) and have confidence it'll last me a good 6 years (minimum) based on my personal needs and affinity for older games. (just not ancient games like EQ1 hehehe)
Dude, it's pronounce Looslin. Fight for the truth. Old troll model was the best. And I really enjoyed the first person view, especially at the bank in Cabilis and Kurns.
I remember a lot in my 2004 to 2016 life in EverQuest and then I remember the Last parts Trusting Daybreak Games so much that handing them $300 to support them ending with Nothing so me buying and Remember items like Tee shirts & Mouse pads or Art is me going you have to be Joking Get EverQuest 3 out then if you want to sell stuff in life for that we will Talk until then NO!!! RIP: EverQuest Next
Having started in 1999....my biggest complaint shared by many people i know ingame is that post 110 you are virtually forced into questing in order to level. Creating zones with Depth (chardok , old seb ect) fun camps to pull and kill grind at are LONG LONG missing from the game... It needs to come back. The ol dungeon crawl to a good camp in lguk or any zone ..were have you gone.
EverQuest had been my favorite game most my life I come and go and it's not as good as it was what made me love it was item identity (I can mostly live without this) but most importantly the fact that it used to be required to group to do most things the ability to solo so much and what you can't you multi box to do instead of meeting people is what ruins it for me 😢 I started a stream for OakWynd with the focus on just trying to lfg and meet people but it's even hard on progression servers lol
we need a game to be brutal to teach us can't have something unless you work for it,, there has to be grind,, time an death has to matter !! world os full of crap i would like too jump in eq and meet friendd and new people that i can go adventure in and forget the bs of reality !!
EQ is definitely bloated with skills/spells.. instead of coming out with endless expansions (with further add to the bloat), they should spend some serious time revamping the early gameplay to bring in new players. They could slow the pace down, focus on adding quests to racial starting cities and adding incentive for existing players to create alts to increase the player base for grouping. There's a lot they could do to bring back some fun in the older zones, instead of just doing them as hardcore heritage zones for higher level players once in awhile.
The only reason i might use luclin models is so i can see my hero forge ornamentations because if you luclin models off you dont see it. I personally cant stand luclin models they always look like there out of breath and breathing heavy. And i know about Freeport when they changed it that was terrible same with e and w commonlands some things dont need to be changed so drastically. Onething i wish they add is a marketplace so i can actually play on said account and sell at the sametime as is you cant and its sad. Great video by the way keep it up!
The biggest thing that's had everquest shrinking slowly over the years has been how completely out of touch the people who make it are with people who don't play it or don't play it super hardcore. A lot of the jealous rage that seeped into SOE after WoW became the smash hit it did by copy pasting and tweaking the EQ formula still has a lot of influence over how things are run in Carlsbad. It's a shame - an everquest that isn't completely repellant to newcomers would be soaking up tons and tons of new players as wow has past its peak and there's really nothing else worth playing in the MMO space. But, it's just too much leveling alone, so that pretty much just leaves TLPs for new players. This last round of TLPs was ruined by JChan's *terrible* response to a massive widespread dupe issue that blew up all of the TLP economies. I had four friends playing with me for the first time (after years of attempting to convince them) on the TLP and the duping stuff chased them away.
The difficulty was enough that it made achieving something meaningful, and it made having a guild where you could group with people meaningful vs the group finder instance grind of more modern mmos. And the combat roles are the best with the cc role actually mattering, and pulling actually mattering, and tanking/aggro control mattering. Newer MMOs are so easy they are boring. I played from about 1997 thru 2003, and then for a couple month in 2023. It felt empty and lonely and boring in 2023, even on a TLV or randomized loot server.
Whats funny is I look at wow and you can see all of the EQ roots just someone took a brush and filed off the rough edges and made it far more player friendly and less obtuse. If EQ had done that and had left the big world a big part of its gameplay pre luclin I think its the game that still dominates not wow.
DX11 has completely ruined my EQ experience. Everything is so dark that it's unplayable. I have canceled my subscription and lost all faith in their ability and competence to ever put any love and care into EverQuest. There's no longer any passion from the developers or publisher; it's just a money farm for them.
You can always try going to search on desktop and lookup calibrate display. Go through the first couple of windows til you get to a slider, move it up and you can make everything as bright as you want, it will persist into the game.
@@FirstNameLastName-okayyoutubedx11 is what eq runs on, It's engine code was written in the 90s early 2000s lol. They just recently upgraded to dx11. At least now a lot of machines around have that already. Before you had to go and download an older version to install to even play the game.
I don't want them todo an EQ3. Why? Not because I don't love EverQuest, I do. It's actually the opposite.. I don't want them to ruin it. They'll monetize the HELL out of EQ3. No thanks.
The mass social aspect of Vallon Zek team pvp. The whole server knew who was a dirty xteamer or where the were taking over zones or seb to farm. There were the good guy guilds and then evil guilds that just kos everyone. That and fighting with elf only guilds or the of short races. Just all the crazy in game drama i guess of my old server before merges ever happened back in early 2000 and on. Always kept you on your toes. Hell, i can still list all the names of grudges from those days haha most of them stupid bards
Everquest is a failed company that people can not seem to get away from. They failed with the DX 11 update shouldn't be the job of the players to find workarounds. I mean the devs are paid, right? If there is an item dupe they talk to the shareholders more then the players that are affected by it they hide the fact there was a dupe for weeks saying tell was clear it was going around and people were still able to keep most of the plat. Suspending players for using quests in the game that were fun or for getting duped items, even if they didn't know about the dup. Everquest as a game was great but the company in general has failed over and over
The most eye-grabbing moment was back in 1999, when I first started my high elf cleric. I remember trying to get to Kelethin, and shout-asked if anyone knew the way. A higher level ranger, in FULL roleplay mode, came by and led me all the way to Kelethin, making comments about the dangers of Crushbone and his gratitude for Felwithe as an ally in the coming fights ahead. Then, I saw the city, and I was completely blown away - he gave me a mace and a shield to start out with and wished me well. I had never experiencing anything like in on any video game ever, and that memory still sticks with me over 20 years later.
One thing I do find really sad about the direction EQ went was for whatever reason, you saw the roleplaying vanish. Seems like that was only a super early-era kind of thing, but it was really, really neat to parttake in.
I had a very similar experience on Xegony with roleplaying when I first started playing in the summer of 1999. ( I think it was summer) I had a paladin and came across so many role players and I RPd back since I had some experience in RPing when I had been playing pen and paper Dungeons & Dragons all through out college. I was given several pieces of Bronze and a nice sword and shield and I felt almost invincible at my level. Later on some of those same people helped me along in getting my ghoulbane by clearing down to the camp with me and helping me separate the spawns so I could handle it by my self. I got my Ghoulbane and after I manage to get out of Uguk I did a shout that I finally got my GB and everyone in the zone cheered! Those were the days. I have yet to really recapture any of that. I think the closet I came was when I played DAOC when it was released, and here just recently EQ Project Quarm. THe people on Quarm are sooo nice.
@@alphadragongamingFTW I remember that we were looking for a guild to ally with, because ours was too small to put together a full raid force. It took several weeks to make it happen. Because we all had to learn Dwarvish and gain faction with Kaladim because that's where the meeting to ally our guilds was going to be held.
The RP died as the internet expanded
I remember when they did an event with Blackburrow attacking Qeynos Hills and I as an human SK who despised the guards of Qeynos purposely was the only player trying to kill the guards. I didnt win or get anything but it was fun to roleplay the dastardly villain
That is what playing back in the day was like. Even if it was not full role play, people were all about the experience. The concept of 'pay it forward' was huge too.
Everquest really helped my development as a child, infact being able to spell, read, and type very fast from playing the game from a young age actually masked a profound learning disability which was only discovered by my tutors in university from my attempts of writing degree+ papers!
The login music always lets me know an adventure is about to start. Every time.
1999. My half elf bard born in Qeynos, completely blown by the size and danger of the world , ventures to Blackburrrow for the first time.
A train full of bloodthirsty screaming Gnolls rushes to me. I panick, try to run, loose orientation and fall in the hole at the entrance. 3 seconds later I am dead .
All my meagre belongings lost , a deep sense of despair overwhelming me but I go back.
At the entrance a high level (anybody above 20 was for me high level and impossibly glorious) tells me that he knows where my corpse fell and that he would help.
He fights all the way to the horrible depths of Blackburrow and leads me to my corpse. I almost faint with relief and fear to not make it back. We did.
My undying gratitude to this hero whose name I have forgotten but whose kindness I still remember 25 years later.
Spending 10+ hrs in a camp with people joining and leaving on a regular basis. Meeting people you got to know and group with for yrs to come.
That's really what drove EQ in the early days: it was a social system with an attached MMORPG that happened to be lots of fun. The problem is that now there are TONS of social interaction apps that have siphoned off and fractured what used to be a cohesive player base into a billion different subgroups whose main interests nowadays seem to consist solely of themselves.
How do we fix that and bring back the old style D&D players that were emotionally invested in creating characters into which they vested a great deal of creativity? I dunno. But playing an RPG with "Stinky McPimpleDik" whose chat capabilities would make a lolcow blush seems kinda ubiquitous across all platforms. Maybe we're just dying out. 🤷♂️
That and games stopped requiring real effort and time. You can simply kill a boss and get the loot within mins and you move on. @@brianmurphy6480
It was that way in EQ2 in the early days too.
Waiting hours for the Lightbringer Wisp to spawn, one player getting the drop and swapping out for another guildie, chatting and laughing the whole time.
Yeah, well now it's not. You either solo, you raid, or you quit. Granted there are the groups of people who play together, all the time. I'm not in one of those, nor will I ever be. People log on, they form up their predetermined groups, and when they get tired, the activity is over. No more asking for more people to join, because there are no people. And I've been back in EQ long enough to know that if you're a solo playing spamming for a group, you might as well be talking to yourself. And that in fact, to most people, makes them look down on you. Why? Because you don't have the experience to know that isn't how things work anymore and if you're stupid enough not to know that, then you're probably not worth dealing with.
I remember logging into the common lands at night and realising I didn't have a torch and I couldn't see a thing, and it was the corpse-run days where you lost everything if you died and couldn't find your corpse again.
I remember the pitch black of night realizing that I never leveled Sense Heading and that my chances of finding my corpse were growing bleaker.
The birth of the Firiona Vie server back in 2002. It was a truly magical place, with a truly magical community, where I made the best online friends that I’ve ever had.
For me its the sense of adventure you get from EQ that no other game does for me. Specifically exploring a dungeon for the first time, I'll never forget bumping into a wall and going through it being a secret wall feeling like data from the goonies and screaming over the party chat "GUYS! I'm in a whole another room!". Getting truly lost in the world with friends for hours and hours on end is why EverQuest will always hold a place in my heart and while I may take breaks for as long as the servers are up I will always find my way home.
The guild I was in was called "Red Ones" and required everyone in the guild to fully dye your armor red.
When we raided it looked like a sea of blood.
I was in a guild called Scarlet Underground and their old guild website became an Asian born site. I tried to go back to it a number of years ago and boy was it a surprise lol
I have a friend who has been playing EQ I from day one. She loves it and never tried any other games. I admire her for sticking with it.
Not even to try EQ2?
To be fair I'm the same with several year breaks throughout. Never tried EQ2.
Early on, our normal group got stranded in the Qeynos / Blackburrow area. I was not yet capable of porting us (as a wizard) so we made the run across the Karanas and up the ramp into Highpass, through Kithicor (along the wall, even though we waited until daylight!) and into the Commonlands. Now, by this time our group was actually 8 members strong, so we formed an ad-hoc raid by putting two groups of 4 together. My wife led one group and I, the other, and I was on the phone with the other husband and wife team who were also playing in opposite groups. I think our biggest takedown that day was the griffawns in Northern Karana, but it's been 25 years and the memory is a bit fuzzy. Maybe they were Griffins and the one's in the Commonlands were Griffawns, I dunno. Either way, it was a blast, our first "raid," and a hell of a grand adventure for all of us. I think we were level 12 or so.
That's amazing! I love hearing the old school EQ stories.
My EQ journey began right after The Scars of Velious launch. I was a Wood Elf Ranger. A couple of days in I met a High Elf, Cleric if I remember correctly, named Breezer though so with a name like that he might've been an Enchanter. Anyways, after killing some orcs for awhile near the Northern most lift nearest Crushbone he asked if I wanted to learn any of the languages. I had no clue what he was talking about so he gave instructions, I followed, & soon began learning various EQ languages. I was so amazed & hooked.
The big thing I want is an EQ3 announcement.
They already announced that and it died quickly. lol
@@wo3fullyin3pt0678 Did they? Are you referring to EQN or an actual EQ3? EQN looked interesting, but may have had a bit too much experimental ideas baked into it as they described it.
EQ died ages ago when Daybreak became a thing.
Even if an EQ3 would be announced, it will still be garbage if Daybreak is involved.
I remember camping Ragefire with a friend (he was a cleric) back in the original Kunark and when Ragefire was still in SolB. The server had a rotation for clerics ready for the last encounter and it was my friends turn. If you left the zone at any time you forfeited your spot. We sat there for 68 hours. His guild cleared the Fire Giants everytime they respawned so they could come enmass to kill Ragefire. Finally, Rage fire pops ! We put out the call and the guild comes running. He does the turn in we do both fights and before he can loot the piece he goes LINKDEAD. Remember this is dial up modem era. 68 hours and no issue and POOF he disappears. Luckily after some resets he got back in just in time to loot the piece. A rez stick back in the day was huge and our guild was happy we had it! I slept for 17 hours after that haha
Quarm is knocking it out of the park, Secrets and team are doing amazing work there. No krono, no boxing, no RMT people actually passing on loot to people who use it over selling it.
They need to up their game for the next TLP, it's the 25th after all.
Yea, they can't compete with Project Quarm for sure. Can't recommend it enough ☺
EQ was special to me because it let me build and create “my character” in a way I had never been able to do in a game before. The progression thereafter was that much more special because I was growing and learning in my own way. Having that level of customisation in a rich world with deep lore made me feel like I was creating a place for myself in Norrath, especially when I felt like I have no place for myself on Earth
I fondly remember being at the docks in Oasis of Marr fighting crocs and watching the trains to the zone go flying by. Also, having Specter's pulled to the docs or the named sand giant guy and watching the folks run for cover. Also, the hours spent on my Halfling Cleric hunting evil eyes and muddites in the Gorge of King Xorbb, not to mention the occasional Minotaur.
Server first attempts at Nagafen. Finally being strong enough to farm Dragoons in Neriak. The first run from Freeport to Qeynos. Fearing the Dragoon & griffons in Common Lands. So many, it's hard to name them all isn't it?
One thing I love about EQ is the music. I still hear the soundtrack every once in a while.
Hello,
After running everywhere and shooting on everybody in counter strike, I remember EQ was just another world. One of my best memories concern waiting for group in front of Paludal with an in-game friend and just chating for one hour.
I just hope they don't plan to release EQ3 two weeks before RIOT MMORPG lol. I think EQ2 was a good game but completely eclipsed by wow.
Just a last word, I just play casually now but I still looking your videos because EQ is the best mmorpg I ever play. Immersing for the first time was astonishing.
Of course, there is friends but memories from the game too :
- first black screen from blind
- first death in the middle of Kithikor by night
- first death from trap in Beffalen
- first GM running full speed and full gear in Nektulos (WTF!!!)
- /ooc train to zone macro
- you have been killed by Kizdean Gix
And a lot more...
To be continued ... I hope :)
The Velious armor upgrade was a HUGE incentive for me and it really drew me into the game. They were also some of the best armor models to date IMO. Gnome goggle helmet was hillarious!
They were *so cool*
I want nothing to change with EverQuest. Every year I love looking forward to a new TLP where we all get together and play for a while
I also love that I can run it on my toaster. I hope this never changes
Yes it must be fun to start all over every year an MMO that is supposed to be all about character progression. You make it seem like you're playing Path Of Exile leagues or something. If i had to start over every year id be long gone
@@xzxxx-km4vy Most of us old heads only enjoy the first 4-6 expansions. That's a good year and a half to two years of content to run through with like-minded people. Generally there's a new server starting up around that time for those who want to hit the ground running again, or the freedom to skip it and take a break before the next go. It's pretty perfect.
I know this is more focused on live or at least progression.
But that love for P99, never falters!!!
It's so nice to have a helpful and engaging community in game!
Thank you All!!!!
I first started playing Everquest in early 2000 when I was in 6th grade. I reached level 14 or so and had just gotten some bronze armor on as a Paladin. I got too big for my britches and thought I could take on the world beyond the Commonlands(EC and WC). I wandered into Kithicor Forest and soon thereafter, night fell. I was swarmed by the high level undead and quickly was killed. I had no idea where my corpse was in my frantic attempt at an escape. I cried my eyes out after I died because I was too terrified to go back and search the huge zone for my corpse. My corpse decayed with all of my gear... I learned a very important lesson about Everquest that day. Don't get too big for your britches.
I really appreciate the challenge, complexity, and the overall thrill of the game as a whole especially with your own character of choice.
I remember how fun it was to explore the world. Especially around Ruins of Kunark. Seeing an Iksar leveling up around Ro was a rarity!
Its very hard to narrow it down what the most memorable experience i ever had in that amazing game has been: I think it boils down to something that isnt actually the game. Falling in love with a stranger from across the world and the many friends i have made and retained from across more than 20 decades of it, has to be the top two experiences.
I used to enjoy drawing my characters, and each armor piece had an identity. It created this cool patchwork of all of my character's adventures. This does not happen when it's all the same.
My most stubborn memory : I was riding a boat, I believe it was just a boat to and from Freeport. I was either in the wrong spot, or I lagged on load. My fully equipt Cleric fell into the water. I had a panic. I could not find anyone on that could summon my body. An Iksar finally messaged me back. This guy dove into the ocean with no way of knowing where I was. He swam up and down the boat path. Eventually he found my body and he dragged it all the way back to me. If you know how far a boats path can be, before zoning you know that is huge. It was amazing. I also very much remember the tunnel and people paying it forward. Paying any favor forward was a huge deal. Sitting and taking donations for buffs. Etc. I miss the social aspect of it.
They make you able to solo which is great but then, no one needs you. I have other memories but that Iksar was awesome. Oh and my posts are STILL on Allakhazam mostly under Valdon Gravestone.
I used to play a long time ago around the Velious Expansion. I have fond memories of my time in Everquest. Your idea about updating the models would be amazing, and honestly I feel as though it would bring new players into the game. I would imagine from an outsiders perspective the game has grown stale after so many years. After watching your video though, I hope that they are looking to put in some more work with future and more content rich updates, especially the visuals. That would do a lot to bring in new players.
Considering the proliferation of instances for dungeons, and the low player count per server, maybe they could collapse all the Live servers into one so those of us looking for the social interaction have an easier time finding it as we grind toward the endgame. 🤷♂️
I still play EQ2 (well, recently came back after a very long hiatus), and I left the same feedback. I know it's not so simple as just dropping and/or consolidating skills, but it desperately needs it. I tend to do alts just because it's more manageable at lower levels.
May of shared this before, but one my all time greatest raid memories comes from Planes of Power. It's raid night, we are going to fight Coirnav, we have Xegony and Fennin down, and starting work Coirnav and the Rathe. We are set up, we start the fight, things are going great, we are fighting coirnav, can barely see anything left on his HP bar when my screen locks up, and I find myself in the Plane of Tranquility. Yup, we missed the 15 minute timer and had been booted from the zone. Lots of explicitives in guild chat, and the active roster went from like 80 to 10 in about 20 seconds. That would be what I consider my first ever fail on an enrage timer, less than 1% hp, and while not a wipe, might as well of been.
My game dev journey is chugging along. Nothing to share yet, but one day.. you'll be streaming it :)
Spire / EQsage let me extract everquest race models and stuff so I can play around with them in my game as placeholders.. but it instantly made my game way more everquest-like. I need to upscale the models so I'm not breaking any copywrites.. but it's progress!
Take a look at EQsage and what it can be used for, for EQ emulated servers. It's amazing! (I have no affiliation with them, but I appreciate the heck out of their efforts!)
I Love EQ because there is always something to min max , reaching 4k AC on my Warrior at OMENS and level 70 Rawr. My favorite moment in EQ is when i was selling Power leveling 1 to 50 on P99 delivered in 12 hours 1 session. I got the runs so polished after selling more than 50 runs , that I don't think anyone could ever beat my run.
EQ2 was my first MMO, I'd love to go back and experience that wonder again, no data mining, having to map out certain areas, no guides on-line, just a brand new world to explore and discover, forming groups to overcome dungeons and quests, even the old crafting system where you had to make all the components, different housing areas depending on your race, starting off as a generic class, fighter/scout/mage/healer, then having to go through class quests around level 10 & 20 to define your class/role
I like Everquest because of the difference in what you can accomplish from a regular group to a really good group.
Fungi tunic helping friends to get started !! POT Quarm, and the diffrent plane bosses leading to POT.
My first memory in EQ was my baby Necro dying in Nektulos Forest. I ran around naked looking for my corpse and was devastated when I received a tell informing me that corpse along with all my gear had decayed. I felt like quitting. The next tell invited me to meet them at the entrance to Neriak whereupon a level 50 (a god to me then) proceeded to gear me up like there was no tomorrow. I'm still playing EQ because of that person. I was later to discover that this person was a member in one of the most notorious guilds on the server proving to me that actions make the rep, not guild affiliation.
My parents and I actually started playing again. So here is hoping to many more years of EQ
I played 20 years ago, and I still have memories of some of my memories. The danger of going to Crystal Caverns just to bask in its subtle beauty after finally arriving. The frustration and anxiety of trying to get your body back after death (thank GOD that was done away with!!). The Kunark enemies, and the Dridards (spider people) too. Good memories.
I play EQ2 more the EQ about 80/20 - however I agree with you. I would NEVER recommend EQ2 to a new player. They would hate it. I rated it 1/10 for recommendation, but it’s a 10/10 on how much I like it.
sad that none of the merch has any iconic EQ art. was really hoping for a kunark cover tee
Gamed EQ on and off for years. Right now not gaming but plan to get back to it in the next month. FV server, ranger. Level 113. I kind of like running quests and offering TA;s to other guild members.
I’ll second the character models:
If they have waist mobility…
I remember seeing the first barbarian warrior in full bronze was I jealous!
EQ is the beat of all time played for 23 years. On Mischief now making murder!
The area where I grew up has terrible internet connection, so playing PC games wasn’t really an option, thus I missed the golden age of MMORPGS, including EverQuest in its heyday. Having played it now as a 30 year old, I really wish I had the opportunity back then. I think this is the only mmo that still retains that old school fantasy nostalgia factor.
Yes to armor identity. I'm getting to excited now. Last comment from me.
For me there has never been anything like racing other guilds to high priority targets. Having to mobilize and organize ports for everyone all the while other guilds are doing the same is so heart pounding and exciting. My guild of 24 years still talk about racing to NToV/Ssra Temple ect.
In EQ, enjoyed the friendships that were formed though guilds and parties. The slower more difficult battles that required team work and skill. Sometimes I will play for a bit now, but it is not the same without friends. The game has gotten so big, that there are very few, or no people in the lower/mid level zones. If there is an EQ 3, I am there for sure!
I've never done this, but, first?
EDIT: Okay, but really, why is there still *so* many abilities in EQ2? It feels awkward every few years I re-install the game and decide to run around for a bit. All my friends who do the same thing feel the same. It's a turn-off for diving deeper into the game. I remember feeling there were too many abilities during Desert of Flames, an expansion released in 2005!
I just finished posting it and the comment updated before it even had a view. I did a double-take. Cheers.
I definitely feel like EQ2 is a weird game now. When you play up a SHD or something, you really feel like melee abilities and magic are unequally balanced to the point where I don't even press my melee buttons if they don't have an effect like stunning or something, because autoattack does like 40 times more damage than me mashing my entire hotbar. Spells however seem to actually do a meaningful amount of damage, and I have no idea why. I used to love playing Assassin, but it feels pointless now except for Assassinate or Mortal Blade. Entering high level areas is also mind boggling when you autoattack one-shot heroics and then get your trash kicked in from a boss that visually looks no more challenging than the rest
Also, the individual stats being redesigned to Primary Stats really took the immersion away from me when I was excited for progression servers back when
I love training people in common lands tunnels. I ll do it in the next tlp again
Damn!! He's spittin FIRE! love it! I hope they do some graphical stuff (Armor identity, player models) ... and wow... a number squish for both games would be nice.
Everquest is what started my addiction to MMOs. I don't always have the fondest of memories of my actual playtime back in the day, mostly due to the fact that I was one of those weirdos who actually played on the PVP servers, and as a teenager I ended up being pretty toxic at times. Still, the world itself I've always looked back on fondly. I put another good amount of time in on Thornblade when it came out, and I'm interested to see what they will do with TLPs this year. As much as I love the idea of the game, I won't be going back if it's just another classic experience. I'm not saying I just want another random loot server, but it will need to be something equally as radical and interesting, or I won't be playing.
My dream would be for them to somehow make an EQ3 that managed to straddle the difference between the encouragement of social engagement along with the realistic and sometimes punishing consequences of EQ, but with gameplay that wasn't braindead boring (looking at you melee classes). For a while I thought Ashes of Creation would be that game, but I've lost almost all interest in it over the years of following the development updates, as it seems to be leaning more and more into an elitist focus where all of the interesting mechanics are designed for a small percentage of no-lifers, (node mayors, castles, flying mounts, freeholds, legendary weapons, no karma on the ocean, etc.), and 95% of players it seems are expected to just play as loyal serfs.
I'm an active EQ player and have been playing for well over a decade. I jumped onto the ship whenever everyone else seemingly jumped off and my experience with the game has been vastly different than the nostalgia chasers that you normally see. I don't sit here day dreaming through rose tinted glasses about the good ol' days. I've played through multiple TLPs as well as being an active participant on the Live servers. All this being said, my most fond memories are of raiding content and clearing before the other guilds can clear it. That level of excitement to see clear times faster than another gives everyone involved friendly competition and it keeps the raiding scene alive through all the cookie cutter expansions we've had for the past several years.
What I'm hoping for the future of Everquest, for all of our sakes, is that they begin to at least attempt to police their game again. TLPs and Live servers both are rampant with botters, cheaters, farmers, and multi-boxing armies. All of this has killed the spirit of Everquest and the staff seems to not care enough to get this epidemic under control. I miss the days of grabbing a group for an AA grind and cutting it up in group chat while we mindlessly kill mob after mob. Now, if you aren't running with a tight group of friends, you are stuck solo/molo and Everquest just isn't built for that. I put Everquest 1 at a 2 star on the survey specifically because I would never recommend the game in the current state that it's in to any new player. It's barren and confusing for a new player to join into.
As someone who started playing after luclin was out and only knew the new models.... I'd LOVE new player models. I also wish they would have UI and chat filtering options that did what I wanted.
Honestly, GMs. That's what EverQuest needs more of. Ones that are empowered to script and run spontaneous events, investigate player /reports, ban (even if just temporarily) people who cheat/grief/etc.
And depth. People like to talk about the graphics or the music or whatever, but visuals are outdated the moment they're released. Every game needs to attract players, sure; but more than that, they need to KEEP THEM. And when your game descends into a phat lewtz stat inflation death spiral that has as much lore behind it as a leaflet on famous Jewish sports legends, even the hard-core don't want to bother. 🤷♂️
Edit: That DX11 upgrade really killed me, as my old laptop's GPU doesn't support DX11. So, now I can't play. At all. Gonna have to wait until I buy a new computer now. 🤦♂️
I want a tlp that has classic through luclin unlocked with new class race combos. Mischief loot. Instead of unlocked expansions for the first three expansions have a raid unlock schedule. Also cap the level at 50 until the raid tiers require 60s.
I miss how the world felt immersive there werent instant travel abilities you bare minimum needed a wizard or a druid to get somewhere quick and even that was limited by the locations they could go. I loved how as a human shadowknight I had to be careful in town because I may be human but my dark class may lead to a fight I wasnt expecting. Not to mention the social aspect baked into the game that has been all but removed from MMOs now.
I know its not needed but I thought focus effects being from the start was really fun. They stopped cuz they said it made it too easy but EQ is easy to anyone with Knowledge about the game.
I prefer the general gameplay of EQ. It’s a natural, truly open world fantasy MMO where how you do things matters to not only your personal story but that of others when grouping/raiding.
I prefer the activity options and depth of EQ2. Through specialized quests (heritage, lore and legend, etc), crafting, housing, etc it allows such a wide variety of things to delve into. For instance I want to start a housing library and collect as many books as possible with a Conjurer TSing Scribe focused on gaining arcane knowledge. That could be hours and hours of gameplay.
I hope the next EQ melds the strong points of EQ and EQ2 to create an extremely versatile and long lasting MMO.
As long as they put ttobey in charge of the new models team, I'm all for it
I played with a Mage "Briah" and a Cleric "Saphie" for years and I was a halfling druid Bibbilea on the Innurok server. For years they thought I was a girl, because I played a halfling female druid. It wasn't until another clan mate asked me what gender I was, and he let me know that Saphie and Briah thought I was a girl. I remember being totally horrified having to break the news to each of them lol. I miss the hours and hours we spent grouping though and barely getting anywhere.
EQ is bittersweet. My First MMO, my guild kind of sucked and after PoP it fell apart, thats when I started playing wow. I had a group of friends going last year. we to the 35 but they ended up stopping. I want to play again, just sucks soloin
I missed the EQ train back in the day, DAoC was my poison of choice. Tried EQ2 for the first time last week and it feels like a mess. Horrible starting up as a new player.
Wait a min, your hair was fixed "before" the change?
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I’ve always said. Bring eq2 character models into eq1. Don’t change the play style or questing etc. just bring the updated models!
I was about to jump into the next progression. I heard they did something with screen brightness?? I hate the total darkness. Did they bring that back?
EQ2 live needs a stat squish and more balance for small group players (it's got single and raiding conten)
For me personally, I still prefer the old models to the optional models, especially when it comes to Dark Elves. Not sure what it is but the optional models just look a bit off. For instance my human paladin just looks like they are always leaning to the side with one leg being a tad longer lol. I wish they stuck with the old models but actually just refreshed them and smoothed textures and blocks out.
I've always wanted a replica of my wizard epic from EQ.
I actually made one for a friend of mine out of Eva foam. It wasn't great but it exists!
How would it be to start with Merc's on a new TLP? Would it be cool or no? I typically play TLP's till LDON then i bounce for a new TLP in a rotation.
Survey link doesn't work :(
They just need to make a quick raid/group and maybe a hardcore server
I want the lore and maps of classic, made I into an Open World Single Player RPG heh.
Everquest is great because everyone can play how they enjoy game play, and there is no "Right" or "Wrong" way to play it. Just go out and have fun how it is fun to you.
I've had to ditch Windows, thuse making it near impossible to play EQ1. (switched to Apple, not Linux like I've done before) So I've been playing WoW a little while, in the back of my mind, hoping the 64bit switch might make it possible to run EQ1 on my M3 iMac.
While playing WoW again the difference in how it was managed is SO different, and frankly better. They had a vision into the future that truly out classed the management of EQ1. I prefer EQ1. I like the community in EQ1 WAY better than in WoW. (it's an age thing I think) Yes, it was much easier to future proof WoW since they had a lot more staff and money to work with, but it's still very obvious that EQ1 was not managed in a way looking this far into the future of the game. WoW dealt with this problem much better.
Again, I ditched Windows, not EQ1...but a game is a game and (talk about mis-management) after the stuff I've had to deal with on Windows at home, and in the work place, I finally had enough. Tinkering in Linux was not a practical solution even though it would mean I could play EQ1 still. As it stands, I'm so happy with my iMac M3 (24gb RAM + 2tb storage) and have confidence it'll last me a good 6 years (minimum) based on my personal needs and affinity for older games. (just not ancient games like EQ1 hehehe)
Dude, it's pronounce Looslin. Fight for the truth. Old troll model was the best. And I really enjoyed the first person view, especially at the bank in Cabilis and Kurns.
I will call it lucklin until the day I die! I did stop calling veil of alaris veal of alaris though...
I remember a lot in my 2004 to 2016 life in EverQuest and then I remember the Last parts Trusting Daybreak Games so much that handing them $300 to support them ending with Nothing so me buying and Remember items like Tee shirts & Mouse pads or Art is me going you have to be Joking Get EverQuest 3 out then if you want to sell stuff in life for that we will Talk until then NO!!! RIP: EverQuest Next
Having started in 1999....my biggest complaint shared by many people i know ingame is that post 110 you are virtually forced into questing in order to level.
Creating zones with Depth (chardok , old seb ect) fun camps to pull and kill grind at are LONG LONG missing from the game...
It needs to come back.
The ol dungeon crawl to a good camp in lguk or any zone ..were have you gone.
YES! The EQ2 combat numbers were very off putting and pushed me away every time I tried coming back.
EverQuest had been my favorite game most my life I come and go and it's not as good as it was what made me love it was item identity (I can mostly live without this) but most importantly the fact that it used to be required to group to do most things the ability to solo so much and what you can't you multi box to do instead of meeting people is what ruins it for me 😢 I started a stream for OakWynd with the focus on just trying to lfg and meet people but it's even hard on progression servers lol
And bring back corpse runs!
Year of the law offs
we need a game to be brutal to teach us can't have something unless you work for it,, there has to be grind,, time an death has to matter !! world os full of crap i would like too jump in eq and meet friendd and new people that i can go adventure in and forget the bs of reality !!
wish it ran on linux but i just can't get it running. =(
Redbeard looking tasty AF even with messy hair 🥵🤤
EQ is definitely bloated with skills/spells.. instead of coming out with endless expansions (with further add to the bloat), they should spend some serious time revamping the early gameplay to bring in new players. They could slow the pace down, focus on adding quests to racial starting cities and adding incentive for existing players to create alts to increase the player base for grouping. There's a lot they could do to bring back some fun in the older zones, instead of just doing them as hardcore heritage zones for higher level players once in awhile.
Also I hate the Luclin models. Yes, we need a redo.
The only reason i might use luclin models is so i can see my hero forge ornamentations because if you luclin models off you dont see it. I personally cant stand luclin models they always look like there out of breath and breathing heavy. And i know about Freeport when they changed it that was terrible same with e and w commonlands some things dont need to be changed so drastically. Onething i wish they add is a marketplace so i can actually play on said account and sell at the sametime as is you cant and its sad. Great video by the way keep it up!
The biggest thing that's had everquest shrinking slowly over the years has been how completely out of touch the people who make it are with people who don't play it or don't play it super hardcore. A lot of the jealous rage that seeped into SOE after WoW became the smash hit it did by copy pasting and tweaking the EQ formula still has a lot of influence over how things are run in Carlsbad. It's a shame - an everquest that isn't completely repellant to newcomers would be soaking up tons and tons of new players as wow has past its peak and there's really nothing else worth playing in the MMO space.
But, it's just too much leveling alone, so that pretty much just leaves TLPs for new players. This last round of TLPs was ruined by JChan's *terrible* response to a massive widespread dupe issue that blew up all of the TLP economies. I had four friends playing with me for the first time (after years of attempting to convince them) on the TLP and the duping stuff chased them away.
The difficulty was enough that it made achieving something meaningful, and it made having a guild where you could group with people meaningful vs the group finder instance grind of more modern mmos. And the combat roles are the best with the cc role actually mattering, and pulling actually mattering, and tanking/aggro control mattering. Newer MMOs are so easy they are boring. I played from about 1997 thru 2003, and then for a couple month in 2023. It felt empty and lonely and boring in 2023, even on a TLV or randomized loot server.
Whats funny is I look at wow and you can see all of the EQ roots just someone took a brush and filed off the rough edges and made it far more player friendly and less obtuse. If EQ had done that and had left the big world a big part of its gameplay pre luclin I think its the game that still dominates not wow.
name a game that can charm pet beside everquest ?
They just need to get an ai to remaster lotro and eq.
DX11 has completely ruined my EQ experience. Everything is so dark that it's unplayable. I have canceled my subscription and lost all faith in their ability and competence to ever put any love and care into EverQuest. There's no longer any passion from the developers or publisher; it's just a money farm for them.
Try updating your graphics driver. It fixed it for me
You can always try going to search on desktop and lookup calibrate display. Go through the first couple of windows til you get to a slider, move it up and you can make everything as bright as you want, it will persist into the game.
dx 11 is like 15 years ago... Are you using a machine that is that old?
Yes sounds like something that’s fixable. I have a 7 year old PC and I didn’t notice any change.
@@FirstNameLastName-okayyoutubedx11 is what eq runs on, It's engine code was written in the 90s early 2000s lol. They just recently upgraded to dx11. At least now a lot of machines around have that already. Before you had to go and download an older version to install to even play the game.
I don't want them todo an EQ3. Why? Not because I don't love EverQuest, I do. It's actually the opposite.. I don't want them to ruin it. They'll monetize the HELL out of EQ3. No thanks.
The mass social aspect of Vallon Zek team pvp. The whole server knew who was a dirty xteamer or where the were taking over zones or seb to farm. There were the good guy guilds and then evil guilds that just kos everyone.
That and fighting with elf only guilds or the of short races.
Just all the crazy in game drama i guess of my old server before merges ever happened back in early 2000 and on. Always kept you on your toes. Hell, i can still list all the names of grudges from those days haha most of them stupid bards
How can anyone possibly like Luclin models???..../boggle. The original character models have so much personality, and the animations are 1000% better.
it shouldnt darkpaw is the first place you blow up if you are from that way
Everquest is a failed company that people can not seem to get away from. They failed with the DX 11 update shouldn't be the job of the players to find workarounds. I mean the devs are paid, right? If there is an item dupe they talk to the shareholders more then the players that are affected by it they hide the fact there was a dupe for weeks saying tell was clear it was going around and people were still able to keep most of the plat. Suspending players for using quests in the game that were fun or for getting duped items, even if they didn't know about the dup. Everquest as a game was great but the company in general has failed over and over