Any (ex) EverQuest players?

[smokeit 26]

Hello, I was wondering if there are people here that played everquest back in the time on release. (I sure as hell didnt, my first mmorpg was wow in summer 2005).

Now lately I tried Project 1999, and my experience was create a dwarf>go into some area>fall in water>idk how to swim>dead.

Tried another character, an ogre, but basicly everything just killed me.

Is it worth investing time into this game? Everquest seems so interesting to me if I watch videos. (Not the newer EQ).

[Voice 2]

I wouldn't e able to play and raid again, but i did raid from Scars of velious till Planes of power including Quarm.

 

Fungi tunic on a shaman anyone? )

[Kodiac 0]

I still play regularly on p99. I'd say the difficulty that comes with classic EQ isn't for everyone, but it has its charm. There's only a handful of classes that can successfully solo from 1-60, otherwise you'll need a group/duo. Shaman, enchanter, necromancer and druid are all fine solo classes with minimal gear requirements.

The end game on p99 can be exhausting though, and you should probably get an idea of what's in store for you if that's your goal. To put it in WoW terms, imagine every raid mob is like a World Dragon: no instances, spawns once a week, heavy neckbearding involved in order to get top end pixels. There's two guilds that monopolize 90% of the raid mobs through poopsocking 16 hour variance windows so there's a real ceiling in terms of gearing for casual guilds.

That all being said, I still love it. If nothing else, the forum drama that occurs every week due to all the competition between guilds is worth its weight in gold.

 

[Voice 2]

Hehe yea, on Kane Bayle we were asked by the GM's so halt such behavior, which is pretty fair lloking back at it hehe