Ah heck, let's talk about EQ1

[Ratman_tf]

"Their".

Also, "aggressive".

Lastly, describe in single words only the good things that come in to your mind about your mother.

[SuperPopTart]

Really, just play the actual game.

Private shards are just icky.


That's my tagline for the day.. "Private shards are just icky."

[WindupAtheist]

If Creationism were really that rad, I'd convert.

[SuperPopTart]

Your care bear is freaking me out.

[Nintova]

 I played ( and loved ) EQ from closed beta all the way until I jumped ship for DaOc. From the perspective of a Human Monk ( BLIND!! ) I actually appreciated the touches like that. My Monk still has her pre nerf guise of the deceiver to help with that ;-) I remember HATING the original UI that shipped with the game, thankfully that improved.

 Dislikes - CAMPING !! Ninja Looting - East Commons Bazaar spam - whispered Hey man, can I get a SoW?

 Loves - Taking my lil Druid on a Wanderlust for 2 full days and not seeing another player ( Back when world pop was visible -- Quellious had 200 people on in a heavy day ) - As was stated before exploration with that sense of danger was the single best thing about that game. I remember VIVIDLY the first time I saw the giant bridge to Karana .. blew me away. The Doon showed his ugly head and I was a sprinting lil freak :D Quad Kiting while whole groups looked on in wonder.

 Anyone remember the Golden Bear that lived in Kith Forest before they changed the zone ?

[El Gallo]

Okay, so I've been playing on a private EQ Classic server. I am having a great time.

Apparently, the only way to play is own or attain a copy of Everquest Titanium, which is the version that includes every expansion. Once installed, do not patch. From here, you redirect your client to a private login server where you'll find 20-30 private shards listed. All instructions can be found at the EQ Emulator site.

I play on a recently opened "classic" server. The idea behind it is that anything newer than what was added during Velious will never be seen in game. Currently, we're still old-world Norrath, with the requirement to open Kunark being the downing of the dragons or four more months. At our rate, Kunark will be open at the time requirement. I really am having a lot of fun here, though it lacks a lot of players. We peak at 40-50 online. Sadly, there are people who log in 3 clients and play with themselves. That's not so bad for right now, since we lack players, but it irritates me either way.

If you were ever a fan of EQ as it was originally, I suggest you give this a shot. It's a lot of fun to have the content to yourself most of the time. If we had enough players, Bat Country could do some cool things!

I *think* you can get the classic experience and also experience the joy of sending SoE money (and saving yourself the shame of admitting to yourself that you play on a private server!) by playing on the EQ Mac server. At some point long ago, SoE just stopped giving the Mac server expansions and patches. I want to say Velious, but it may have been Luclin or even PoP which would make it less cool.

Fake edit: http://www.eqmac.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7328 Al'Kabor server. Goes to PoP. 20% xp bonus. All original zones as of that time. If I had a mac or any idea how to run a mac OS on my PC, I would probably try it out. But I have issues.