hal
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What is it? It is not the original EQ1. It is EQ1 as it exists today without expantions. Love it, hate it. I know I'm not alone when I say a lot of my MMORPG knowledge came from this game. The pre kunark community was so tight. Will it be again?
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I started with nothing, and I still have most of it
I'm not a complete idiot... Some parts are still on backorder.
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
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The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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I would run through it with some buddies if I had the time.
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Rasix
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I am the harbinger of your doom!
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I'd rather play fake UO. Playing EQ does not stand up well to the nostalgia.
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schild
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I'd rather play Final Fantasy Adventure. On the Gameboy. The original one.  |
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Engels
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I'd give myself about 20-30 minutes tops. Then I would suddenly get cold sweats, nausea and, in general, a similar reaction that a tee totaler alcoholic must feel when someone puts a drink in front of him. It seems like a great idea for a split second, and then you remember all the horror it brought upon your world :P
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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Soln
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the opportunity for evil is just delicious
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this car? I drove it into the ground, then sold it to some kid. And swore I'd never drive one again. Now? I'm putting a guild together to get an other. And we'll own the road...
More blueberry muffins, better analogies. Sorry. Still waking.
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edlavallee
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My nostalgia craving is sated by listening to the EQ midi's and reminiscing about being lost in GF. My experience greatly differs from my memories, but isn't that true about everything?
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Lum
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Hellfire Games
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Everyone's favorite MMO is always the first MMO they ever played.
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edlavallee
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Everyone's favorite MMO is always the first MMO they ever played.
I keep telling my wife it's the same thing about women, but that only gets me slapped and a trip to the doghouse. |
Zipper Zee - space noob
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Signe
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Muse.
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Everyone's favorite MMO is always the first MMO they ever played.
I keep telling my wife it's the same thing about women, but that only gets me slapped and a trip to the dog cathouse. Fixed that for you!  |
My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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Righ
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Teaching the world Google-fu one broken dream at a time.
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Everyone's favorite MMO is always the first MMO they ever played.
Exception to the rule here. Heck, on this site, I bet there more than a few exceptions. Probably a reasonable generalisation, however. |
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edlavallee
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Everyone's favorite MMO is always the first MMO they ever played.
I keep telling my wife it's the same thing about women, but that only gets me slapped and a trip to the dog cathouse. Fixed that for you! ROWR!  |
Zipper Zee - space noob
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El Gallo
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I will play, probably enjoy myself to the point of engaging in catassery for a month or so, and then quit once I have to raid or shit gets too crowded. I will then scrub myself clean with a brillo pad and deny that these events ever occurred.
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This post makes me want to squeeze into my badass red jeans.
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Nebu
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I've been collecting old tube socks and empty gatorade bottles for just such an occasion.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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HaemishM
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Returning to EQ would be like having sex with my grandmother. My moldy, dead grandmother.
Somethings just shouldn't be contemplated.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
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Nebu
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 Stare at that for 50 out of every 60 mins to relive the early EQ experience. No, I'm not kidding. |
"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
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hal
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Damn kids, get off my lawn!
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Not to encourage nor discourage for that matter. No one has stared at a spellbook to med for a long while. Unless there trying to figure out what those things do. Again its not the original EQ1. Its EQ1 as it exists today without expantions. The expantions will get opened buy actions of the server population.
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I started with nothing, and I still have most of it
I'm not a complete idiot... Some parts are still on backorder.
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Nebu
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Stare at that for 50 out of every 60 mins to relive the early EQ experience. No, I'm not kidding.
That help? |
"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
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Xanthippe
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The expansions will be opened how by the actions of the server population?
(I like this idea in theory, never played EQ other than a 4 hour trial, and have no plans to again, but inquiring minds and all that).
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hal
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Damn kids, get off my lawn!
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There not telling, but smart money is on vox and naggy to be at least part of what is needed to unlock kunark. One Dev as said his opinion the server will be caught up to production in a year. Its in closed beta now so I'll guess there getting a feel for it all.
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I started with nothing, and I still have most of it
I'm not a complete idiot... Some parts are still on backorder.
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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The expansions will be opened how by the actions of the server population?
Maybe they are going to have to win the zones back from the Withered Aegis. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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AcidCat
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Everyone's favorite MMO is always the first MMO they ever played.
My first MMO was FFXI. No, it's most definitely not my favorite. Sure, there's a bit of nostalgia I carry around for the world of Vana'diel. But WoW showed me a better way. I'll never look back. |
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Merusk
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The expansions will be opened how by the actions of the server population?
(I like this idea in theory, never played EQ other than a 4 hour trial, and have no plans to again, but inquiring minds and all that).
The killing of "key" mobs is the current rumor. (Verified? I dunno) Each EQ expansion had one mob that could be considered "The Boss" of that expansion. Kill it, open up the next expansion. i.e. Kill Nagafein & Vox to open up Kunark Kill Trakanon to open-up Velious Wake The Sleeper to open up Luclin etc. The 'fun' part would be watching all the current 'hardc0re' players bitch about how hard the encounters are. There's a LOT of mudflation that they've experienced over the years and I don't know that anyone who actually had to kill Nagafein with a Short Sword of Ykesha would be interested in doing it again. |
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Nebu
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The question that interests me would be: Do they have to open Kunark etc. to raise the level cap? Killing Vox at 50 was a challenge. At level 55, not so much.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
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shiznitz
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Vox and Naggy were also buffed after Kunark. I assume the Kunark dragons were buffed after Luclin. I assume the buffed versions are the ones that people will encounter.
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I have never played WoW.
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Nebu
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Vox and Naggy were also buffed after Kunark. I assume the Kunark dragons were buffed after Luclin. I assume the buffed versions are the ones that people will encounter.
They were? I remember them putting a level cap on who was allowed to kill Vox/Naggy, but I don't remember them being more difficult. Then again, I quit shortly after Velious released. |
"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
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shiznitz
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Vox and Naggy were also buffed after Kunark. I assume the Kunark dragons were buffed after Luclin. I assume the buffed versions are the ones that people will encounter.
They were? I remember them putting a level cap on who was allowed to kill Vox/Naggy, but I don't remember them being more difficult. Then again, I quit shortly after Velious released. Maybe that is all I am thinking of. |
I have never played WoW.
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raydeen
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I was drinking when I wrote this, so sue me if it goes astray.
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Nebu
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Finding one of Fippy's relatives on a quest in EQ2 made me laugh. I missed Fippy and all of his pixelated goodness.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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God I hated that little fucker. I was so happy the first time I killed him.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Simond
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The question that interests me would be: Do they have to open Kunark etc. to raise the level cap? Killing Vox at 50 was a challenge. At level 55, not so much.
Yup. Levels (and abilities) will be capped by expansion so no 60 until Kunark, no AAs until Luclin, etc. I predict massive server population for about a fortnight, a stable (but much lower) population until Luclin is unlocked and then a rapid decline. (Because Luclin was the beginning of the end, natch). Edit: SOE is going to launch with two servers, and merge them if/when needed. |
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"You're really a good person, aren't you? So, there's no path for you to take here. Go home. This isn't a place for someone like you."
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schild
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Everyone's favorite MMO is always the first MMO they ever played.
What if your first MMO (technically speaking, that is) was The Realm? |
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Raguel
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I have to say I much prefer DAoC to EQ, but I did miss all the fluff EQ had compared to DAoC (e.g. levitation, drinking, row boats, etc).
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Signe
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Well, my first MMO after MUDs was technically The Realm. I even beta tested it. It was NOT my favourite MMO. I checked and they have a 7 day free trial. You can sub to it for a whole freeken year for $70. Here's a screenie to entice you:  http://www.realmserver.com/ |
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