Everquest Mysteries
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I spent so much time in COM. Really great atmosphere, and decent risk/reward for the level. I miss the pre-revamp when it was mostly undead, and not the weird human refugees... what was the deal with those?
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Ive been saying this for 2 yrs now. Vanilla TLP is just so tired now.
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yerm
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It would be nice if they undid some of the super heavyhanded zem nerfs of kunark too along with that as a start. Com and hs being nerfed into the dirt really blows. The only strong spots left are kurns, kaesora, and dalnir, which aren't as strong as cb, unrest, sola and the like even then. I'd love a kunark start regardless and still probably level there, but, the expansion has been kind of sidelined and neglected in more ways than just skipped for 1-50 leveling.
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yerm
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Imo all it would take is to make everything at least 100% base (same as a city zone like gfay), no com/ot/hs dead zones. Then make nurga and droga = sola, kc = solb, and seb = chardok for zem. Fixed. As it stands, its like you say - no kunark until chardok, and possibly staying in the hole even longer than 46 if you don't have allure or a druid.
Koushirou
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Every now and then, I just log into EQ and just run around FoB for the nostalgia. I was shit at the game when I started, so I spent a goddamn eternity in there and Kurn's, but damn it feels just like home.
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Sanrith Descartes
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Lake of Ill Omen was such a monstrously large zone, it felt like it could be an entire game by itself.
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Fight
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This document is incredible. Lots of EQ textures that never made it into release, changes in beta, etc.
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EverQuest Beta 3 Client Analysis
EverQuest Beta 3 Client Analysis LanternEQ Team www.lanterneq.com Updated: 2/2/22 We have obtained a copy of both the EverQuest Beta 3 and Beta 3.5 clients. This an analysis of the Beta 3 client which was used in a closed beta test in late 1998. The data format (WLD) is different enough from the...
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Lambourne
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I didn't start on Aradune until Kunark but it was exactly as stated above, still Unrest then Lguk until mid 40s. Chardok was best after that but Karnor's CY wasn't terrible either, since it has so many mobs to pull and there are some useful drops. Chardok gets crowded at times.
Part of the issue is that mana regen requires you to sit so much in early EQ. If roaming mobs in West Karana gave twice the xp they do now it would still suck xp/hour wise since time spent running around is time wasted not regenerating. Sitting in one place with a dense assortment of nearby mobs is far more efficient.
I think you're on the right track in that it might have been the only way they could make everyone need a key to zone in, rather than just have someone open a door to let others pass. The Neriak fire pot was click to zone and there in classic although I don't think it ever had a key. It would port you to Lesser Fay if you did (I used a guide character, it worked on that). Kunark had the Timorous Deep fire pot room full of click-to-zone too.
Part of the issue is that mana regen requires you to sit so much in early EQ. If roaming mobs in West Karana gave twice the xp they do now it would still suck xp/hour wise since time spent running around is time wasted not regenerating. Sitting in one place with a dense assortment of nearby mobs is far more efficient.
I think you're on the right track in that it might have been the only way they could make everyone need a key to zone in, rather than just have someone open a door to let others pass. The Neriak fire pot was click to zone and there in classic although I don't think it ever had a key. It would port you to Lesser Fay if you did (I used a guide character, it worked on that). Kunark had the Timorous Deep fire pot room full of click-to-zone too.
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Burnem Wizfyre
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Ukerric
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Ahh, Kunark levelling. People starting shouting "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm okay" across the zone to indicate a drop of that hat...
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Malinatar
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PC Gamer: In the early days of EverQuest, a cheater and designer waged a secret war from a San Diego gaming store.
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In the early days of EverQuest, a cheater and designer waged a secret war from a San Diego gaming store
One of New World's key developers actually got his start by breaking EverQuest.
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Daidraco
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Wait.. so in the end, the guy that was hired to find cheats worked on New World? Cheats destroyed that game! wtf lolPC Gamer: In the early days of EverQuest, a cheater and designer waged a secret war from a San Diego gaming store.
In the early days of EverQuest, a cheater and designer waged a secret war from a San Diego gaming store
One of New World's key developers actually got his start by breaking EverQuest.
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Fight
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Yeah, that guy back in 2000 wasn't really cheating either. He just found a quest, put together a group of folks to assembly line that shit, and eventually got the quest(s) removed/nerfed because of his mass production & efficiency in completing it.
If you wanted to "Hire the criminal to catch the other criminals", it sounds like we had a lot more qualified folks in our "How Much Have MMO's Made You?" thread right on this message board.
If you wanted to "Hire the criminal to catch the other criminals", it sounds like we had a lot more qualified folks in our "How Much Have MMO's Made You?" thread right on this message board.
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