seriously? link plzNew official SOE Progression server starting in April/May 2014. So join up and find out for yourself.
seriously? link plzNew official SOE Progression server starting in April/May 2014. So join up and find out for yourself.
That's what I used to think. But honestly it'd be nice to hear from someone who's actually in the industry and can back up something like this. i think khaza-kzad maybe? I know the tools nowaways are far better than what they used to be, but honestly - go back and watch that eq alpha video. Yes they had less tools to work with back then, but seriously, taking 10 brown rectangles and making that into a bed (see bed in video), as opposed to making an ultra high res bed (realistic or cartoony) with style, different colors, lots of small details - it just seems, from a holistic sense, to require a lot more work and design, even with modern tools.it's 2013. if it could be done in 1999, it could be done now. the problem isn't the money, it's what it's being allocated to. instead of putting the $$$ into creating elaborate dungeons and rare items, it's put into cutscenes, talking NPC's with famous actor voice overs, having 100 people working on the game with another 100 for marketing, and making characters that look like the lion king with skyscraper shoulder pads with facial expressions that supposedly "add" realism to the game. point being, they're concentrating on the things that most players don't give a shit about and not focusing on the things that really matter.
nah, Cracked Staffs sold for about a plat, at least since early 2000. they sold for a lot more than the rest of the rusty/splintered/worn tier, for some reason. finding a cracked staff at level 1 meant you were going to have an easy first few levels.Cracked staff was only about a gold. Back then, 1 plat was a LOT. And rusted weapons only sold for like 60 silver.
Not only were cracked staves 1pp+, but some rusty weapons and all cloth armor pieces from level 1 decaying skeletons vendored for 2g.Cracked staff was only about a gold. Back then, 1 plat was a LOT. And rusted weapons only sold for like 60 silver.
It wasn't until you hit the Dervish Cutthroats in North Ro who dropped Bronze weapons that the value went up to a plat.
I remember at level 3 FINALLY raising enough money (around 1 plat) to buy a Sr. Apprentice Robe*
It was so fucking awesome. I finally had a robe that other people didn't have, and it had +1 or 2 Mana! Holy shit, stats. Why did it have the asterisk in its name, anyway?
I thought my computer was broke. I thought my EQ days were over haha.Traveling from Qeynos to Freeport to buy a combine sword so I could kill magical creatures like a wisp. Then heading over and collecting fire beetle eyes and mino axes and selling them in the tunnel to rangers and melee characters who hadn't been over there yet.
How many people got blinded by the mud people in the Gorge and thought something was wrong with their computer? You can't pull off shit like that nowdays.
That is the kind of shit I can respect....pet bug had like 40 pets and we got 8 levels fast
Agreed 100 fucking percent. I refused to do mine until they made Ragefire a triggered spawn. Luckily my guild was awesome and valued me as a player and not a walking rez stick so it wasn't a big issue. Besides we had a bunch of clerics that actually did the camp.One of these days I'm going to track down the bastard that designed the cleric epic quest and kick him in the balls.
Solist? You were on SolRo?Getting married in-game only to find out it was a mangina milking me for platz. Even had GM Solist change our last names so they matched.
Hey, I was young, gullible, and stupid back then...
Must get more Necklace of Superiority... I farmed the heck out of that thing before people realized where to get it and they move the drop location.Someone else here must have died to the Kly in Dalnirs? Talk about a death trap. Was having a blast clearing the zone with someone when I was around level..30 I think, and then this guy shows up like a whole bag of rape.
That deep in Dalnirs, I think I had a panic attack. Luckily my friend knew a friend who knew a bunch of 'high levels' ( I think they were 38-40) and the dudes showed up and cleared for almost an hour down to our corpses. I remember how blown away I was seeing such uber leveled chars and how thrilled I was to be getting my corpse back.
You really appreciated the help you got in eq, especially when you were starting.
Zoning when almost dead from a DOT and getting cured? A couple dungeons had slimes with whicked DOTs for a wizardturning off the computer while zoning in order to avoid PKers