XDrake
10-17-2010, 04:58 PM
I wanted to talk to folks about something dear to me in EQ... The Plane of Mischief. :) I have a long wait until Velious, but seeing it restored is something I've wanted the minute I heard about P99.
I wanted to share why it was special to me...
I was in a guild on Erolissi Marr during the Kunark launch era to just a month before Luclin that shaped my EQ experience. We formed after we did lots of pick up groups into Nurga...
Founded by a husband and wife they were the GL and AGL. Together we did Nurga, Drooga, one of the first Sarnak Queen kills on the server, and were one of the first fully keyed into Howling Stones guilds. We even were doing Veeshan's Peak at Velious launch.
Velious we really shined... Killing dragons in WW and pushing into the depths of DN. Killing the Frost Giant King and joining with two guilds to take down Tunare... We were very close. I still remember getting late night calls to go do epic piece kills.
Little did we know drama was brewing. One night in Crystal Caverns raid the GL or AGL didn't log in. We found out at the end of the night he abandoned his wife and kids to go be with one of the first officers in RL. He came on that night after the raid, told us she was the new AGM, and kicked out his still wife.
The guild split into multiple pieces.
I was disgusted by everything. With school starting up I knew I was too deep into EQ... And, kind of at the end. I had no interested in Luclin. Velious seemed like the end of the game for me. One night with a bard I did a run to Plane of Mischief... Cost me two EEs rezzing myself from failed attempts. Finally, I got into PoM.
I spent a week there every evening solving puzzles... Getting my deck and trying to figure out the zone was fun. Dancing Sphinx... Life the death touching flower... On the forums I was working with folks to figure out words of wealth. I did get myself a full set of Necromancer armor and got my buddy his Crazy Cleric Legs. Wasn't super elite, but the flowers of functionality were priceless.
Plane of Mischief kept me playing for 4-5 months. Spending hours there questing was refreshing in a time that I was burned out by raiding. I had invites to some okay guilds, but I preferred to remain untagged.
I feel I was one of many people who kind of were at the end with EQ... It was our sunset with the game's development and this was our little club.
I wanted to share why it was special to me...
I was in a guild on Erolissi Marr during the Kunark launch era to just a month before Luclin that shaped my EQ experience. We formed after we did lots of pick up groups into Nurga...
Founded by a husband and wife they were the GL and AGL. Together we did Nurga, Drooga, one of the first Sarnak Queen kills on the server, and were one of the first fully keyed into Howling Stones guilds. We even were doing Veeshan's Peak at Velious launch.
Velious we really shined... Killing dragons in WW and pushing into the depths of DN. Killing the Frost Giant King and joining with two guilds to take down Tunare... We were very close. I still remember getting late night calls to go do epic piece kills.
Little did we know drama was brewing. One night in Crystal Caverns raid the GL or AGL didn't log in. We found out at the end of the night he abandoned his wife and kids to go be with one of the first officers in RL. He came on that night after the raid, told us she was the new AGM, and kicked out his still wife.
The guild split into multiple pieces.
I was disgusted by everything. With school starting up I knew I was too deep into EQ... And, kind of at the end. I had no interested in Luclin. Velious seemed like the end of the game for me. One night with a bard I did a run to Plane of Mischief... Cost me two EEs rezzing myself from failed attempts. Finally, I got into PoM.
I spent a week there every evening solving puzzles... Getting my deck and trying to figure out the zone was fun. Dancing Sphinx... Life the death touching flower... On the forums I was working with folks to figure out words of wealth. I did get myself a full set of Necromancer armor and got my buddy his Crazy Cleric Legs. Wasn't super elite, but the flowers of functionality were priceless.
Plane of Mischief kept me playing for 4-5 months. Spending hours there questing was refreshing in a time that I was burned out by raiding. I had invites to some okay guilds, but I preferred to remain untagged.
I feel I was one of many people who kind of were at the end with EQ... It was our sunset with the game's development and this was our little club.