My EQ experience.. So far!
 

I don't even know where to begin, honestly. This game is just flat out genius. I love it.

I'm also extremely NEW to the EQ world so bear with me. From what I have experienced so far is just brilliant. I come from the modern day MMO playstyle ( WoW, SWTOR, ESO, etc.) and it's really cool playing this old school MMO because not everything is so flashy and all over the place, everyone is just chillin' casting spells, smacking orcs, playing songs, collecting loot and gaining wonderful amounts of XP points. EQ is so relaxing and refreshing to my mind every time I login. Logging in is probably one of the most thrilling actions you take once you and your character are in the game. From there you have this giant world to explore but not by yourself, groups are most important. Making friends in EQ is essential, everyone knows that. Groups are powerful and progressive and super beneficial when it comes to PvE. It also allows the players to connect with each other which is awesome, you don't see that in modern day mmos anymore. Everything is rushed and all about end game "content" and nobody talks in chat! That shit is wack and redundant, not to mention boring as fuck. When i play EQ there is always something new to do, always something new to see. There is always a moment where you freak out because of a Train that's approaching the group. The game is challenging and fun, it's not the same ole shit over and over again. So, Coming from WoW to EQ has been a hell of an experience, but a great one. It feels good to be a newbie again, to figure out how the game works. I'm also playing this with my friend who is a newbie too and he's loving EQ just as much as I am. Can't wait to level my toon the next time I play! My toon is in Oasis of Marr right now and the place is dangerously, nuts with the Sand Giants walking around and the orcs that have crazy, long pathing lol. Love this game. :)

I send my sincere gratitude to the GMs who keep this client alive! Thanks so much! You guys rule!

I am that buddy, and concur with this post 110%!

let me know if you need any ports or buffs, ill always help you

pst me in game my toon is Cecily ;-)

I see what you did thar! :D

Probably the best community in games I played are UO and EQ. Most of the modern games now are just plain easy and boring compared to the old classic games. Guess that's why we rarely see grown adults playing new games anymore. The kids right now just don' bother interacting with others even though they playing a multiplayer game. A lot of them don't even show respects to others and rage over bad players. Probably most toxic game to me is DOTA2, almost every game ends up raging and feeding and bad mouthing other players ha.

the 'no chatting' thing always baffled me in newer MMOs. Why don't people feel compelled to talk?

Yeah. This game isn't prefect, but it's still better than modern MMOs by a longshot. :)

Hail adventurer, summed it up quite nicely...thats what P99 is all about :)

Tell me, have you ever thought about trying red server?

It's always nice to see someone can still enjoy this game as a new experience after trying the more modern ones. Welcome!

Perhaps because they're using things like TeamSpeak?

Great thread, OP! Cool to see appreciation for the older MMOs. Enjoy.