Nothing so far has beat my very first steps in Everquest as a high elf enchanter in Greater Faydark then a while after making the epic journey all the way to Erudin (a grand quest for a Stein of Mogguk). This boat I heard I could take in Butcherblock promised an exciting adventure. I arrived in Freeport and there was an all new community of players I've never seen before, talking about places I only heard mentioned in the elven wood like Befallen. It all looked strange there across the sea. The beauty and nature of the deep, dark elven wood was replaced with sand and walls, humans and bright sky. I had spent weeks only in the Faydark, occasionally venturing to Kaladim for some quest turn-ins but not spending much time in Butcherblock. It was mostly Crushbone for me after work, so Freeport was so different.
Then after a perilous journey I finally arrived in Qeynos where there was a whole other community. They talked about a place I never heard of called Blackburrow. See where I come from we have Crushbone so this Blackburrow was mysterious. It was a place as normal for their community as Crushbone was for mine, and I loved that.
Remember this was early Everquest in 1999. Back then servers were quite crowded and no Kunark yet so Faydark, Freeport and Qeynos were crowded 24/7 with new players.
You can never beat those early classic Everquest experiences.
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