Hi! Brand new player!

[Nobleshield]

Hello all, like the title says I recently found this and decided to give it a whirl. I have never played EQ before. I remember buying it when it came out but at the time my parents refused to pay a subscription so I had to return it; now 20 years later I'm finally giving it a shot (also excited for the Green server for the same reason). I have played WoW for about 9 years now so I'm familiar with MMOs, just not the way Everquest does things.

I like melee classes so after a bit of experimenting with a Druid and Shaman which I didn't care for I fell back to my old standby of a Human Paladin. Rough going, from what I read but I really didn't care for how caster classes felt (there's a reason I never play them in any RPG; I'm always the Fighter type). I'm currently about 30% into level 4 and lurking in Qeynos Hills hunting animals and the occasional Gnoll (incidentally for some reason Qeynos feels like a "real" starting zone compared to the others I've seen; I had previously tried a little bit in Felwithe, Kelthin, Freeport, Neriak and uhh.. the Barbarian area, and they felt very barren so I deleted and rerolled. Qeynos feels more alive).

Just figured I'd say hi to everyone[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. I'm trying to avoid twinking or begging for buffs or whatnot as I'd like to experience the game as close to authentic as I can, as hard as it may end up because I never got to do it before so this is an entirely new experience for me.

Did I make a terrible mistake :P