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[emubird]

Originally Posted by Smashed [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think almost everyone misses the point of classic EQ honestly. These days mmorpgs are all about rushing to max level and then going to pvp, or raid, or whatever. People come to this server with this same mentality. "must get to the end game!". More than any other mmorpg, EQ was about *enjoying* the grind. It wasn't a speedbump to slow you down before you reach the endgame, it *was* the game. This is clearly evident by the relative lack of raid content.

In my opinion this might be the most important aspect of classic EQ. Since the leveling process *was* the game, they put a lot of effort into making the world feel alive. Every other mmorpg makes the leveling process sterile with cookie-cutter quests like "Go kill 15 tenacious hedgehogs" or "Go kill the unmemorable boss of this dungeon where every mob is the same basically and their level incrementally increases with the lowest ones at the front and the ones near the boss are a couple levels higher"

I agree with you on this Smashed.