The Pinnacle of Everquest (In your opinion)

[mwatt]

I voted Luclin even though I strongly disagreed with the introduction of the SciFi theme.

Why? There were some great zones and there was AA. LOL I think there was AA, if memory serves. If not, then I go with Kunark.

POP was too problematic. Books, Bazaar and locked out zones. Casuals paying for others to play was a retarded concept. THIS was the beginning of the end. The available gear diverged too much between casuals and raiders. SOE was forced to create two games within the same game. Something had to suffer for it. That turned out to be the satisfaction of the non-raider player base and also it constrained the available development time to develop content during expansions.

[fadetree]

You can't ever go back to your original feels. Those are gone. Even if you played the exact same software/hardware/server as 1999, you STILL wouldn't be young and with your best friend in a world of wonder. So forget that. Given what we're left with, I would much rather play a 'stop at pop' server than anything else.

[Origin]

PoP easily. The depth that you had by the time PoP was released was insane.

[foldupmonk]

PoP was my favorite. I would give anything if this server someday made it up to Pop*










*I play a ranger, I just want AA points.

[heartbrand]

Man I fucking hated how they bloated the world of final fantasy seven after disc one. Didn't they know how great midgar was?

[Cecily]

I woulda been happy being a terrorist in Midgar the whole game, honestly.

[Ravager]

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

I think what I hate most about Classic EQ is how underutilized so much of the content is due to poor itemization and the lack of meaningful quests. I love the world of Classic EQ but not so much it's content. I would love to play a classic gameplay server that properly itemized all zones, increased difficulty of many of them such as runnyeye / befallen, added more quest lines etc. oh well

This. It would take a dedicated team, but if there were an old world server with semi-dynamic content, it'd be pretty sweet. All new content in the form of quests, better implementation of tradeskills, max level 50 exp and have the option to start over at 1 with an extra starting point for the ultimate AA grind.

[Cecily]

Basically why I hate rogue epic MQs and Chardok so much. Both ruin the game.

[Grizzled]

I like the idea of rolling the levels back to 1 for some kind of a bonus. For a slow progressing server that is a darn good idea. A dedicated server for the serious grinder would be interesting. Take that, evolving gear, and remove ZEM bonuses.

[khanable]

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

Pre-kunark is the best EQ hands down.. Seriously just look at any of it, look at HHK, look at Castle Mistmoore, look at Lower Guk.. a city of end game frogs under the feet of lost club wielding trolls looking for their diaper wearing corpses floating in the bubbling swamp.

Look at Rathe mountains, the mysterious named creatures like petrifin.. look at lavastorm mountains, two dragons, in love and separated by fire and ice.

look at the once great Najina, with its trampled doors and festering corpses hanging from hooks in the endless prisons guarded by dark elf wizards studding the dark arts, visit the foreign quarter of Nerriak and see the ogres trying to make a go of it selling jewlry to the narcissistic elves at Shiny Tings, pop in for a drink at the bar by the lake in the commons, see the leatherfoot raider spies swimming by the windows at the waterline.

look at Qyenos, the clock towers, the NPC dwarves that hang out at the bars and get in fights with the other patrons by the docs. Look at the karanas, the majestically great farmer filled karanas.

Qeynos hills, visit the forest city of Surefall Glade, where you can begin a quest delivering mail as a bard across the world of norrath.

That wonder of what is on any of the myrad of islands you pass by as you travel to the mainland city of Freeport to begin your adventures as an elf or a dwarf.

The dark thermagotists in Befallen, the lizards of Cazic Thule trying to summon the dark lord for thier bidding, the snow capped Everfrost peeks where Karg Ice bear wanders...

It is endless, the depth and detail of pre-kunark EQ.. it was about your imagination and for exploration.. it wasn't about gameplay and min maxing or pixels.. it was a magical time.

Classic EQ pre kunark is by far the best EQ ever created.

As if you needed all that, when all you need is to just look at this SS.

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