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04-10-2026, 05:05 PM
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EQ Memories
Hello everybody!
I've been playing on P99 for about 10-12 years now (ignore the lifetime of this account; I created a new one and decided to start fresh). If there's anything I've learned about playing on a server filled primarily with classic EverQuest veterans, it's that we all have stories from our veteran days, as well as stories from this server days, that stuck with us. Heroic moments, moments of victory, of defeat, of memorable players met along the way, guild drama, friendships, rivalries, times spent with loved ones, some of whom may no longer be with us in life. There are many stories like these, that I think many of us remember, but fail to share. I want to hear those stories. For me, I know many of my core EQ memories have started slipping away. Online, we've preserved some, buried in forum threads that are never to be read again. We've preserved maps, guides, zone information, spawn points, loot drops, raid boss tactics, racial stats, class descriptions, spell lists, but not stories. The heart of EQ lies in the stories; not the game data. To that end, I'd like to work on creating an EQ Chronicle, of stories preserved from the memory of players. It doesn't matter if you've been playing since classic EQ beta, or you've been in P99 for a week. If you're interested in submitting your best memories of the game, you can reply here, message my inbox, or send a message to my character in-game if you see me online (Benevicta). I want to collect stories as many as possible to preserve. Granted, I won't be able to put every single story in, depending on volume and quality, but I'd like to create something that can be published and shared, so it can be recalled again someday down the road. You can submit stories of yourself, stories you remember of others, or stories passed down to you. This is essentially an oral tradition preserved. Narrative is preferable to game mechanics and numbers, and there may be some revision to preserve the narrative arc, moving away as much as possible from numbers and stats. However, the core essence of your story will be preserved with as much relevant detail as possible. If you're interested, here's the information I need: 1) Name of Main Character, Race, Class, and Level as far as you can remember 2) Estimated year and expansion era 3) The story, to the greatest detail you remember 4) Server the event happened on (if known) 5) What made this event memorable to you? Why is it important? 6) Your character name you'd like credited in the notes, and main server 7) Any extra context notes you feel worth sharing. I understand many of these stories will have taken place beyond perfect recall. Try to remember what you can, and I'll try to fill in narrative gaps to the best of my ability, if necessary. I'll only accept stories from the live servers, or servers such as P99 which attempt to remain closely faithful to the original game, not servers which have fundamentally altered EQ far away from the original. Remember, this is a hobby project. It won't be an instant publishing, and I'm only one guy working on it in the midst of normal life. But still, I think it would be good to preserve what really made EQ so meaningful to us. I'll be using AI for formatting and allocation, but not for narrative revision. | ||
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04-11-2026, 01:57 PM
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Asking, "Tell me about the time Burproar absolutely carried your raid 15 years ago so I can preserve the legend for others to enjoy," isn't even in the neighborhood of doxxing. Asking the name of your character and the server you're on so you can be credited for that story has literally no impact toward anybody identifying you. Lastly, pardon me for not caring about forums 99.99% of the time because my core social life isn't tied to this one small corner of the internet. I'm just a guy, living a normal life, and I thought I'd start a project that brings joy to others. Apparently a tiny sliver of positivity was too much to ask, so I'd be happy to delete this thread altogether if you walk me through the process, because I haven't been able to find any button for it. Otherwise, enjoy your cynicism. | |||
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04-11-2026, 02:12 PM
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My fish finder lead me to the back door of the Seafarer's Roost when I saw her. A strapping adventurer as well as fishmonger that I am led me to inquire whither or not she was a princess fallen from an island in the sky. She smiled a mouthy grin like a barricuda. I asked if could dip my pole in her tackle box. She coyly replied that I must be NO RENT and consumed two stacks of short beer without ever taking her eyes off me.
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04-11-2026, 05:34 PM
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04-11-2026, 11:05 PM
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Check out ya earliest player.ini and do the math. | |||
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Yesterday, 01:22 PM
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The year was about 2005 or 2006, back on the live servers. I had a level 50ish Froglok Shaman named Kunguth, from the Prexus server (or whichever server it was merged with at that time). I was looking for something to do that day, when a GM made a public call for a special event he was hosting: a scavenger hunt. I decided to show up and answer the call. When everybody was mustered, the GM sent out his list of obscure items to find; rare drops, tradeskilled items, and items that dropped only from a specific mob in the dark corners of forgotten zones. When the list was given, I was unfortunately unable to acquire most of them myself, due to being horribly under-geared for my level (the inflated economy made it difficult there). But there was one item I could consistently acquire, using a skill most other players didn't even bother to level: Clockwork Essence. Clockwork Essence was only acquired by fishing Clockwork Koi from Ak'Anon. It was a rarer catch than Fresh Fish and rusty daggers for sure, and required further processing in a tackle box after the catch to extract, at a trivial of 122. For players who hadn't leveled fishing, it would be a bottleneck point, where time would be spent catching a fish that would then need to be crafted into Clockwork Essence at a higher trivial. I had a maxed out fishing skill. Since the other items on my list were largely unobtainable within my own capability, I decided to spend the duration fishing, instead. I put out a message in the broader channel that I would be fishing in Ak'Anon to create the clockwork essence. Players interested would simply need to hail me, and I would provide them with the essence. I had about 20-30 players approach me during this time, as I continued to pass out Clockwork Essence at no charge. Finally, the scavenger hunt was complete. Somebody had won. Everybody was called to muster again, and prizes were passed out. The GM recognized my contribution, and gave me a special reward: a device that summoned bait. Nothing game-changing. Nothing legendary. Nothing that would influence my capability in the game. Just a simple item that would give me a negligible convenience in a forgotten skill. But it was tied to me specifically. It was restricted only to Froglok Shaman, but had another restriction with it. It was restricted to "Player name: Kunguth." It was special to me because it was an earned reward from a simple service offered to other players, apart from my gain. I never expected to win anything, nor did I try to. But I kept myself involved in the event, and spent that time helping other players win it. The item would never be found in guides or public databases, but somewhere in the internal database of items, my character's name would live on forever; forgotten, yet immortalized. | |||
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Yesterday, 04:20 PM
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Thanks for sharing. As others have said these forums aren't very active anymore - though it could be a treasure-trove of old live EQ stories posted over the years. EQ players are spread out all over reddit, discord servers, the official EQ forum and maybe the FoH forum. So I would try reaching out to those communities. There might be some good stories posted on youtube as well. I remember there were a couple in this long video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmRbgIS8jBw Perhaps not exactly what you're looking for, but I like the "me no reroll" guy, reminds me of "book not up" or "gratz Bladefrenzy" from p99. Very nostalgic memes. | |||
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