Longest walk trips in EQ

[planarity]

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

Those routes are using ports, Planarity, which I understand is against the guidance laid out in the original post.

I have a circular route I like to take when in the mood for a cruise:

East Freeport -> Ocean of Tears -> Butcherblock -> Timorous Deep -> Oasis -> North Ro -> East Freeport. Add in detours via Firiona Vie, East Commonlands and Iceclad Ocean to taste.

This involves running/swimming a long distance across TD, Jimjam, which I understand makes it not a cruise. >.<

edit: I'm just joking btw, pls don't take me seriously and respond by arguing your case

[Mirakk82]

I ran from Crushbone to Surefall Glade on a level 10 druid. Not a record setter, but good lord was it long.

CB>Gfay>BB>OOT>EFP> WFP> EC> WC> Kithicor> RV> Misty> Runnyeye> Gorge> EK> NK> WK> Qeynos Foothills> Surefall Glade

[Cambiant]

Pretty sure the ramp in EK goes forever.

[Spyder73]

The most classic Everquest experience for me happens when a Qeynosian decides to leave the quiet hillside of Qeynos and travel to the big city to buy gear (Freeeport).

The most epic trip, and what really made me fall in love with EQ, was when me and a couple of my friends got tired of hunting wisps in Eruds crossing and killing kitties on Kerra Island and started our trip to the big city.


Kerra Isle - Tox - Erudin - Erudin Docks - Eruds Crossing - South Qeynos - North Qeynos - Qeynos Hills - West Karana - North Karana - East Karana - HH - Kithicor - West Commons - East Commons - West FP - North FP

Young adventurers in Qeynos naturally explore Odus because its close, and they naturally want to get to Freeport at some point. So to me this is the most classic trip in all of EQ for a little Monk.

17 zones of glory and danger and one of the best times I have ever had in a video game. No SoW, no Ports, exploring everything along the way. I think it ended up taking us a week to get from Qeynos to FP due to stopping down in some zones to hunt along the way.

[Jimjam]

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

edit: I'm just joking btw, pls don't take me seriously and respond by arguing your case

You're not my real dad! You ride the boat to ogre island and jump off there!


(I'm sure you got that already, but perhaps others didn't).

[ineubis]

Taking a noobie toon from Qeynos to Freeport is always a long and perilous journey. No it's not the Hole to Emerald Jungle by land and sea, but it's probably the longest on a single continent.

[Beastagoog]

Yep I remember the Qeynos to Freeport run.
By far an epic adventure when blackburrow ran out of merbs that gave xp.
I missed the quiet life in Qeynos Hills tho.

Had the most unorthodox group too...3 random stangers starting off in Qeynos: me a paladin, a wizard and a bard. We seemed 2 play the same times so we hung out alot and explored the shit outta Blackburrow/Qeynos Hills. We we're even aware of the Karana's so was our immersion levels in Blackburrow.

We we're all nubs and grinding low con mobs didnt mean shit aslong as we saw that "you gained experience" message.

One day we logged in and the bard was online but not in Q Hills or Blackburrow. He had met some other people and travelled to Freeport and the surrounding xp zones. Finally after a week or so the Wizard and I decided to make the journey. We met another guy who said he knew the way and off we went.

Fuck it was a journey. So much being lost, so much running in circles, those cliffs as you head up to highpass hold were epic.
Then Kith Forest. Finally arriving in freeport for a bind then heading to EC tunnel....holy shit never seen so many toons trading and batering going on.

We joined orc groups and hunted in befallen...shit was epic!!
We died to Griffins before we knew about /loc so you would look for a land mark as you died to try find your corpse. Sometimes it'd take you 30 mins, sometimes 5 mins. But no one cared it was to epic of an adventure to care.

Sadly our bard pal enjoyed some good xp and leveled ahead of us. Velious had just launched and he bought us velium weapons that had a "nuke proc". He told us about Giants....and wolves...(Greater divide)...we never exp'd with him again... He was deep into the 40s by the time we broke the 20s.

By the time I hit level 28 I had /played 30 days, had 2 jagged bands, 2 orc fang earnings, a black bastard sword from Runneye, and a set of bronze. I still remember buying my 2nd jagged band thinking I had made it...2x 5ac 3 str rings...so good.


No one cared back then about meta paths, or BiS.
People just had fun.
I miss the days before meta play.

All these adventures came from getting outta Qeynos Hills to freeport.

[ineubis]

hell yeah man. I'm right there with you. I used to bank all my stuff for that run assuming I would die and lose my corpse along the way. It was a one way ticket. lol

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by Mirakk82 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I ran from Crushbone to Surefall Glade on a level 10 druid. Not a record setter, but good lord was it long.

CB>Gfay>BB>OOT>EFP> WFP> EC> WC> Kithicor> RV> Misty> Runnyeye> Gorge> EK> NK> WK> Qeynos Foothills> Surefall Glade

This could have been shortened by going Kith > High Pass > EK.

[Crookstinger]

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

This could have been shortened by going Kith > High Pass > EK.

That may be shorter in terms of number of zones crossed, but I am fairly certain it takes less time to go via Rivervale and the Gorge. I'll probably make the run tonight, I'll time it both ways and see.