What drives you?

[EQJubilee]

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

I tried making a necro as in theory it seemed pretty fun to basically try and solo to 60.

Then as soon as I hit level 2 and it became apparent that I would probably need to kill like 100 rats to get to level 3 the whole excitement immediately wore off.

Does anyone actually enjoy sitting in one spot doing the same thing over and over and over 100 times just to see the xp bar move slightly? Surely that's not fun? So what drives you to push through? Do you think about being level 60 with epic and use that as motivation? Do you see yourself one day raiding somehow? What is it about someone's mindset that allows them to keep going in this game?

This game shines when you are in a group. The combat pacing allows for social interaction with your fellow group mates, it makes the game 100 times more fun than any of the modern MMOs. Now if you are set on just soloing (similar to every other MMO out there) then you will need to find fun in other ways...take on challenging mobs, etc.

[Thulack]

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

I'd suggest Mary Jane or alcohol; whichever is your preference. Makes the game hundred times more fun. Of course no knock on the folks who play sober love you guys too!

Can also try to watch TV/Movies/listen to music while playing.

I don't think i would have been able to play EQ without weed. But yes weed and TV are what keep my occupied enough to play EQ at the same time.

[Glaani]

I met my husband in thegame about 10 years ago, so EQ will always hold a special place in my heartwe're having a blast duoing now, again...personally, Ilove the nostalgia and the memories that have come back while playing... thanks to theawesomeadministrators and crew for all of the hard work that has allowed me to experience the game once more[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[maskedmelon]

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

This game shines when you are in a group. The combat pacing allows for social interaction with your fellow group mates, it makes the game 100 times more fun than any of the modern MMOs. Now if you are set on just soloing (similar to every other MMO out there) then you will need to find fun in other ways...take on challenging mobs, etc.

^ This. The pace of EQ allows you to sit back and chat with peeps unless you are a pulling or tanking for a good puller ^^

[DrKvothe]

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

This game shines when you are in a group. The combat pacing allows for social interaction with your fellow group mates, it makes the game 100 times more fun than any of the modern MMOs. Now if you are set on just soloing (similar to every other MMO out there) then you will need to find fun in other ways...take on challenging mobs, etc.

I agree with this and it's why I've enjoyed red so much. People are happy, almost desperate to group with you for that ridiculous exp bonus, so you get ridiculous but fun party makeups.

As for other ways to find fun, I've found that the fun of gearing up can be entirely revitalized if you make fashionquest a side project. This greatly increases the list of gear to work on, if only for the most obvious visual slots, and a lot of the gear can be farmed as you progress. For a shaman, for example, you're unlikely to earn any of your own gear upgrades by yourself until you hit 50+. But you can work on cool LOOKING gear well before then. Blackened iron is soloable at mid-20s and has a chain look but darker than banded. There's a whip you can equip from kaesora, terrible ratio but it's a whip! Druids can also equip this whip, and they can get a set of green plate from a noobie dwarf quest.

So yeah, group content, farming my own clickies and utility items, and fashionquest. That's my answer.

[indiscriminate_hater]

i just like hanging around cazic thule, blasting lizards and getting excited about seeing crusaders

[azeth]

I'm driven by a never ending storyline in which my character may participate... indefinitely. EQ isn't a race, nor does it ever end.

It's the best game history has ever seen.

[PDX0621]

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

Druids can also equip this whip, and they can get a set of green plate from a noobie dwarf quest.

WAT?!?!

[DrKvothe]

Just hat boots and breastplate. But with that and the whip, I've had people come up to me and say "wtf are you?!"

[PDX0621]

Well I know what I'll be up to tonight.