Public transportation needs more funding

[Gustoo]

I can't think of anything more correct for everquest than waiting for the boats.

I can't think of anything less immersive than insta-ing all over the world.

That Al-Kabor freak was a real game breaker.

I too remember having a friend with a HIGH LEVEL druid (like level 40) so he had group ports OMG!

[SantagarBrax]

Hmm...reply to didn't quite work.

@Jibartik - Awesome idea!

[Ravager]

Ocean of Tears had 2 boats in classic. They were not the same ships and they certainly weren't the boat from Erud's Crossing. I think originally at the start of this server there were two boats, but they collided on their pathing and hosed people all the time. I might be misremembering that though.

[Pootle]

I remember chatting with people on Boats in classic(well Kurnark), people would group up for the ride and spam their native languages so we could learn/skillup our language skills.

[Mblake1981]

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

I remember chatting with people on Boats in classic(well Kurnark), people would group up for the ride and spam their native languages so we could learn/skillup our language skills.

^

That went on a lot more than people talk about. When you entered Kelethin there was usually someone advertising this. My enchanter learned most of the languages like this. No one knew what the future held for the game or what uses the devs might have for.. well, anything. People also experimented more and would chat in those different languages for fun I guess, so it was cool being able to read what they were talking about.

Chat is pretty much dead on P99 but it isn't anyones fault, the march of time and progress. There were no social medias like today when EQ was around.

More than that, the game itself resisted distraction. You could not tab out to look something up on Allakhazam let alone check your email. EverQuest could not be windowed. It used all your screen space and all your processing power. You played it until you'd had enough then you closed the program and did something else.

We goodies sat and medded with our spellbooks open, filling the entire screen. I played for years with no distractions or media other than the official EverQuest display, a nine-inch square inside a UI that filled the rest of my 14" CRT monitor, my only contact with the outside world the chat box at the bottom center of the screen. That was immersion for you.

[Gustoo]

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

I remember chatting with people on Boats in classic(well Kurnark), people would group up for the ride and spam their native languages so we could learn/skillup our language skills.

That was the main past time waiting for boats at docks. Thanks for bringing up the good memory.

[starkind]

You should be able to zone without being on the boat either.

[Bones]

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

You should be able to zone without being on the boat either.

I remember this too especially at the oasis/TD zoneline Id always just run off the dock with lev and sow to not wait the 15 mins or whatever that stupid barrel barge took

[cd288]

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

I remember this too especially at the oasis/TD zoneline Id always just run off the dock with lev and sow to not wait the 15 mins or whatever that stupid barrel barge took

When could you ever zone when you were out in the ocean? Thought you couldn’t

[starkind]

We could create a multiboxing credit system.

You're allowed to have a porter druid alt.
For every Freeport (teehee you give) a player can give a token, signed with their own pgp key (like an nft).
Players get like three tokens per month.
After collecting 100 tokens you get 1hrs free boxing on any character!

These are tracked in an open thread. Programmatically it's easy to control how many tokens are in the wild and how often they get refreshed and the max number of tokens that can be counted per account. Obviously not every account will get tokens. This will be very hard to cheat.

Hope this helps your time in Norrath be more interesting!