A No Stupid Questions About Classic Thread - Page 6

IriBlair · #51 09-24-2019, 03:36 PM

Probably a very stupid question but this would be the first time I'd play OG EQ (EQ2 was my first MMO ever in early 2005 and i played that till 2008). Since Iksar are apparently so evil they have their own city and are KoS in every other one, does that limit who you can group and trade with?

AbstractVision · #52 09-24-2019, 05:18 PM

Found some good stuff in this link..

https://web.archive.org/web/20020614...ws.cgi?newsall

Verityn · #53 09-24-2019, 05:25 PM

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OMG... some of those class descriptions though... is a Druid a "nature-loving magician"? Do Enchanters really specialize in "creation of magical items and weapons"? LOL

I believe this was from the PC Gamer magazine where I think Everquest was on the cover. This article really got me into this game.

Verityn · #54 09-24-2019, 06:06 PM

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Slight point of clarification: Nilbog's post was about the launch of P99, not the planes (I just found it while looking for planes info).

But yeah if anyone can point me towards evidence of the launch of the three original planes, I'd appreciate it.

If I remember correctly, and that's a BIG IF, it wasn't mentioned in the patch notes. It was mentioned in game like a GM event. Something about a mysterious portal that has suddenly appeared in Feerrott.

loramin · #55 09-24-2019, 06:11 PM

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If I remember correctly, and that's a BIG IF, it wasn't mentioned in the patch notes. It was mentioned in game like a GM event. Something about a mysterious portal that has suddenly appeared in Feerrott.

That matches what I'm (not) seeing in the patch notes. Now I just have to track down a source for that ...

BTW in case anyone was wondering why I care about this stuff, I'm trying to sort out the "classic eras" for the wiki, and it seems likely that the introduction of Fear/Hate will be the start of an era (or maybe two).

I could just "cheat" and use the date from Nilbog's announcement, but ideally I'd like for the wiki to be able to point players to (at least some of) the same sources Nilbog used.

Verityn · #56 09-24-2019, 06:48 PM

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That matches what I'm (not) seeing in the patch notes. Now I just have to track down a source for that ...

BTW in case anyone was wondering why I care about this stuff, I'm trying to sort out the "classic eras" for the wiki, and it seems likely that the introduction of Fear/Hate will be the start of an era (or maybe two).

I could just "cheat" and use the date from Nilbog's announcement, but ideally I'd like for the wiki to be able to point players to (at least some of) the same sources Nilbog used.

I've been looking pretty hard for the dates now because I really want to know too. I've noticed that not even the first changes to Fear are mentioned in the patch notes. Like how at first maybe during the first month you could bring in low level characters to twink. And there was this gold armor (Indocolite? or something) that was like a suped up version of Rubicite as in a plate that even Rogues could wear. I believe a rogue wore that armor in the first best of the best tournament and I remember thinking how unbalanced that was.

Danth · #57 09-24-2019, 06:54 PM

The armor you're thinking of is Lustrous Russet. It dropped on P99 in late 2009 and I expect we'll (briefly) see it make its appearance on green.

Danth

AbstractVision · #58 09-24-2019, 06:54 PM

Indicolite is PoH armor for warriors.

Verityn · #59 09-24-2019, 06:56 PM

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The armor you're thinking of is Lustrous Russet. It dropped on P99 in late 2009 and I expect we'll (briefly) see it make its appearance on green.

Danth

That's the one. Lusterous was the first thing I thought of, but it sounded like bard armor to me for some reason.

Jibartik · #60 09-24-2019, 10:38 PM

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Probably a very stupid question but this would be the first time I'd play OG EQ (EQ2 was my first MMO ever in early 2005 and i played that till 2008). Since Iksar are apparently so evil they have their own city and are KoS in every other one, does that limit who you can group and trade with?

Well first thing to remember is iksar is not playable until the first expansion, about 1 year into EQ but, to answer your question it does limit what types of NPC's you can interact with, but has no affect on player interaction [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As far as NPC's every class/race for the most part has npcs they cant interact with so its not a big deal, but iksars are pretty much hated by all non iksar races so factioning can be a problem. But on p99 you don't need to worry about that too much just because the community will help you do everything!

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That's the one. Lusterous was the first thing I thought of, but it sounded like bard armor to me for some reason.

Boy would I like to have a dark elf shaman with a pair of Lustrous Russet boots... I cant decide [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]