Stupid things you believed about EQ way back then

[Dac321]

I remember being told that during storms the boats could sink.

[azeth]

Originally Posted by Dac321 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I remember being told that during storms the boats could sink.

that is true though.

[Divarin]

I believed that if you died an exceptionally stupid death you'd lose more experience. For example if you got into a fight with a green and somehow lost, or fell to your death or accidentally nuked yourself or over mod-rodded yourself then you'd lose more experience

[Fearghus]

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

I believed that if you died an exceptionally stupid death you'd lose more experience. For example if you got into a fight with a green and somehow lost, or fell to your death or accidentally nuked yourself or over mod-rodded yourself then you'd lose more experience

Is it not true that if you die to a red con, you loose less exp? I was told, and have always believed that if you were level 12 and died to a level 45, you wouldn't loose as much exp as you would if you were killed by a level 16.

[Seaweedpimp]

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

Is it not true that if you die to a red con, you loose less exp? I was told, and have always believed that if you were level 12 and died to a level 45, you wouldn't loose as much exp as you would if you were killed by a level 16.

^^ hehe, i dunno about that one.

[Japan]

The first few times I saw faction change messages, I thought I was somehow affecting some kind of dynamic conflict that would influence the world. Such as: by killing an orc, the orc faction literally got weaker and elves were getting stronger. I thought there must be some kind of battlefield zones out there where factions were pitted against each other, and I was changing spawn rates or some such. Stupid of me to believe something so simple, doable, and awesome would be a part of EverQuest!

As for the rest of this absurd superstition about plains pebbles and cabbage - there be some gullible fools up in here.

[acrisius]

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

I wonder about live from time to time too. I know that I bought Secrets of Faydwer, but my RL career was picking up, and I hated the constant need to upgrade with each expansion. I never got to fully experience the expansions I had before another was out. Lagaidh the 1st ended up L71 I think.

Sometimes I wonder if I could get any RL $ for my AoN and plat on live. My toon has some good flagging, but I could never ever sell my account.

I wouldn't waste the 15 bucks to just sell a few things.(an AoN is worth about 60-85k, which is about what I sell 2 lvl 85 cultural augs for if thats any way to gage server prices.)

85's in high end group gear can solo raid mobs from GoD back We Duo and Trio Anguish. I still play on live when a couple RL friends are into it. But yes its very very different. The only thing that similar is the graphics. EQ live is only a remnant of what was EQ. Hence why P99 rocks!

[Kuldiin]

GMs and people in uber guilds zoned faster.