Most of you are too young to remember this, but in classic EverQuest

[Izmael]

One of the big reasons classic EQ back then was different from our experience today on P99 is the hardware differences.

I think most of the people ran EQ in 800x600 back then, some probably did 640x480 because their 3D card was just too bad. 15" CRT was the norm, 17" was not really maintstream yet IIRC.

Most were using 28, 33, or 56kbps dialup. Some people played on 14,4 modems (I did), no doubt some played on 9600 or whatever. Today kids dont even know what I'm talking about. Basically uphill both ways in a snow storm.


15 FPS was a great framerate for EQ, in some Kunark outdoor zones with all the shitty trees, it often dropped down to like 3 FPS, if that.

Also we had no wiki (but had everlore, allakhazam and such).

For some reason, nonwithstanding said difficulties, we still were all playing like crazies, raids of 80+ people were no problem, all mobs always died.

[RecondoJoe]

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

Also we had no wiki (but had everlore, allakhazam and such).

but you also couldnt really access any of that in game... i personally never wanted to log off to look anything up because of how slow the game loaded lol..

also a lot of false information existed on the internet back then.. i remember when I was camping a Cazic Quill in the Karanas.. for weeks.. now... I think there's no evidence to suggest that that item has ever dropped in the Karanas, but it was toted as fact on thesafehouse back in the day.

[Sizar]

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

was it this...

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That does look like it yep

[Mblake1981]

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

One of the big reasons classic EQ back then was different from our experience today on P99 is the hardware differences.

This is true. It was also us, the people. Marketed towards young males, like it should be, when it was much better.

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[Mblake1981]

Excuse me, in my haste I forgot to add an even more important detail. Young American males. Not the queer eye for the straight guy kind either.

[Toxigen]

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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what in the hell?

[Mblake1981]

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

what in the hell?

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[Gustoo]

Yeah titanium client sux. Item linking sux too.

[Tunabros]

but hey the server is free

im not complaining

[Mblake1981]

Also I think this is relevant,

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Today its free, can be played on a 15 year old pawn shop laptop.. or if you are skilled, on a tablet-like device. There are no monthly fees, everything is figured out. The real thrill of cutting edge 3D worlds and the advancement of online play is diminished as every kid that is 20 years old today has never known a world without high-speed internet.