Why are there no livestock in Everquest?

Potus · #1 11-25-2016, 03:17 AM

Classic EQ had no horses, cows, sheep, pigs, or chickens. This is despite there being farms and wagons littering the countryside, gypsy camps with caravans that were pulled by something or someone, and a mysterious cow pie left in Freeport.

Lhancelot · #2 11-25-2016, 04:00 AM

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Classic EQ had no horses, cows, sheep, pigs, or chickens. This is despite there being farms and wagons littering the countryside, gypsy camps with caravans that were pulled by something or someone, and a mysterious cow pie left in Freeport.

Same reason why there are elves, orcs, and gobins running around. It's a fantasy world, bro. It doesn't need chickens, cows, and other shit.

Potus · #3 11-25-2016, 04:40 AM

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Same reason why there are elves, orcs, and gobins running around. It's a fantasy world, bro. It doesn't need chickens, cows, and other shit.

Who pulled the wagons?? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Brontus · #4 11-25-2016, 07:12 AM

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Classic EQ had no horses, cows, sheep, pigs, or chickens. This is despite there being farms and wagons littering the countryside, gypsy camps with caravans that were pulled by something or someone, and a mysterious cow pie left in Freeport.

I've often wondered this myself. It seems like a big oversight in retrospect. EQ had horse models that they could have easily used to make the stables and farms more believable.

At the time EQ came out the level of polish that we see in MMOs today with things like critters and farm animals was not a reality or even considered. Another thing is they didn't have the time or the budget to implement that kind of polish either.

Jimjam · #5 11-25-2016, 07:19 AM

I think as adventurers we are blind to non-adventure related stuff, so we don't see the peasants milling around the market places, we don't see the oxen pulling ploughs and so on.