Current Events > played classic Everquest all day today

(+) Yeah! (+)

ive always liked mmos in theory. a video game world with a bunch of other people to socialize and get stronger with. a big world to explore. but in practice i just end up getting frustrated by how railroaded they are to reaching end game so you can raid [the real game starts at max level, etc]. i dont really find raiding all that appealing. all my fond memories of wow are of leveling in dead cataclysm/wrath/pandaria zones with an irl friend of mine.

ive had classic everquest [project 1999 private server] on my radar for years now, but it wasnt until today i dove in.

this game really feels very alive and soulful. social interaction is pretty much necessary. there is no auction house or queues. people playing buffing classes go around buffing others expecting nothing in return except maybe a thank you. end game is irrelevant, there basically is no end game. its all about the journey in this beautiful [not graphically, because again, the game is from 1999, but artistically] world. i feel so nostalgic playing this even though im a zoomer.

i rolled a human monk because i like martial arts and the idea of my role in a group being the one who pulls mobs to the group is appealing to me.

Making me want to play on the private FFXI classic server again

There's a lot of cool exploration and stuff in EQ which is nice. I kind of like the lack of instanced dungeons. Sometimes you'll just sit and farm a spot where a rare mob spawns for days, so you can get a cool looking helmet or something. If someone else is trying to do the same, you just have to work something out.

I also enjoyed aspects of how raiding is handled. You can be pretty awful and still feel part of it even if your role is just zerging.

My name is from EQ. Zikten was a Gnome Cleric

I haven't played since like 2003 or something though. EQ was my 2nd mmo (first was Ultima Online) but first spent a significant amount of time on

Loved EQ. Just exploring new parts of the world was so much fun. Remember back in the day to get to other continents you had to take a boat. The boat literally took 30-45 min. You could craft while you patiently waited lol.