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I remember skype with the AOT nerds in eq, hehe.

Oh yes.

EverQuest has changed a shit ton since a lot of you quit. The game is not harder, its in fact, easier. There are mercs now you can hire that will heal you, DPS for you or even tank for you.

I have been playing EQ steady since 03. So I have a pretty good judgment on how the game has changed over the years.

The tasks/quests that you do now are more rewarding than ever. The end result nets nice loots and spells and not to mention, 4-6 AA upon completion (thats not counting the XP gained between the time you started said task to end)

XPing is easier than ever before. You can pretty much cough and gain 10 AAs these days. Leveling is also easier than ever before. There are hotzones where the XP mod gets up to 50% (it stacks with lesson veteran AA which gives 100% - So 100+50=150% XP mod) - So yeah, this is not your daddies EQ anymore. Everything is easier. The end groups zones are loot pinatas so everyone and their dog gets nicely geared.

Assuming you have the "know how" - You can level a character from 1-90 within a weeks time playing probably 3-4 hours a night. You can do that in even less time if you have someone power leveling you.

You can log on these days for 2-3 hours and actually get a lot done with the addition of mercs. You no longer have to log in and go LFG for 5 hours without doing anything. I actually like doing things with 2-3 people. 2-3 good players can do anything in this game from a group stand point with no problem.

The game is no longer a time sink. Its actually pretty fun as long as you are playing the game with friends.

Oh, did I mention that EQ has housing now? Yes, you can have a house now and you can get in depth with it and customize it in a ton of ways. You can showcase your weapons and shields and all sorts of stuff. You can make your house look like anything that you can imagine. Its pretty awesome really and its a game within itself almost.

Thank you for reminding me about spells in EQ. Another reason I'll never play it again.

WoW just did away with spell ranks, which were already an upgrade over the EQ system of having a gazillion spells and only using 10 of them per expansion. Now you just learn a spell one time, and it increases in damage/healing/whatever as you level up. The last time they had actual spells that you had to loot was like 2006.

Well, to be fair, they have cut down on spells in volume. You have maybe 7-8 spells now per expansion tops instead of 12-15 like it used to be. They are mostly all useful. Yeah, you'll have some that you'll use more than others, but they all seem to have their place.

I remember when Kunark opened up. I was too afraid to stray from my spawn point, hehe.

By the way, Vulash can attest to the fact that EQ is a lot more casual friendly than ever before I bet.

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Yea it is, I was enjoying leveling with my full group (3 toons + 3 mercs) solo without having to talk to people. It's just a problem paying for that :D

Man Vulash, I got you a Times Anthesis and you quit =D That last night you were on EQ was when you looted that TA too lol =(((

Your characters do however have a ton of nice gear to slap on once they get level 70-75 or so. Assuming you come back!!!

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Maybe I have a rosey view of the past or im just nostalgic of the tribulations and triumphs of my toons life but I liked the struggle of EQ. Course I quit in 2003 after 5 years for reasons unrelated to gameplay & structure but I do remember thinking that GoD sucked. A part of me is bummed out that people can reach 90 in a week and it took me forever to reach 60. (65 not so bad) But I do like to hear that its more casual, thats pretty cool.

GoD is the main reason EQ went from King to Court Jester. It made so many people quit/ready to quit, and then WoW was released, and City of Heroes soon after (before? whatever). It really was a bad move on their part. Total deviation from EQ mythology and storyline in general (in a world with living gods and faries you need extra-dimensional aliens? really?) plus content that couldn't have possibly been beta tested and was therefore horribly untuned equals people quitting in droves. And all the AA abilities cost like 20 AAs where before the most expenive one was like 6. I don't think anybody beat that expansion until 1 or 2 expansions later.

GoD ended serious play for me

I'd like to come back and screw around when I can Kele - Just hard with school now I don't even have time to play NCAA football much less an MMO

I spent several weeks getting to 70 and it was really slowing down (but not slow, just slower). So doing 90 in a week would require some serious know how, it wouldn't be for the average person like me.

I actually enjoyed GoD once it got tuned down and was beatable (and when I joined a guild that could actually win there consistently)

Ahh my gawsh, I got a DD..

I just saw that! Congrats hon :D

What is a DD? Designated Driver for Christmas?

If it's not, it should be!