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Living the Legacy of EverQuest for Its 20th Anniversary

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited January 2019 in News & Features Discussion

imageLiving the Legacy of EverQuest for Its 20th Anniversary

The EverQuest site has been updated with a new producer letter to kick off the game's 20th anniversary. "EQ's launch feels a world away now, lest we forget dial-up modems, Y2K panic, CRT monitors, 640jx480, open-book medding, corpse runs, lost corpses, ninja looting, guild drama, dawn of DKP and so many other moment." the blog reads.

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  • foppoteefoppotee Member RarePosts: 537
    A truly wonderful game back in the day, a different era.
    gervaise1[Deleted User]LackingMMOJimWraithTinkerBellCommandoTacticalZombeh
  • onelesslightonelesslight Member UncommonPosts: 163

    foppotee said:

    A truly wonderful game back in the day, a different era.



    "...a more civilized age...before the dark times. Before the microtransactions."
    [Deleted User]mmoloujimmywolf[Deleted User]PhaserlightNildenJimWraithTacticalZombehReverielle
  • AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630
    That is Everquest original box art painted by Keith Parkinson (RIP).

    Love it.
    gervaise1Mendel[Deleted User]itchmon

    EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests

  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,407
    I wish I could relive the very first time I logged into this magnificent game or should I say world.
    Amathe[Deleted User]AlvonuLackingMMOJimWraithTacticalZombeh
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  • FinvegaFinvega Member RarePosts: 260
    I remember the night a system message announced the first time ever for an online game: 100,000 concurrent players.
    gervaise1[Deleted User]Alvonu
  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919
    Once they fixed the login issues - probably some here who remember sitting in chat rooms.

    Not really 640x480 either given that the action happened in a window with the icons around!

    There was fun to be had though.
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  • Mr.GutsyMr.Gutsy Member UncommonPosts: 93
    Good old World of Warcraft. You'll be missed.
  • jimmywolfjimmywolf Member UncommonPosts: 292
    i remember when i first started playing it i started as a wood elf ranger did not know what a npc was versus a real player, so asked randomly the one's i saw walking around could they help me get down with /say and then when they just started randomly walking away after i thought " man bunch asshole won't even help a noob find his way... "


    when i finally do get down i see a wolf sitting near a lift so am wondering why it so calm not trying kill me then heard it say " wolf, how you doing today? " blew my mind turn out it was a player just chilling in starting zone, love the game even with all it flaws.
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  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    You read the article and say to yourself "wow 20 years!" then remember daybreak....
  • itchmonitchmon Member RarePosts: 1,999
    It's still a great MMO.
    .actually 2 great MMOs.... live eq and progression server eq.

    Most servers have a great community (bats eyes at phinigel and xegony) tho not all (glares at ragefire).

    My original favorite thing to do once i was high level back in the day. IVU in everfeost. Give out good weapons to decaying skeles. /ooc in zone 3 ssoy have been given to mobs in zone, gl finding them ;)

    RIP Ribbitribbitt you are missed, kid.

    Currently Playing EVE, ESO

    Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.

    Dwight D Eisenhower

    My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

    Henry Rollins

  • HoldslowhopeHoldslowhope Member UncommonPosts: 42
    No game will match this greatness. I feel as if games just dont satisfy my needs anymore after EQ.
    LackingMMO
  • LtldoggLtldogg Member UncommonPosts: 282
    Best game ever that I still enjoy to this day on Live, TLP and P99. The best Jerry, the BEST!
  • LackingMMOLackingMMO Member RarePosts: 664
    I remember announcements on when a character hit max level.. when leveling was a feat in itself. When you could tell what armor/weapon someone had simply by the looks of it before cosmetics took over. When you knew who was good and bad simply by there reputation on the server and personal experience. 

    Innoruuk server will always have a special place in my heart out of all the games/servers I played on.
  • JimWraithJimWraith Member UncommonPosts: 127
    I miss the days when you could happen to run into a GM doing testing on a live server and it was acceptable to be polite and chat a little. I miss the days when each server had specific GM's assigned to them and it was actually possible to have repeat customer service and build a rapport with that staff.

    RIP the good old days.
    TinkerBellCommandoLackingMMONorseGodTacticalZombeh
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