Things to remember about Everquest!

[Trevalon]

<p><img src="http://www.iniziopartita.it/file/2/190/Image/everquest_1.jpg" width="640" height="480" /></p><p>This is the Everquest I Miss....</p>

[Larkverdin]

<p><cite>Trevalon wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><img src="http://www.iniziopartita.it/file/2/190/Image/everquest_1.jpg" width="640" height="480" /></p><p>This is the Everquest I Miss....</p></blockquote><p>Shots like this make me sad that I got rid of my old computer I played this on. All my old screenies, gone <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Cusashorn]

<p><cite>Larkverdin@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Shots like this make me sad that I got rid of my old computer I played this on. All my old screenies, gone <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Did you get rid of your computer, or did you lose it? That's the case with me. My computer crashed last November, and while I did see it coming and was able to save a lot of stuff that I wanted to keep, I had to let all my Everquest and Everquest 2 screenshots be wiped out. I'd be posting many screenshots in this thread if not for that.</p>

[Larkverdin]

<p><cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Larkverdin@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Shots like this make me sad that I got rid of my old computer I played this on. All my old screenies, gone <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Did you get rid of your computer, or did you lose it? That's the case with me. My computer crashed last November, and while I did see it coming and was able to save a lot of stuff that I wanted to keep, I had to let all my Everquest and Everquest 2 screenshots be wiped out. I'd be posting many screenshots in this thread if not for that.</p></blockquote><p>I got rid of it <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. It was quite a while ago, and I was young. I didn't really do alot of thinking into the future, I was just excited that I had a new computer ><</p>

[Rezikai]

<p style="text-align: center;">Heh the old screenie pulled at the heartstrings...</p><p style="text-align: center;">The Neriak in eqoa..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://eq2images.station.sony.com/000/001/754/187.JPG" width="640" height="480" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">one more for good measure...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://eq2images.station.sony.com/000/001/754/189.JPG" width="640" height="480" /></p><p style="text-align: center;">if you look REALY CLOSE you can see the guards standing near the bottom of each skull flag.</p>

[Barx]

<p>Mm I still have some screenshots of early EQ1 back when a GM was playing Bristlebane and turning everyone into funky illusions (I was a cyclops). Was fun times, I'll have to dig up a screenshot or two.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>At this point I'd rather be seeing screenshots of Everquest way back before Luclin came out. Back when the models were so primitive and the user interface was fixed. I liked that interface.</p>

[Trevalon]

<p><cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>At this point I'd rather be seeing screenshots of Everquest way back before Luclin came out. Back when the models were so primitive and the user interface was fixed. I liked that interface.</p></blockquote><p>Ask and Ye Shall Receive!</p><p><img src="http://everquest.allakhazam.com/gallery/alphabeta/original-screenshot.jpg" width="640" height="480" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tentonhammer.com/image/view/65353/preview" /></p><p>I miss the good ole days!</p>

[Shareana]

<p>Let's post Everquest photo's and stories here please <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Goodness, I remember trying to chase down a cyclops for AGES!!!!  My poor bard racing all over the place!</p>

[Garnaf]

<p>While I don't have screenshots, and I started after Luclin era (I started PoP era actually)</p><p>My personal favorite "story" if you can call it that is more just remembering fondly the first really MAJOR quest I finished.  Iksar Shadowknight overarching quest.  Final reward:  Greenmist, the Unholy Khukri of Rile Sathir.  mmm, Greenmist!   Even after I replaced it with better weaponry, I still hauled it everywhere.</p>

[Mary the Prophetess]

<p>Try this Link (I hope it still works)</p><p>Real bittersweet memories</p><p><a href="http://wayward-one.com/sayonara_norrath3.swf">http://wayward-one.com/sayonara_norrath3.swf</a></p><p>Here is a little shorter version if the one above is a dead link;</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_b9n76F5KQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_b9n76F5KQ</a></p><p>(Cusa, I think it may even have a shot of your raid on the Sleeper--not sure)</p>

[FireDragon]

<p>I miss my old Iksar in Cabilis, back before the silly books and overeasy travel >_<</p><p>Back when it felt like a world.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>Why can't EQlive go Free to Play instead? Part of me really wants to go back and play as Yuffie again, and just explore the world once more.</p>

[Enica]

<p><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f23/snoopy6602/plane-of-sky.jpg" width="792" height="594" /></p><p>Plane of Sky with a guild group.</p><p><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f23/snoopy6602/wipeout.jpg" width="525" height="426" /></p><p>Corpses in Lower Guk, hehe</p>

[Joc]

Aye, this is the game I miss :[ My old druid still has an artifact... stopped paying for the account a long time ago though. I'd go back and play original EQ without hesitation, before the planes, before luclin... I miss you fippy darkpaw :[ I even miss the hermit that I camped from 20-30...

[Joxter06]

<p>Ahh the good times.  Camping the gnome mechanic ... good times.. good time.</p>

[betatester7]

<p>Well, I've never been played EQ1 and the version for playstation i think. I mean for that time the graphics must be advanced and the lore its amazing.</p><p>Some day EQ2 will be old and the graphics will be also old, who knows in 30 years what kind of games will be playing.</p><p>EQ24?</p>

[Darkor]

<p>This is me in year 1999 arround lvl 12-14 (my first char). I started EQ in november 1999 and my account is STILL active and running.</p><p><img src="http://www.ajjantis.de/kleinajja.jpg" /></p>

[Darkor]

<p><cite>betatester7 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Well, I've never been played EQ1 and the version for playstation i think. I mean for that time the graphics must be advanced and the lore its amazing.</p><p>Some day EQ2 will be old and the graphics will be also old, who knows in 30 years what kind of games will be playing.</p><p>EQ24?</p></blockquote><p>The only game that beat Everquest graphicwise was Half Life. Other than that this MMORPG beat most games at the beginning. It was crazy.</p>

[DrkVsr]

<p><span style="font-size: medium; color: #993300; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Ah still have fond memories of taking mah lvl 8 Iksar SK overland from Cabilis to the Abysmal Sea (the only time he 'cheated' was getting to Freeport, the guards at the entrance to the dock in the Overthere splatted him so he took the book to FP but ran the rest of the way), took some screenshots of the images in the wall on the EK ramp ([Removed for Content] place gave me the creeps because of an un-natural fear of heights, even virtual ones)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium; color: #993300; font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Account is still active (have had the Station Pass since EQ2 started) just hope little Skorkijan is still around (they only delete if the character is under 10 and the account has lapsed, right?)</span></p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>^ Hehe. Suddenly, I want you to come to my house on Kithicor and check out the view from my Orbital Platform just to see your reaction.</p>

[DrkVsr]

<p><span style="font-size: medium; color: #993300; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Oh heck no, ah still have trouble with TenTangle (the dev who designed it so you have to jump down the waterfall must be sadistic)</span></p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>Fine, then I'll force it on you here.</p><p><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/auvb4z.jpg" width="799" height="409" /></p>

[DrkVsr]

<p><span style="font-size: medium; color: #993300; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Thank you, just found out that just seeing a picture is not as bad as actually 'being there'</span></p>

[troodon]

<p>Pre-Luclin screenshots make me teary eyed.  I miss those days.</p><p>I remember when I first started my brother was incredibly jealous that I kept getting free satchels to use as bags off the kobolds in Innothule.  His Iksar got no such love in FoB.</p>

[Drevvin]

<p>I miss those days, Trying to drag up some old shots off of one of my buddies computers so I can post it on here.</p>

[Xdatinelia]

<p>Ooh Book meditation and having my hubby (The Dwarf Paladin) be my look out cause it took ages to med up.  My little gnome Wizard was soo much fun.. Then I had kids and I can't devote the time to raiding I used to..</p><p>Best ever time in game was dinging 35, sitting down to book med and getting killed by a gobbie in SolA</p>

[Cyliena]

<p>Digging through mine looking for pre-Luclin.. I think a lot of them have gone missing though. But here's what I found..</p><p>My mage in Temple of Veeshan posing:</p><p><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/sljkue.jpg" width="453" height="527" /></p><p>My mage posing in Plane of Sky (she liked to pose, what can I say?):</p><p><img src="http://i56.tinypic.com/el7hgo.jpg" width="450" height="550" /></p><p>One of the dragons outside of ToV:</p><p><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/majy4g.jpg" width="858" height="554" /></p><p>And one more... post-Luclin but a lovely Plane of Fear wipe none-the-less... if you look closely enough you can see my monk feign deathed under some corpses:</p><p><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/otkoj6.jpg" /></p>

[Rezikai]

<p><cite>Cyliena@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Digging through mine looking for pre-Luclin.. I think a lot of them have gone missing though. But here's what I found..</p><p>My mage in Temple of Veeshan posing:</p><p><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/sljkue.jpg" width="453" height="527" /></p><p>My mage posing in Plane of Sky (she liked to pose, what can I say?):</p><p>One of the dragons outside of ToV:</p><p>And one more... post-Luclin but a lovely Plane of Fear wipe none-the-less... if you look closely enough you can see my monk feign deathed under some corpses:</p></blockquote><p>Heh The Unnamed... that was my guild on Hodstock of EQOA.... Thumgrin's to actually...</p><p>actually i still have a few screenshots of them somewhere on my old <a href="http://www.tunarianoutcast.webs.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffcc00;">site</span></a><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><a href="http://www.tunarianoutcast.webs.com" target="_blank"></a></span></p>

[Cyliena]

<p><cite>Rezikai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Heh The Unnamed... that was my guild on Hodstock of EQOA.... Thumgrin's to actually...</p><p>actually i still have a few screenshots of them somewhere on my old <a href="http://www.tunarianoutcast.webs.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffcc00;">site</span></a><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><a href="http://www.tunarianoutcast.webs.com" target="_blank"></a></span></p></blockquote><p>Nice! <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I ran The Unnamed on E'ci for a year or so before I took a hiatus (had inherited it then passed it on), it was a great guild and by far still my favorite guild name. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/49869fe8223507d7223db3451e5321aa.gif" border="0" /></p>

[ttobey]

<p>The first character I animated in EQ.</p><p><a href="http://everquest.allakhazam.com/scenery/solrotower-solro.jpg">http://everquest.allakhazam.com/sce...tower-solro.jpg</a></p>

[Mary the Prophetess]

<p>Wow, you did that?  Awesome.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>Heh. Sol Ro was a bit more animated than some of the other NPCs in that expansion. I'm not that surprised that it was you who animated him.</p>

[Eveningsong]

<p><cite>ttobey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The first character I animated in EQ.</p><p><a href="http://everquest.allakhazam.com/scenery/solrotower-solro.jpg">http://everquest.allakhazam.com/sce...tower-solro.jpg</a></p></blockquote><p>He was one of my favourite fights <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  The first time we fought him it was so very cool, great work!</p>

[Shrag]

<p><cite>ttobey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The first character I animated in EQ.</p><p><a href="http://everquest.allakhazam.com/scenery/solrotower-solro.jpg">http://everquest.allakhazam.com/sce...tower-solro.jpg</a></p></blockquote><p>You are a pretty kewl dude.</p>

[Xalmat]

<p>I remember when Monster Summoning was bugged, and you could get <em>ginormous</em> pets with it.</p><p>Good times.</p><p><img src="http://www.mattcrews.com/images/eq1/giantphoenix.jpg" /></p><p>And I remember <em>this</em> from my first Fan Faire, New Orleans 2004, in the game room:</p><p><img src="http://www.mattcrews.com/cox.net/fanfaire/questern.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></p>

[Anestacia]

<p><cite>ttobey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The first character I animated in EQ.</p><p><a href="http://everquest.allakhazam.com/scenery/solrotower-solro.jpg">http://everquest.allakhazam.com/sce...tower-solro.jpg</a></p></blockquote><p>Not just saying this; Sol Ro was and still is one of my favorite all time models.  He looked so much cooler in EQ1 than his avatar does here lol!  A very dynamic apperance and I loved the way he twirled his staff during the fight!</p>

[DrkVsr]

<p><span style="font-size: medium; color: #993300; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">So SolRo was the only one with a cool animation for staff use? All mah characters did was poke people with their staff, including the 2-handers <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></span></p>

[Valentina]

<p>Yeah, Sol Ro was great in EQ1, and gave all 2HB-wielding PCs animation-envy. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Warpax]

<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Selling 4 bags of stuff and things @ T2</span></p><p><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/qxq7ub.jpg" /></p>

[Eveningsong]

<p><cite>Warpax wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Selling 4 bags of stuff and things @ T2</span></p><p><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/qxq7ub.jpg" /></p></blockquote><p>LOL!  The computer I first played EQ1 on was so crappy that I couldn't even run through East Commonlands because of The Tunnel market <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  It lagged me so bad my video would go black, I had to autofollow a friend to get me past the zone point and into West CL.  Good times lol.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>"Attention Fay-Mart shoppers, there is a blue light special on Minotaur Axes at the Bank. 5 gold each!"</p>

[Drevvin]

<p>LOL I remember farming mino axes for weeks back in the day lol, man wish I could go back to those days when bards were the preferred method of travel pre 40's</p>

[Finora]

<p>Lost most of my old screenies in a massive hard drive failure but I found a few that made me miss the old game a bit. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Hanging in Guk with my buddy the minotaur in my ivy etched & yaks.</p><p><img src="http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad147/Eq2Fin2010/eq1/delguk2.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></p><p>And a later one of some of Prism's ranger horde all lined up outside of Dozekar's room.</p><p><img src="http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad147/Eq2Fin2010/eq1/rangerline.jpg" /></p>

[BleemTeam]

<p>my first memory of eq had to have been the music in steamfont and the sound in akanon... i was _AMAZED_</p><p>nerdy? ya.</p><p>Zimm Pfantomus the Gnome Wizard - Karana to Terris Thule</p>

[Trevalon]

<p><cite>ttobey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The first character I animated in EQ.</p><p><a href="http://everquest.allakhazam.com/scenery/solrotower-solro.jpg">http://everquest.allakhazam.com/sce...tower-solro.jpg</a></p></blockquote><p>lol, I always thought Solo Ro was one of the coolest models in PoP.</p>

[Drevvin]

<p>I still get goosebumps in EQ2 when I am in GFay and hear the original but somewhat remastered music from the original, ahhh memories are so wonderful.</p>

[Wasuna]

<p>Two oldies but goodies:</p><p>The Burned Woods story. I still laugh just thinking about this one: <a href="http://ancarett.com/eqhumour.html">http://ancarett.com/eqhumour.html</a></p><p>The Amulet of Begger Be Gone: <a href="http://www.crystalsky.net/ad/Amulet%20of%20Beggar%20Begone.htm">http://www.crystalsky.net/ad/Amulet...ar%20Begone.htm</a></p>

[Drevvin]

<p>If you really want a oldie but goodie from EQ 1 check out this link <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Richie+Truxillo">http://www.last.fm/music/Richie+Truxillo</a> and listen to when beggars attack.  I remember these days lol</p>

[Singsong]

<p>I loved the tale of Fancy the bard. That and the tale of the burned woods makes me want to go back to EQ. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p><a href="http://www.notacult.com/fansythefamous.htm">http://www.notacult.com/fansythefamous.htm</a></p><p>s</p>

[Eveningsong]

<p>Go go good team!  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Rakna]

<p><cite>ttobey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The first character I animated in EQ.</p><p><a href="http://everquest.allakhazam.com/scenery/solrotower-solro.jpg">http://everquest.allakhazam.com/sce...tower-solro.jpg</a></p></blockquote><p>The coolest mob and god ever.  Which is now my desktop image, so I may bask in its awesome-ness.</p>

[DeathtoGnomes]

<p>one of my first memoriable experiences in EQ in 2000 I was a level 34 high elf magician, my first character, and a new pet level. i was in a late night group with a bard and druid. We were tooling around Rathe Mountains doing hill giants auto-follow on the bard with selos, kiting giants while my pet beats on them and I nuke. About 10 minutes of killing stuff with just me and the bard, we figured out the druid went FDOK. So the bard had me wait while he went and parked the druid somewhere safe, so he said. As soon as the bard got back to camp the druid dies, OOPS is all the bard says.  Thats also the time I learned not to sit during a pull, no matter how far the mob is away, if someone pulls with proximity aggro or without damaging the mob, the mob(s) will head straight for the person(s) sitting. So many 1 round deaths for a newbie undergeared, I was still wearing a lot of cloth armor and very little jewelry. Later, at level 44ish I got one of 2 mage DoTs when velious came out, I wound up spending a week (and gained only 2 levels, 1 was a hell level) in Rathe Mountains trying to save up plat for a froggie robe for 7kpp. All that time and I still didnt know what a guild was at the time. LOL. i didnt join a guild until I was level 36 I think when I learn I didnt need to open the book to med. LOL</p>