tropical fruitpunch

Ahhh the good ol' days. I Remember hunting in N ro, dorn was the scariest mob i had ever encountered (well WC hill giants too but I was too young for WC!) and hearing a triumphant scream..."Dorn you are mine" as some uber lvl 40 warrior came into zone to deal out his dmg. poor Carabella...mourning the loss of her baby Dorn.

Luvs ya babe

Tropical Fruit'Punch aka
Cyclone Rubmybeard (cutest little dwarf palladin ever!)

Xeck

There were HGs in Nro when Xeck was there hunting at Derv3. I shouted about it and got many responses saying it was a pet. Meanwhile this "pet" killed two of my group while the rest scattered in all directions. Scariest of my newbie times.

-Xeck-

Carabella Valenteen

*laughs and hugs Cyclone*

Ahh, those were the days. The game was so much fun then, I didn't have to worry about spending hours upon hours playing, I only played for myself, you know? No guild responsibilities, no "you must do x raid or be kicked from the guild" and no "If you don't put in 12098098134908 of your play hours doing guild stuff, *ominous voice* you *will* be removed."

What has happened to this game?

Laeyakk

You joined the wrong guild. =p~

mirdorr

Heh. Lord. Participated in a guild event last night for the first night in a LONG time.

ainwein

My best EQ times were in the very beginning.

The first time I logged in on my wizard, and had to find Opal Darkbriar for training. Seeing all the other PCs and just being astonished they were actually real. Hunting at the orc camps for belts. Taking a group into Befallen (Pre-nerf) for awesome exp, and many deaths. Hunting in Oasis and having people '/ooc SG at docks!'. Saving up plat forever just to afford my Cone of the Mystics. Arguing in LOIO. Being scared shitless running from FV to LOIO (Spiders > Me). Running across zones for crack. Running through EC tunnel inspecting all the people who were higher level than me. Taking the long journey to Qeynos from Freeport with my wizard friend. Getting drunk in Qeynos and falling off the gates. Exploiting the zone wall in Qeynos and gaining exp by nuking guards. (I didn't know!)

Best game I ever played, hands down.

Haloface

Nothing beats hitting lvl8, casting invis, and setting off from Qeynos to Freeport for the very first time.
The times before you knew what a 'Zone wall' was and you thought there were no boundaries.
Now every zone is.. the space between a raid target.
/sigh

Carabella Valenteen

Currently I am not in any guild, Laeyakk.

Akom of Cazic Thule

I concur... the early days truely were the best. By the end of my playing days, it was nothing but the exp grind. Hardly even anything scary anymore what with graveyards and 56+ or Epic clerics every which way. Sigh... Wheres that nostalgia thread...

ThePerfectFlaw

I kinda hated the early days. Only a few friends, retards everywhere, losing my corpse 8 times a day. 8/

But then again, we always look back on our youth fondly. damn me and my cynicism.