I remember the old Everquest well. I remember the hours fishing and cooking and brewing. I remember my bard character, where playing your instrument could make you run fast. I got involved in the Grey Hawke guild and eventually resigned.(and I have totally forgotten why but it was so emotional I made a graphic over it). Even though I was middle aged at the time, watching blue skinned ladies in red underwear trying to retrieve their corpses always amused me.
Anyone who wants the original Everquest experience back should come check out project 99. They just launched the green and teal servers two weeks ago which only goes to velious and follows the timeline exactly for patches and releasing Kunark and velious expansions. Server populations are good and it's a blast from the past!
Well done sir, very informed and thorough, now the reason you can't find a group anymore is simply all the great players have left live for Project 1999, the last incredible and old school style MMO in existence.
I still remember playing this game. I started when planes came out and left when WoW came out. I still use the name I used back then in all my games today.
I returned to the game in December. I mostly play solo as it’s tough for me to dedicate large chunks of time to the game. That said I’m having a great time. The game has changed a lot since I started playing (2001), but it’s still A LOT of fun for me.
My latest pet peeve with Everquest was when Daybreak fixed a bug many people including myself had come to rely on: The ability to glitch past locked doors so that finding a rogue to pick the lock for you was no longer needed. Granted, there aren't many locked doors without keys anymore but when I went to Sebilis to hunt names for an achievement, the whole undead wing was locked. Everquest is still my first love since 2001 and I still play it from time to time but now I'm spending much more time leveling toons in Everquest 2.
Tried Project 1999 a couple months ago as wood elf ranger like i used to, man that was tough LOL i couldn't get pass level 1. Which got me thinking - how the heck did i level all the way to 60 during Scar of Velious, and then eventually all the way to 85 before i quit? How did i endure all that harshness and brutality?
EverQuest Project 1999 Green Server for the win!!! Over 800-1k peak concurrent players constantly... literally feels like stepping back daily into the familiar Norrath we all know and love.
The Original EQ was the best gaming time of my life .
When the video started, and I heard the music, I had a flashback and had to snap out of it. I miss it.
I miss old school MMOs. I loved the difficult grind. It actually meant something to be Max level.
Everquest was truly Skyrim meets Dark Souls. A one of a kind experience often imitated, but never duplicated.
Just for the record, I can't say when, but there will be a follow-up of sorts about Project 1999.
I left EQ for wow in 2004, by 2009 I did not have time for gaming anymore.
I remember the old Everquest well. I remember the hours fishing and cooking and brewing. I remember my bard character, where playing your instrument could make you run fast. I got involved in the Grey Hawke guild and eventually resigned.(and I have totally forgotten why but it was so emotional I made a graphic over it). Even though I was middle aged at the time, watching blue skinned ladies in red underwear trying to retrieve their corpses always amused me.
A+ job on this video. I started EQ just after Kunark and you hit everything that needed to be said.
Very well done video bro. Loved it. Still love Everquest but you laid out a lot of the problems it had very well.
Anyone who wants the original Everquest experience back should come check out project 99. They just launched the green and teal servers two weeks ago which only goes to velious and follows the timeline exactly for patches and releasing Kunark and velious expansions. Server populations are good and it's a blast from the past!
Well done sir, very informed and thorough, now the reason you can't find a group anymore is simply all the great players have left live for Project 1999, the last incredible and old school style MMO in existence.
Love the ending, and yes please more EQ vids!!! P99 is much higher quality than the live server and many more people always on.
I fell out of love pretty quickly, but all my buddies were playing still, so I stayed on.
I still remember playing this game. I started when planes came out and left when WoW came out. I still use the name I used back then in all my games today.
I returned to the game in December. I mostly play solo as it’s tough for me to dedicate large chunks of time to the game. That said I’m having a great time. The game has changed a lot since I started playing (2001), but it’s still A LOT of fun for me.
When Gates of Discord came out, I stopped playing. I love this video! So many memories. thank you!
I played EQ from 2000 to 2012-2014. I loved the game and have many great memories.
My latest pet peeve with Everquest was when Daybreak fixed a bug many people including myself had come to rely on: The ability to glitch past locked doors so that finding a rogue to pick the lock for you was no longer needed. Granted, there aren't many locked doors without keys anymore but when I went to Sebilis to hunt names for an achievement, the whole undead wing was locked. Everquest is still my first love since 2001 and I still play it from time to time but now I'm spending much more time leveling toons in Everquest 2.
Tried Project 1999 a couple months ago as wood elf ranger like i used to, man that was tough LOL i couldn't get pass level 1. Which got me thinking - how the heck did i level all the way to 60 during Scar of Velious, and then eventually all the way to 85 before i quit? How did i endure all that harshness and brutality?
EverQuest Project 1999 Green Server for the win!!! Over 800-1k peak concurrent players constantly... literally feels like stepping back daily into the familiar Norrath we all know and love.