skrill Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) Back in my day... - We didnt have raid groups. We rangled 100+ people and made groups of 6 to try and kill one world boss. None of this 8-man easy mode content. You had to actually have a sizeable group to get things done. - Raid buffs took 30 minutes and you liked it. There was no massive raid group. Everyone just made their small groups and took orders. - We didnt have these instances...if you wanted to kill something you had to camp its spawn and RACE against everyone else to get it. If you didnt get it you had to wait another 7 days just to get a chance to take it down. - If you had a weapon that had a "The" in it, it was legitmately epic. There was MAYBE two or three on the server and it was drooled over. - Purple loot was actually epic. None of these quest turn ins, full epic gear by soloing content bull*****. Being decked head to toe in purple actually meant something. - Orange loot was MAYBE one or two per server. - You couldn't solo your way 1-50. You HAD to group because mobs were too mean to kill by yourself. It built a genuine connection across the server and people really got to know eachother. - Getting access to an endgame zone took WORK. Months and months of work to even get INSIDE. THATS THE WAY IT WAS AND WE LOVED IT (Feel free to add your own) Edited January 9, 2012 by skrill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battyone Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) To everyone who pretends to have played Everquest, this OP really did. I don't know him, I can tell since he's talking truth. Here are my two: 1 -- If you died you had to run and loot your corpse, no matter what hostiles were around it, and how easily they may kill you since you got lost and went somewhere you shouldn't. (Damn you Butcherblock Chessboard and my lowbie ranger...) In addition you could give someone permission to drag your corpse to somewhere safe, but that also meant they could just loot it and take your stuff. 2 -- When you died you lost experience, you could lose levels. Edited January 9, 2012 by Battyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldwyn Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) But MMO's have gone mainstream and are no longer just for geeks. Soooooo, that won't work for today's MMO. Edited January 9, 2012 by Meldwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautius Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) To everyone who pretends to have played Everquest, this OP really did. I don't know him, I can tell since he's talking truth. LOL - I was thinking it sounded like SWG to a certain extent. Either way.. /signed And here's mine: Player economy meant you were dependent on each other to progress through the game. You were stuck unless you used another classes abililites to heal/buff/gear/HOUSE you. Edited January 9, 2012 by Nautius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sageblade Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 We didn't have colors on gear. It was all based on stats and names. Hail, Lord Nagafen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantious Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) Bah, Druids had no problems Kiting MOBS in PON ~The Tribunal Edited January 9, 2012 by Constantious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShotByBothSides Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) You see, even though I have not got the real world time anymore to do that, it sounds a heap load of fun. A lot more fun than all this led by hand stuff we see in most, not all, but most MMOs these days. Edited January 9, 2012 by ShotByBothSides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuffteach Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Sounds like Lineage 2 as well. Server politics were amazing. I should know lol. You had to PvP for bosses or negotiate with enemy guilds to work together or call a peace for the time being. There were no factions; I still dont like faction games but the world has changed. The server knew each other and hated/liked you. We were hated so much we had to go down to the deepest non-instanced dungeons to try and level. I enjoyed PvP, but was nowhere as good at it as my clan mates. Good times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamajawn Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) To craft jewelry, I had to trek to the evil town of Neriak, pose as a Dark Elf to slip past hostile guards, and meet a guy in a library to purchase my enchant metal spells. At any moment, my disguise spell or invisibility could drop and I'd be hacked to death and then have to do a corpse run back to my body to get my stuff. Stein of Mogguk... basically the same experience, except I had to disguise as an ogre. Having a Stein meant something. For melee classes, having a full set of chain armor at level 20 also meant something. Edited January 9, 2012 by Bamajawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellias Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Sounds like the first couple years of Anarchy Online to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantious Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 To craft jewelry, I had to trek to the evil town of Neriak, pose as a Dark Elf to slip past hostile guards, and meet a guy in a library to purchase my enchant metal spells. At any moment, my disguise spell or invisibility could drop and I'd be hacked to death and then have to do a corpse run back to my body to get my stuff. Stein of Mogguk... basically the same experience, except I had to disguise as an ogre. Having a Stein meant something. For melee classes, having a full set of chain armor at level 20 also meant something. Either do a corpse run or Hire a Necro to summon your corpse, if you were lucky they only charged you for the components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurnea Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Back in my day we didn't have all of these fancy graphics and animations! We'd dialup with our 56k modems(if we were lucky that is!) and telnet to our MUD of choice. For us 'shiny' was having clients that displayed multiple colors for text! Advanced combat was determined by having more options than /attack, /throw, or /cast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamajawn Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Either do a corpse run or Hire a Necro to summon your corpse, if you were lucky they only charged you for the components. Yes... I had forgotten about buying coffins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihateyouall Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 there was no purple and orange loot in EQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_loki Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I'm in my mid 20's and also miss those games. I played Asherons Call on Darktide, a PvP server. So much fun and rage from those days. I would always farm money off people since everyone had items in their inventory to drop when they died just so they wouldn't lose their gold. I remember killing one guy right after he had an ignot created to make a hollow weapon. Those were the days. Now we just get games that appeal to the lowest common denominator. I agree with the gear, it kind of sucks that at some point the "Rare" items are gonna be owned by most people. They should have special items that only 4% of the population can have in game. Now you have games where people want to be able to fast travel and teleport everywhere to get done as quick as possible. I understand companies want to make as big of profit as possible. But why not find a way to make unique games that appeal to certain crowds only and still make a profit? Why does it have to be as big as possible by rushing out games that appeal to everyone and yet makes everyone miserable. Gaming used to be about some games you would like, love, or hate. Not just about all games being mediocre and not feeling anything towards them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigaus Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I've heard EQ servers are still up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadEdward Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 In my day: Mobs didn't have no mambie-pambie colors, if you wanted to know how tough something was, you had to attack it. If you died, you left your corpse and everything you were carrying right there on the ground. You ran around as a ghost until you found a healer then you ran your res-robed butt back and hoped that no one had come along and looted your cold dead body. One wrong click in the wrong place and a guard showed up and insta-whacked you. One wrong click in the wrong place and you turned "gray". That meant that anyone could attack you at any time for any reason. It took weeks of killing bad stuff to get back to a good status. Groups??? What groups??? We don't need no stinking groups!! Quests?? What are quests?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piratetech Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) EQ just put out another expansion too.....the 18th one. Vent? what Vent? you type it all out and you like it! I would like to see the average gamer these days set up a Complete Heal chain and keep it going through a boss. /sigh the good ol days 1999-2006 /ooc TRAIN TO ZONE! MOVE IT OR LOSE IT! Edited January 9, 2012 by Piratetech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triss Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 It's amazing how things changed. I remember having to look for a group for over three hours. So happy was I when I found my group we levelled as a team, fighting for spawns in dank, dark, dismal places, just to hopefully pop a bubble after several hours. Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoverFist Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) Yes yes, uphill both ways in the snow.Killed an Orc with my loose leaf note book.And we liked it that way. Next you'll be worried compulsively about your lawn , it is the natural progression of things. Edited January 9, 2012 by HanoverFist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYzMikey Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 In my day we had to walk to and from school in 25 miles on brimstone w/ no shoes in -10 degrees temperature uphill BOTH WAYS while dodging bullets. Today I drive there. I like today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vydor_HC Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Back in my day the gaming world was text. Players that made it to the highest level were called Wizards and could create items and landscapes and quests in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuffteach Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) I've heard EQ servers are still up and running. This is a good point. Why don't people go back and play the games they are nostalgic for over the years? I think we realize there is no more to do in those games, or the games do not offer any new ideas. But we want a game that will take us back to that time. The problem is it doesn't exist. So we move on and think back to the old days, but that special time won't be repeated again. It's like our first love. You know why you broke up with that selfish *****, but sometimes you just think about her. Edited January 9, 2012 by Tuffteach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodolfulus Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 well that OP sounds really annoying and unappealing. I don't want mega-easy mode or a grindfest, but I also don't want to run into roadblocks every other quest either. I play games to have fun, not as a job. Prepared for imminent incineration by veterans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantious Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I remember when my toon hit the mid 60's in EQ i was lucky if it took me only took me 3 days to get another level, and that was playing non stop, and if i wasn't putting any XP to AA's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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