The Glade 4.0

Ok, so my gaming computer is finally back running, and I'm back playing EQ.

I remember a few people had come back, but I wasn't sure how many of you stayed playing.

I have characters (51 and lower) on Fennin, and then I have a double box Ranger/Shaman set at 80 on FV.

So, where are you, and what are your chars names?

Nephyr (51 Ranger, Fennin)
Baner (25 Monk, Fennin)
Jemi (80 Ranger, FV)
Emrah (80 Shaman, FV)

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

I have a 59 Sham on Fennin named Rufflez

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

Does your shaman have ridges?

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The Dude abides.

I have an 85 ranger named Embrul on Fennin that I barely play anymore and I have an 83 SK named Coreilestraz on Fennin.

I also hate myself for playing this game. I hate myself a lot.

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Los Angeles Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Champions

"I love this **** team right here."
-Jonathan Quick

Ah, EQ..... The love/hate relationship.

I found the gameplay in WoW a lot better, but I never liked the community nearly as much. And honestly, with an MMO, it's all about the community.

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

Yes, I am playing but...

http://www.project1999.org/

This is where I am doing it.

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Raell Kromwell

Same character... Ladas, 85th Ranger on Prexus, soon to be Rathe with the server mergers.

Looks interesting, but this is weird:



And, they have more people playing that (795 at the moment, it says), than on Shards of Dalaya. Huh.

Sorry, no EQ here. Just not hard-core enough to make it worth the money.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

That was a mistake, they put the bat wings back on the correct merchants.

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Raell Kromwell

Phew, OK, good, all is right with the world again if you can bat wings at merchants!

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Wow, the gear inflation is a lot to catch up with coming back.

My stuff was mostly Solteris/SoF raid gear with a bit of TSS stuff in the mix, and it's almost all obsoleted by group gear now.

The thing that I miss most is all my macros and hotkeys. After 7 years spent developing and perfecting them, it's a long run to get them all back up to par.

At least I was able to remember and re-create most of my spell sets.

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

yeah same boat Nephyr. quite about the same time too. got frustrated and kinda gave up.

I came back at level 75 in mostly Demi-Plane/Cultural/Anquish raid gear. The moment I hit 85, I more than doubled my melee DPS just be changing to group dropped weapons I picked up while exping in OBF and OCD.

For reference, fully buffed when I came back I was around 18K HP... now raid buffed in full Tower Hard/4.5, I am at 53,000 HP.

Its a huge jump, and takes some getting used to, but the gear scales quickly, and honestly, the group level armour from UF is on par with the Tower raid armour.

Since I'm on FV, I'm actually looking at upgrading to a combination of full TSS raid gear (relentless hunter's and prismatic bow captain), and wearing that until I get some of the good underfoot stuff, which being as I don't have underfoot yet might be a little while.

I'm sitting around 24k/3.2 AC unbuffed now, with all my mod2s capped (except being a tad short on Shielding), which with a few upgrades should let me power on through SoD progression with my shaman.

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

What, no EQ Classic?

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

I'm still there. Exploring the lowbie game with alts galore on Tunare (soon to merge with Seventh Hammer).

Out of curiosity, anyone know why SOE hasn't shut down those emulator servers? Seems like a clear violation of Sony's IP rights, and it's not like the emulator groups hide their activities.

They have shut down at least one, I think they figure the others aren't worth their money in court costs.

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

They did a Cease and Desist order on Winter's Roar - the predecessor of Shards of Dalaya. I gather that they all came to some agreement; one of the rules on the SoD forums is that you can't say "Everquest," or "Sony," too, I think. They get asterisk'd out in posts. So, people talk about The Game, etc.

But, yeah i think it's just not worth their effort, at some point, to shut them all down. Can't be more than, what, a couple thousand people who play on them? And, those people (me!) probably wouldn't pay to play, anyway.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Still playing EQ here. On Tunare (about to get Seventh Hammer merged in).

Real life is kicking my butt too much (Oil Spill response) to have time to play games.

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Gorse