Everquest!!!
 

Help! It's sucking me back in! I can feel it! It wants me back...I know it does. It talks to me in my dreams. It tells me of the things I can do, of the friends who still play, of the worlds I have yet to visit and the foes I have yet to slay...I cannot resist!


Did I mention that this is the worst xmas ever? It really is...EQ is just my drug of choice when life pisses me off.

Anyway...anyone here play it? on Mith Marr? Intersted in starting up again? At 6 hours a day+? Anyone? No? Hmm...

Repeat after me:

Nothing good can come of this.

That's "nothing" with a capital N and a capital OTHING.

What? Impossbile!

Think of all the LOOT!!! The adventure!

Oh what else could I do?

Me (Shadowstump) next to a dead thingy

http://www.chronology-guild.org/imag...d-20021213.jpg

DAoC is WEAK!

It's only got 50 levels! The raids are a joke and it's EASY!

I laugh at easy games! If the game never made me cry, shiver and squeal in angush, I don't want it!

Seriously though, you get WAY more dmg just from leveling up and using the same horrible gear. In EQ you can't get to high levels on shit gear. Nevermind the fact that DAoC community is far weaker than the EQ one. But thats a personal opinion so don't start ranting of that.

The fact that the enitre world of DAoC is LESS than ONE of EQ's 6th expansions with the seventh on the way.

Well, true, DAoC is level 50 limited.

And also true that Dark Age of Camelot + Shrouded Isles + Trials of Atlantis is smaller than the world of EQ.

However....after having played EQ and hating it, and showing my husband (who has a couple high levels in EQ and was an EQ freak) the wonders of DA, he likes it better than EQ.

And if you think Raids are easy, I dare you to take out Golestandt with 2 full groups.



Edit: post 801!!

Oh sure whatever with two groups...

Any game can be made tough with enough limits. It's like saying "Well Naggy is easy" "Yeah? You think so? Bet you can't solo him!!!"

I tried DAoC but I could never get used to the cartoony gfx, the cheesy raids, they are cheesy and zergs most of the time and the 'care bear' style of the game.

Admitedly EQ has become more and more of a 'care bear' heaven over time, but it's still nothing like DAoC.

There is a far greater range of 'uberness' in EQ than in DAoC. Far more 'uber' things to do and far more 'uber' gear to get. I must have it. It's a good distraction from life, keeps my mind of other crap that'd piss me off.

Too bad I'm almost naked...thank god for No Drop items...

Plus I just don't think DAoC has the 'scale' of EQ:
http://www.chronology-guild.org/imag...d-20030111.jpg

- Semtex is a RL friend of mine whom I'm now busily luring back into EQ with false promises of happy times to come...

That depends on the server.

Some servers are just KNOWN for being packed full of noobs and jerks.

Now this MAY sound lame...but it's true. EQ servers tend to be named after 'gods' of the game, and gods in EQ are gods of 'something'. For example the Zeks are various gods of war and PVP servers are all some sort of Zek.
Bertoxxious is the god of disease and ppl on that server often are idiots. On the server I play on Mith Marr, god of justice, love and truth....people cyber..a lot....and then cyber some more...umm...but overall are very nice.

I have had VERY few nasty experiences in EQ.

At the same time, you WILL get treated like worthless shit if you come into EQ and ask things that you 'should' know from the manual.

Also, EQ has become MUCH more noob friendly and you get XP at about 3 times the rate you used to. It really pisses off the 'old timers' - the guys who got to 60 back in the days of Kunark and it took them months. Now you can do 0 - 60 in 2 months without ANY powelevling.

I personaly felt that the DAoC crowd had a far lower maturity level. Many seemed to be the Diablo crowd, as in 15-26 while EQ avg is 30ish.


And Umm...you can't return EQ.

My first thought: Everquest! My god! Why would anyone want to spend even more hours staring at a computer!?

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Repeat after me.

Hi, I'm FileNotFound, and I am an addict. I am powerless over Everquest and my life has become unmanageable. I am not responsible for my addition, but I am responsible for my recovery.

Recognizing the problem is the first step. You can't do this alone; you need support. I'm here for you. http://tragickingdom.net/images/smilies/cool.gif

I have seen people like FNF... back when such games were called "MUDs" and were all-text and were free of charge.

It wasn't a pretty sight then, either.

It's not a problem!

I can quit any time! I did back in Feb. I can do it again.

I just don't want to right now...not for the next two years.


Well...in truth I quit then because of my gf, see I wanted to have more time for her. So I gave up EQ, gave away my gear, quit my guild. Stepped away from the PC and never looked back.

Today I stepped away from my gf because I came to realize that I'd never really manage to get along with her in a trully meaningful relationship. Considering that this is the girl that I've been crazy about since the age of 7 this came as a bit of a shock to me and I figure something as distracting/addiciting as EQ will get my mind of it for a year or two.

So might a different girl, and she'd probably be cheaper in the long run.

VSP.

When you tell me how a girl can be cheaper than $13/month I'll become your personal slave.

Why not deal with your problems and work through them instead of just drowning your sorrows?

Well see, most of these so called problems aren't really problems that "I" can deal with. Or you could say that I have dealt with them but just haven't gotten myself to fully accept my decisions yet. The best way to deal with that is to give it time. The problems that I myself have can only be solved by time.

See it seems that the only way they can go away is for me to finish college and get a real job not some sucky internship.
There is NOTHING I can do to speed that up. No I cannot take courses elsewhere, no I cannot take more than 21 credits a semester, even if I took 21 instead of the 18 I normaly do, I'd still graduate at the same time.

There is NOTHING I can do but kill some time. EQ is the god of killing time.

Well actually, the only other thing I can do is win the lottery and buy my own house and have enough to live off..but that won't happen will it?

It's either EQ or getting a dog. I always wanted a dog - maybe an Akita? They're very nice and could probably live in a suburban home. But dog's are a big commitment and I don't know if I the dog could handle me being away from 8-6 every day.

It's not about the goal, but rather, it's about the process. Some day you will get your degree and job. But, how was the journey? How well are you prepared for a balanced life? Will addictive behaviors transfer to new, less-healthy habits?

Go out and socialize ! ...with both men and women. Go to a hockey game with folks. Get people together for a board game such as Die Seidler von Catan. Go out for beer Monday night and watch the Steelers crush the dirty birds. Do stuff with PEOPLE.

Isolation is not healthy. But, everyone needs some amount of Solitude. Achieve Balance.

so why'd ya dump her? the computer radiation thing again?

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I admit it! I am an addict as well. And I am a chick too!!!! 56 Shammy on e-marr. FNF - I will support and love you through your habit and I won't even give you crap about the radiation!

Re: Re: Everquest!!!
 

sounds like a propsosition! dani, you might want to look at this before you commit to anything:
http://www.papersoup.com/archives/mi...ort/retard.jpg

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And this is why I love Lumberjim. LOL.

EDIT: And no it wasen't a proposition. It was more of a loving-support type of thing. I was just saying that if he has radiation poisioning or whatever that chick said - I've got it as does many of my friends.

lol...

Well umm...that amongst other things. Not really in the mood to go into it.

Don't think she sees the world in the same way that I do...

My Magelo profile...because I know you care:

http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=436557

Worship my gear...alright alright it sucks by PoP standarts but I've been gone 10 months! I'll fix it...

i dont understand the picture - is that FNF?

Yup thats me.

Why do you ask?

Admit it though, I'm far better looking than Dubya.

i just pictured you to look younger.

poor bush.. he isnt THAT bad!

I'm only 21, but it's the years of radiation from my PC that have caused me to age about 3 times faster and caused the mild tooth decay.


On a good note, I am now lvl 64 but hardly play, after the 17th I should really pick up speed.