So last night I decide to take up SOE's offer and see what's happening within EQ1.
I launched the program and expected to have a serious patch download since I had not played since last November. I was pleased to find only 10 minutes worth of downloads. I smiled at the familiar intro music I had not heard since last year.
I selected my main, Tutan a 49 BST, and arrived in PoK. It took me a few minutes to remember the interface and how to do things, but I caught on.
I summoned a pet, buffed up, especially Levitation (my favorite) and decided to head to Rathe Mts to whomp on some Hill Giants.
As I was running I was amazed at how smooth the graphics were. I reminded myself that EQ1 is not a challenging program, graphically. I ran to the evil side of PoK and jumped into the Oggok portal. I then ran towards the Rathe Mt zone line uneventfully. I ran through the zone point and waited for the screen to pop up...and it did.
As soon as I zoned, I heard a grunt and a thud, and was suddenly looking at the dead bodies of me and my pet. There was about 8 NPC's right at the zone line, just standing around...waiting...mocking me. ?!?!
dang
Welp, that wasn't really the welcome I was expecting, but I suppose there's been changes to the layout and new mobs are camping certain places. Maybe that zone line to Rathe has been closed and people need to find a way around.
No big deal, I thought, I'll just run and get my shard...um...dang
Forgot that in EQ1 all your gear stays with your dead body. So here I am, naked in PoK. And if I try to zone again into Rathe to get my corpse, I'll probably die again, leaving a Stack o' Tutan at the zone line.
I blinked a few times in wonderment at how I so quickly got to this spot, mainly because it was late and I had to work in the morning, and decided that was it. I wasn't planning on going back to EQ1 anyway, it was more of a nostalgic trip. I guess this seals the deal. I may try to play my 34 Mage a bit, but I'm just not feeling it.
[grumble]
Edited for spelling and grammar.
Edited, Fri Aug 5 13:11:18 2005 by tutanbriarpaw