I've never played this game. Does this count then? I mean 30days free to try one of the 1st MMOs. Could be fun.

I guess for a funny story I'd have to go with something my Necro did. This was way back when we got around by running or finding someone nice enough to port us somewhere.

Mind you I hadn't played my Necro in a while but I decided to take her out one day and after deciding I wanted to go to Dragon Necropolis. I used my DMF and made my way all the up to Sirens Grotto. I went through the zone to Western Wastes and than continued on to the valley where Dragon Necropolis was.

As I came up to the valley I ran right off because I had DMF on. Well I forgot I lost my DMF back in the previous zone. I fell for 20K and thought what the heck happened there. So I get ready again head all the way and smack down to the frozen ground I went. So now this has happened twice I decided to put a petition in. As I finished the petition I got ready for the long run again and just when I made it before the valley I remembered that my DMF dropped in the previous zone.

Well besides me laughing hysterically so were my friends because they kept saying what are you doing. In laughing I thought oh no I put a petition in for this so I went and amended it but couldn't help think what the GM at the other end of that thought and if they thought it was a funny as the rest of us thought it was.

Not being able to zone over and kill someone because your on 56k and your buddy is on LAN chasing him down already!!

Rallos Zek!!

Oh EQ, I can't believe I started playing you back in 2000 (yep missed the first year). I still have my first main character too, he's a Wood Elf Bard. I'll never forget how my sister and brother-in-law would group and explore this world. I had a whip that did 6 dmg and I thought I was bad ***. EQ invaded my life and even my dreams like the nightmare that I was my bard and being chased by hill giant, hehe. That's not a strange as my sister dreaming that she was casting buffs on her husband before he left for work. Still enjoy playing this game even after all these years.

My best memory is the day that I did the final turn in for the magician epic. I was level 59 who was born on 10 oct 2000. My RL friend (cleric) went to plane of air with me.. we didnt even know how to find the turn in NPC.. As a non-raid magician, i bought the crown for 50k pp and that was a huge sum of money when I bought it.. my friend was like "what happens if the quest is bugged..." It was the thing I was most proud of in my online adventure with this game and I wouldn't trade my time or the friends I met along the way to make that happen.. Phredrick, Roben, Zerawetile, Lillriona and many others.. thank you for the memories!!! Months spent in South Karana hunting Quillimane and Many months in Burning woods..

No matter what games come and go Everquest has been my mainstay since the end of 1999 theres just something about this game that pulls me back in when i slip away.

I made a human warrior named Anaken. I was brand new to EQ and thus had only made a couple human female and dark elf toons to see what the game was like and to run around and just explore the newbie towns. I didn't even care for video games let alone this "fantasy" game on the computer. I am not even a star wars fan but I was just messing around, not being serious at all. Anaken which I purposely misspelled, was just my first venture into playing past the newbie towns. This warrior couldn't see, he couldn't fight, and I didn't know what taunt was or how to train it. I just remember getting him to 24 and someone had given me a sword of skyfire and some other newbie stuff which was amazing to me at the time. They warned me not to use it past the weapons proc level though since it created agro on everything around you once it reached that point, It was a crazy time of fast paced learning and looting. Bag space was always at a premium! I was fighting sarnaks at the fort in ill omen and my group was getting very annoyed with me. They asked me if I had trained taunt yet and I had no idea what it was or that it was so important for tanks. Of course you had to run back to your guild trainer to get new skills back then as you remember. I didn't even realize what a tank was or that I was one. Oh the old days, I also ran him from Freeport to Qeynos through West Commonlands, Kithicore forest, Xorbb (don't fall off that ledge!) and what seemed like all the Karanas. I had no sow, no night vision no nothing! That was a death-defying run I still remember to this day. Oh boy do I wish I had a lightstone with me too now that I think back on it.

I went on to make a rogue, being a dark elf people kept asking me why I made a dark elf when there was a "mask" I could get. My reply was dark elves were awesome and why would you want to play a human when it's a fantasy game on the internet. I was a bit jaded from the greif from dying so much and lack of night vision I had on my warrior plus I had no idea about illusions yet. I had never seen anything like dark elves, blue skin, a cool city in the mountain full of ugly ogres and trolls as well, being able to steal stuff and hide/sneak around with mostly nothing to fear, what more could you ask for!? I think this is when I decided playing the "evil" side/role of EQ was for me! I ended up quitting him at 48 and moving to another server to start anew with real life pals who also played. That's when I fell in love with Iksars and my new Monk! After consulting with my buddies for a good day or two the whole FD thing sparked my interest, it wasn't sneak/hide but it seemed like it could keep me alive just as well, I was hooked.

The old models are still my favorite because they had a unique way of swimming, sitting and FD'ing. The new Iksar sit/swim just like everyone else, I'd like to see some development in the new luclin models as to different races dances and gestures sorta like other MMO's out there did. Maybe someday they'll re-work stuff and make the emotes more interesting for the new models. I'll never forget those kind gestures and a certain rogue on TT named Gruthar? I just love thinking about those learning days. Being a newb in EQ was the best because no one expected you to be amazing, we were all learning and experiencing new stuff together. The times were simpler too, no augments to worry about, no AA's just xp and gear! Let's not forget soloing with bind wound and working on brewing so we could get drunk! Oh those Minotaur Hero Brew combines! #carpal tunnel. I think that's the draw of the progression servers, a hint of nostalgia for the old ways and the old days. Nowadays I play an Iksar Beastlord and a drakkin mage alt sometimes. I always dreamed of being able to solo on my monk and I had a ton of clicky buffs in my ******** pants from PoG for stamina, Stave of shielding for a good solo buff etc. I never got a fungi but I dreamed about it! Later on when I could solo VT I got me the nice chain graphic one to have as a trophy.

When Beastlords came out, it was like a dream come true even though I was mad for a bit because it was new and I was already level 70 on my monk. I did a bunch of crying and hating on them but eventually said O.K. I'll try it since I don't want to make a shammy I can just play BST since they are a monk/shm in one. Besides, I couldn't get a group anymore since bards had become proficient in pulling and BST could slow so they were very popular. I still have the monk to this day but I wouldn't change my EQ experience for the world. The things I did, the classes I played have all shaped my interests and choices in what to play next. I have made many friends and stayed interested in EQ for many years. Thanks for keeping this great game going, and thanks to Zam for making a site I still visit for my quest/item needs after my own 13+ years of playing off and on.

when this game first came out my husband played almost everyday. we would argue because he was always online playing EQ. until one day I decided to join him and try it out. I got my own computer and my own account. Loved it from the beginning. So 12 years later I still love this game and my husband and I play EQ every chance we can.

Some of my favorite memories of playing Everquest are progressing through the Planes of Power expansion. Getting a chance to take the battle to the gods' home field, and still thinking we were going to make it out alive. Top experience is the first time one beats the Plane of Time raid. Re-encountering all the gods you fought to get here, all building off the last, and then the feeling of accomplishment after actually succeeding. Such a wonderfully fun expansion to play through, top to bottom.

i remember long ago holding the camp for jboots. between myself my wife and a couple friends we held that spawn for 48 hours. that was of course a very very long time ago

the humor of a greenie freeport guard attacking me. the lovely soothing music while browsing shops. the sound and vastness of the ocean of tears. that cool breeze slipping through my mind as a real life summer breeze drifted through my window at the same time. laughing maniacally when someone shouted "HELP!" and you had no idea where they were

in 1999, when i was massively addicted to EQ, i made a trip to the mall. did some browsing, bought some clothes, the usual things you might do in such a place. when i was done, i figured i'd just gate out of there. yes, it seriously occurred to me. when i realized that i couldn't actually do this, i kinda just stood there for a few seconds with probably a rather interesting look on my face. i must've been out of mana, or perhaps out of my mind

in 2000, i was in lower guk camping the ritualist. i summoned a pet…in those days, you couldn’t control enchanter pets. i didn’t see it as much of an issue on that ledge, as i'd tested it and was doing just fine for an hour. then for whatever reason, dumb invisible man decides to fall off the edge like an amateur trapeeze artist. i immediately went invisible to remove him, back when that still happened

things seemed just fine. i went about my camping and called forth another pet. five minutes later, a roaring train came around the corner and i had six frogs pummeling me. they ran all the way through the dungeon, apparently taking the scenic route. they chewed up my new pet and i was stunning and single mezzing all these froggies repeatedly, while trying to get off a gate inbetween. unfortunately, i didn’t have a mass mesmerize spell memorized, due to the ease of the camp. this struggle went on for about five minutes, and i kept getting closer and closer to pulling it off…but alas, i was a squished elf in the end

the only person i knew who could ressurect me wasn’t responding. i couldn’t locate any convenient clerics online. i was so livid that i was screaming obscenities and i could feel the knots in my back and shoulder muscles harden. that was the only time i ever reacted like that. ah, those addicted days when your world came crashing down over something an incident like this

i've played the game since launch, sometimes on and off...but i always come back at some point. it's inevitable for me <3

When starting out, my first character was an Erudite Shadowknight. This was long before the mapping system went live, and even EQAtlas was an incomplete resource. It took me more than a hour to get to the elevator, and I still had no clue how to get it to work. I was hailing everything, not knowing what to say, again long before the clues on what to say, and I had a skeleton guard targeted, well I accidentally hit the auto-attack and didn't last long. I got out of town, but still took more than 6 levels to get back in.