Storme
03-06-2002, 07:08 AM
Last night I had a few moments to breathe since we no longer have to run around and look at every rentable house in the city, so I thought I'd pop into EQ to just see what it was like.
Mind you I haven't played in almost a year. For the last several months my limited gaming time has been taken up playing Dark Age of Camelot. I didn't want to embarass myself by having people brand my level 60 enchanter Ebayed because I couldn't remember simple game mechanic! I'm not ready to reactivate my accounts yet, not till we find out how much the move is going to cost us, but we have one account still active, so I thought I'd start there.
I logged on and began by creating a new character. I picked a monk for god only knows what reason. I don't have Luclin yet, or I might have picked something more exotic. But, I just poured all my points into Stamina and away I went.
Over the course of the next two hours Alc proved he is a Saint. Even after the 50th time of me going "Do you remember how to 'x'?" He patiently answered every one. Lola however proved to be the uncaring hussy she is cause she eventually stopped answering my desperate tells! I had important things I needed answered like... "How do I appeal again? This stupid guy named Guard Jacsen is stealing my kills!"
I found myself constantly trying to do things the way I did them in DAoC and eventually gave up and changed my key mappings so I wouldn't keep hitting autoattack when I meant to con something. ;)
God! Leveling takes soooo long, how did I ever stand 60 levels of this? I finally made it to three, but only through sheer determination and the witty conversation supplied by Vinilaa! Lola, once again was no help at all!
Gradually things started coming back and I began to remember how to play a bit more. I figure I'll take my little level 3 out a few more times before I attempt anything tougher!
Playing again was very odd. In many ways it was like I never left. I accidentally zoned into K-Mart..errr East Commons and I heard item after item for sale that I remembered clearly with only a few new unfamiliar ones. But on the other hand my extended time in DAoC has definately left it's mark on my play. This is going to take a lot of effort to get back into this.
I'll keep you posted on the re-education of an ex-EQ player. I am sure you are dying to know how it goes! Of course if you play with me at this stage, you really will be dying. :rolleyes:
Mind you I haven't played in almost a year. For the last several months my limited gaming time has been taken up playing Dark Age of Camelot. I didn't want to embarass myself by having people brand my level 60 enchanter Ebayed because I couldn't remember simple game mechanic! I'm not ready to reactivate my accounts yet, not till we find out how much the move is going to cost us, but we have one account still active, so I thought I'd start there.
I logged on and began by creating a new character. I picked a monk for god only knows what reason. I don't have Luclin yet, or I might have picked something more exotic. But, I just poured all my points into Stamina and away I went.
Over the course of the next two hours Alc proved he is a Saint. Even after the 50th time of me going "Do you remember how to 'x'?" He patiently answered every one. Lola however proved to be the uncaring hussy she is cause she eventually stopped answering my desperate tells! I had important things I needed answered like... "How do I appeal again? This stupid guy named Guard Jacsen is stealing my kills!"
I found myself constantly trying to do things the way I did them in DAoC and eventually gave up and changed my key mappings so I wouldn't keep hitting autoattack when I meant to con something. ;)
God! Leveling takes soooo long, how did I ever stand 60 levels of this? I finally made it to three, but only through sheer determination and the witty conversation supplied by Vinilaa! Lola, once again was no help at all!
Gradually things started coming back and I began to remember how to play a bit more. I figure I'll take my little level 3 out a few more times before I attempt anything tougher!
Playing again was very odd. In many ways it was like I never left. I accidentally zoned into K-Mart..errr East Commons and I heard item after item for sale that I remembered clearly with only a few new unfamiliar ones. But on the other hand my extended time in DAoC has definately left it's mark on my play. This is going to take a lot of effort to get back into this.
I'll keep you posted on the re-education of an ex-EQ player. I am sure you are dying to know how it goes! Of course if you play with me at this stage, you really will be dying. :rolleyes: