My friend had the beta key and gave me his information one weekend to try it out, he was raving about the game, and so my addiction to Everquest had begun. I played on Bristlebane, and I had created a barbarian warrior named Flakster Firkraag. Playing through Everfrost Peaks was an incredible, eye opening experience, and if there is one word I would associate Everquest with, that word would be freedom. Seeing a "wolf" zip by, SOW my group, and then watch him kite Ice Giants was very cool. You could at the time agro ice giants, run them by an area where guards were posted and players could rest in relative safety, the guards would then fight the Ice giants, eventually die, and the players would scatter like mice, or be annihilated.
At the time dial up was king and cable was gaining SOME traction, and playing with people from around the world for a lot of us was new. Though Meridian 59 and Ultima OInline were the first MMORPG's, Everquest was even more popular and almost everyone's first MMO and that helped create, for me and for many, many others, a long lasting, sometimes frustrating, yet incredible one of a kind experience that I haven't been able to duplicate since. At that's ok, we only pop our cherry once.
After The Ruins of Kunark was released my group of friends and I decided to quit the server and transfer to Terris Thule. I had created an Iksar warrior named Jury Vicious (I was a fan of the NY Giants at the time) and for the next 4 years excelled at every level of the game, eventually joining Clan Ta'Veren and competed with Valon in the high end raiding scene.
Can't believe it's been 20 years, salute Everquest!
At the time dial up was king and cable was gaining SOME traction, and playing with people from around the world for a lot of us was new. Though Meridian 59 and Ultima OInline were the first MMORPG's, Everquest was even more popular and almost everyone's first MMO and that helped create, for me and for many, many others, a long lasting, sometimes frustrating, yet incredible one of a kind experience that I haven't been able to duplicate since. At that's ok, we only pop our cherry once.
After The Ruins of Kunark was released my group of friends and I decided to quit the server and transfer to Terris Thule. I had created an Iksar warrior named Jury Vicious (I was a fan of the NY Giants at the time) and for the next 4 years excelled at every level of the game, eventually joining Clan Ta'Veren and competed with Valon in the high end raiding scene.
Can't believe it's been 20 years, salute Everquest!
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