Maeks
Dalayan Beginner
Hiyo people, I'm new to this whole Shards of Dalaya thing, but not new to EQ. While I wasn't a heavy user, I played a lot during the (arguably) "Golden Years" some 6 or 7 years ago, or whenever Luclin was just coming out and **** didn't have enough servers to keep up with demand.
I got the itch a couple years ago and ordered a copy of Titanium, only to be disgustingly disappointed with the product at the time (and presumably the current product as well); everyone was maxed out at lvl 70, , everything high level, absolutely NO way to get into the game from scratch. Needless to say...I was kind of sad. I remember when they started offering free 30 day trials (and if they, ****, always offered 30 day trials, then I remember when I became aware that they offered 30 day trials) and breezing through it with the influx of new people joining up, ****'s last ditch effort to get EQ some support before EQII came out. Good times, until my 30 days were up at least.
But from what I saw 2 years ago, classic EQ is dead. And while it seems SoD won't harken back to the days of a spamfilled East Commons (for various reasons, one being that EC is no longer EC apparently), at least it seems to have some spirit!
So anyways, when I played, I played a Bard, and thought I was pretty good at it too. I only got my highest character to 54 before I completely burned out (56k connection, hell level, and eyes burning from late nights massacring frogloks in Sebilis, a nasty combination of boredom and physical pain). But I was off and on for a couple years after "officially' quitting, mostly playing monks.
So while I'm still riding the high of a new EQ experience, before the inevitable longing for the good ol' days and frustration and sadness that it will never be again, just though I'd stop by to say hello!
I got the itch a couple years ago and ordered a copy of Titanium, only to be disgustingly disappointed with the product at the time (and presumably the current product as well); everyone was maxed out at lvl 70, , everything high level, absolutely NO way to get into the game from scratch. Needless to say...I was kind of sad. I remember when they started offering free 30 day trials (and if they, ****, always offered 30 day trials, then I remember when I became aware that they offered 30 day trials) and breezing through it with the influx of new people joining up, ****'s last ditch effort to get EQ some support before EQII came out. Good times, until my 30 days were up at least.
But from what I saw 2 years ago, classic EQ is dead. And while it seems SoD won't harken back to the days of a spamfilled East Commons (for various reasons, one being that EC is no longer EC apparently), at least it seems to have some spirit!
So anyways, when I played, I played a Bard, and thought I was pretty good at it too. I only got my highest character to 54 before I completely burned out (56k connection, hell level, and eyes burning from late nights massacring frogloks in Sebilis, a nasty combination of boredom and physical pain). But I was off and on for a couple years after "officially' quitting, mostly playing monks.
So while I'm still riding the high of a new EQ experience, before the inevitable longing for the good ol' days and frustration and sadness that it will never be again, just though I'd stop by to say hello!
