Seeing you get buffed by that Druid, and then you bowing and cheering, was oddly emotional. That was what MMOs used to be, people helping each other out in order to survive against this hardcore world! Very comfy video man, thanks.
I loved sitting at noob yards just to buff/summon things for noobs and also helped pull corpses out of dungeons. Helping someone out was more rewarding than getting XP. This type of community still exists in EQ 1999. Please subscribe for future EQ vids!
yeah man, didnt need seasons or battle passes or any of this massive world boss raidboss with shiny effects etc, just need a few monsters hanging out there in the wilderness, and for those monsters to be scary and powerful. i think a lot of futuristic and modern mmos fail to understand that when everyones a hero, nobody is. im tired waking up on a beach as the chosen one in a wave of other chosen ones. why we all chosen? doesnt feel special at all. everyones doing insane whirlwind spinning godlike attacks through the air and doing identical enormous big critical h its. its boring. the world needs to be really, really difficult. then you can actually create scenarios in which you DO NOT feel like a hero to make you appreciate one, and eventually becoming one. you used to get level 60s hanging out in the newb zones ALL THE TIME because of this. you dont see that in new areas unless the guy is a streamer or showing off his store mount collection. i remember, there used to almost ALWAYS be a level 20-ish druid sat at the bottom of the Kelethin elevator, ready to buff any new players. the dude literally is preferring to go help lowbies instead of grind his own levels out because he knows how tough the game is for new players, and how strong and helpful buffs are from high level players when you're low level. That feeling of helping people, of knowing you're contributing to others in a meaningful way, is a part of what we all crave as human beings, and EQ got it bang on. troubled to think of another game thats got it right, since. WoW maybe? with its crafting difficulty / time constraints, and the fact grinding was so boring against weak monsters, or waiting for incredibly rare boss drops. gear was much more of a 'thing' in a WoW because of that, and youd find crafters to be quite respected people, friends with a lot of people. but in EQ, mostly all elements of gameplay were like that.
It's hard to explain the emotions that come up when watching this - New gamers who grew up with MMORPGs already established might have some deep connection to their first game, but EQ being so groundbreaking, is very special to all the people who were there from day 1.
I made the trip from Grobb to Freeport then Qeynos a week after the launch of EQ. I met the majority of my friends on that trek that I still talk to today. Those of us that survied the journey found that we were KOS because we were all Trolls, Ogres and Dark Elves heh. We all exchanged ICQ numbers and even changed servers together from Veeshan to Tribunal when it opened.
I made the journey from Oggok to Neriak and that felt like this incredible adventure We were around level 9-10, on Rallos Zek, so we had to survive all the scary mobs (like sand giants in the desert) as well as other players Then I went exploring Neriak and some random fucking NPC guildmaster killed me because apparently there was a faction thing with troll shadowknights and ogre shaman
@@Otto-Toth Ssyn, think it was? Wasn’t many Iksar warriors but can’t remember, was a long time ago. From your name was guessing you might have been Molitoth or Oneton. I was Maxamillion. For a while after I retired, Arsiana/Tatitanna, who was a RL friend, used him for raid summons. I still talk to Concealer somewhat regularly
This is great man! I posted this in my old guild's FB page and said how great it would be to see a run from Halas. God knows how many times I rezoned back and forth from Halas to EFP because I couldn't see anything. I started playing the game a few months before Kunark, and this video hits me in the feels. Thanks for making it!
Thank you for the recommendation: I will work on doing this specific noob run. Maybe make it with zero editing or planning or looking at maps...that way I will get lost and find myself in the jaws of a wooly mammoth as a noob! Any other recommendations just let us know!
@@EscapeVelocityStudios I just came across this video and was thinking "oh neat, more Eq1 videos", but it seems you only posted one other video after this one :/
I'm sure you will be able to play every EQ game ever made...every expansion and on any type of hardware you desire....old school Pentiums and Voodoo 3 graphics cards!
To this day when it thunders outside, it brings back memories of me running around Qeynos doing noob quests. I believe the beta version of the game actually had stamina decrease on your character if he or she was getting rained on in the game.
people don't realize how awesome this game was back in like 99 - 2002-ish. There wasn't much out there like this, to my knowledge anyway. Looks like sht now but man back then playing this game was the coolest thing I ever did. I was playing text-based games b4 that, and single player console stuff.
Well I think this game looks great to this day. This was the first pure 3d MMO in my opinion....Ultima Online was awesome but had a very different feel and taste when it comes to where you exist in the game. EQ was immersive and I just could not wait to explore all the zones....to see what might lie in this house or what could be behind that corner. If you ask yourself if you had one game to play for the rest of your life on an a deserted island, what would it be? I think EQ would be my choice.
@@EscapeVelocityStudios For me it would be EQ2, but the way it was back in the day. It was later acquired by some other company or something and now it's just some kind of...idk casino type thing where it just tries to get people to spend money or something. Back in the early days of eq2 though it was a lot like eq1 but with better quests, graphics, etc.
Glad everyone enjoyed this vid - remember to subscribe and like and all that stuff...but what helps us make more vids is if you become a Patreon and also check out our Twitch streams. We try to stream live EQ 1999 action on there when we can casually. If you want a specific zone explored or any other awesome EQ stuff please post on here/patreon/facebook/twitch. This channel has one purpose - to make awesome retro content for you guys!
I have never made this run. I started playing EQ toward the end of Velious. I think it was a year or so later that PoP came out and I could click stones to get around. Its interesting to see. Thanks for the video!
Did this just yesterday in p1999. Kinda forgot the way a bit through Karana - it having been about 15 years will do that to you - but I made it. Still the best game I've ever played, all in all.
I still have my beta discs for Everquest. Playing Ultima Online at the time... Rumors filled the air with a new 3D type adventure MMORPG. Yes, it was Everquest!! Zoning in for the first time as a Dark Elf to that dark forest and skeletons. Slowly finding your way thru the forest to Commonlands and Desert of Ro. Running from LockJaw while working experience on the beach. Waiting outside the Fear Gate in that dark room, hoping you get your body and stuff back those first few weeks that Fear was tried. The horrifying wipes to Cazic Thule and Innoruuk. Late night pick up groups to farm Fear and Hate for the class gear. The excitement of our guild Paradigm downing Tunare for the first time ever. Racing with Euro guilds to get the spawn times of bosses on US times. LOL, it was all just one big adventure that i don't think can ever be fully realized again.
Makes me think fondly of the old days. I can't even remember the name of the dungeon (the one with paladin and undead frogs) - but I once ran a low-level fighter (8 th?) to the dungeon to pick up free armor drops in the high lev dungeon. It was possible because of the faction / reputation. It really antagonized some high lev trolls that were farming the dungeon since the level gap prevented them from attacking me - good times
I remember back in the day, running from one location to another was dangerous and not guaranteed. Always run towards landmarks or stay on the road, so you can find your body.
On the PVP server my guild would PK people on that bridge in Karana. 1 time a guy was crawling so slow, he had a ton of plat on him, that was a good pay day. I kind of feel bad but EQ was ruthless and unforgiving. I played a bard and at that pass I was able to use a song that mesmerizes and pushes back. I pushed someone off the ledge there once lol. Good times.
Ever haul Mino battle axes from Steamfont all the way back to Qeynos and sell the for x2 the price? Yep, that was fun and allowed a noob to make some bucks.
I remember the first time I ran my first character (Woodelf Ranger - level 3) across Faydark to get to the boats to take me to Antonica so I could run to Hala's to farm Mammoth Tusks as they were selling for $9 plat a piece to the vendors. However, as I was so new to the game and never heard of binding or how dangerous Kithicor is at night I met a very quick death and spawned back in Greater Faydark... Oh man I was so mad, but this just hooked me deeper into EQ... I loved that game and really hope that Pantheon Rise of The Fallen is a true spiritual successor to EQ (so far so good IMO).
The video and game was recorded i 4k. You can play the game at high resolutions via project 1999. You can change the video settings in TH-cam via the small gear cog on the bottom right of the video. Yeah the textures of the game are original and not scaled, if that's what you mean?
@@EscapeVelocityStudiosPresumably they meant a high level bard doing Celo's Accelerando, but actually the best way of course is just to get a druid to plop you in West Commons
Yes, a giant mystery to this day! Love little details like this that you don't find in games anymore. Everything is so generic and "realistic" nowadays.
Well, EQ was made in the mid 90s haha. Some of the textures were upscaled to 4k. Either way I bet I would appreciate the game even if it was not 3d accelerated =)
Seeing you get buffed by that Druid, and then you bowing and cheering, was oddly emotional. That was what MMOs used to be, people helping each other out in order to survive against this hardcore world! Very comfy video man, thanks.
I loved sitting at noob yards just to buff/summon things for noobs and also helped pull corpses out of dungeons. Helping someone out was more rewarding than getting XP. This type of community still exists in EQ 1999. Please subscribe for future EQ vids!
yeah man, didnt need seasons or battle passes or any of this massive world boss raidboss with shiny effects etc, just need a few monsters hanging out there in the wilderness, and for those monsters to be scary and powerful.
i think a lot of futuristic and modern mmos fail to understand that when everyones a hero, nobody is. im tired waking up on a beach as the chosen one in a wave of other chosen ones. why we all chosen? doesnt feel special at all. everyones doing insane whirlwind spinning godlike attacks through the air and doing identical enormous big critical h its. its boring.
the world needs to be really, really difficult. then you can actually create scenarios in which you DO NOT feel like a hero to make you appreciate one, and eventually becoming one.
you used to get level 60s hanging out in the newb zones ALL THE TIME because of this. you dont see that in new areas unless the guy is a streamer or showing off his store mount collection.
i remember, there used to almost ALWAYS be a level 20-ish druid sat at the bottom of the Kelethin elevator, ready to buff any new players. the dude literally is preferring to go help lowbies instead of grind his own levels out because he knows how tough the game is for new players, and how strong and helpful buffs are from high level players when you're low level. That feeling of helping people, of knowing you're contributing to others in a meaningful way, is a part of what we all crave as human beings, and EQ got it bang on. troubled to think of another game thats got it right, since.
WoW maybe? with its crafting difficulty / time constraints, and the fact grinding was so boring against weak monsters, or waiting for incredibly rare boss drops. gear was much more of a 'thing' in a WoW because of that, and youd find crafters to be quite respected people, friends with a lot of people. but in EQ, mostly all elements of gameplay were like that.
Still happens on the progression servers! I just joined Oakwynd and it's a blast from the past, I'm enjoying it a lot.
@@samturner6061 "i'm tired of waking up on the beach as the chosen one, in a wave of other chosen ones" amen
It's hard to explain the emotions that come up when watching this - New gamers who grew up with MMORPGs already established might have some deep connection to their first game, but EQ being so groundbreaking, is very special to all the people who were there from day 1.
EQ will always have a magical feel about it. Every zone is amazing (except the new revamped updated Official Live server maps).
Well said! The nostalgia is kind of the same level as childhood memories!
Thanks for posting. This was such a nostalgic trip. I wish i could go back to those days when this was THE online game.
Well there is a Project Quarm and EQ P1999 servers that you can enjoy!
I made the trip from Grobb to Freeport then Qeynos a week after the launch of EQ. I met the majority of my friends on that trek that I still talk to today. Those of us that survied the journey found that we were KOS because we were all Trolls, Ogres and Dark Elves heh. We all exchanged ICQ numbers and even changed servers together from Veeshan to Tribunal when it opened.
Oh man now that is a great story! ICQ....that was a cool program.
I made the journey from Oggok to Neriak and that felt like this incredible adventure
We were around level 9-10, on Rallos Zek, so we had to survive all the scary mobs (like sand giants in the desert) as well as other players
Then I went exploring Neriak and some random fucking NPC guildmaster killed me because apparently there was a faction thing with troll shadowknights and ogre shaman
I played an erudite mage on Tribunal 1999-2001. Made this exact run at lvl 10ish. Later was in Silver, then the Vagrants. Good times!
@@michaeldillard1242 Small world! I was an Iksar warrior in The Vagrants from Kunark to Luclin. Best guild I've ever been in.
@@Otto-Toth Ssyn, think it was? Wasn’t many Iksar warriors but can’t remember, was a long time ago. From your name was guessing you might have been Molitoth or Oneton. I was Maxamillion. For a while after I retired, Arsiana/Tatitanna, who was a RL friend, used him for raid summons. I still talk to Concealer somewhat regularly
This is great man! I posted this in my old guild's FB page and said how great it would be to see a run from Halas. God knows how many times I rezoned back and forth from Halas to EFP because I couldn't see anything. I started playing the game a few months before Kunark, and this video hits me in the feels. Thanks for making it!
Thank you for the recommendation: I will work on doing this specific noob run. Maybe make it with zero editing or planning or looking at maps...that way I will get lost and find myself in the jaws of a wooly mammoth as a noob! Any other recommendations just let us know!
thank you for helping me escape reality again the same way EQ did when I was in 6th grade.
Hey don't forget to log into RL once in a while. I know I had to back when this game came out because I was hooked big time.
I have so many amazing memories from this game. It literally changed my life.
You should try out the P1999 server and relive the nostalgia! There will never be anything like EQ1!
Made this trip so many times. Always an adventure just staying alive.
For sure. Enjoying the landscape is still enjoyable even with the so called 'ancient' graphics.
oh the karanas. The largest, most inhospitable collection of zones ever. my heart was pumping on my run to freeport. brings back memories, wow.
The Karana's were unforgivable as you could not just take a break or sit down safely anywhere without fear of getting attacked by a mob.
Randomly stumbled upon this video today, my favorite part is the Fires of Heaven member 24:33
Great video man, thanks for the nostalgia
Glad you liked it, I'll try to keep more videos posted on this channel!
Oh my God, I played this all the way through everything with my kids who are adults now sending it to both of them. What a great post.
Wow now that is awesome! Its great to pass on what you love to your kids. I will keep posting more EQ nostalgia on this channel so please subscribe.
@@EscapeVelocityStudios I just came across this video and was thinking "oh neat, more Eq1 videos", but it seems you only posted one other video after this one :/
As a Christian, I sure hope Heaven has a sweet setup so I can play EQ anytime I please, forever and ever LMAO!
I'm sure you will be able to play every EQ game ever made...every expansion and on any type of hardware you desire....old school Pentiums and Voodoo 3 graphics cards!
The lightning and thunder is actually pretty believable for such an old game
To this day when it thunders outside, it brings back memories of me running around Qeynos doing noob quests. I believe the beta version of the game actually had stamina decrease on your character if he or she was getting rained on in the game.
Bro I never played EQ but the fuckin lighting effects from these games is out of this world imho - they don't do it like this anymore
OMFG, the music alone brings back so much nastalga.
I thought of doing remix of the music one of these days with more modern sounding instruments and realistic sound fonts. Any interest?
Halloween event in q hills, those whispers.....lol
Those events made the game so awesome and mysterious.
people don't realize how awesome this game was back in like 99 - 2002-ish. There wasn't much out there like this, to my knowledge anyway. Looks like sht now but man back then playing this game was the coolest thing I ever did. I was playing text-based games b4 that, and single player console stuff.
Well I think this game looks great to this day. This was the first pure 3d MMO in my opinion....Ultima Online was awesome but had a very different feel and taste when it comes to where you exist in the game. EQ was immersive and I just could not wait to explore all the zones....to see what might lie in this house or what could be behind that corner. If you ask yourself if you had one game to play for the rest of your life on an a deserted island, what would it be? I think EQ would be my choice.
@@EscapeVelocityStudios For me it would be EQ2, but the way it was back in the day. It was later acquired by some other company or something and now it's just some kind of...idk casino type thing where it just tries to get people to spend money or something. Back in the early days of eq2 though it was a lot like eq1 but with better quests, graphics, etc.
Glad everyone enjoyed this vid - remember to subscribe and like and all that stuff...but what helps us make more vids is if you become a Patreon and also check out our Twitch streams. We try to stream live EQ 1999 action on there when we can casually. If you want a specific zone explored or any other awesome EQ stuff please post on here/patreon/facebook/twitch. This channel has one purpose - to make awesome retro content for you guys!
First started playing this when I was 19, stationed in 29 Palms, CA while in the Marines.
Wow, I would also rather disappear into North Ro via EverQuest than endure the dull and desolate wastes of that place.
Greatest game of all-time :-)
It is enjoyable for sure, no matter how casual or devoted a player is. No MMO will ever have the same impact.
I hugged the walls for this too and followed the river all the way just taking a wide turn passed the bandits.
Yep, anything breathing will kill a poor level 1 noob in a second in this game, putting hours of work into running across the world in the toilet.
This game was so tough on you if you messed up, kids these days have no idea...eq was the most rewarding game ever!
Yep, it made you really understand how to run away from a mob to a zone or spend hours looking for your corpse at the bottom of some dungeon.
no it taught you to get good. snowflake!@@EscapeVelocityStudios
I love the old freeport music.
Yes, it is probably one of the best sound tracks in the game.
I have never made this run. I started playing EQ toward the end of Velious. I think it was a year or so later that PoP came out and I could click stones to get around. Its interesting to see. Thanks for the video!
Oh wow you missed out! Go check out TAKP or EQ1999 - where there are no portals and just pure original gameplay.
Did this just yesterday in p1999. Kinda forgot the way a bit through Karana - it having been about 15 years will do that to you - but I made it. Still the best game I've ever played, all in all.
The Karanas are one place where getting lost could add 2-4 hours of gameplay =)
I still have my beta discs for Everquest. Playing Ultima Online at the time... Rumors filled the air with a new 3D type adventure MMORPG. Yes, it was Everquest!! Zoning in for the first time as a Dark Elf to that dark forest and skeletons. Slowly finding your way thru the forest to Commonlands and Desert of Ro. Running from LockJaw while working experience on the beach. Waiting outside the Fear Gate in that dark room, hoping you get your body and stuff back those first few weeks that Fear was tried. The horrifying wipes to Cazic Thule and Innoruuk. Late night pick up groups to farm Fear and Hate for the class gear. The excitement of our guild Paradigm downing Tunare for the first time ever. Racing with Euro guilds to get the spawn times of bosses on US times. LOL, it was all just one big adventure that i don't think can ever be fully realized again.
Those were grand times. You can still experience them on Project Quarm or even p1999 today.
Makes me think fondly of the old days. I can't even remember the name of the dungeon (the one with paladin and undead frogs) - but I once ran a low-level fighter (8 th?) to the dungeon to pick up free armor drops in the high lev dungeon. It was possible because of the faction / reputation. It really antagonized some high lev trolls that were farming the dungeon since the level gap prevented them from attacking me - good times
I think you might be talking about Guk - that dungeon is still pretty tough on the P1999 server.
I love the old graphics, the updated freeport looks terrible.
Yep, brown ugly and lazily created.
I remember back in the day, running from one location to another was dangerous and not guaranteed. Always run towards landmarks or stay on the road, so you can find your body.
The joys of no map!
Halcyon days when the internet was young and so were we ❤
Some of us had to use free 500 hours of AOL CDs or NetZero to play this game via phone line.
I'll use this for testing my future 4k monitor, thanks!
Glad its enjoyable!
SoW and a dream, I remember doing this back in Nov or Dec of 1999 without any buffs or SoW just 23 hp and strafe running :P
Yep, dodging those stray lions, pumas, skeletons and orcs while hoping you get to the next zone line - true adrenaline!
i got my level 6 barb rogue to Gfay at level 6 when Takp first released in october - was very proud
Nice! I still frequent TAKP on my ENC!
Qeynos, that's where I was born. Haven't been there in forever. I think I remember hunting a crapload of rats there lol.
Qeynos is my favorite city by far. So many quests and cool places to explore.
I miss this game so much
Hey Project 1999 is basically the same game with modern updates, give it a try - no need to miss out!
On the PVP server my guild would PK people on that bridge in Karana. 1 time a guy was crawling so slow, he had a ton of plat on him, that was a good pay day. I kind of feel bad but EQ was ruthless and unforgiving.
I played a bard and at that pass I was able to use a song that mesmerizes and pushes back. I pushed someone off the ledge there once lol. Good times.
Ruthless and unforgiving is what games need nowadays! That sounds like fun!
i love starting in Sonyeq
To this day its my favorite city.
I remember people used to shout out when they start "Naked run to FP wish me luck" and usually someone would offer buffs
Oh wow, I don't remember that, but that is a great idea! Buffing people in noob yards was always a nice relaxing activity.
I think you may have inspired me to do a similar run in EQOA. . . if i can get around those blasted mountains!
Oh man, is that game even playable today? That would be cool to see.
The sow was nice )
Makes everything easier, but during these noob runs, I typically don't look to get SOW as it makes the challenge less dangerous.
I know people who lost their college educations, careers, and families to this game--in _stunning_ 1024x768!
Glad you enjoyed it! I admit I did cut class early back in the day just to play...or do my homework while meditating or waiting on a spawn!
I did this multiple times on different alts in the early 2000's.
Oh, and with mostly* no deaths
Ever haul Mino battle axes from Steamfont all the way back to Qeynos and sell the for x2 the price? Yep, that was fun and allowed a noob to make some bucks.
You should use the 4k upscale mods! There is one for environments/textures and one for characters/models. It works on p99.
Wow now that would be amazing. Do you have a link you can share with the community?
I wish I had a CRT monitor to watch this on.
And in 1020x750 resolution!
I remember the first time I ran my first character (Woodelf Ranger - level 3) across Faydark to get to the boats to take me to Antonica so I could run to Hala's to farm Mammoth Tusks as they were selling for $9 plat a piece to the vendors. However, as I was so new to the game and never heard of binding or how dangerous Kithicor is at night I met a very quick death and spawned back in Greater Faydark... Oh man I was so mad, but this just hooked me deeper into EQ... I loved that game and really hope that Pantheon Rise of The Fallen is a true spiritual successor to EQ (so far so good IMO).
I'm not putting any hope into Pantheon but am rather glad to enjoy Project 1999 once in a while instead.
pantheon? lol maybe 2050 IF it launches 🚀
We'd also do naked Gnome run from Ak'Anon to Halas
Ahh yes that is a good run!
My first character was a barb shaman, I always hated that run getting from Halas
Yeah everfrost and blackburrow were quite dangerous for a noob!
haha yesterday my 20 bard just travel from NK to FP through high keep too, watching orc in high keep.
Nice! Yeah getting past them is tough!
RIP Casted. 1:30
Probably killed by Fippy Darkpaw.
PoP was of course one of the most incredible expansions ever, but man those port stones really changed the game 😕
Yeah I agree, I quit the game when that happened and went to EQ2.
I did that run so many times. And died a so many times too. LOL!
Ahaha yes, would be cool if there was a record of all the dead noobs that died on this trek!
I swear to God that run took more than an hour.
Oh I'm sure if you did not go directly between zone entrances and had to dodge mobs!
What server were you playing on when this was recorded?
I believe this was P1999 "Blue" server.
Kith at night was a choice. 😂
Yes and a choice often regretted.
Looks like my 180 p what is the difference in 4k because i can not see it
The video and game was recorded i 4k. You can play the game at high resolutions via project 1999. You can change the video settings in TH-cam via the small gear cog on the bottom right of the video. Yeah the textures of the game are original and not scaled, if that's what you mean?
you have to do this run with a Bard Express.
Never heard of this.....is this a quest line or a way of playing? Man I'm a noob sometimes.
@@EscapeVelocityStudiosPresumably they meant a high level bard doing Celo's Accelerando, but actually the best way of course is just to get a druid to plop you in West Commons
19:18 that face
Yes, a giant mystery to this day! Love little details like this that you don't find in games anymore. Everything is so generic and "realistic" nowadays.
I have a bard named Noobus
Hah, well the only reason he is named Noobos is because it was a noob run and Noob was already taken!
So many corpses along the run…….. Tsk…. Tsk…. Tsk….
Yeah, corpse runs made this game hard.
i miss the voice over :(
Well in the future I hope to do EQ "Zone tours" with actual voice overs if that peaks your interest. Please be sure to subscribe!
SNEED Galliway's
What about it? Does Bat Masterson often frequent this joint?
odly seeign it in 4k res makes textures stand out more as bad lol
Well, EQ was made in the mid 90s haha. Some of the textures were upscaled to 4k. Either way I bet I would appreciate the game even if it was not 3d accelerated =)