EQ had its foot in the door but then sold to a company that stripped it and changed the play rules then never sat still and changed rules constantly to compete with something that was not there... Only interested in subscriptions and not playability.
EQ 1 was an outstanding game. then Sony Bought it and it went down hill rapidly. Then WoW came out so they made EQ2 which looked great but somehow was a time suck and a half.
The original creators of EQ where Verant. they did it good. It was sold to Sony and it was carried forwards badly.
Apparently now because of a fan base there are EQ1 severs up . They require emulators and because the game is no longer changed much or supported) only the "platinum" version works.
You have to buy that and download an emulator.
Apparently for an old game it has decent populations. Which is what MMOs are all about.
WoW annoyed me form day 1, as I was not a fan I was always looking for a good adventure and dungeons and dragons type of game. I have been playing games since Wizardry on my ][2e.
Was written in Pascal and was my gateway to leaning to code.
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EQ had its foot in the door but then sold to a company that stripped it and changed the play rules then never sat still and changed rules constantly to compete with something that was not there... Only interested in subscriptions and not playability. EQ 1 was an outstanding game. then Sony Bought it and it went down hill rapidly. Then WoW came out so they made EQ2 which looked great but somehow was a time suck and a half. The original creators of EQ where Verant. they did it good. It was sold to Sony and it was carried forwards badly. Apparently now because of a fan base there are EQ1 severs up . They require emulators and because the game is no longer changed much or supported) only the "platinum" version works. You have to buy that and download an emulator. Apparently for an old game it has decent populations. Which is what MMOs are all about. WoW annoyed me form day 1, as I was not a fan I was always looking for a good adventure and dungeons and dragons type of game. I have been playing games since Wizardry on my ][2e. Was written in Pascal and was my gateway to leaning to code.