We all have preferences in our leveling routes and certain zones that we are particular to. Personally, I still have a particular fondness for Crushbone. I just feel like it is the epitome of classic EverQuest and it always felt like the little kid playground at McDonalds in virtual form. It has just enough personality that it's a very memorable place. When I was in my teens and really into EQEmulator I even recreated that whole zone and turned it into a high level hub. (I know they did this with that one event but that one just scales the zone up, I had recreated it entirely and put custom quest lines through it.) I used to spend many hours just hanging out there and PvPing with a lvl 20 twink when I was young as well and I swear it was one of the most populated PvP brackets on the server, lol.
I wish they'd have just left the old zones alone instead of trying to update them because every revamped zone feels totally out of place if you play on a TLP. The new Orc models aren't horrible, but I feel like the fully redone zones like FP/Commonlands in particular just lost that old classic charm that they used to bring with their revamps. Like... yes, the graphics were N64 quality but they had so much life and personalization within it that made it feel extraodinary. My little brother who is 10 years younger than me has always looked at EQ and just been like, "ew, those are horrible graphics" and it's kept him away, but I see beauty in their dated design so I might suffer from nostalgia goggles. It seems like they tried to keep the original enivornment or feel of the zone while updating the graphics but they failed significantly on that goal.
Anyways, a little derailed; what's some of your favorite places to hang out in Norrath? Nowadays my favorite place to hang out is the guild neighborhood, lol. I'm one of the only people in EQ history to actually give a fuck about their housing and build significant stuff. I might be a little neurodivergant.
I wish they'd have just left the old zones alone instead of trying to update them because every revamped zone feels totally out of place if you play on a TLP. The new Orc models aren't horrible, but I feel like the fully redone zones like FP/Commonlands in particular just lost that old classic charm that they used to bring with their revamps. Like... yes, the graphics were N64 quality but they had so much life and personalization within it that made it feel extraodinary. My little brother who is 10 years younger than me has always looked at EQ and just been like, "ew, those are horrible graphics" and it's kept him away, but I see beauty in their dated design so I might suffer from nostalgia goggles. It seems like they tried to keep the original enivornment or feel of the zone while updating the graphics but they failed significantly on that goal.
Anyways, a little derailed; what's some of your favorite places to hang out in Norrath? Nowadays my favorite place to hang out is the guild neighborhood, lol. I'm one of the only people in EQ history to actually give a fuck about their housing and build significant stuff. I might be a little neurodivergant.
