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Merging the worlds of parenthood and geekness. I'm a happy father and avid gamer that basically quivers in joy from any type of nerd thing. Quivers sounded...very wrong...also writer of The MMO Experience Blog, http://www.themmoexperience.com and also for Negative Gamer http://negativegamer.com

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Halflings kick ass...in EQ.
Danshir | 4:30 PM on 11.17.2008 7 comments


A little incident that I wanted to share, and hopefully get some similar stories from you as well. Way back in the days of yore, I played EverQuest. To those too new to the MMORPG scene, EverQuest had a quest for each class called their Epic. Basically it would be a long series of quests taking a person from long spawns, raid encounters, and collections where the reward would be a powerful item. This item would only be usable by said class, have a unique graphic, and be all around the symbol for that class. These quests COULD take months to over a year to complete just by the sheer difficulty of them.

I played a lil halfling Paladin, and did my epic quest. It took about..I would say 7 months to complete. However I was stuck at the very end, a run to Plane of Fear. To give some idea of this part, Anyone attempting this would have to zone into the Plane of Fear, run near where the God of Fear is, and turn in a few items to receive the epic sword Fiery Defender. However as soon as you zone in, you're being attacked. Most raids can fail at this initial part just from all the chaos.

However, I plopped in solo, after several failed raids. As soon as I zoned in I got on my AA horse and ran like crazy around the zone. With about one hundred monsters on me where one hit would equal my death, it was pretty nerve wracking. However, I got enough of a lead on them to turn in my items, get my sword, then run like crazy out of there. It's really hard to describe how much of a blast it was.

Just wanted to see if I could get a few similiar stories of epic-ness from the readers here in Dtoid. Doesn't have to be from just EverQuest, any other MMORPG would be fine.

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Chocobo Knight's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 17:46
Chocobo Knight
Alas, I never got even close to any of the epic quests. I've always had a bad habit of restarting characters all over the place. :\
Half left's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 17:49
Half left
I kicked whose ass?

oh wait.

I always wanted to try everquest. Do they have a trial?

I'd imagine not with their very fair pricing method.
roninnogitsune's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 18:25
roninnogitsune
Go Hobbits Go!

congrats on doing your epic quest^^
Danshir's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 18:37
Danshir
Free trial for EverQuest 1 here
http://everquest.station.sony.com/
Danshir's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 18:43
Danshir
Also I had the same problem Chocobo for a good two years. I could never stay with a character longer then around level 40. However I made as a joke a halfling paladin...which turned into my main, and my first max out char. After that, I stayed with my mage until I quit EQ. Fire pet casting Ice comet = all kinds of fun.
Teta's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 22:34
Teta
The Epic Bow/staff quest for Hunters was really fun.
Hunt the 4 demons and get the skin from the Molten Core bosses.
I still remember helping other Hunters from my guild get their bows/staff it was a blast.
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