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cod@lemmy.world 6 months agoI like your updated answer! I’m surprised and impressed EverQuest is still populated. That’s awesome. I had a couple friends from college who would play it, and that wasn’t too long ago for me
stembolts@programming.dev 6 months ago
EQ Live is still populated. But the version I play is called p99, it’s a free to play passion project by former players who took the source and run their own custom servers.
The most popular custom servers just happen to be the ones locked at 2002.
pQuarm is the new kid on the block. A server that will lock at PoP.
cod@lemmy.world 6 months ago
How beginner friendly is it? I’ve never played it before but free to play passion project sounds awesome
stembolts@programming.dev 6 months ago
The community is the best of any MMO I’ve ever played. If people find out you are new, it’s not guaranteed, but likely benefactors will find gear to donate to you. Largely because the game is HARD. It’s old school MMO. No hand holding. Press the wrong button and attack your own city guard. Hail the wrong demigod and they kill you for bothering them. Dying is often a huge deal (not at first). All that said, difficulty like that breeds community, and the community is like no other game that exists.
cod@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I appreciate all the help! I’ve got a few other games to finish up atm but when I find the time to delve into it I’ll send you a DM