Everquest - Livestream part 1
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Vid starts at 00:04:55
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Many new MMO players like to talk about the 'GOOD OLD DAYS!', so let's see how those good old days were...
Starts at 4:55
Oh great. Another great RUclipsr who is now just a steamer for Cash.
Unsubbed. This is the end of Strife Hayes. All hail Steamer Hayes. RIP.
@@Kyle_Riel What the hell are you on about?
RUclips is glitching for me so this timestamp takes me to “I’m not a furry but that’s a sexy looking cat.” So this is actually a better start.
@@Kyle_Riel wut? He's been streaming on twitch for a long time. I admit I don't watch those, but this is hardly new.
@@Kyle_Riel there's a 50/50 chance this comment is a joke or sarcasm, or dead serious.
I AM CONFUSION. I AM SPEED
"You can take the elf out of the wood but..." - Josh Strife Hayes.
Perfection, and I'm not even 15 minutes into the stream.
Have over 400 DAYS played on my main druid, dual boxed with a Beastlord. Spent much of this video yelling at the screen. Brings me back to 1999 and my dial-up connection.
So modern this game now!
Lmao thats great 😂
Half hour in and we are still at the character select... this is the content I love.
it was only 23 minutes.
30 minutes is the least I spend on character creation honestly. I remember in some MMO it took me so long I got booted for inactivity and had to start over.
Granted I'm a 3D character artist IRL so I like to check the character models.
That was one thing I wish newer RPGs (MMO or not) took from Otherland that was covered on this series a while back: Some way to try the combat without going through that character creation stuff first
@@Texelion3Dprints I have always been a guy that hits that random button. Over and over and over and over
Iksar necro
Or the cat beastlord
TIP: Don't leave the beginners area without massacring kobolt barrels untill you have a backpack in every inventory slot. You're going to need it.
*deep breath* ohhhh thats the tips there
@@CBruceNLthe what
Wow so much nostalgia. I played EverQuest for so many years, then tried WoW for a bit and now am enjoying GW2. I started EQ in 2000 right when the first expansion Kunark had come out. The game has changed a lot since then. Originally there were no in game maps. The current starting experience where the game holds your hand and shows you the controls did not exist. You made your character and it plopped you in your race's starting city and you just had to figure it out.
I remember making a half elf in Kelethin which a city up in the trees. I promptly fell off the platform and died right away. The original UI was so clunky and you couldn't customize it. I was so happy when things like maps and a better UI were added.
It makes me happy that EverQuest is still being updated. I have a lot of good memories from there. Maybe I will try it again someday. Watching Josh play it again really made me realize that despite playing EverQuest for so many years, I had forgotten so many of the quirks already.
That was the starter experience that we players of older MMOs remember fondly but if you watch Josh's other videos you'll see he's not a fan.
There was a tutorial in the original EQ release. It was an offline tutorial that you launched from a different executable from the actual game. It taught you movement, spell casting, how to talk to NPCs and how to climb a ladder. By climbing a ladder I mean repeatedly fall off it because ladders have always sucked in this game.
As a heavy TLP player on Everquest, I love seeing a streamer with a large following playing it. From a progression since Everquest best era is TSS-VoA expansions.
Like the RUclips streams. Especially since I don't follow Twitch streaming at all. :)
Just finished watching the stream. Thought I'd pop over to the vod to say I loved it! I don't do twitch so I'm looking forward to more YT streams.
I played EQ1 back in 1999 when i was 13 and only stopped when WoW came out (obviously). From complete newbie to fully raid geared, I was an amazing journey. If you want to see some of the old raids, look up Fires of Heaven or Afterlife Everquest kills on RUclips, they were the top 2 guilds.
I highly advise playing on a time locked progression server. Most people play on those and the lower levels and much more populated. To play on the normal live servers as a completely new player will be a much different experience to what EQ1 truely was.
The best two starting areas are Greater Faydark which has Kelethin and Felwithe (High Elf, Half Elf and Wood Elves) or Commonlands which joins to the city of Freeport (humans and Half Elves) or Nek Forest (Dark Elves).
Also, Listen to the Kelethin music, the wood elf city in Greater Faydark. It's a master piece and is iconic for EQ1 players.
I remember Crushbone. I remember it so well.
EQ really was a great game. The systems are bare bones but still hold up to this day imo. The in game lore is actually really interesting too. Very creative world.
only fun at the start of TLP imo
Every good game over the last 23 years has pretty much Copied the bare bones systems that made EQ the greatest. Glade to see it really.
EQ1 is pure gold! thanks for the flashback amigo
Love to see it man. I played EQ1 a little alongside WoW as a kid right around when Serpent Spine came out. I liked that it didn’t hold your hand and you really needed a decent group or a high level friend to progress, and the way the classes all worked together.
Really enjoyed checking this out! Looking forward to more. It appearing in my youtube feed was great, as I don't usually head over to Twitch to check for VoDs. So having some stuff on here that automatically gets put out seems really good!
EQ1 as it stands now is NOT the same as it was back in the day. I experienced the change. Some will tell you it happened with the Release of Planes of Power, but I think the true nail in the coffin was the release of The Serpent's Spine which is where they introduced the kind of an escalator for leveling. If you really want to find out if old MMOs were really better you need to try P1999 which is basically as close as possible to the original Everquest experience.
yup P1999 absolutely!
I jumped in for PoP, myself. The travel stones pushed me over the line to buy it.
P1999 is all the aspects that turn people away. Many of these changes are called quality of life because they actually make the game more enjoyable for a newer player. The worst aspect of the game at the moment I would say is the UI and the feel of movement. Of those two the UI could be addressed easily by the devs and give you something that actually looks decent when you start playing the game. Going from the modern MMOs where the UI is neatly laid out for you to EQ is very jarring.
@@rynejones8513 Actually, as a new player, the quality of life changes reversed were a breath of fresh air. Getting lost in Greater Faydark because there was no map was SO immersive and captured me immediately. Having to use the paths as markers and memorize the zones was a blast. Learning my class myself instead of having a tooltip tell me what my spells did or even, hell, letting a whole online guide tell me my perfect rotation from 1 to max, was much, MUCH more fun. Needing a group by level 4-5 and needing to be social through the chat was also a great realization of what it could be like. Instead of everyone grouping up and no one talking and just mowing down the entire dungeon, we camped a spot or two and talked. Combat sometimes required communication, which is a plus.
@@poisonated7467 I learn how to play my classes without a guide as well. The game doesn't have to be worse for you to do that.
Haderak on the Tribunal server was the closest thing to a father I've ever had.
Yes the tribunal !!!!!
From 2003-2009 here .
Based.
Watching you play made me remember just how much there is to "Learn" with this game, that is just natural for me now. I would love to go over the "basic" stuff for this game with you, but I know that will not happen. I hope you stick with it, take the time to learn it, and get into it. Love your stuff.
*me getting excited about the lizard race*
"This is for those scalies out there"
You wanna fight
I'm so happy to see a modern streamer giving EverQuest a try. I really think it steered the way for mmorpgs
As someone who kind of can't stand Twitch I love that you're on RUclips like this; this is 10x better than just the random clips on Says (which are already awesome)
I played EQ from 1999 as a 12 year old. It's been a lifelong addiction for me and no game has ever truly filled that gap. I might stop for a year, but I always come back. Plucked around with P99forna few years and a few of the emulated servers like TAKP and even Shards of Dalaya/Winter's Roar.
Nowadays,TLPs are the right speed for me but I never get through Lufkin anymore though I definitely would like to one day.
Similar experience for me playing back when I was in 5th grade and bringing the strategy guide to read during our in class reading times. I recently started on Mischief back in June when it was releasing Omens of War and I am just now reaching Gates of Discord era with my characters. 7 so far at 65 with dozens 55+ that will hopefully catch up with this XP bonus.
Thank you for streaming my favorite game.
Honestly as a RUclips as my main mode of entertainment, having all of your content in one place is nice, plus I can download the VOD's to watch when I don't want to stream them on data
Josh deserves all the main monitor. He deserves both monitors.
Ive got him playing simultaneously on my livingroom tv and my microwave
I love the fact these vods are in a convenient place and I don't have to be worried about them being deleted after a while.
Probably answered already but.....always have a stack of food and a stack of drink in your inventory, it will auto-consume. It maintains your health and mana regen rate; without food and drink they recharge much slower and you get a spam warning in chat that acts like a visual version of the seat belt alarm in your car. Eventually, you will get stat food and drink that have extra bonuses.
Hey there. I love the RUclips stream. I usually miss your streams due to time zone difference so catching a VoD of it afterward is great. Listening to it while I work. Hope to see more of these on RUclips.
wow, the stream quality is so much nicer than your twitch streams - i look forward to more of your content
My favorite game. Been playing EQ since 1999 :D
I've played many dozens of MMOs since '99 but I always come back to EQ!
I know it's gone through a lot of changes, but I'm legit impressed with Everquest. I've never played it but I'm tempted to give it a go now.
I'm just here to say Project 1999 is the true classic EverQuest experience. They really messed up everything with the graphical revamp of the characters and the zones.
Strife Herald Information made my day :)
Hello from Cazic Thule server! I consider myself as a long-time casual in EQ. I've played TLPs, P99, and of course Live. I wish I was a little older when EQ was new so I had time to actually play it.
P99 is great if you can play a lot and maintain a static group. The lack of QoL means soloing is super difficult. The gameplay for the classes that can solo starting fresh is still a rough time. And that rough experience isn't always best for the game. But the community does provide QoL like free ports for corpse runs. Not everyone has the time for this game. And while there are people who don't always play within the community etiquette, P99 is known for extremely generous players, as people before them have shown that generosity. Players like the term "paying it forward".
TLP is great when the server starts and no one has beaten end game content. Keeps some QoL used in Live which is welcomed to me. Solo gameplay not so bad but still rough to an extent. One HUGE issue: Krono. Totally destroys what made East Commonlands trading so great. People essentially charging a hundred bucks or more for in-game items.
Live. For where I am in my life, Everquest Live servers allow me to play at a manageable pace and progress. Solo +merc and *cough* box is super manageable. Don't box on true box servers though, always remember. Live servers are also good for meeting new players. Plenty of friendly people that go out of their way to help new players. Gear is easy to pass down in Everquest in general. And on a free account, you have access to 20ish years of content. Is it still antiquated? Yes. Am I biased because of my previous experience? Yes. But there are unique aspects of the gameplay you will find that is completely lost on other games. But it is an adjustment that not everyone will enjoy and that is understandable.
I encourage you to try it. If you like it, the sub is required for end game content or TLP. Also remember pvp is essentially non existent.
Solid test stream and happy to catch a live showing of the mythical creature Josh
Second time watching this and it’s everything I can do from firing up all 6 of my toons again! Love this EQ stream! Hope it becomes a baseline series! Cheers!
UPDATE: I fired up all my EQ accounts.
I have you on the 2nd monitor well I'm working on forecasting spreadsheets.
Not even watching the stream, just listening. The commentary honestly sounds like a one-man podcast, I'm able to follow along exactly what is happening without even watching.
It's honestly a skill and you nail it.
You only have 1 monitor
@@Kreptic What>?
@@AkridOnline you heard me
Found this extremely entertaining, watched it about 3 times over (second monitor of course). Need more live critiques of games you haven't tried yet.
Bruh! I love your content man! But this takes the cake! EQ was my first MMO, and I was quite the addict until recently. I had 6 accounts I’d box. So to see this video, 2 things happened. #1. Instant regret and sadness that I didn’t catch it live…and #2. Extreme nostalgia and excitement that you’re live-streaming EQ. So awesome!
Dear Josh thanks for streaming on youtube, hope to see you here more
Ever since I have found this channel, I have learned to appreciate how hard Josh tries to be objective when doing Worst MMO Ever. I even felt how hard it must have been to do Neverwinter. Thanks for all the hard work, laughs and bless you for Session 0!
Worst mmo ?
Lmao the best .
How is it the worst ?
Wow success is due to poor marketing by Sony . EQ been out since 1999.
Beast mmo
This Livestream is definitely thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable.
It even has a mushroom quest!
Love to see you giving EQ a go. However, I wish you had given one of the newer TLP servers a go. Live servers don't have much population at lower levels, TLPs are a truer to the "older MMO" experience (with some important modern QoL features added).
I think the Everquest port on PS2 was my first MMO, this will be an odd fever dream of faint nostalgia. Cheers!
That wasn't a port. It was an entirely different game that occurs roughly 500 years (i think) before the normal EverQuest timeline. It's such a cool concept that I'm bummed that I missed out on.
I loved EQOA. Definitely had its own charm, and it was cool the world was set 500 years before the original EQ. I wish they would bring it back on Switch and Steam Deck.
Josh, I always post this but it's because I really want you to see my message. Play EverQuest: Project 1999. It's by FAR the best version of EQ.
EQ live as it is right now is just a husk of what it was back in the day. EQ P99 will get you that original experience.
That said, it's a real treat to see you play my favorite game of all time. Even after all these years I haven't been able to find a game I like better.
The enchanter class is like playing 4 D chess BTW.
EQ was brutally difficult and punishing. Mainly because of two things, loss of exp and gear on death, and the fact that non casters couldn't bind anywhere other than major cities, so they had to run, sometimes more than 20 minutes, to get back to their corpse. It's no coincidence, that WoW blew up, considering it fixed those two issues. (It also fixed the issue of grinding if you didn't like that)
*Shouts* Has anybody here seen my corpse?
@@christopherfoley8322 EVAC EVAC!
It changed a lot since then. Josh is playing on live EQ so it's easy mode, with healing mercs, etc..
No more PoF raids where half the raid wipes going to the "safe spot" then the rest wipes trying to clear around the safe spot, then another large guid coming to help wipes as well while trying to help with corpse recovery, then the whole night is spent on trying to get back corpses (some of them well hidden) while losing tons of exp and worrying about losing all our gear at the 24hr mark (memories from pre-Kuniark when summon corpse didn't exist nor CoH, etc..).
@@jamesdurrance4077 Donating for a SOW
@@emphyriohazzl1510 I know it has, but i'm so far behind, plus pretty much everybody i know has moved on, so the excitement and urge is pretty much dead.
@46:25 "AFTER 45 MINUTES OF POUNDING, ANYONE IS GOING TO SHAKE." -JOSH STRIFE HAYES
God this brings back memories. I played EQ back when it released and was sucked in for 7 or 8 years.
Adored this :) thank you ever so much for uploading this Mr Hayes :)
If you ever play EQ again - play on a TLP (time-locked-progression) server.
These servers are much more compelling.
EQ has 29 expansions and a TLP server allows you to experience each of the expansions slowly, with each subsequent expansion unlocked after 8-12 weeks.
Oh gosh, Everquest, that brings back memories. I still have a box copy of the Ruins of Kunark somewhere.
I just started playing Everquest a few days ago! Glad to see Josh playing too. I am in a TLP tho
Which server are you on? I've got characters on Aradune/Mischief
@@rynejones8513 I wanted to join the latest tlp so there's more players to group with and I also want to do Classic-Velious raids before people move on to Luclin raids. So right now I'm trying to get to 60 as fast as possible. There hasn't been any problems trying to find people to group with, luckily.
I really appreciate you not giving in to ads.
The main and only reason I never use Twitch and don't own a TV, is ads. AdBlock won't stop them on Twitch, and they keep interrupting the stream incessantly, bombarding me with absolute nonsense I do not wish to see.
I do run Twitch muted and minimized to collect drops. That's it.
I’m glad you’re streaming this game. I’ve been playing this game since 2001.
Played EQ just pre Kunark, I still remember fear kiting as a Necro and the outrage when it got nerfed lol :) . Had a Druid friend who kept me buffed and we spent hours if not months on hill giants grinding xp and the SoW boots, good memories. Bad memories , 8 hour Plane of Time raids waiting for our guilds turn to go through, guilds back then were on a schedule to clear raid content due to mob cool downs. Back then it was common to have over 80 players in a raid.
I picked it up in planes of power, never got super high on my enchanter, but loved it
fun listening to you interact with chat and play
Great! Love being able to watch these at anytime! Have a baby so impossible to watch live!
Luv it when you point out the little things in mmos
I will watch every minute of these Livestreams
I played EQ with my brother and dad back from Kunark to Seeds of Destruction. Now i'm playing EQ off and on on the EZ EQEMU server. It scratches my EQ itch without diving back into EQ Live content.
wow, they have updated the game so much since I played (way back when it was new). the "A" key used to be default attack - so if you tried to /hail them but missed the / you ended up attacking. so many life improvements.
“Think imma stream on youtube much much more”
8 months later this is literally the only saved livestream. Hmm okay then
Personally, I am more likely to watch your streams if its on here. I cant be bothered going on Twitch and I tend to have RUclips running in the background anyway.
Josh going back to old MMO means he'll also try Ultima Online :D
Thanks Josh for doing this live stream. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot.
i think eq as it is now, you can play past POP very easily and still have a great time, its all about having aa clear objective of your fun activities
I don’t know why, but your content calms me down.
It's funny that you're doing the quests. My family, friends, and I just go kill things. Everquest is one of those games where quests were not the focus, but you could obtain them and do them at your leisure. The only real reason to do quests are:
a) Reputation gain with a faction
b) Obtain your epic weapon
It is just as satisfying to go kill things and move between different zones to gain levels.
@Josh Strife Hayes Do you still , or plan on, continue to play Everquest?
I love Everquest and played it back in classic and on P99, but watching Josh play it for the 1st time, I realize how horrible it is to learn. The revised tutorial zone helps some, but not enough. Even with a cadre of stream fans in game helping, it's overly complicated and hard. You would almost need someone in the room or in voice chat to explain it all. It's so fun watching someone play EQ for the 1st time and enjoy the experience for the 1st time.
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EQ was my first MMO that I played for about 4 years! Had such a falling out with a guild that I left and played Graal online for a bit before I just meandered my way into FF14 and stayed in Eorzea. I recently recovered my old account and went back to one of the TLPs, but the community is so toxic there that I just left and went to FF11 and play that and 14 now, lol.
I just started playing FF11 last week. It's freaking fantastic if you enjoy older MMO's like EQ. I'm having an absolute blast, it's silly.
all of that build up about creating a character just for the cat woman to appear was comedy gold 😂
One nice thing about YT streams is how much easier it is to watch it if I miss the livestream. Watching videos on twitch is a terrible user experience.
Wow this brings back memories. This game was before my time but my very first job in the video game industry was being a community manager for EQ. Real shame that I missed this live but I'm sure that I will have a laugh or two watching you stumble through this pretty jank game. I'm less than an hour into the VOD and I already chuckled at you missing the entire section in character creation where you chose your character's religion and morality. Also a big fan of the RUclips streaming scene so I hope you stick around, at least for another EverQuest stream or two!
EQ was my first MMO I started back in 99 and played through until 2004. When the covid plague hit I decided to check out Eq again for old time sake and managed to get sucked in for most of 2020. I am looking forward to watching you do the Dungeon and Dragons Online, it has by far the most unique character build style of any MMO I have played.
Project 1999 is a fun time too, classic eq up till scars of velious, totally free and got a thumbs up from day break so it won't be shut down
At that part around 2:38:00 when he said "But the very next day" I instinctively stopped what I was doing and said out loud, "Don't you fucking DARE." I looked at the screen, and dude was STARING STRAIGHT INTO MY SOUL.
Well done, my man. I hate you for it, but well done.
EQ will never die. Almost 24 years later and still a stable community of players across dozens of servers.
Glad to hear Dungeons and Dragons Online is on your list. Do you like to have input/advice before playing a game, or do you want to go in blind? Would love to help if it's wanted.
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The fact that Simon Miller got a shout out is so amazing. Nicely done Josh. 2+2 equals potato
I loved this so much, can't wait to see a part 2!
I played 7 accounts for about 10 years or so in EverQuest
I used software that let me play up to 6 characters at once at the same time as a party, using 2 computers, and would auto heal my main tanks or nuke the same target etc.
So I had my own party when I was not in the mood for other players, or was just playing at odd hours, etc.
I did join raids etc, and also grouped sometimes
I finally had to quit when my Carpal Tunnel got too painful/bad
Iksar necromancers can solo most of the game, monks sort of can too, Shaman did ok soloing too
Correction I think it was more like 18 years but I did have to slow down after 14 to 15 years because of the above mentioned carpal tunnel, and the TIA a bit later did not help at all either.
I had been playing about 6 to 8 hours per weekday and 12 to 24+ hours on week ends.
i think what you talked about at 1:20 was really valuable information. About how you need to invest time in a game to build the connection to it. I'm going to try to focus on doing htat more rather than game hopping every 2 hours.
Part 2 when..?
I got started playing MMO's with Asheron's Call. I really loved that game but it's no longer available to play except on private servers. I couldn't quite figure out how to access them though.
I played the shit out of EQ in 99-03. Loved it so much back then. I tried to get back into it about 10 years ago, and decided I don't have enough free time for MMOs
I love seeing your stream content!
ur so right about jad though! love the wholesome energy
More everquest streams please!
I'm at 6:45 and I don't know if I'm going to be happy or sad.
I love EverQuest so much, but damn I just do not have the time anymore.
Josh is a Main Monitor Man.
Real talk though, my first experience with EverQuest was an advertisement on the VHS release of A Knight's Tail in the pre-feature rolls. I think, knowing what I know now, that was around the time of Scars of Velious. I have since gone back in recent years and played both EQ Live and Project 1999 and I absolutely adore this game.
"Enchantment? Let's not do that." Good ol' throwback to Dragon Age, lolol.
Would love for you to do a City of Heroes retrospective Josh, I'd recommend the Homecoming private servers ;).
I wish CoH still exist
fun fact: barbarian being a race makes actually way more sense than it being a class. Barbarian is a term in which the roman empire described the Germanic people back in the days. I don't know how it ended up being a class in videogames :D
My wife and I were just talking about diving into EQ1. I used to play it back when it came out but its been years. This video was super timely for me. Very nice to see you again Josh
If you do decide to take the plunge I would suggest Mischief as the server to start on. Free Trade TLP meaning the expansions are unlocking as it goes and you aren't terribly far behind and free trade allows almost all items to be tradable apart from very specific ones like your epic weapon.
I'm hooked on your content my Friend. The react videos the most. I can't wait for the next
UO, video.. has to be all about being slain by random forest creatures while trying to level your skills and stats.. also standing around duping gold by picking it up and dropping (yes I know they fixed that after beta.. but it was hilarious anyways)...
Or begging.. loved that skill. Or bank stealing and all the shenanigans. That's pretty much UO in a nut shell... Oh and "patriot arrows" (arrows would follow you as you ran due to how net code worked and super high modem latency in that era). It was just a silly game on the raggedy edge of the MMO era and I loved it. Don't forget Asheron's Call. There are private servers so you can play it still. They are very good, actually.
Seeing you give EQ some stream time is great - one of the mmo's that really started them all.
Thank you for keeping the stream, I am able to watch it even though I wasn't able to participate
Have you ever played Albion Online. If so what was your opinions on it and could it be for you to make a vid on it. I find your videos really helpfull and I really like how you critique mmos.
Much better vod experience on the RUclips
Ah I'm so happy to see content streams on youtube. I'm at that age where I just don't care to learn how to twitch.