Everquest Mysteries

Fight said:

Warrior- Probably the alpha internet tough guy. Probably the one most likely to stir up shit on the message boards and live in his mom's basement.

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List is correct here, and there's good reasons for most of it. Warriors, like others, were forced to group. And because of the mechanics in that era of EQ they were usually in charge (especially if they were pulling, which I did a lot of...). They broke mez, they said when to attack, they chose who to attack. This meant that they naturally led the group, and they quickly found out that if they led like an alpha internet tough guy, the groups went much better and everyone was happier.

That dynamic isn't really true anymore since there's no aggro building, mez is uncommon etc. And in raids the warrior is just a tool of the raid leader, not intrinsically making decisions on the fly (unless they're calling an audible).




Same with enchanters who had to be dicks about breaking mez to get everyone in line. Because you'd always have some needle-dick using a fayguard parrying dagger or whatever breaking mez unless you caught him.

Muligan said:

Was there any real purpose in terms of revealing piece of Norrath's lore and any particular drops in PoM? I remember running it for the heck of it but I don't think we ever went back.

I never really understand that place or at least its significance... maybe i'm forgetful.

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A lot of people tried to puzzle out the meaning of the various areas and NPCs in PoM. I think this was mostly related to not wanting to feel like their efforts were wasted. You had to basically clear NToV to even enter PoM, and you probably set your bind there if you wanted to spend more than just a few minutes there. All that hassle (and the desire to be the first to discover something) led a lot of people to assign meaning to what I think can be safely called meaningless. PoM was one of a great number of unfinished end-game zones in EQ's long history of unfinished end-game zones.

Edit: I don't remember exactly when, but they moved the entrance out of NToV and did a minor rework of the zone at some point (Luclin maybe? PoP?). Ironically, when it became more accessible it became less discussed/interesting (at least in the circles I ran in - the lore hungry initial few who were trying to figure out PoM's secrets).

As a mage I was able to do much of the content there and do some investigation for a few days after a NToV raid. While it was interestingly quirky, I remember being very unimpressed. It was clearly half assed and abandoned.

Edit 2: LOL Plane of Mischief is still around. Check that site out. It's old school as fuck. (Best viewed in 800x600 mother fucker.)

Mur said:

Summoning, destroying, and summoning your pet over and over because supposedly the different names had different strength levels. Goner was always a goner...

I really doubt this one now, but it made perfect sense all those years ago.

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There was actually some truth to this, but not because of the name. Pets had a level range and focus items ensured they were summoned at the max level of that range. Resummoning pets meant you could potentially get a stronger one.

I played a male iksar and on occasion would get some (supposedly) female people hitting on me who were disappointed to find out I wasn't a dude.