The Return of Neriak

[Spyryt]

Originally Posted by nosf

..Ree orcs, but the overall layout of the Commonlands doesn't mesh to well with EQ1 either. No giants, and no Griffon! Is the rest of the game like this?..."

There is a griffon (named) but he doesn't outclass the Commonlands as much as he used to and things just don't terrorize us like they did in the past. We know more now. Also the area he roams (which is actually very large) is much smaller compared to the whole zone as evidenced by the fact you never even knew he was there! Maybe a new player would get mauled if they weren't paying attention but the impact to the zone isn't there like it was before. They would need to add 4 more to the zone.

As someone else mentioned, if you really want to be reminded of EQ1 you are better off in Faydwer. Neither is a replica, but Faydwer is "more" reminiscent. Blackburrow will probably give you the most bang for your nostalgia buck in the "original" EQ2 lands. Soluseks Eye would be my vote for "not all that nostalgic but maybe even better than the original".

[Grave]

Stormhold has a definite Befallen feel. I smiled when I came to that first hub room with the 4 doors, one being locked.

My only problem with it is how did it end up in Antonica? It was in West Commonlands before. I mean, Stormhold IS the remains of Befallen right? Granted, more of it is uncovered now.

[renaissance]

Originally Posted by Bottle

So I was ripping it up on my Warden last night. I was on level 13 and I noticed this other warden at lvl 12 in wolf form. I asked him how he got his shapechange form but I guess he was roleplaying or something and wolves can't speak.

Anyways, anyone know how Wardens work? I'm on AB and my chars name is Bottles if anyone wants to play or group with me. (I'm kind of lonely)

He probably spent 1 AA in the druid AA tree and got Shapeshift.
It gives you a different illusion with different abilities based on the weapon you are holding.

Mace/Hammer = Wolf with +7% chance to crit with dmg spells.
Staff = Treant with +4% chance to crit with heal spells.
Sword = Tiger with 10% chance to proc 200ish dmg on melee hits.

[Jait]

Originally Posted by Miele

I got an orc pet from a GM event about 1 and a half months ago. It was a lowbie event in the Commonlands ran by 2 GMs in orc "form". We mentored a guy who was questing there and the few of us got the pet, nothing special, but the answers he gives when you talk to him are quite funny.
Good fluff material.

Yep, that was the one.

It was outside the Sprawl on AB last night.

[renaissance]

Originally Posted by Grave

Stormhold has a definite Befallen feel. I smiled when I came to that first hub room with the 4 doors, one being locked.

My only problem with it is how did it end up in Antonica? It was in West Commonlands before. I mean, Stormhold IS the remains of Befallen right? Granted, more of it is uncovered now.

Stormhold isn't Befallen.

Befallen was the unearthed ruins of a structure known as 'The Temple of Light'. It was built 500 years before the timeframe of EQ1 by a cult of Marr. In EQOA (the PS2 version of EQ, set 1000 years prior to EQ2) it was up and running and was populated by the cult, made up mostly of paladins if I remember correctly. This probably explains why many mobs in Befallen in EQ1 are Shadowknights.

I'm guessing Stormhold, while obviously not the Temple of Light, was built by the same cult of Marr, hence all the Valor/Virtue references in the zone. Temples/places of worship can have roughly similar layouts depending on the group who builds them (modern day Catholic Churches for example). My guess is that 1000 years before EQ2, twin Temples to Marr were built by said cult. One was unearthed 500 years later during EQ1 (Befallen) and one was unearther during the shattering and is known as Stormhold in EQ2.

Or... they fucked up Qeynos vs. Freeport dungeon level progression balance and moved Befallen to Antonica *shrug*.

Allakhazam.com: Everquest Online Adventures

[Digits]

The screenshot in that link you posted is absolutely amazing. The torches in the distance are literally cocks that are spraying blue cum into the sky, and it makes me want to adventure into this wonderfully gay Everquest.

Also it is very freakish that you're reminding everyone about the Everquest that wasn't. That thing came out around the time of PoP, if the race music was any indication, and was just terrible I imagine.

[Pinski]

Originally Posted by renaissance

Or... they fucked up Qeynos vs. Freeport dungeon level progression balance and moved Befallen to Antonica *shrug*.

That's exactly what they did. They also attempted to relabel as much of the "Befallen" lore to Stormhold. They missed a few things here and there, including the Bone-Bladed Claymore quest series which calls Stormhold Befallen.

[Grave]

Originally Posted by Pinski

That's exactly what they did. They also attempted to relabel as much of the "Befallen" lore to Stormhold. They missed a few things here and there, including the Bone-Bladed Claymore quest series which calls Stormhold Befallen.

I figured it had to be at least inspired by Befallen. It even has the well!

I don't really see why they needed to change it. I know I was questioning its placement in the world earlier, but I pulled out my old original EQ1 map, and if you try to think of it more realistically (ie. a huge world instead of the very small spaces the zones gave us in eq) it's technically possible that when the continent broke, the befallen side shifted with Antonica. There is alot of area on the map that wasn't represented in the actual zones, and it shows the Karanas/Rathe Mountains touching with the commonlands.

[renaissance]

Originally Posted by Digits

The screenshot in that link you posted is absolutely amazing. The torches in the distance are literally cocks that are spraying blue cum into the sky, and it makes me want to adventure into this wonderfully gay Everquest.

Also it is very freakish that you're reminding everyone about the Everquest that wasn't. That thing came out around the time of PoP, if the race music was any indication, and was just terrible I imagine.

Your first quote made me ruin my damn keyboard... thanks lol. I never noticed the torch shape haha.

But yah, the game sucked. Good source of lore though if you're a junkie like me.

[Draegan]

Originally Posted by Bottle

So I was ripping it up on my Warden last night. I was on level 13 and I noticed this other warden at lvl 12 in wolf form. I asked him how he got his shapechange form but I guess he was roleplaying or something and wolves can't speak.

Anyways, anyone know how Wardens work? I'm on AB and my chars name is Bottles if anyone wants to play or group with me. (I'm kind of lonely)

It's your first AA in the KOS line.

[Jait]

Originally Posted by Grave

I figured it had to be at least inspired by Befallen. It even has the well!

As well as Gynok sprayed on the wall =p


There's been a lot of talk about it over the years in the Lore boards. And if you're old-school enough to remember: Befallen was the first thing that Brad released about EQ2. It was a hidden Java page that The Safehouse discovered.

[Bottle]

Originally Posted by renaissance

He probably spent 1 AA in the druid AA tree and got Shapeshift.
It gives you a different illusion with different abilities based on the weapon you are holding.

Mace/Hammer = Wolf with +7% chance to crit with dmg spells.
Staff = Treant with +4% chance to crit with heal spells.
Sword = Tiger with 10% chance to proc 200ish dmg on melee hits.

Ah! That makes sense. I just earned my first AA point last night. Thanks.

[Cuppycake]

Originally Posted by Spyryt

There is a griffon (named) but he doesn't outclass the Commonlands as much as he used to and things just don't terrorize us like they did in the past.

I saw that griffon a couple nights ago!! It scared the hell out of me, I've never seen one before.

I almost got that same feeling like when I saw a Sand Giant for my first time. I love random nameds that run/fly around.

[redjunkopera]

I love that ^^^ griffon in TS...

-Run in, stun the healer, kill him off fast with HT.
-Sickening Circle, and other PBAE.
-Take out the tank, maybe one other.
-FD so their target goes back to the ^^^ which by now is finishing off 2 of the others
-Chase down the lone survivor, kill him.
-Go hide before their whole guild comes to kill you over and over again for the rest of the night.

Made PvP servers so much fun, hehehe

[TwiNCannoN]

Originally Posted by Digits

The screenshot in that link you posted is absolutely amazing. The torches in the distance are literally cocks that are spraying blue cum into the sky, and it makes me want to adventure into this wonderfully gay Everquest.

Hahahaha, I need a fucking nap after reading that.