Heroic EQ Sightseeing Tour - 6pm Pacific

[PinkRose]

If you log in to EQ between now and the end of the month, you can auto-level a character to 85.
So Nina is now an 85th level Cleric.
Would anyone want to go run around some planes with me this week?
Maybe Tuesday as that's the usual EQ2 day?

[Mixxi]

I would LOVE to!

[Gith]

The original everquest? I never played that so if I were to get in on that I would have no idea how to play a level 85. But I will download it if it is free and mess around.

[Jasyn]

*nervous*

I haven't logged onto EQ or my FV character since I retired him in late 2003/early 2004, and the extent of my planar travels never spanned beyond PoK, and I know I should let memories remain memories, but I am seriously thinking about poking about for nostalgia's sake.

[Scrib]

I logged in but don't have my old character and couldn't get Dragnil as a name.

Dragnill is now a level 85 barbarian warrior.
Don't expect to be able to play, but who knows.

[Jasyn]

Well, I managed to get my paladin Thadaeus upgraded from his itty bitty level 45.  Woke him up right where I left him for his island cruise.  My very first character, Quyzbek the wizard, was still sitting on the (now merged) server where I created him before FV opened up, but those appear to be my only two surviving characters--not surprising, though, since any others were probably all under level 5.

Some stuff looks the same, yet so much is different: Freeport, Bazaar, orcs, Ro, darkies took control of the FV outpost in Kunark, the server is not the RP haven it used to be, and every zone is so empty, that it's arguable if I even show up in a /who lookup for the same zone.  In any event, I don't remember how to do *anything*!

If I manage to connect with anyone at the right time, you can count me in for a field trip down memory lane because it'll be much more fun in the company of others.

[Gith]

I downloaded it but it says it costs money to upgrade to level 85. Do I need to make a character then do it or is it only for old characters already in existence?

[Talon]

Gith, are you talking EQ or EQ2?

EQ1 has a free level 85 heroic thing going on right now. You have an account and then you can either make an 85 or upgrade a character to 85 for free until 26th March (or thereabouts).

I made one on the weekend and it didn't ask me for money.

[PinkRose]

Ok, Tuesday evening.
Since Mixxi suggested it, what time can you make it? I am free after 3pm West Coast time.

[Gith]

I got the original EQ. I will have another look but it looked like I needed to buy the upgrade.

[Mixxi]

You shouldn't need to. Just make a new character, and at the end of character creation, you should have the opportunity to create it as heroic 85.

[Mixxi]

What time might this happen?

[PinkRose]

Let's say 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern to start.

[Gith]

Ok, got a level 85 Paladin. The controls are a bit weird and I cannot seem to find some menus as Esc doesn't bring up the standard menus. But I got one wherever they start out. Made one of those dragon blood people.