(07-19-2024, 10:04 AM)Jag149 Wrote:

(07-19-2024, 08:19 AM)Caldrac Wrote: If I could have any MMO revived, without a doubt, it would be Everquest Online Adventures (EQOA) from the PS2 era. That was really my first experience with an MMORPG. Everything about it from top, down was perfect. The social aspect of it was great, the friend and guild system was great, the mechanics overall were really good for it's time and the expansion pack they added was solid. 

It's a shame Sony didn't keep it going. I can understand though, because, at that time, Everquest was mostly the PC's crown jewel for that genre, but, Blizzard would come along and absolutely transcend the genre completely with World of Warcraft. I tried dabbling with that for awhile.

Once I got about half way into the Wrath of the Lich King, I was officially burned out. Being young and just starting a career with a desk job didn't help. Pretty much shot my desire to sit at a desk all day and game while working all day at a desk. Just couldn't stomach it from that point on. 

ESO is about as close as it gets for me to EQOA. However, if Blizzard ever decided to transition World of Warcraft over into a console format? I would be 1,000% down and invested into it from my couch on my big [BLEEP] TV screen in my living room. Would play it to death more than likely.

It is a small world.  I was a alpha and beta tester of Everquest.  LOL   Testing was aside hustle I had while raising 3 kids. Can you imagine getting free account and paid to try to break things and find bugs?

That sounds awesome! Myself along with my Dad and my younger brother all played it in each room separately. Our youngest brother ended up joining in at one point with World of Warcraft. We were probably paying close to $100 per month just for the subscription fees. 

Lots of bugs were fun to mess around with. I think it was EQOA that accidentally simulated what would be a "viral pandemic". At the time, there was a disease you could get in the game that would proc DOT and it ended up spreading onto new players that would cause constant instant death because you had veterans moving from town to town. 

EQOA had something like that and then I think World of Warcraft became famous for it with the Corrupted Blood Incident.

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