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Idea for improved loot system

4:03 am, October 20, 2014 I've always felt it a travesty that a group of 3 with 3 merc will get double the named loot compared with a group of 6 real players. The solution: A token system. For every player in a group grea [..] View

Argh. Can't decide if I want to come back.

4:03 am, October 14, 2014 First, a little bit about me. I'm not exactly a "returning player" in the sense that I haven't played in years. I have a 100 Monk with maxed AAs (as of Rain of Fear) [..] View

I'm considering trying EQ for the first time, I have many questions.

4:03 pm, October 9, 2014 Hello. I'm probably super late to the party, but I'd like to try Everquest. I saw it on Steam in the MMOs section and started downloading it since it's free to play. If folks could help me out with so [..] View

Completely New

4:03 pm, October 9, 2014 So, I come from playing WoW, and a friend on there recommended that I try this. I have a couple of concerns, though. 1. I noticed that there are a LOT of expansions. Am I going to be required to pay [..] View

90+ leveling?

4:03 am, October 4, 2014 Hey all, I departed the game right before the expansion that dealt with the Alarian (or whatever it was) language requirement went live. It should have been sometime in mid to late 2011. At the time a [..] View

Crushed Hope Aug has gone missing

4:03 am, October 3, 2014 I'm been helping a new recruit pick up augs across current content over the past month. The Crushed Hope aug drops in the RoF T4 group mission and requires the killing of the 2 optional mini boss mobs [..] View

Void F & G progression

4:03 pm, October 2, 2014 Are there any raids required for any of the Void progression in SoD, particularly for F&G? Someone in general chat said you do, but I can't find anywhere that says you need anything more tha [..] View

frostcrypt2 question

4:03 am, October 2, 2014 I 3box 100bard 98mage 97necro. What is the minimum I need to do frostcrpyt2 and any others required to get into frostcrypt2? A boxed heroic cleric? Or do I need a minimum of 6 players? Are there any m [..] View

Good idea for a mostly "classic" player to start anew, these days?

4:03 pm, September 29, 2014 Hey everyone, I played EQ back during the first few expansions and have made several returns throughout the course of the games life. The thing is, I've never, ever gotten to end game in the game. The [..] View

Sony, can you just remove food necessity once and for all?

4:03 am, September 21, 2014 The food and drink requirement really should go. It's not like if you are hungry and thirsty you took a penalty in stats, for example. You just get hit with annoying spam that you are out of food and [..] View

Clearing Quests

4:03 pm, September 20, 2014 I'm having a lot of trouble clearing quests. Either the with the NPCs themselves, or I'll meet all the required elements of the quest, and there will be no instruction as to how to finish it and clear [..] View

Please assign distinguishable icons to AA!

4:03 am, September 20, 2014 Hi there, There are quite a few AA now and hot buttons bars become unmanageable. I am using about 6 -7 hot buttons bars, playing Everquest will soon require a pilot license. All the AA icons looks [..] View

Convortium - Raid Zone

4:03 am, September 19, 2014 Now that this zone is open what is required to access the raids other than 1 player being the requester? Are non raid flagged players able to zone in to participate or are previous raids still require [..] View

frostcrypt raid(s)

4:03 pm, September 11, 2014 I 3box 100bard 98mage 97necro. How difficult would it be to do a frostcrypt raid, I.E. do I "need" more folks to be able to request it? Mercs not allowed inside? Any mechanics that wou [..] View

RoF Raid Flagging

4:03 pm, September 3, 2014 http://everquest.allakhazam.com/wiki/eq:Raiding_in_Rain_of_Fear Tier 1a: Shard's Landing + Kael Drakkel + Crystal Caverns Tier 1b: Zeixshi-Kar's Awakening: Flag for this raid includes Kael Drakkel + [..] View

Sorta returning player?

4:03 pm, September 1, 2014 I used to play EQ back shortly after LDoN released at my friends house. I was like 12, but the game enthralled me. Back in 2012 I played at the Free to Play drop, and have a couple times after that. [..] View

Lady Lendiniara doesn't seem to want a Guide Beyond the Rift

4:03 pm, August 26, 2014 So been trying to get this quest (A Guide Beyond the Rift) for a couple days now, is getting on my very last nerves. Will list what I have done so far in order to try to request it: Completed WK1/W [..] View

Plane of War: Deserving of Battle

4:03 pm, August 25, 2014 So I am quite confused about this task in Plane of War. I am up to the part where you beat down kobolds to under 20%, tag them, and then drag them to krepp. This is copied from Allah write-up of the [..] View

Yunjo Resistance Faction

4:03 am, August 22, 2014 I'm working on the BiC quest and am trying to get through the Riwwi section which requires Yunjo Reistance Faction. So I did the abysmal Sea Freebie quests to do tradeskills and made about 120 Taelosi [..] View

A general point for the next expansion

4:03 am, August 20, 2014 Been raiding now for 18 months on AB and just wanted to make a general suggestion about the game mechanics for the next raids. I think everyone wants them to have a reasonable level of difficulty an [..] View

Time to require 'Full Access' for Test Server

4:03 pm, August 19, 2014 Test is getting quite an influx of new players on Test, which in itself would be great. But general chat has really gone south (yes, worse than Live). Young kids harassing others for religious, politi [..] View

2014 SoE Live - Q&A Panel Questions/Answers

4:03 am, August 19, 2014 This thread lists all questions asked by players in both EQ panels and is loosly organized by topics. Apologies as there are some questions and/or answers I didnt hear. If anyone knows or can expand [..] View

Lady Vox's Lair (90) requirement?

4:03 pm, August 18, 2014 We got the expo with 6 characters, 5x100 and 1x99. 2 of us can zone in, the other 4 get the 'You do not meet the requirements for this zone" message. Is there a pre-requisite to doing the [..] View

Automatic Loot Distribution System Questions

4:03 pm, August 16, 2014 So, I understand that the system learns/adapts from past experiences, but what happens if, say I roll in on a new necklace and lose, and the months or even years go by and I got a better necklace, but [..] View

Guilded Hammer of Ro's Light

4:03 am, August 11, 2014 Should this have 2 type 8 slots? Guilded Hammer of Ro's Light MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE PLACEABLE PRESTIGE Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 30 DMG: 283 Dmg Bonus: 81 AC: 172 STR: +45+26 [..] View

Can you scale Raids to Level or Create a Large Amount of Puggable Raids

4:03 pm, August 9, 2014 I was thinking about NTOV today. On my server, theres a Friday weekly NTOV raid. Been happening for 2 expansions now as soon as raid guilds moved out of NTOV, pugs started. It's perfect Puggable [..] View

A few things I've been wondering about...RAF & Fellowships

4:03 am, August 6, 2014 What's going on with the Recruit a Friend program? It's been over 3 months since the All Access patch & the website is still down. Is it that hard to repair the site & update the progr [..] View

possessed dreadstone evoker's staff

4:03 am, August 5, 2014 So I got my class specific raid weapon and noticed the focus effect on the wizard staff was a downgrade from the t3 staff. the t3 2hander had a 1200 dmg sympathetic ice proc on it. the class weapon [..] View

Essences of Power Quest

4:03 pm, August 2, 2014 I was wondering if the devs would consider removing the PoP-flag requirement from the Essences of Power quest. The quest also requires access to Xegony the Queen of Air for which the Wind Etched Key q [..] View

I'm back, for now. Things the game needs badly:

4:03 pm, July 31, 2014 So I'm back, for the time being. We'll see if it sticks. Almost immediately, several issues have reared their ugly heads, and I hope they're addressed at some point. 1) Things that should have been [..] View

Seeking 3 Box Advice

4:03 pm, July 29, 2014 Hello everyone! After more than a decade away from Everquest I've recently decided to rejoin the ranks. I'm here because I've reach a dilemma in finding the perfect three box setup that doesn't utiliz [..] View

Item Search Databases?

4:03 am, July 29, 2014 Good afternoon everyone! Are there any good search databases other than Allakhazam? I'm looking for relevant items for my characters that they can obtain with a group at their level. As an exa [..] View

MMORPG Lessons Learned (r/EQNext x-post)

4:03 am, July 25, 2014 MMOs Ive player over the years and Lessons Learned EQ1- First and favorite game overall. Started in 2001 and played religiously until DoN release on Xev. I later returned for RoF and early CoTF on Vox [..] View

Duo group, What classes are in Demand

4:03 am, July 25, 2014 Hey all this will be another "hey I am returning and have a few questions" thread. Just so you know I went through a few months of posts to update myself on what others have said. [..] View

Unlocking raids from past expansions

4:03 pm, July 23, 2014 Has there ever been any thought to unlocking flag requirements for past content raids? Stuff a few expansions ago like HoT or VoA? It would probably be fun to try a few of these if you missed out on t [..] View

Long time player looking for guidance

4:03 am, July 23, 2014 Hey all, I've been in and out of EQ since 99 and coming back again for some fun after a long pause. So my current setup is 96 ranger 3500aa, 95 sk 6800aa and a 91 Shaman 1kaa. I'll usually box this c [..] View

Strange New Shield

4:03 pm, July 21, 2014 Okay so what gives with the new T2 raid shield? Increase in AC by 5 decrease in HPs by about 250 and lower heroics that matter to tanks. And all classes? Really not worth the upgrade as a tank es [..] View

Feedback - Grouping Problem (The 15 year casual)

4:03 pm, July 13, 2014 Hello again! I'm back, this time to try and address an issue that has been on my mind for a *very* long time. Grouping. . . However! I would also like to introduce to you the experience I've had ov [..] View

Need help on making a unique character

4:03 pm, July 1, 2014 I have been digging up old posts reading about a few classes and it's been 2 days of researching and I still can't make a final decision. So I've decided to post a thread seeking more info. I wanted a [..] View

Why can't I buy items directly in bazaar?

4:03 pm, June 30, 2014 I upgraded my main to ROF/COTF and I am incredibly disappointed in one thing: I can't buy items directly in bazaar. Part of the reason for going ROF/COTF was that I was sick of running around the [..] View

Raid - Ikkinz: Trial of Transcendence

4:03 am, June 30, 2014 I know that no one cares much about the ancient raids, but this is the one past raid that we only did once years ago and I didn't get to loot one of the bone piles before they were gone. Since I did [..] View

Forming a new guild still a once per lifetime per account?

4:03 am, June 28, 2014 Just wondering if the title's question is correct or if the requirement has eased somewhat to once per year or once per character or anything. My wife and I are likely returning and won't meet the fu [..] View

DPS increases in last patch

4:03 am, June 24, 2014 So, has anyone noticed how much DPS Rogues gained with the last patch? We were told that no one was going to get a significant damage increase, because it wasn't a level increase, but now Rogues can b [..] View

Idea for future HA style mission vendors

4:03 am, June 21, 2014 This will not be popular among my peers, heh, but I will throw this out there anyways. One of the downsides about the system of grinding endless HAs etc, is the fact that you will inevitably run out o [..] View

ProSiebenSat.1 Games Update: Euros are coming back to SOE!

4:03 pm, June 18, 2014 It's not posted on EQ's boards yet but I'm sure Brasse or the other CSR's will get there soon enough. In any case, some news on the EQ2 boards for our Euro friends SOE/PSG Important FAQ for upco [..] View

New Casino/Re-release of 'No Longer Dropped' Items?

4:03 am, June 8, 2014 From EverQuest Developer Chat (February 13 2014): Drachnor: This one is something I have brought up before as well. Have you all ever considered updating the Casino to include more items. There are [..] View

Buying old expansions?

4:03 am, June 8, 2014 I've just returned from a 7 year break and it appears that some features require older expansions that I have been unable to find for purchase. If I buy the most recent expansion will it give me acces [..] View

Bixie HAs

4:03 am, June 7, 2014 These are some of the worst designed missions i have done. 5 Task into the mission after having to sit there afk waiting for npcs to spawn we find out that we needed to loot items that dropped off the [..] View

Focus Effects Degrading 5 Levels Faster?

4:03 pm, June 4, 2014 I was reading a post the other day where someone mentioned that they had noticed a change in the focus effect levels. I was going to just post as a follow up in that thread, but I can't seem to locate [..] View

Can You Top Summoning?

4:03 am, June 3, 2014 I nominate Summoning for the Worst of Everquest Award. Lets not get in to why it is needed. We all know or should know. Something to do with limitations of AI, the game engine and need for challen [..] View

3-Box combo

4:03 am, May 29, 2014 I have a Berserker/Bard dual-box combo right now that I'm enjoying, but thinking about added a 3rd toon to try. I would like to throw a monk in, but from what I gather the ability clicking required [..] View

SOE Recruit Rewards

4:03 am, May 28, 2014 Hello, When will the SOE Recruit Rewards program be back online? Hasnt been on since a lil prior to the All Access program going live. I have however received an e-mail stating that a recruit of min [..] View

Fate of Plane of War

4:03 am, May 28, 2014 So, I was wandering through Plane of War today, I noticed that I was the only person in zone. Wasn't this zone only released a few months ago? And now, it is barren. Why would sony push a product lik [..] View

Faction question.

4:03 pm, May 27, 2014 I've been doing some of the quests in Dragonscale Hills, working towards the achievements for that area, and I've run into something I don't understand: There is an npc named "Kaerra of the [..] View

What happened to doing it right the first time?

4:03 am, May 23, 2014 I take back my comments that SoE should deliver more content. I should have said quality content. Its bad enough that some feel they expansion they paid for hasn't been delivered, but to just push o [..] View

Ancient Heroes: Lord Nagafen

4:03 pm, May 22, 2014 The Old Man McKenzie raid. How many people are required to unlock the chest at the end? This event was adjusted to require only 6 people to request long ago, but with 6 flagged and capable people in [..] View

Patch Notes for 5/21/14

4:03 pm, May 21, 2014 Patch Notes for 5/21/14 *** Call of the Forsaken: The Tower of Rot *** Call of the Forsaken: The Tower of Rot has been released! A mysterious tower looms over the Dead Hills, and a long-forgotten pre [..] View

86-100 spells for Heroic characters

4:03 am, May 20, 2014 A quick question to make sure that I correctly understand the current situation with spell availability for Heroic characters. 1-85 - present at creation 86-88 Rank II: Nebulous Dream Fragments. N [..] View

Is it worth coming back?

4:03 am, May 18, 2014 Hey folks, I have six accounts with multiple level 100s on them. I quit a few months ago because of Chronic Boxing Syndrome. It was a necessary evil as finding groups was pretty much non-existent. I [..] View

AA xp bonus and autogrant question

4:03 am, May 17, 2014 Returning player here, got a question about AA xp and autogrant functionality. I have a brand new, level 51 bard that I've leveled up over the past week and I'm starting to think about AA grinding vs [..] View

Evantil Raid bugged?

4:03 pm, May 13, 2014 So we were running the evantil raid saturday and experienced a number of issues with it. 1) Campfires going out after 3-5 mobs. At first we thought it was just people stepping over them, but the rai [..] View

Particle Effect Issues

4:03 pm, May 9, 2014 A number of quests, missions, and raids require you to have various particle effects on in order to see important clues. For example, the anniversary The Plane of War mission and raid both have a ci [..] View

End the EXP Grind SOE...

4:03 pm, May 9, 2014 Instead of Destroying the Lv1-85 game experience & making all those zones nothing more then Barren Wastelands? why not just make EXP Gain Easier???... I don't know & I don't care wha [..] View

Barter

4:03 am, May 8, 2014 This is more for the developers. I noticed that one doesn't have to have the actual amount of coin for all items combined in barter. I find this is more a issue when people try to manipulate price [..] View

How does a non-rogue learn to apply poisons?

4:03 pm, May 7, 2014 How does a non-rogue learn to apply poisons? My rogue has made several poisons that are not restricted to just the rogue class. I tried looking up poison making and I have read in the forums abo [..] View

I have a truly awesome class idea for rogues.

4:03 am, May 5, 2014 Theif job quests assigned at every 10 levels, that require development of rouge skills and allow you to fence your stolen goods at questgiver, located at a theives guild, for plat, basicly you rob npc [..] View

Completed bst epic 1.0 here are comments.

4:03 pm, May 4, 2014 I completed bst epic 1.0 in 3 sessions of trying, was going to wait and level to 68 to try but started at 66 and was 67 by last fight. Did the vast majority of it solo with merc, and never ran into a [..] View

New augs showing up on Lucy

4:03 pm, May 3, 2014 For example: Chipped Stone of Starfall MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE AUGMENTATION PRESTIGE Lore Group: Lesser Remnants of War Augmentation type: 7 8 Slot: HEAD FACE EAR NECK SHOULDERS ARMS BACK WRIS [..] View

I messed up my bst 1.0 and have no clue how to fix my mistake, please help.

4:03 pm, May 2, 2014 I did all the scouts up untill the stoneburnt mountains ones, found him give him the seal, then could not find the monster, finaly I got up on a second rise where there was a rock jutting out higher u [..] View

Server Populations - April 2014 Edition

4:03 pm, May 1, 2014 Hey Guys, 1. Intro // Monthly Notes First of all, for those who missed it last month. You can find my spreadsheets that I base my inaccurate assumptions here >> http://eqservers. [..] View

Malarian Skin/ Malarian Mantle

4:03 pm, April 29, 2014 Are these two abilities supposed to share the same timer? I know later versions of these two discs are on separate timers. My SK will be lv 85 for a while , so it would be nice to be able to use both [..] View

Heroic Adventures require Call of the Forsaken expansion?

4:03 am, April 25, 2014 Is the Call of the Forsaken expansion required to do Heroic Adventures? If so, is it only required for the person requesting the mission, or for everyone in the group? submitted by Ezir [link] [2 [..] View

Ways to improve Plane of War

4:03 am, April 23, 2014 I think they could do a few things to draw more people into PoW. Take away the pet class nerf and let pets be used on the named without it causing the casters *****. Allow those other then the group [..] View

Kael: King's Madness #2 Them Bones

4:03 pm, April 20, 2014 Um, HELLO? What were you guys thinking when you designed this quest? I just the spent the past 90 minutes for no reason because I thought I could eventually get the skeleton to attack me, die from al [..] View

Do you get gold for 1 month on brand new COTF account?

4:03 pm, April 17, 2014 For a long time in EQ it has been custom that upgrading expansion to the latest would not grant you an additional month of usage. However, starting a brand new account with the latest expansion would [..] View

Questions regarding patch changes (broken epic weapons / hunter credit in raids)

4:03 am, April 17, 2014 This post is about two unrelated things linked to changes in the upcoming patch but I wanted to just address them all in one place. 1. Plane of War achievements are going to have rewards attached to [..] View

Laminated Spaulders

4:03 am, April 16, 2014 I was wondering why the Bloodstained Shoulders quest that in my case resulted in the Shadowknight Laminated Spaulders does not have the same bonus max cap of level 105 for it's focus Gelden's Efficien [..] View

ATT Soe/players: EQ enhanced.

4:03 am, April 9, 2014 EQ enhanced Here are some observation, interesting and unique suggestions, and thoughts on eq for your consideration and perusal in easy to read format. 1. AA 2. Armor/tradeskill 3. Quests 4. Additi [..] View

Plane of War Raid Flagging requirements

4:03 pm, April 6, 2014 Can we please get some indication what if any of the Plane of War progression will be required to request and to participate in the Plane of War raid when it is released. If you must have access to [..] View

Heroic Adventure Named Tuning: Level 85-90

4:03 pm, April 6, 2014 Not entirely sure this is the appropriate place to post this, but couldn't think of a better place. CoTF Heroic Adventure named tuning for sub level 100 is really unforgiving. It's far, far easier t [..] View

Heroic Necromancer spells and abilities, by category

4:03 am, April 3, 2014 I looked at all the necromancer spells level 85 and below, then tried to sort them into the various spell lines. IE: Leech is a direct upgrade/replacement for Dark Pact, Engulfing Darkness is the upgr [..] View

New Music Today, Plane of War tomorrow + more!

4:03 am, April 2, 2014 I'm sure you are well aware by now of the new music today. Countless hours were put in to create such a masterpiece. Many developers wanted to be part of that but only a few could. It was so popular t [..] View

Suggestions for decent Rogue twink gear?

4:03 am, March 31, 2014 Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for good twink gear for a lowish level starting out rogue that I can easily get solo with my current HC.. I've gathered a few things from clearing [..] View

min level on port spells

4:03 am, March 30, 2014 Please look over the port spells and adjust their required levels. There's some really unrealistic levels like level 90 req. for Sarith. Lee of Povar View

Lore and today's Loreless EQ

3:03 am, March 29, 2014 Obviously I expect this thread to become heated and possibly locked very soon after starting it, however since so many topics within the last few months have focused on "Lore" for reas [..] View

Coming back--Should I try to sell my old gear?

3:03 am, March 26, 2014 Just coming back for the first time since LDoN. I had a bunch of expensive low-requirement gear. Trying to figure out if it's worth selling or not. Is there a quick/easy way to find out? subm [..] View

Is EQ still the same?

3:03 am, March 22, 2014 Are dungeons still contested? Are there still grind groups for leveling / aa? Or has the game been modernized to have instanced dungeons and grinding isn't required for leveling and getting AA's? View

Which classes require Epic Weapons

3:03 pm, March 21, 2014 Since the heroic characters are available I have been thinking about coming back to play with my hydra team. I was wondering what classes require their 2.0 or even 1.0 epic items if they are 85+. My t [..] View

Raid Stat

3:03 am, March 21, 2014 Alot of discussion of late has gone on about raiding/grouping and loot designed for each/both groups. There are many ideas of right, wrong, and other. So it got me thinking again and I came up with [..] View

Heroic Character concerns and thoughts.

3:03 pm, March 18, 2014 First off, i love the implementation of the Heroic Characters. So many LFG in generalchat now. It's great! But i do have a few concerns, or perhaps details the devs did not catch. HoT rk,2 Spells [..] View

Best xp option

3:03 pm, March 16, 2014 Hello, just wanted to ask a quick question about my best option for exp. I am currently 3 boxing. 89 Monk, 85 shaman, 85 bard with j5 tank, cleric and wizard mercs. The shaman and bard are heroic char [..] View

Returning player?

3:03 am, March 15, 2014 So I'm a old school EQ player started back in 99 and quit with whatever expansion brought level 75 so it's been a few years. However I'm considering coming back granted I wouldn't remember how to do a [..] View

My vision, is this what is happening?

3:03 pm, March 13, 2014 I have always been the one to refute anyones idea that everquest was coming to an end. Today it struck me, that maybe the epoch is here. Here is how i see it unfolding. Sony is the term i use in [..] View

Tier 5 Journyman mercs

3:03 pm, March 13, 2014 I thought the missions in SoD to get tier 5 mercs was changed but I can not seem to find an updated list of which ones are required or if I was just dreaming this up hoping for something easier View

Should I, or shouldn't I?

3:03 am, March 13, 2014 Hello everyone!! Well, my question is simple. Should I continue with downloading this game, or should I stop the download and just wait for EverQuest Next? I have nothing but respect for this game, bu [..] View

Discussion for Fun

3:03 am, March 12, 2014 So, I've been doing a bunch of these Missions (hero missions) in CoTF in order to help a friend get some AC augs. Defending Lendinaria, Legacy of Bayle, etc... I'm curious, what group makeup would be [..] View

What Happened to EverQuest?

3:03 pm, March 8, 2014 Greetings, I write this in hopes to promote a thoughtful discussion. In Mid-2011, I returned to EverQuest during House of Thule after a very, very long hiatus. I initially started during Ruins of Ku [..] View

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

3:03 am, March 8, 2014 I see that Bill Gates is flagged as the Richest man on Earth again at 76 Billion dollars net worth. That led me to thinking... who's the richest toon in Everquest? Screenshot proof is not required [..] View

Heroic toons (auto-level 85)

3:03 am, March 7, 2014 Whats the story with this upcoming addition? Is this a paid service? Does it require the most recent expansion? I have to admit, once I heard about this, I sort of thought "why bother leveling [..] View

Diablo 3 Style Auction House for EQ?

3:03 pm, March 4, 2014 Hello Everyone! I have a few questions and hope it may spark a thoughtful debate: How would everyone feel about a Diablo 3 style Auction House to replace the Bazaar? How difficult would it be to [..] View

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