The Kylong plains have always been an old favorite. From my adventures in Everquest 2, I remember gathering with my friends there before going questing. We would often role play there by the green light of sky and forest. I also recall the Maiden's Grace vessel that travels across to the Antonican Docks.

Having to choose a single favorite location seems next to impossible. I love all of KoS, Kunark, the Shattered Lands. I really like the newer expansion
D. But when I try to remember the strongest emotions it has to be be Nectropos Castle after launch before we figured it out. The atmosphere was incredible and due to the respawn there was a real danger to figuring the puzzle out. Great times.

I play eq1 and eq2. For me the most beautiful place in eq1 is Oceangreen Hills and the surrounding areas. I loved going in and seeing how the areas that became surefall and qeynos and qeynos hills looked in the old days. i go there to relax and pick cornroses and do the quests that give me the placeable vials that look like vases.

In Eq2, that is the hardest to choose. I love the areas around Greater Fay, and darklight woods holds a special place for me. however, the Poet's Palace and the Shining Citadel are a big attraction for me. I send all of my toons through that area and love it. the quests, and the sheer beauty of the place are awesome. and down beneath the citadel where the nagas live - awesome xp and nice drops all around. I especially love the carpet that sends you back whenever you want and the mirror that takes you there is also a nice touch. Not to mention getting a Naga of my own from the quests.

i also love the new zone in eq2 - Vessprys is beautiful and what a lovely place for the dragons to go after they die. just beautifully done and i am enjoying it

My favorite location in Norrath is the Tower of Frozen Shadow. I love how each floor within the tower has it's own theme. My favorite floor is probably the wedding. I spent many years playing Everquest and I still have fond memories of the fun, the friends and the adventures that I got to experience.

'99 vet here! My favorite place to relax was Kelethin .. something so mysterious and calming about the music of the elven woodlands in the Faydark area. When I got rich, I would host drunken race contests from the orc lift to the bank! Whoever reaches the bank first, without falling to their death lol, wins a big prize :) The orc hill, crushbone, and the wizard spires were all conveniently near. I always thought the druid ring would be a secret unlock one day (the one near Kelethin). I was deeply into the lore when I played there. Oh man, good memories.

Whoo ty Zam !!

I am new here but my favorite location is Freeport. I love the constant action that occurs when exploring the town. The magical barrier which protects the city from dragons lurking overhead is amazing!!

I was also impressed with the player housing system. I currently own a small tiny 2 room inn suite in a poor shabby establishment but can visualize my character owning a large mansion full of amenities.

The guild system looks great as well. While wandering the city, I did notice many different guilds which all had their own custom insignias. I found that a nice touch of flavor for the game.

Looking forward to discovering new favorite areas through my little Troll characters eyes.

My favorite zone in the world of Norrath is Velks Lab in Scars of Velious. the music in that zone is amazing. The group spots, and the solo spots are just so fun. Plus who doesnt like Lord Doljonijiarnimorinar? It was so fun to discover this zone off of the Great Divide, it will always hold a special place in my gaming memory for the good times had there, and the bad too! Tallon Zek server, great times had <3

Heres a little Velks Lab walkthrough video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ5G6ita5Mk

13 years ago I met my wife as a fellow guild member in EQ. We were first guild mates, then friends, and it proceeded to become more. We fell in love, married in game, met in real life, and married there as well...in that order. The next ten years we spent gaming together and building a family until she passed away suddenly 2 years ago. She may no longer be physically in my life, but together our characters remain /camped out together in the Plane of Knowledge until the servers are finally taken down some day hopefully a long time in the future. We moved on to WoW as EQ2 did not prove to be to our liking, which I still play, but I am very much looking forward to EQNext as I hope to hopefully be able to recreate the experience of original EQ after all this time. In the mean time though, I will forever remember the moment when my character got down on one knee by a tree on the shore of the Lake of Ill Omen and proposed and she accepted.


PS: Though we had long quit EQ before she passed, when it went F2P I couldn't help but logging back in to take a number of remembrance pictures. The link it to a pic of our first virtual couple of many.

http://tinypic.com/r/mrfn6b/5

Honestly, it's really hard to pick one.

However, the one that always pops into my mind when people talk about zones with a lot of memories in them is definitely East Commonlands (pretty sure it was east, been so long since they combined them that my mind's fuzzy on that now, haha). This was the major trading outpost on my server before the bazaar came about...and as such you always had people "Selling bags at Shady, Torch 1/2/3"...as well as the inevitable "SLATE TO TUNNEL!" I think the latter part was what I always found somewhat humorous. The memories of people complaining, selling, buying...and the in general "Camp checks!" back in those days still stick in my mind.

To this day I still sometimes comment on it in-game. ^^

I've barely played any EQ games since I was more of an Asheron's Call player, but whenever I've thought about it, the city of Freeport came up. I usually like to play the side that's seen as "bad" just because they look different. The guys that band together, not so much because they like each other, but because not banding together means certain doom. To create a hodge-podge town, on the coast no less (I've always had a love of the sea), really sounded interesting to me.

It's tough picking just one place in EverQuest/EverQuest 2 because of so many great locations! But If I had to pick just one it would probably be Highpass in Classic EverQuest. It was tough to get up to Highpass at lvl 15-16 in the first place. Then once you did, it was always fun fighting the Orcs/Gnolls with other folks. I will never forget that place. Then after a few solid nights, you got to move into the keep where the goblins ran wild! So many good memories with many different players. I will never forget that place! I hope we see something similar in EverQuest Next, but till then.. that mountain keep still has my heart! I loved Highpass!

Well, to start off...I started with EQII because my dad played it and let me create a character on it. It was my first MMO, so I learned quite a bit in it. As for my favorite area...It would have to be Queen's Colony. It was the first area I zoned into, where I finally got to move around in a world full of fantasy that was shared with other players, and my first venture into the massive entirety that is called Norrath. I even always left a free slot to just create a new character and play through it every once and awhile up until they removed that starting point. I can't wait until Landmark and then EQN hit so I can once again have a bit of freshness to the game. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzHgWnUzuG8&fmt=18
You roll out from under your pile of hides that you call your bed in the early in the morning, it is before dawn and the sun has not appeared in the sky yet. You pull on your tattered mammoth hide boots, and wrap your polar bear pelt cape around your shoulders. You shiver briefly as your body adjusts to the climate. You grab your great sword, namely the Langseax of the Wolves; it's going to be a good day. You look to Jinkus as you pass, and he grunts in return as he rummages through a snow drift for some herbs; you will never understand that man. You pass by Kylan O'Danos, the grizzled old veteran that taught you everything you know, and he clamps his enormous hand down on your shoulder, glances at your sword, and grins knowingly; it's good to be a Barbarian. On the way out of town, you make one last stop by the general store for some iron rations and a few flasks of water. Hetie McDonald is running the store today, as usual, and you leave her a little extra because she always makes for good times after a hunt. You stuff the rations and water in your pack and head off to the ferry to head out of town. Halas was built to withstand an invasion from the goblins hordes, and has for quite some time. You hop off the raft, pass down the tunnel and wave to the guards as you head off into the tundra. You breathe deep the frigid early morning air, and take one last look back at the fire that seems to always be burning near a few of the merchants in the tunnel. You begin your trek into the frosty wasteland that seems so beautiful in comparison of that glade thing the tree huggers are so fond of. You see a polar bear and those silly looking spiders off in the distance to your right, and you head off down the left path looking for some fun. A few minutes into your walk, you see a fire in the distance and grin. As you begin to approach, you slide your sword off of your back; you know better than to use a scabbard in the colder climates as your blade can freeze into your scabbard. You glance at your sword once more and think back to when Renth McLanis gave you it as a reward for the head of that murderous cur, Paglan. What a fine reward indeed. You take a few more steps towards the burning campfire, and begin to smell some type of burning fur, or hair; those dirty beasts don’t even clean their kills before cooking them. You charge towards the shapes huddled around the fire, bellowing a call to Rallos Zek; the weak will indeed perish today. You cleave into the shoulder of the first goblin, almost severing its head. The others let out a shriek of surprise as they fumble with their crude clubs. You turn and slam your bracer into the mouth of the one to your left, knocking it onto its back, stunned. As you wade towards the final goblin, it throws its club at you, and turns to run. You grab a wolf’s blood potion from your pack and quaff it down. You quickly sprint after the goblin, and run it through with your sword, lifting it from the ground. The poor creature’s feet spasm briefly before your toss its corpse to the ground. You trudge back to the goblin you left sprawling on the ground, probably with no teeth, you laugh and approach the wretch as it crawls around in a daze. You stand over it, easily twice its height when the creature is standing, more so with it on its hands and knees. You draw your sword into the air with both hands, tip pointed down towards the creature’s spine, and drive it through the back of the goblins throat. The creature barely lets out a wheeze before it becomes a gurgle of blood. You pry your sword from its spine and wipe the blood off on the creature’s tattered shirt. You look up into the sky and breathe another lung full of the frosty morning air; yes, it is good to live in Halas, no shortage of these crude beasts around.


Edited, Dec 21st 2013 6:32pm by Arilwind