Kindness in EQFollow

Morning everyone,

I started a Ogre Berzerker last night after just recently upgrading to GoD. As I was writing down the list of ingredients for the Newbie Armor I got to thinking of a kind character way back when......(insert Wayne's world ravel back in Time MP3"


My 1st endeavor in EQ started about two years ago with a Bard running around Freeport. I had managed to get to level 8 or so and did not know anything about "newbie Armor". A high level character who apparently died and was having trouble locating his corpse asked for my services. Finally a chance to use my "locate Corpse" song. I found his corpse and he inspected me after getting his loot. He gave me a few plat (like 3 or 4) and proceeded to get me to follow him to the Bards' guild in NFreeport. He then explained how to start the armor quests and thats when my slight addiction to EQ began.

Anyone else remember some Kind acts in EQ?

Bubspeed

P.S. Ogre Berzerkers run really slow :-(

In my early 20's I had went to a place with a friend. We zoned in and was PK'd within minutes. I had been on auto follow and never been in the area so I really had no idea where I was. My friend was frustrated and decided to call it a night and worry with his body the next night. I got up that next morning and wanted to play but I needed my body back. I started the search and in time I found one zone that looked familiar. I was of course KOS to everything. A man on a white horse ran by which I knew had to be high level he was red and had a horse!!!!! LOL I messaged him and asked him for help. He returned and spent some time listening to what I could remember of the zone I went to. He invis'd me, put sow on me and had me go auto follow. We traveled forever!!!! We came into a zone where he pulled my body to me. To this day I have no idea where I was or the mans name. My only firm memory was his guild which someday I may be good enough to join!!! LOL

I agree. In general, the EQ population seems to be the opposite of most other MMORPGs.....in EQ, the jerks mostly just spam instead of trying to get in your face and bug you on a personal level. And the vast majority of the population seems to be rather helpful. In my wanderings, if I'm experiencing any sort of problem, a simple /ooc question usually gets answered right away and by more than one person.

The same goes for this forum as well. I've never asked a question and had it go unanswered. This is just a great community.

Well I got into EQ because of my best irl friend. But I knew of his guild. Well I was in my home town of neriak and was about level 16, maybe lower, kinda blurry on that detail. Well I did a /who and saw someone from friends guild. I introduced myself as my friends friend and that I was just saying hi. Well he proceeded to do a few things then said so what are you doing here? I replied just looking for (insert spell name*cannot remember*) and he was like oh yeah, coming to get you. At first I was like coming to get me... NOOOO. Said that to myself of course. He shows up and he says come with me. Brings me to the General spell vendor and offers me some plat to get spell. Declined his plat offer as I was fine on that. He said I got sometime you need anything else? Nope I am good Thank you. Now although I have had 2 amazing players for info in my pocket, this kind shaman became a really good friend and I picked his brain often hehe. I later on was a big bad late 20's necro and found him on a lower lvl alt in kurns and saved his behind a few times. So I got to repay the favor of kindness here and there. From that time on I introduced myself to anyone from that guild who was in a zone I was in. I have made some just awesome friends ingame. Since I am still somewhat new to the game, not even a year playing yet, I feel as though I need to carry on that tradition of kindness to others. I offer to summon corpses in zones I have never been to, just for the experience of going, never know what I may have missed. I spend time looking up things for others who are lost in their questions and especially young necros, I can feel their pain hehe. I sometimes do research, give words or drag them around to the spell vendors. I bind people even if it is completely out of my way to get there. I jump on friends retired ench to c3 for free when pok is hurting for a fix. I join others who are trying to do quests or kill a mob for a drop. I join ldons when I am obviously the highest in the group, sometimes by 6 levels. Just to help out. Just leveling is no fun. Just trying to get the best loot is no fun. Each unselfish act becomes more fun than the last. Why because I was that one before getting them and now I can repay.

I fondly remember an old dwarf cleric giving my scroungy lil shaman a banded tunic while I was desperately battling Gnoll Scouts in Q Hills.....

Thanks Docc, where ever you are now.

Had come back to the game after a 4 year absence and was hunting in PC with my wizard. I was invited into a group of twinks, very nicely decked out. I was lower lvl then them and most of my spells were being resisted, they inspected my gear, I had cloth and some junk on. I got 4 lvls with this group and finally started to contribute, my spells were no longer resisted, we chatted I told them where I played, what games I had played since I left EQ...blah blah...then this dude takes The Robe Of Tempest off the wizard he is playing and says here man you can have this...very very cool....another time hunting in HHK somone asks me for a port I had just gotten the level where you get ports and told him I didnt have the money to buy them all and he gives me 500 plat and tells me just to give him a port someday. I left EQ the first time because people for the most part seemed greedy and mean...KSing ..training.....all the good spots forever camped...People sure have changed..nice to see

HMMMM, So many acts of kindness, which one should I pick?

One time at band camp.... j/k Anyways, I started playing this game 3 years ago when there was no such thing as pok. I started a druid back then and then decided to quit eq for a while. I came back about a year ago, and WOW did things change. 3 years ago, oasis was packed and you would sit at the dock waiting to get into a highway group. Orc camps were always full in the commonlands, and to be able to be uber enough to go to the moon and find a group in MS was unreal.

However, I returned and found no one in any of these zones anymore. Sure the "mostly 65" people were at the camps in nro and sro and east commonlands and such, but no low level groups. Well I decided to take my higher teen lvl druid to loio to do some soloing. I was doing pretty good (or so I thought) by being able to kill one, before I would sit and med for 5-10 minutes in anticipation of the next sarnak or goblin that came my way. Keep in mind that I realized that Wis was the trait I needed to raise and with all of the pp I could muster, I was able to raise my Wis to 140... WOW, I was cooking then.

I solo'd there for about 3 days and only gained one level. And then a lonely necro traveler came passing by me. He was roughly the same lvl as me and so I knew it would be a good fight. And then I noticed a Druid following closely behind him. I conned the druid (who conned red due to his level being 62) and I thought, "Awesome, we are going to toast this guy." Keep in mind, I am on the Quellious Server (non PvP, this was all role play, they were 2 boxing.)

I figured the two were partners and I thought, if the druid could travel with a necro, then I needed to change my ways. So I invited the necro to group with me and he accepted. We did pretty well until after the 3rd kill and I said I was out of mana and that I needed to med. The necro said he was only at 90% and this guy was hammering the mobs with DD's and Dot's. So I thought he would run out before me. Sometime during the day I informed him that I had Wis of 140 (boasting because I was proud that it was so high). As the day came to a close and the daylight was slowly fading, the druid came to me and said, "do not be afraid! I will take care of you. I will take you to a place and make you stronger." He transported me to the moon (nexus) and I was so excited. WOW, the moon!! I was finally someone special. This is where I got my first c3 (when those prior to lvl 45 could get it) for 5pp at the lvl of a young teenager. I asked where we were going and the druid replied, "to a place to make you better." I couldn't believe it. I was finally going to be someone.

We entered the bazaar (keep in mind that I had always wondered what had happened to the East Commonlands Trading area.) The druid informed me to look down and just stay put. The druid took off and would return often with items. To make this long story short, he outfitted my entire druid, and made my Wis to 245 before he was finished. He had only spent about 20k on me, but to someone who had not had more then 1k in the bank EVER!!! This was huge.

Some people would say this is a form of Player Leveling. I look at it as if it is a gracious higher lvl'd toon, gracious enough to bestow gifts upon me. From that point on I decided to help those that I could whenever I could. Free Sow to everyone lol.

I remember this druid's name, however, I will not take away from the gift by revealing it. I am sure he has taken other toons and helped them out also. To that druid I would say thank you. And to those that would do the same thing, I would also say thank you. WEll anyway, I hope I didn't bore you all too terribly much.

A lot of players offered some good equipment to my low-lvl characters on different occasions, but there is one special I want to mention:

My lvl 15 mage wanted to cross East Commonlands on his way to West Commonlands, searching for a Collector's Lightstone for the scavenger hunt. At that time, the skeleton army spawned in EC every night, so I sat there at the zone line, the stars above me, and said "/ooc anyone knows at what time the skellies vanish?", but no answer (about 25 players in the zone). So I waited. And waited. And waited.

At 5 am I got the message that the skellies fell to the ground, so I was back on my way through the zone, saying "/ooc Well, morning has broken, and thanx everyone for answering! ;)"

Some high lvl player (can't remember his name, but now he is on my friend list) sent me an excuse, saying that everyone was busy. We talked for some minutes, and when I nearly reached the zone to WC, he told me to come to the North Ro tunnel. I turned on my heels, went back and found him waiting in front of the tunnel. He gave me a pair of Decisive Boots of the Kin and an Attorney's Circlet of Station. I was totally surprised and asked him if he was sure that he wanted to give me those things. He was very kind, said that he had even more stuff in the bank and invited me to send him a tell whenever I was online.

I hope that there will be a time when I can reciprocate!