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Freeport~

I may have grown up in Kelethin but I dislike the city. When I was a lowbie, I fell out of city and went splat on the ground. That same day a very kind druid ported me to Surefall and binded me there and Surefall became my second home. The Half elf and Humans accepted me as one of their own. :)

My favorite is Cabilis. Now if they'd just do something interesting with all those tunnels they've got...

I started in freeport but I prefer qeynos

I started in Freeport and I will allways have a soft spot in my heart!

Thanks Kelti for typing out everything I was going to say and saving me the trouble. ;)

Halas is by far the best, imo... for all the reasons mentioned and a few not (proximity to BB and Perma and having a Wayfarer Magus, for example).

Back in the days when most players stuck around their home towns to grind out 1-12 or so in the newbie areas, Halas/EF really couldn't be beaten. Even now, with the tut and easy travel, it's still a fun, dynamic starting zone with lots of opportunities for good plat.

There is just something about a tree house that makes this game ok for a almost 50 yr man. evevn though Felwithe is always home. I still like my tree house it is central to Crush bone and BB no better place to raise a kid


Edited, Sat Jul 23 13:43:23 2005 by Trablin

I started on Vazaelle as a human monk named Cammamc - got in a building - went up some stairs and it was so dark i never got out!

I started an iksar - found my guildmasters and learned of some quests, stumbled across to the the next building whcih was a local pub and the bartendar gave me a bag to full up with wolf pelts.

Soon i was out catching these mangy wolf cubs and getting armor made for me, selling my stacks of bone chips to these outlanders.

Won't mention the incident with not being able to kill anything after level 5 due to the shield i placed in my offhand, or the NPC in Cabillis I KILL every time I'm there (Thank you origin) when i saved every freaking copper i could muster for two shiny Fine Steel Maces for 63pp each went out to the FoB hunting grounds, realized my fists did better damage, and the mmerchant showed me the Return Policy. He'd buy them back for only 5pp each. Fooking cheapskate

why do so many of you like kelethin, I never could find my way through it befor ethe find comand came outI still today cant figure out how to get through that city without it.

Halas for me, good memories of SFG, Freeport and Halas, was a toughie.

My first three characters started in Qeynos. There was just something about being a human and fighting for right, hence a human Paladin, and then a human wizard, followed by a human cleric. City is easy to navigate. Then I learned that wood elves could forage so three of my characters are wood elves from the city of Kelethin. A druid, ranger and rogue. It is a lot cheaper, when you have a toon that can forage, when your learning to bake and/or brew. The city is difficult to navigate without find, but it is a plus that you don't have to zone from the newbie zone. I have a froglok shaman, for alchemy. The froglok city is pretty easy to navigate. I have a gnome enchanter. Great little tinkerer, but their home city is difficult to navigate and I spend a lot of time lost there.

I have to say Neriak Commons. Any part of Neriak to me is real easy to navigate, however a lot of people have trouble. I've adapted to it tho, and it's easy for me, lol. I like how there's a secret passageway connecting the Forgien Quarter and the Commons...but I never did like the FQ, cause of all the OGrea and Trolls. No offence to them, but I never liked them, and never want to play as one.

As for Kelethin, only thing I really use that city is for the Banker and the Guildmaster, both used by find, so it's no sweat. Maybe a couple merchants here an there to sell my goods and the soulbinder too, but that's back when I was in CB all the time. If you have such a hard time...use the Find command and a map...or if you're high enough, jump off. That's what I do.