Farewell...was fun...dont train anyoneFollow

Well, after being gone from EQ for 6 months, and reading up on the forums and the new expansion and what not , I decided to come back to EQ.

After getting mercs for all 16 of my characters and going to hot zones, and soloing/grouping extremely well, getting mad exp and claiming defiant loot, I levelled the rest of my baby toons up. So now I have 16 charatcers, all classes, between 57 and 70...most at 65+...tons of AAs...good times.

Now, I am leaving for good. I realized that the game is good, really good, AND fun to play. I just do not want to fall back into it. Yeah, was fun catching up with guildies and friends, and getting awesome exp, and seeing the new zones ( god I love having a rogue with SoS), but even still , I realized that the game, for me, is just too intensive.

I would rather have the active lifestyle that I developed after 6 months of being away from EQ, than to be sitting in my chair leveling imaginary toons. For all of you gamers out there still playing EQ, please , enjoy the hell out of the game. If I had less desire to be active or healthy , then I would definitely be there with you.


Not flaming EQ or EQers...just saying goodbye...finally...been fun...peace..

Everquest allakhazam is about learning and sharing information. Please take your false insults to eqplayers boards home of complaining and insults!

Ok, i will take the flamebait.

Hmmmm, lets see, get up at 5:00 in the morning, get on the treadmill, then the boflex for a bit, shower, eat breakfast, go to work, do an 8 hour day, head home, eat dinner, log into EQ for about 2 to 4 hours to play, chat with friends, socialize a bit, kill some mobs, raid with the guild if they are raiding and i want to(casual family raiding guilds FTW), have fun, instead of rotting my brain on TV(well, except for a few shows i DVR and then watch on the treadmill). Call it a night between 9:00 and 10:00

Some nights i do not play, but most i do.

Yea, still only 81, and not done with Bayles crest(or even access to void b), but having a blast, having a social life, having a RL as well(friends over every week).

Just because you cannot balance a game and RL, is no reason to throw a backhanded insult to those of us that can, or even the few that cannot balance them well but play anyway.

And then you say you are not flaming, lol.

I didn't take the post as a flame or an insult. Go live your life dude. EQ is just a game and shouldn't consume all your free time.

I am well aware how touchy people are on this forum.

He'll be back.
Everyone comes back.
He'll be back.
EQ is like a common cold,
Get it out of your system, and it comes back.
He'll be back.
Everyone comes back.

EQ prevents you from being healthy just as playing Call of Duty makes you shoot people.

Get a clue.

Honestly, I don't think you're serious. It's not a slight on you, it's just the word of someone who's been there. :)

There were no health problems on my part (I'm hyperactive by nature and have been since that blizzardy day in '73 when I lost the battle to continue leeching free food, drink, and a cozy pad. Type A personality helps too) but I got tired of herding cats and being shackled to people I loved but that didn't have the same level of drive/commitment I had. Also the whole LFG thing. My advice to you is, if you're serious about quitting EQ once and for all, get rid of your account(s). Whether you sell them or just outright delete all the characters on it, get rid of it. You want to set up layers of deterrence to prevent you from returning. The first layer is always going to be "Do I remember how to play?" but the most powerful layer available is "I'm not starting from scratch!", thus the getting rid of the account part.

Take your memories with you, but leave everything else behind. Good luck!