My buddy and I moved from playing Icewind Dale on a network to trying this 'new' EQ thing, which iirc was between Kunark and Velious releases. At least, the game we got had Kunark. So EQ was my first real introduction to an mmo. I did try Ultima Online while I was stationed in Germany, but as mentioned above, between the connection and phone costs, it was too pricey to play. Also lag.
I loved me some EQ and have fond memories of it, but I also recall the huge upgrade in graphics games have had since, and I really hated the crap with mobs coming through walls and attacking through floors and stuff.
Somehow I doubt my toons exist there. The gnome mage was pretty awesome teamed with my buddy's iksar necro.
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