Comments on: Of deities and self discovery http://brackishwater.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/of-deities-and-self-discovery/ how my gaming and life coalesce. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: rao http://brackishwater.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/of-deities-and-self-discovery/#comment-270 rao Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:59:17 +0000 http://brackishwater.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/of-deities-and-self-discovery/#comment-270 I love the history of the game world... and I could (obviously) talk about it for pages and pages. If you are ever curious about what something is or where it came from, shoot me an e-mail or something and I would be more than happy to share some of this useless knowledge I have stored away. lol It's pretty sad actually. I forget to call family members on their birthdays but I can remember nearly every piece of lore I've read about Norrath for the last 9 years. I love the history of the game world… and I could (obviously) talk about it for pages and pages. If you are ever curious about what something is or where it came from, shoot me an e-mail or something and I would be more than happy to share some of this useless knowledge I have stored away. lol

It’s pretty sad actually. I forget to call family members on their birthdays but I can remember nearly every piece of lore I’ve read about Norrath for the last 9 years.

]]> By: brackishwater http://brackishwater.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/of-deities-and-self-discovery/#comment-269 brackishwater Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:03:12 +0000 http://brackishwater.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/of-deities-and-self-discovery/#comment-269 lol that sounds awesome Rao! I love the humor that the devs place in this game via the lore. Its really fun. Thanks for the heads up on the time-line. Really intersting stuff. You may have just convinced me to start a fae now. I needed to roll a new toon anyway to get some low level items to transmute. lol that sounds awesome Rao! I love the humor that the devs place in this game via the lore. Its really fun.

Thanks for the heads up on the time-line. Really intersting stuff. You may have just convinced me to start a fae now. I needed to roll a new toon anyway to get some low level items to transmute.

]]> By: rao http://brackishwater.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/of-deities-and-self-discovery/#comment-267 rao Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:37:53 +0000 http://brackishwater.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/of-deities-and-self-discovery/#comment-267 I forget the time frame exactly, but I believe EQ2 is roughly 500 years in the future from EQ1. The heritage quests you will discover along the way, those are all quests for an item that, at one point in time or another, was a very coveted item in EQ1. There are some interesting parallels between the games... such as the raid zone in Fay that I believe is called New Tunaria. In EQ1, this was Felwithe... the home of the high elves. It is now populated by vampires. During the course of EQ1, an expansion was released called The Lost Dungeons of Norrath. In that expansion, some hidden dungeons were discovered not too far from Felwithe and they were all populated with vampires. As you discovered the lore of the dungeons, you learned that they had a plan to attempt to take over Felwithe and drive the high elves out. I believe it is this zone that is now run by Mayong Mistmoore. Mayong Mistmoore was a dark elf turned vampire lord in EQ1. The dungeon of Mistmoore (or castle of Mistmoore) had a coffin that Mayong supposedly slept in. In the very early days of the game, Mayong was a rare spawn within the zone, but he was so buggy that the developers eventually took him out and he became a GM spawned event only. In later expansions, he reappeared as a boss mob of some other raid zone. There are a whole lot of things like that in the game. I started my diety quest this weekend too. For my dirge, there was no other choice but Bristlebane. Back in EQ1, dieties that you worshipped had less significance. There was cultural armor and a few quests here and there, but for the most part, it had an impact on your faction and little more. I could be wrong here, but I believe that a half-elf bard who worshipped Bristlebane was the only race/class/diety combination that had no benefits whatsoever... no cultural armor or anything. Still, Bristlebane is the great prankster and that just fit my personality and playstyle so well. I was extremely excited when Bristlebane returned to Norrath recently so that I could choose him as my diety once more. And, true to Bristlebane style, my first quest to prove my loyalty requires me to play a practical joke on another NPC. This should be interesting. I forget the time frame exactly, but I believe EQ2 is roughly 500 years in the future from EQ1. The heritage quests you will discover along the way, those are all quests for an item that, at one point in time or another, was a very coveted item in EQ1. There are some interesting parallels between the games… such as the raid zone in Fay that I believe is called New Tunaria. In EQ1, this was Felwithe… the home of the high elves. It is now populated by vampires. During the course of EQ1, an expansion was released called The Lost Dungeons of Norrath. In that expansion, some hidden dungeons were discovered not too far from Felwithe and they were all populated with vampires. As you discovered the lore of the dungeons, you learned that they had a plan to attempt to take over Felwithe and drive the high elves out.

I believe it is this zone that is now run by Mayong Mistmoore. Mayong Mistmoore was a dark elf turned vampire lord in EQ1. The dungeon of Mistmoore (or castle of Mistmoore) had a coffin that Mayong supposedly slept in. In the very early days of the game, Mayong was a rare spawn within the zone, but he was so buggy that the developers eventually took him out and he became a GM spawned event only. In later expansions, he reappeared as a boss mob of some other raid zone.

There are a whole lot of things like that in the game.

I started my diety quest this weekend too. For my dirge, there was no other choice but Bristlebane. Back in EQ1, dieties that you worshipped had less significance. There was cultural armor and a few quests here and there, but for the most part, it had an impact on your faction and little more. I could be wrong here, but I believe that a half-elf bard who worshipped Bristlebane was the only race/class/diety combination that had no benefits whatsoever… no cultural armor or anything.

Still, Bristlebane is the great prankster and that just fit my personality and playstyle so well. I was extremely excited when Bristlebane returned to Norrath recently so that I could choose him as my diety once more.

And, true to Bristlebane style, my first quest to prove my loyalty requires me to play a practical joke on another NPC. This should be interesting.

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