This was started by Brad McQuaid (RIP), the original brains behind EQ. I have played Pantheon a little bit (been a backer since 2018) and it is very reminiscent of Everquest. I can't wait to dive in after family time for Christmas is done.

Ah, EQ. Many hours as a kid spent leveling my monk. Only to have him die in Overthere and I had to go on vacation the next day and couldn't get my corpse in time.

Gotta love corpse runs. Always was good to know a necro and buy a soul gem for them when you lost it in a real ****ty place like multiple levels up in the plane of sky/air. Plains raiding was fun.

Guild hall solved that problem though with summons just for platinum via npc's.

I remember grinding out 1k+ AA points to get all the buff extensions, AOE casting, cannibalism etc. Finally getting enough platinum to buy the fastest drog mount drum was a memorable day, same with hitting 300 grandmaster in potions, now that way a hell of a grind. Made lots of plat in the PoK behind the bank selling my combine services.