a newbie question
 

hail all.

i am completeley new to everquest, since i have been playing and staffing uo for over 6 years *ducks*. :wink:

the main difference between uo and everquest freeshards seems to be that uo sites are much better advertized. i never had problems finding great uo shards, but i could not find a single webpage for an everquest freeshard. (with news, forums, server status, staff links etc.).

please help me out. i would love to join a good freeshard. preferably one in europe and one that has been around for a while. (1 year+)

are there any toplists? do you guys know any legendary shards with a fairly large player base (15+ players on at any given time) and some good rp?

i would be so excited to get started on everquest. better late than never, eh? :lol:

thank you very much in advance!

p.s. (if a thread like this exists already, feel free to just post a link to it :) )

check the topic "Server List" in this forum ... there are links to some servers web-pages you can visit to contact the staff

try winters roar at www.wintersroar.com , its not euro so everyones gonna be asleep. it has like 100+ always during the day

btw could you link me to a well populated free pvp uo shard?

http://ipyshard.com

And actually, WR is euro in the sense that's it's mostly run by Euros, but the majority of our players are American. :P

thanks for the feedback, guys, i do appreciate it. i think i will give both shards a try (hopefully they support my just bought version, which includes everquest + ruins of kunark + scars of velious & shadows of luclin; do they?), then see which one i feel more comfortable at.

as far as uo goes. i have been playing and staffing at http://www.alexiashard.com for over a year. it may not be the biggest uo shard (usually around 10-30 players on at any given time), but it's stable, has been around for over 3 years, emphasizes on events as well as casual rp, has (for uo) a kicking race system, and hands out 3 GM skills upon joining. you need "age of shadows" to run it. pvp is permitted in all of felucca. malas and trammel are pvp-free (just like on osi).

anywho, thanks again for replying. i am definetely excited to start everquest for the first time ever. i will be a complete NOOB, which is a scary thought for someone who has accomplished just about everything there is on ultima online. :wink:

I HIGHLY recommend playing EQLive before starting EQEMu. You have to pay, but you'll learn how the game works whereas many pieces to EQEMu are still not fixed.

Welcome to EQEmu Dardai, if you like to work, trust me, there are a LOT to do in EQEmu, and im sure you will find a server that will suit you ;)