These were the guilds that, at 16 years old, I thought were cool. They were always the first into things and every member had the coolest gear. (Coolest gear is relative in EQOA-speak. There were maybe 10 different graphic types.)
- The Unnamed – This guild was the original Rat Pack. Dean, Your, Kono, some Troll Shaman that I never saw, were some of the folks that made up this original gangster crew. They were the first on the server to take down IoD and at one point they owned the only two, black ALL/ALL robes on the server. They eventually fell victim to the FFXI and WoW craze. I believe TU was the first guild on any server to take down some of the bigger bosses around the Plane of Sky era.
- Alliance of Kings – These guys were always the close 2nd… until TU fell apart, opening the door for AoK. Their rise was at the same time there was the infamous pet glitch, allowing people to go 0-60 in a day.
- Brethren – one of the oldest guilds and the few that I got to be a part of, these guys had a core of 4-5 players that were rock steady. Prophecy was the most known in the group due to the fact that all his characters were some variation of the letters in Prophecy.
- The Guardians Nor Vacuous – These guys spawned after their first try, Dues Ex, essentially crumbled. At one point they attempted to do another super-high level-mashup with a guild called Pandemonium. That ultimately failed because 50 people don’t become friends over night. TGNV became the strongest guild in the game starting in early 2005. Lead by the obsessive and easily frustrated Johnpetrucci, these guys were die hards. JP and Foxfoot are two that I remember most. They would own those eye camps near Siliskor.
Some random guild after downing Siliskor.
There were tons of other guilds on our servers, yet these were the most notable and longest lasting. What guilds were on your server?
Hey! I was in two of those guilds. Glad I was trolling google today.
AoK and TGNV = pwnage.
-Lionheartim
Nice, human pally right? I remember you rocking a CV at some point.
You still talk to any EQOA guys? Joecamel? Keith?
Joecmel is on World of Warcraft now. Zangarmarsh server, Horde side, same name.
Looking back now, I’m glad I’ve moved on to other games.
-Maltaethir
Holy smokes, what’s up Bam?
Whoo hoo ! Me too Lion!!
I know I was one of those people farming that black ALL/ALL robe. I believe it dropped in Stoneclaw, but can’t be 100% sure.
One, the CV, dropped at Bandits down the road from BSI. I’m not sure I had a character within the leveling range of those things by the time they shut down the CV.
I was in TGNV. Johnpetruci, at the time we started associating with TGNV (My husband and I played together and were masters of a smaller, leveling, family-style guild from 1-60) was not there. He later returned, but my memories of that time were when Paizan and Pollux were leading it. We’ve mentioned getting our ps3 fixed/ replacing our ps2s (we were running 4 at one point late in our game) and just reactivating an account to run around and see just how dead it is these days. They actually got an update in December…
Was it Lost Crusaders?
Close… The guild was actually Dark Crusaders and Lostangyl and Lostpilgrim (and Lostguy very early on) were the masters.
Ah! I knew Crusaders was in the name. % Chances you guys would return?
I’d say 90% but it may be a few weeks before we show up. We do plan to reinvest in ps2s and new game discs, and subscriptions. As long as we still have our stuff, we’ll be back, on 2 to 3 boxes.
Nice! Contact us ingame asap when you return. Love to have quality people from Hod join us!
That Shaman you mentioned was Skorge, I believe. He’s rolling on XBL under the same name. This is Majestra/Sanelwen btw (duh) Hi Hodstockians
/waves
Yeah Skorge rolled through everything. I mentioned him in another post. I do remember your character… mainly from hanging around FP. Sanelwen reminds me of a caster of some sort, but at the same time I think there was a ranger by a similar name?
Yeah. Sanelwen was my 50 Elf Ranger (first on the server
) even though Renelan (RIP bro) and Oryan were the first 2 50 Rangers (Human). And Majestra was my 60 Geomancer. I afked a lot in FP (HP in the early days). If anyone’s looking for any specific people, just let me know. I’m still in contact with dozens of EQOA peeps. And I knew who everyone here was lol xD. One of the reasons I hate having a photographic memory 
. It’s amazing how much time has gone by >< I think I was 16 or 17 when I got EQOA and now I'm 25. Time flies 
Jesus. Heres some names I remember and its Nekram Barb Sham and Karnem Erudite Enc btw. Just nice to see some familliar ppl posting. Running on WoW atm named Mahou Horde side on Area 52 server. Also just picked up Rift on the Freeholme Server as a Defiant named Mahou as well. I’m going to bookmark this page and come back from time to time to check. Also sup Malt and Sanelwen.
Jason! Where have you been? lmao. You were offline on Live for like a year last time I checked. My ex removed all my friends on Live and I sent you a FR like 4 months ago, but I guess it expired haha.
Also, to anyone on Xbox Live, hit me up. I play everything. (waiting for a better MMO than PSU or FFXI to hit the 360 >.>). GT= WTG Rocketman
Yea the only things i play on my xbox are the Halo games when they first come out I only play the storyline. You should get a PC if you want a MMO the only thing you might get on a console is FF14 IF they even port it to PS3 because currently they had to make it free to play because it was so horrible at release and they are completely revamping it.
WoW, I totally stumbled upon this website, amazed to see people were commenting on here in the recently past few days. I cannot tell you how much I miss this game.
I remember almost all of you. My name was Salvatron (Barb, rogue) and Bardolmer (Human, monk) I was a child and not very well liked by some on the server because I showed a lot of immaturity. I think the saddest day was when hodstock.com went offline. Oh well…
Anyways some good news guys. Sony announced EverQuest 3 for PC, and in the same sense hinted that it could be cross platform. I would play PC myself, but god I don’t think nothing will bring back the good days of EQOA. So many flaws that have been fixed in new MMOs. I have yet to see the epic amount of drama that EQOA produced.
I don’t think I cried/ and felt so betrayed in a game after Acacia stole my CV robe.
From Diren Hold…the guilds that stand out in my mind from back in 2003/2004 were…
The Inner Sanctum
Order of Echelon
Guild of the Drunken Monkey (had their own t-shirts!)
Lots of other great guilds but those three are somehow memorable for me, years later
Ahh looking at the memberlist here sure takes me back… http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20040411040440/http://drunkenmonkeyguild.com/
If EQ3 went multi-platform, I might just be tempted to get a PS3 lol. Been sticking with the whole 360 thing since it came out. Not really into any of the non-EQ MMOs and since EQ2 didn’t have that same vibe that EQOA did, I just don’t see myself getting another one until it comes out in console form. And I agree with Boneduke, the day our watering hole (hodstock.com) closed, I really had a hard time adjusting my daily routine to NOT checking the site daily D: lol. Btw, new GT if anyone’s on the 360. Im Da Rocketman
Awww no one else has replied yet. New GT again: Hom36r0wn
Who was your Character seems to be the thread that gets the most hits!
My name’s not an obvious giveaway? lol
. I had a 50 Ranger named Sanelwen (first Elf Ranger to 50) and an Elf Mage named Majestra that I made to sort of “vent” after I was kicked from TU lol, who was one of the first Geomancers on Hod. After that, I bought a couple accounts. Most notably would be the 60 Transmuter named Solomen or something and I bought Dean’s account from Zack, who stripped the account of the black robe and the CVs. The last run I had on EQOA was with Black Pearl, who definately deserves a place on this list. Having a photographic memory, I can recall all the guilds/people I was associated with. First guild was just shortly after launch and it was Silvermoon’s guild, “Natures Defenders” lol. Then I went to Rusha’s first guild (when Kamathos and Jade were still around lol), the name of it escapes me for some odd reason, but it was AoK before there was an AoK. Then I started leveling a lot faster than everyone else and that started pissing me off, so I started talking to Yoou and Cinork and they got me into TU. Had about a good….3-4 month run with them, had a “spat” with Riven, her husband and their son (I trained them at the Cyclops gate because I was cocky and thought, “I’m in TU and I can do whatever I want!” lol xD kind of had a Cartman moment there, but yeah….she went and blabbed to Yoou about what I did, I got kicked, had my little “fuck you, fuck you fuck you, you’re cool, fuck you, I’m out” (Half Baked reference lol) moment, got kicked, went to Dark Covenant for awhile because I was friends with Sethriel, that was working pretty well for awhile, but I just got tired of the all the bickering, so I left them, went to Darklords with my good friends Kuruptelf/Claudius and Chaka/Micaha, we had a small 8-10 person guild for awhile (when I first got there), then Bloodfang came back and re-assumed control of the guild and he got together with Riven about doing some united guild raids and when she found out I was in Darklords, she started fussing to Bloodfang and I got kicked from there and then I spent the remainder of my days in EQOA with Black Pearl. Some of the nicest people I ever met in that game and they’re who I miss the most. I still play/talk to some people from EQOA, but the majority of them are gone.
I remember that Cyclops Gate / Training incident very well. You remember me? I played a Chanter, I think I made the “You’re cool” list before you left.
Ah, lmao. I literally just remembered the name of Rusha’s old guild. It was Chapter of Victory, or CoV for short. And sorry for the length of that last post. But that’s about as clear as I could get to giving a definitive answer.
weren’t you in Wind of Fate for awhile too?
Ah yeah. I think I missed a few of the guilds I was in. I actually had a fun run in WoF. Actually, I think I was in WoF before making the TU jump. I remember camping crocs for days with a few people from WoF haha. Can’t remember their names, but the elven cleric’s name started with an A and there was either a barb or an SK we always ran with that started with an M I think. lol I know that’s not very descriptive, but yeah…
Update: I found BearzyWearzy on a random game of CoD. His gamertag is: Buttneck if anyone misses the geezer
lol j/k if you ever read this, BW
Dunno if anyone reads this, but a bunch of us (myself, joecmel, raid, rayth, ryegar, possibly shorte, alto, zizz, and more are playing Star Wars The Old Republic now.
I check this thread periodically lol. Hey Malt! I have Camel on MSN and the only one on that list I remember is Shorte. I thought about getting TOR, but I just can’t commit to another MMO, especially one on PC. Hope you guys have a blast on there, though! I might still get it, but eh…I did the Galaxies thing and was let down, so we’ll have to see how TOR is. I’ve lost a LOT of respect for Bioware and especially EA lately, so it’s a toss-up for me lol.
This just took me down memory lane. I, too, was in Unnamed back in my days – Sanodar. I also went to AoK when TU went down. Literally all of these names I recognize. How could anyone forget BearzyWearzy? He was something else.
Times really does fly.
Hey! It’s the other San! lol how you been, bud? I still see you on AIM, but you’re always on mobile, so I don’t know if I should message you.
Crocadoc 60 Defender, Crocer 60 Pyro. I do not think I knew any of you directly but definitely recognize your names and guilds. I ran a small guild Team Machine for a time. Was involved in Brethren and often helped out Infamous. Reading these posts is pretty nostalgic.
Snowball/Snowfall here. On Proudpine Outpost, at least in the early days, it was…
1. Ethereal – they were the bad guys, as their leader was infamous as a complete ass. I wish I could remember his name.
2. Resurrection – the other huge guild. Had a handful of friends in this guild.
3. Three Kingdoms – not the biggest guild, but they were always raiding cool content, and were pretty cool people if you encountered them. Was just reminded of them while strolling down memory lane on this sight.
4. The Lollipop Guild – Gotta mention them because they were my people! We didn’t do alot of raiding on our own, but we’d group up with other medium size guilds and raid IoD or Plane of Sky. It broke up once when there was a feud between some founders (which was odd), so I sort of had to refill the ranks w/ good people slowly over time.
I’ve been on an EQOA google spree since last night when it first occurred to me to do so since I quit in ’05, and I found a thread on the old forums by an old guildy who stuck around a little longer than I did, and he was “hoisting one up” to old times, and on his list of memories, which included the Lollipop Guild, he mentioned me as “Maeglin (Snowball)”. Maeglin was the little wizard I first made on Marrs Fist when I met him as noobs. We moved to PPO when it came out shortly after, and founded the Lollies. I have to say, it got me a little choked up, which would piss off every woman I’ve ever been involved with, as I am not known for my sentimentality
. I do miss those people. I think we are all lucky to have experienced the strange phenomenon this game was. I remembering getting an email around 2008 from the only guildy who I stayed in touch with about how one of our people had died, and I was surprised how much it rattled me, as I had never actually met that person. Unfortunately, that email address vanished and now I guess there’s no way to track down old friends. I’d kill for a quick stroll down memory lane with any of them.
the leader was kalidon haha my name ingame was rangystevem and my alts where bikaben and galdann
Hey Snowball! Thanks for the Three Kingdoms mention, GREAT memories for me there… I’m sad to hear EQOA is shutting down but so very glad I played.
Tori
Nekram/Marken here. Picked up Star Wars and its pretty good. very similar to other mmo’s. Malt still living in Pheonix? I’m living in Evanston Wyoming atm working for the next year or so. If anyone were to try and contact me on SWTOR im on Dead Wind Corridor char name Mahou. Other then that ill try and check back here from time to time.
Also I do miss alot of ppl from this game. It’s funny how I remember a dozen or more ppl from this game 8 years or so back but recent guildies from WoW that I’ve raided with for months didn’t make an impression.
You done with XBL, Jason?
You didn’t stick around long after SF4 came out lol. A few of us are still on. I’m always on, Buttneck’s on once in awhile and Shlyke’s still on sometimes. I just wish they’d release another console MMO so I could play with yall lol. Sucks having a bad back and not being able to sit my PC chair for too long. >:O
Hey, this is Alessandra/Adnil…..I remember you Maj..I am playing SWTOR currently as well..miss everyone i played eqoa with….if you recgonize me…..shout it out
Hey, Adnil! Yeah, I remember you from DC
. My laptop has enough power to run TOR, but I’m having issues with continued overheating, so that’s the main reason I haven’t gotten it. Once I get it back, I may check it out.
Hey Sed, Malt, Sanelwen and Lion! Nice to hear from you all, some of you may remember my troll warrior, was in Kings of Grobb with Skorge and Conqueror then joined AoK. Had so much fun playing this game with you guys, someone told me they were closing the game down now and I stumbled on this site doing some reminiscing. Been awhile since I played WoW with you Lion Nerb and Morg, I still play on chromagus from time to time, been playing my Shadowknight on Everquest 2 recently.
Wow, whats up Nemisis! So many great memories with this game. It is hard to believe it was so long since I have played yet the memories are so thick like it was yesterday. 2003 and 2004 were the best years of gaming I have ever had and I doubt there will ever be a game that will be so unforgettable.
Nem I posted my real id on that old guild we had on chrom…also Delf is playing eq2 now also ….
My gamer tag for battle.net is stephcjk ..
Whats up Smittz my favorite shaman healer! Seems like just yesterday we were 2 tank grouping the minotaur caves and pulling every single one of them outside , I cant seem to remember that barbarian warriors name that started with a Z.
Hey there Sed, I will add you to my battlenet friends list next time I get on WoW, will be at least a couple weeks I wont have much time to play anything this month I’m starting a new job.
Eqoa greatest game ever made. lost years of my life to this game and looking to do it again if it comes to ps3. i was on the hodstock server in a few guilds – NWO new world order was first and brethren, :titans: i think it was and tgnv, and the DC, and i cant remember the rest. characters were Bracks 60 Sha, Brackella 60 Nec, Skcarb 60 SK, Brackattack 60 Clr, Brackela 60 Mage, and about 5 or 6 more 60′s. Great times playing this game and leveling up toons with some good friends like my buddy Drewski aka Drewthedoc aka Andrewthegre , Proph and his 50 toons lol
and Bleizin and everyone else. fingers crossed for new Eq on ps3
Hit me up on xbox live or Psn – TheBrack is the name on both