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Meet Dreadthe Pirates

Server: Prexus

Guild: Hand of Ka

Where in the real life world do you live?
Wellsburg, West Virginia

How long have you played EQ?
Just about three years.

What other MMOs have you played?
Um, not much really, I played a FPS MMO, Soldier Front, with a few friends from EQ, but that's really about it.

What type of work do you do?
I'm a student still, but hopes of being an author are up there, so I write every now and then.

How long is your typical gaming session when playing EQ?
Depending what my day has in store for me, either an hour or ten to twelve hours.

What does a typical EQ day consist of for you?
Looking for a group or grouping with guildies, chatting it up in General (mostly about Hot Pockets), soloing quest augs, or just sitting in Guild Hall chatting to guildies and friends.

What was the race and class of your very first character?
Human Shadowknight. Got rid of it when TSS came out.

What got you into gaming and what sort of games do you like the most?
I've always liked console games and what-not, but my uncles got me into MMORPG's. I'm mostly into RPG's like EQ, Fable, and Oblivion.

What other hobbies or activities do you take part in, other then playing EverQuest?
I play football with some friends every Sunday and sometimes Fridays. I write at some points of time, and mostly listen to music.

What is your highest level in EQ?
85! Wee. =D

What race and class is your main character?
Drakkin, Ranger

What do you like the most about the class you have chosen for your main character?
I like the fact I can output a great bit of DPS when I correctly use my character, along with the chain armor. Purple and Pink chain armor looks awesome! =D

Does your main character worship a deity?
Veeshan. =D

How did you choose your main character's name?
Well, when I first started playing I didn't know I could make a surname, so when I made the ranger as my main I wanted a name that could have hundred of possibilities in surnames that match. So I thought about Dread, but that had been taken, so I just put 'the' at the end and hence forth have had hundred of awesome surnames. (Pirates being my favorite.)

Which classes in EQ have you NOT played?
Um, I'll have to say Druid. I believe I made a Druid once, but I never played it, it was just there for looks really.

What is your favorite expansion?
Wow, that's hard. I'll have to say I like any expansion with Mayong Mistmoore playing a role in the plot lines. So, Depths of Darkhollow, PoR, and TBS.

What is your favorite zone?
Demi-Plane of Blood. The music there rocks, yo. /rocks

What is your favorite NPC?
Um, probably Fippy Darkpaw, he's the hardest working gnoll out there.

Which expansion do you like the least?
Secrets of Faydwer, I liked the whole deal with The Sleeper, but the stats on weapons were kinda, I dunno...

Which zone do you like the least?
LDON zones! From level 50-60 me and some friends tried to grind out levels in there and I kept dying, non-stop, over and over. =P

Which NPC do you like the least?
Emperor Crush...When I played on the Combine someone always trained him to me.

What is the most platinum you have ever spent on purchasing a single item for one of your characters?
About 110K on a Porous Loam when they were expensive. Had an Elegant BP made for me, and I now have it banked. =p

Do you have an item you no longer use but keep around for nostalgic reasons? If so what is it and why do you keep it?
Aneuk Dagger of Eye Gouging, this was my very first raid item I got, so I keep it with me all the time.

What do you like best about EverQuest?
The friends and people. Sure there are a bunch of jerks out there, but the ones that aren't jerk-ish are fun to talk to and fun to group with.

What do you get out of playing EverQuest?
Friends, and a time-waster. Hehe. A great bit of friends are like family to me.

Describe your best experience from playing EverQuest?
I'd have to say back on my SK, some people and I would go goof off in PC, and while there a friend decided to pull everything in zone.....Well, I died half-way through, but it was the most fun and funniest time of my EQ life at that moment, seeing as I was newer to the game and all....These days I'd prolly be like, eh.