This means you don't see anything unti you open your quest log.

This is only half true. It will work 80% of the time, in my experience. Other times, the server doesn't seem to send the QUEST_LOG_UPDATE event.

Note: EQL3 has build its own message system. We should not be doing this. While possibly more effective, it is unnecessary overhead code (especially with today's hardware). Instead we could hook a couple functions and call Questie:QUEST_LOG_UPDATE() from within.