Random Idea: cyclical classic era server

[Ruenaros]

A new blue server that starts out as Vanilla EQ. Once it catches up in the proper timeline fashion with the existing Kunark (or Velious) era server, it merges with the old server and resets itself to day 1 vanilla EQ.

pros:
- provides the FULL classic experience rather than a snapshot of the current progression
- gives new and old players who like starting out on a fresh server the opportunity to do so once every so often
- would create a neat generational shift on the old blue server that might shake things up when the new players are absorbed

cons:
- helluva lot of work for the staff to implement
- population concerns

[Rhambuk]

cons:
- helluva lot of work for the staff to implement

Not to mention already splitting a low population server.

[ncapatina]

The only new blue server idea that makes any sense is a permadeath server.

[fishingme]

New blue server, I'd switch. Just to get away from the top guilds here perma-camping raids.

[skipdog]

You think people are going to play on a server where their characters are guaranteed to be deleted?

Good luck, pal. Also, this is not the forum to post this kind of thread. Go post in off-topic or better yet go post on the emu forums. This is for discussing things related to the current p1999 blue server, not 'random ideas for new server rulesets'.

Tired of seeing these completely off-topic posts wanting a whole different server, in a forum already dedicated to a specific server. This just isn't the place to make these posts.

[Ruenaros]

The only new blue server idea that makes any sense is a permadeath server.

Permadeath and EQ.... you're gonna have a tough time finding someone to take a DT!


You think people are going to play on a server where their characters are guaranteed to be deleted?

Good luck, pal. Also, this is not the forum to post this kind of thread. Go post in off-topic or better yet go post on the emu forums. This is for discussing things related to the current p1999 blue server, not 'random ideas for new server rulesets'.

Tired of seeing these completely off-topic posts wanting a whole different server, in a forum already dedicated to a specific server. This just isn't the place to make these posts.

Good job not even reading the post. Nothing would be deleted. Also what's so sacred about this forum we can't post ideas here? It's definitely not off-topic. Angry forum goer is angry!

[Weekapaug]

Tired of seeing these completely off-topic posts wanting a whole different server, in a forum already dedicated to a specific server. This just isn't the place to make these posts.

No one forces you to read any threads you aren't interested in reading, pookums.

[fishingme]

You think people are going to play on a server where their characters are guaranteed to be deleted?

Good luck, pal. Also, this is not the forum to post this kind of thread. Go post in off-topic or better yet go post on the emu forums. This is for discussing things related to the current p1999 blue server, not 'random ideas for new server rulesets'.

Tired of seeing these completely off-topic posts wanting a whole different server, in a forum already dedicated to a specific server. This just isn't the place to make these posts.

Kind of wrong about it being offtopic, offtopic is a section more for SFW chit chatter about w/e. This thread is within rules for server chat.

Curious, where were you when all of the R99 babies were crying for their own server in server chat?

[Weekapaug]

I think we have the pops now to support another blue server, really. Everything is known about the content and camps now, unlike back then. Back then we had 2-3k people bumping into one another. Here, we were all bumping into one another with 500 people.

Even with only 1k people here now and kunark having been out for over 2 years you can still find a group at all levels, now, you just might have to look a little harder non peak on weekdays.

Regardless, I wouldn't get hopes up for a new blue server anytime soon, though. They have recently stated they aren't into it at this time and they are working on a new red server right now. There will be another blue server eventually, I have no doubt, and wouldn't be surprised if it's pretty much what the OP describes, but it won't be anytime soon.

[Yinikren]

All this would accomplish is flood the original server with prenerf items, manastones, guises and the like with each merge.

[Clark]

All this would accomplish is flood the original server with prenerf items, manastones, guises and the like with each merge.

[Weekapaug]

All this would accomplish is flood the original server with prenerf items, manastones, guises and the like with each merge.

And?

[Stinkum]

Here's my take: Treat the current P99 Blue as an extended and extremely thorough beta test. The mission of that beta test is recreating Everquest exactly as it was in 1999.

Continue the current Blue server for however long necessary until the client and content is a 100% replica of Everquest as it was in 1999, warts and all. We should have a clear record of what patches happen when on the timeline and how the client got changed through Kunark and Velious. Once we have the ability and the plan, nuke the current server from orbit and start all over on a classic timeline.

[JayN]

Here's my take: Treat the current P99 Blue as an extended and extremely thorough beta test. The mission of that beta test is recreating Everquest exactly as it was in 1999.

Continue the current Blue server for however long necessary until the client and content is a 100% replica of Everquest as it was in 1999, warts and all. We should have a clear record of what patches happen when on the timeline and how the client got changed through Kunark and Velious. Once we have the ability and the plan, nuke the current server from orbit and start all over on a classic timeline.

You obviously didnt play in classic, this tread is nonsense.

I hope staff didnt waste time reading all this like I did

[Llodd]

You obviously didnt play in classic, this tread is nonsense.

I hope staff didnt waste time reading all this like I did

Totally worth it just to see your head explode.

[Swish]

How many times can I regurgitate the same answer?

Any new server would shut down the old server by proxy. It'll take months, but it will shut down the old server. I don't have the time to level another cleric (or any character actually) into the high 50s, and I'm certainly not camping Ragefire again :p

Nothing wrong with having ideas, but like most of them... it has its flaws :p

[Champion_Standing]

Kunark ruined EQ

[Vohl]

Video killed the radio star.

[Champion_Standing]

Video killed the radio star.

That's debatable.

[Furniture]

A new blue server would be awesome and yield more players then any pvp server will.

Id love an auto unlocked progression server every 6 months, with real fironia vie or permadeath rules. And as for fironia vie id like every rule from that server brought here. No common tongue, no No-drop items, 1 character allowed to me made per IP(because you could only have one character on FV back in the day)

The pvp players have done nothing but act like ungrateful bitches and ruined the pvp server with all sorts of cheating and griefing new players. So we are giving them a new one? 90% of the P99 players dont want to play on the pvp server simply because its a pvp server.

[Octave]

A new blue server would be awesome and yield more players then any pvp server will.

Id love an auto unlocked progression server every 6 months, with real fironia vie or permadeath rules. And as for fironia vie id like every rule from that server brought here. No common tongue, no No-drop items, 1 character allowed to me made per IP(because you could only have one character on FV back in the day)

The pvp players have done nothing but act like ungrateful bitches and ruined the pvp server with all sorts of cheating and griefing new players. So we are giving them a new one? 90% of the P99 players dont want to play on the pvp server simply because its a pvp server.

I support this. Everquest is mostly a PvE game and perma death would certainly make things exciting.

Trivial loot code would make also make farming harder - imagine rare dungeon loot on such a server.

You'd have to add a 3x or so exp mod to make things a little sane and perhaps make banked items persist across dead characters to not make a death a total loss.

[Vile]

both red and blue should be cyclical imo.

when it reaches the "end time" reset that bitch.

new guilds, new people, new challenges each "reset"

[Laugher]

Make new blue server that follows classic patch timeline

when it has reached velious and is worn out (2ish yrs in Velious)

merge with old blue

rinse and repeat? :p

NEW BLUE 2017!

[Swish]

Not enough players to split the population among 2 blue servers. Keep recruiting, and by 2017 there might be good grounds for something new :)

[Ruenaros]

Anyone who played on Test during classic knows that there's plenty of players to go around here. In fact way more than I would personally like. Live servers in classic were just obscenely and ridiculously overcrowded.

Not to mention it's not unreasonable to expect there would be a rather large influx of new/old people coming back to play on a fresh server. I also don't believe the old server would die off - there's too many people there with too much invested and not enough time to start over.

The main thing I'd worry about is there wouldn't be any low level activity on the old blue server anymore... or very little. I suppose that could be seen as a good thing too for certain types.