I wonder how P2002 is doing :D

[Skinnah]

I wonder how P2002 is going to do now or hell even Red server. who thinks the population of these 2 cool dude guy things are going to jump?

[casino777]

I wonder how P2002 is going to do now or hell even Red server. who thinks the population of these 2 cool dude guy things are going to jump?

With green going to be horribly overcrowded in the end game now, hoping they release a new red server.

[Tierilo]

wish p2002 had a single box server... or even dual box. i like the era the most.

[rotbutt]

The Al'Kabor Project is fairly active. very nice community, Luclin-era currently with PoP eventually. It does permit boxing, though. There may be some grouping opportunities, as there are some P99 people moving over after the Teal-Green merger.

[Malikail]

The Al'Kabor Project is fairly active. very nice community, Luclin-era currently with PoP eventually. It does permit boxing, though. There may be some grouping opportunities, as there are some P99 people moving over after the Teal-Green merger.

I'm going to check that out. I'm done here for a while at least, maybe forever. If the community comes back, I'll come back but it's not here now and this era is not that much fun w/o it. Also the cult-like mentality is frustrating. Hell why don't they just disable all XP outside of those dungeons they all want a group in so badly? Then they can have the illusion that they're playing the game they want to play so badly. I don't even think they are a majority of the players but they'd have their groups in unrest, guk, ECT.

[Frug]

The Al'Kabor Project is fairly active. very nice community, Luclin-era currently with PoP eventually. It does permit boxing, though. There may be some grouping opportunities, as there are some P99 people moving over after the Teal-Green merger.

TAKP averages about 230, 250 characters lately, and that's boxed. That may be what people want, may not be. I don't mind boxing but I know some are triggered by it.

[Tethler]

wish p2002 had a single box server... or even dual box. i like the era the most.

Same. The single box is more important to me than the era though, so here I stay!

[Canelek]

Hopefully they release whatever PVP server so y'all can fuck off properly.

[Teppler]

I’ve been really interested in trying p2002 or TAP lately but I can’t really decide which. Is one a lot more likely to survive and thrive than the other? I just don’t want to spend many hours building chars and then have the server die. I’m so very burnt out of velious though.

[Skinnah]

Hopefully they release whatever PVP server so y'all can fuck off properly.

Awww someone is upset. what are you so upset about buddy.... what are you saying? so who release a pvp server and whos yall? Ive been on blue since 2010. been on greed since Day 1....you want to know who I think can fuck off properly? little toxic ass hats like yourself :D cheers buddy

[Skinnah]

Im staying put myself... Boxing helped kill EQ. 1 man raid teams XD this is why I wont touch any other private server's. those who are newer...the green servers population will slowly dwindle so it wont be as crowded. just stick it out guys, and try to avoid ass hats like Canelk, this guy has been shit posting on the forums since 2016 lol

[Skinnah]

I’ve been really interested in trying p2002 or TAP lately but I can’t really decide which. Is one a lot more likely to survive and thrive than the other? I just don’t want to spend many hours building chars and then have the server die. I’m so very burnt out of velious though.

a lot of us are brother! I would suggest Shards of Dalaya but from what ive seen lately is the population is only like 150 at peak, I remember in 2009 that server was booming.. 2020 is a good year for MMOs as well.

[Danth]

From what I understand P2002 is gradually moving beyond the Planes of Power-era and is more open to adding content beyond there. I don't know if anything's concrete yet. TAKP, being an EQ-MAC simulator, remains more resolute in keeping to a specific era. Either probably would've been much more popular if they had the confidence and resources to maintain a no-boxing rule. With three-boxing figure the actual number of players online is less than half the reported values. There's very little point in trying to play either unless the player enjoys operating multiple characters. Even if someone wants to single-box, as soon as he joins a guild or some such he'll have to tolerate constant pressure to run more characters.

Between the two, as an outsider it looks like TAKP is more stable in terms of population and goals.

Danth

[Skinnah]

From what I understand P2002 is gradually moving beyond the Planes of Power-era and is more open to adding content beyond there. I don't know if anything's concrete yet. TAKP, being an EQ-MAC simulator, remains more resolute in keeping to a specific era. Either probably would've been much more popular if they had the confidence and resources to maintain a no-boxing rule. With three-boxing figure the actual number of players online is less than half the reported values. There's very little point in trying to play either unless the player enjoys operating multiple characters. Even if someone wants to single-box, as soon as he joins a guild or some such he'll have to tolerate constant pressure to run more characters.

Between the two, as an outsider it looks like TAKP is more stable in terms of population and goals.

Danth

I could see the population growing a small bit but I think a majority of EQ players are not fans of boxing which I think will hold it back. but it should be interesting to see where they go, either way im staying with the Golden p99! I wont lie tho, I sometimes miss the old days with Shards of Dalaya lol

[Teppler]

I’m up for a change of pace with boxing. I imagine it’s the only way raid content is going to be handled on those servers.

I downloaded p2002 but I’m most concerned with the idea that I have no idea where the progression is going to stop. If it’s eventually going to level 70, 80, 90+ then I’m not interested. I want to grind AAs and do new content in the pop luclin era.

[Teppler]

Really the only reason I downloaded 2002 over TAP is because TAP looks like it has a more complicated installation.

2002 has some things going for it that I like.

I don’t mind the boxing. I like the era it’s in right now- pop. I really like the interface. Setting up boxing looks really convenient. You can set up the screens as big or small as you want and it doesn’t lag. I just don’t want to go past planes of power or be on a completely dead server.

I’m about to give TAP a download and see if I can set that up.

[Secrets]

Would you guys play on a truebox EQMac (TAKProject codebase) server, with Stone / Velious UI enforced?

Because I can make that happen...

[Teppler]

So to spell that all out....

TAKProject codebase is the one that is described as having a more stable goal of stopping at POP. To me, that's a big plus and that's one the 2 major concerns I have with p2002. And from what I understand they are pretty dedicated and skilled as developers.

What would the difference between Stone / Veious UI and TAP's UI?

[Secrets]

So to spell that all out....
What would the difference between Stone / Veious UI and TAP's UI?

The Stone / Velious UI is part of TAKP's client, you just have to set NewUI=false in the eqclient.ini file.

[Secrets]

TAKP compared to other servers:

http://wiki.takp.info/index.php?title=Server_Comparison

[loramin]

TAKP compared to other servers:

http://wiki.takp.info/index.php?title=Server_Comparison

It's everything I want ... minus boxing.

But sadly, that's a deal-breaker for me: I'll give up four expansions I'd love to play in (Luclin, PoP, LDoN and even, yes, LoY) just to actually play on a server with humans playing together, instead of a bunch of boxxers forming their own groups of one (and all but forcing me to 3-box also).

Here's hoping someday another emulated box exists with "unclassic" content and no boxing. Because I <3 this place, but someday I would like to see the moon again.

[loramin]

Would you guys play on a truebox EQMac (TAKProject codebase) server, with Stone / Velious UI enforced?

Because I can make that happen...

I'd try it, but why the old UI?

To me P99 has the whole "refusing to go past 2001" thing covered: if I'm going somewhere new it's because I want what P99 doesn't have (ie. Luclin-plus, and all the new UI and such that came with it ... not that I care specifically about say maps, but like not having cycle targeting is only "fun" here).

[Teppler]

It looks like p2002 is stopping at LoY. Is there a big meta change/raiding change in LoY at all?

[Elements]

It looks like p2002 is stopping at LoY. Is there a big meta change/raiding change in LoY at all?

No not really. PoP and LDoNs will be the main raids and content.

[Christina.]

Boxing is horrible, ruins everquest. Red99 or blue!

[Ligma]

I haven't play takp but p2002 doesn't even attempt to be classic in the way a lot of mechanics work. It's still fun though. Charm is ridiculously op. Was able to solo tagrin on a druid and regularly farmed glykus solo. Three boxed trakanon (who hits for 900 and flurries and rampages, as an example of how they don't try to make things classic)

To illustrate how shitty their mechanics are. I was able to pull the final mini bosses in air to the zone in using a rogue to target, xzul type pets, DA the train and tag the mini. The train doesn't social to the tagged mob. I just run off the DA toon and CoTH him for a clean pull.

Maybe they fixed it. Idk. I got banned for pulling BoT tower bosses to the bees, which is totally classic.

[Teppler]

I’m trying both servers. TAP is much harder and unforgiving than 2002. No maps, no zoom out, memorizing stuff seems to take longer, mobs seem to hit harder, leveling is slower. Not sure if people help noobs out a lot on that server but there was people handing out kei and other buffs on 2002.

[Secrets]

I’m trying both servers. TAP is much harder and unforgiving than 2002. No maps, no zoom out, memorizing stuff seems to take longer, mobs seem to hit harder, leveling is slower. Not sure if people help noobs out a lot on that server but there was people handing out kei and other buffs on 2002.

TAKP is more accurate to the era. You didn't have maps prior to LoY, zoom out didn't exist in that client (although hitting f9 twice and hitting i think it was insert/del actually makes the camera zoom similar to modern EQ), mobs hitting harder is the combat formula actually working, leveling is the same as it was on Al'Kabor (20% faster than live EQ at the time)

There's a grouping experience bonus for grouping:


1 member - 100% / 1 = 100%
2 members - 120% / 2 = 60%
3 members - 140% / 3 = 46.7%
4 members - 220% / 4 = 55%
5 members - 260% / 5 = 52%
6 members - 260% / 6 = 43.3%


People help out noobs all the time on TAKP. Head to PoK and get buffs from other players. That's no different on TAKP compared to any other EQ server that emulates PoP or later era EverQuest.

[Teppler]

We arent playing takp and we dont care so stop posting about it

if a mod reads this delete the thread as it promotes a non p99 server

I'm interested. I'm in the process of trying out both servers and I like to hear people pitch why one is a better pick than the other.

[Haynar]

I'm interested. I'm in the process of trying out both servers and I like to hear people pitch why one is a better pick than the other.

Takp sucks. You will hate it.

Go to p2002.

I have spoken.

[Ligma]

Does takp have green pet pulling?

[Haynar]

Does takp have green pet pulling?

No

[Canelek]

Sorry OP, that was not meant for you.