Meiva
03-05-2020, 11:17 AM
I've been trying to sort out the timeline on the wiki, and unfortunately I am finding patch note history from the original timeline that does not follow the Green release timeline. The post from Nilbog claims to follow the release timeline, though I wonder if this timeline was made official before some of the official patch notes that people have dug up from 1999.
* May 2020: Plane of Hate
* June 2020: Temple of Solusek Ro opens / Legacy items cease to drop
Nilbog Sep 2019 - https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2960116
These two release dates I am finding do not correspond with the live history patch notes.
*Zone Enhancements*
Following the Halloween event which took place on Sunday night, the Plane of Hate was officially opened with new unique armor, weapons, and items. Please note, to enter the Plane of Hate, you must be at least 46th level or greater.
November 3rd 1999 -
http://web.archive.org/web/20010210085939/www.eqic.net/patches.htm
A November 1999 release would mean for a June 2020 P99 release if we are to stick to the classic timeline. UNLESS we are going to decide that the Halloween event on 10/31/99 was the official release of Hate. The zone may not have been available then, but that would mean for a May 2020 Hate release which I don't think any of us would hate. Still. It wouldn't be true to the classic timeline.
Then we have Temple of Sol Ro and the legacy item patch set for June 2020 on Nilbog's timeline.
*Optional Patch*
A new zone, The Temple of Solusek Ro, is now available via the optional patch.
*General Enhancements*
- Experience and looting rights are now awarded for group aggregate damage. This is now true for ALL servers. We still consider this change in 'TEST' and will conduct a poll as to whether it positively addresses the kill stealing situation in approximately 2 weeks.
- As mentioned on Saturday, Rubicite armor will no longer spawn. The new class specific quests to obtain the new armor are now in for each class that could wear Rubicite.
- Journeyman's Boots will no longer spawn where they did but rather are the products of a quest.
- To address trade fraud (players removing items/money immediately prior to trading to deceive the other player), items/money may only be removed by clicking on the "Cancel" button.
- When receiving a text message from either an NPC or PC speaking in a language other than "Common Tongue", if the user's language skill is high enough, the language being spoken will be noted preceding the text.
- The fishing pole will now appear in the player's hand whenever the fishing skill is used.
- A number of quests were both added and enhanced throughout the zones.
October 13th 1999 - http://web.archive.org/web/20010210085939/www.eqic.net/patches.htm
An October 1999 temple release would mean for a May 2020 temple release. So... In further investigation I have reviewed the wiki change history for our master classic timeline patch note history. The site with this detailed patch info appears to have been added after Nilbog's post on the Green timeline. I feel our Green timeline is almost certainly inaccurate, and I'm a little sad about that. Nilbog, might you be adjusting the Green release timeline?
Just a little additional evidence of Temple of Sol Ro release date, and the creating of legacy items.
The superpatch of Oct'99 removed both the Manastone and Box of Abu'Kar (sp) but it also introduced the Temple of Solusek Ro and all of it's class armor quests that were eventually improved upon with Kunark armor drops, Velious armor quests and finally the Ornate and Elemental armors of PoP. The crafted armor quests in SK for warriors were the test and template for the Sol Ro armor quests.
The expansion nerf to the manastone was about the same time that the plane of sky went live if not shortly thereafter. It was definately pre-Kunark that they announced it would no longer work in the outer planes or in any EQ expansion because it was just so unbalancing in the hands of a CH capable cleric.
The pre-PoP T-rod nerf was done for similar reasons, an endless manapool trivializes way too much content and takes the challenge out of many encounters.
The only way anyone can get one nowadays is if someone sells their old manastone.
Artulyn comment circa 2003 - https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=3650&p=4#comments
Optional Patch
- A new zone, The Temple of Solusek Ro, is now available via the
optional patch.
Oct 13th 1999 allakhazam source - https://everquest.allakhazam.com/history/patches-1999.html
And our wiki timeline. Please note that there are likely some conflicting and missing info from the additional timelines linked below the main one. I've been focused on the first timeline you see on that page.
https://wiki.project1999.com/Timeline
* May 2020: Plane of Hate
* June 2020: Temple of Solusek Ro opens / Legacy items cease to drop
Nilbog Sep 2019 - https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2960116
These two release dates I am finding do not correspond with the live history patch notes.
*Zone Enhancements*
Following the Halloween event which took place on Sunday night, the Plane of Hate was officially opened with new unique armor, weapons, and items. Please note, to enter the Plane of Hate, you must be at least 46th level or greater.
November 3rd 1999 -
http://web.archive.org/web/20010210085939/www.eqic.net/patches.htm
A November 1999 release would mean for a June 2020 P99 release if we are to stick to the classic timeline. UNLESS we are going to decide that the Halloween event on 10/31/99 was the official release of Hate. The zone may not have been available then, but that would mean for a May 2020 Hate release which I don't think any of us would hate. Still. It wouldn't be true to the classic timeline.
Then we have Temple of Sol Ro and the legacy item patch set for June 2020 on Nilbog's timeline.
*Optional Patch*
A new zone, The Temple of Solusek Ro, is now available via the optional patch.
*General Enhancements*
- Experience and looting rights are now awarded for group aggregate damage. This is now true for ALL servers. We still consider this change in 'TEST' and will conduct a poll as to whether it positively addresses the kill stealing situation in approximately 2 weeks.
- As mentioned on Saturday, Rubicite armor will no longer spawn. The new class specific quests to obtain the new armor are now in for each class that could wear Rubicite.
- Journeyman's Boots will no longer spawn where they did but rather are the products of a quest.
- To address trade fraud (players removing items/money immediately prior to trading to deceive the other player), items/money may only be removed by clicking on the "Cancel" button.
- When receiving a text message from either an NPC or PC speaking in a language other than "Common Tongue", if the user's language skill is high enough, the language being spoken will be noted preceding the text.
- The fishing pole will now appear in the player's hand whenever the fishing skill is used.
- A number of quests were both added and enhanced throughout the zones.
October 13th 1999 - http://web.archive.org/web/20010210085939/www.eqic.net/patches.htm
An October 1999 temple release would mean for a May 2020 temple release. So... In further investigation I have reviewed the wiki change history for our master classic timeline patch note history. The site with this detailed patch info appears to have been added after Nilbog's post on the Green timeline. I feel our Green timeline is almost certainly inaccurate, and I'm a little sad about that. Nilbog, might you be adjusting the Green release timeline?
Just a little additional evidence of Temple of Sol Ro release date, and the creating of legacy items.
The superpatch of Oct'99 removed both the Manastone and Box of Abu'Kar (sp) but it also introduced the Temple of Solusek Ro and all of it's class armor quests that were eventually improved upon with Kunark armor drops, Velious armor quests and finally the Ornate and Elemental armors of PoP. The crafted armor quests in SK for warriors were the test and template for the Sol Ro armor quests.
The expansion nerf to the manastone was about the same time that the plane of sky went live if not shortly thereafter. It was definately pre-Kunark that they announced it would no longer work in the outer planes or in any EQ expansion because it was just so unbalancing in the hands of a CH capable cleric.
The pre-PoP T-rod nerf was done for similar reasons, an endless manapool trivializes way too much content and takes the challenge out of many encounters.
The only way anyone can get one nowadays is if someone sells their old manastone.
Artulyn comment circa 2003 - https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=3650&p=4#comments
Optional Patch
- A new zone, The Temple of Solusek Ro, is now available via the
optional patch.
Oct 13th 1999 allakhazam source - https://everquest.allakhazam.com/history/patches-1999.html
And our wiki timeline. Please note that there are likely some conflicting and missing info from the additional timelines linked below the main one. I've been focused on the first timeline you see on that page.
https://wiki.project1999.com/Timeline