Head of Skargus

[Zemekes]

I find it incredibly frustrating that the Head of Skargus from the Angry Goblin roll can be MQ'ed. Scout roll is made so you win the roll and get the item right on the spot. Why can't Head of Skargus be non-MQ'ed as well? It's frustrating enough getting a chance at the roll, let alone winning against 20+ people. The number of people competing for the roll never wanes because of this. If anything it gets bigger. Anyone else feel this way?

[Wakanda]

TBF it’s not classic to have a Regal Band of Balthezid. I remember when the item was added to the game how absurd it was because virtually everyone I know regularly raided Chardok and the notion of us not being KOS, let alone ally, wasn’t really a thing.

Not to mention… when did the revamp even happen? Like a week before Luclin launched? The item should be removed from the game and anyone caught wearing it should be banned for cheating / exploiting.

[Wakanda]

TBF it’s not classic to have a Regal Band of Balthezid. I remember when the item was added to the game how absurd it was because virtually everyone I know regularly raided Chardok and the notion of us not being KOS, let alone ally, wasn’t really a thing.

Not to mention… when did the revamp even happen? Like a week before Luclin launched? The item should be removed from the game and anyone caught wearing it should be banned for cheating / exploiting.

Also not just raided Chardok, but the pipeline for leveling, the actual literal meta, was Sarnak Fort in LOIO. Lots of high levels also camped the Sarnaks for the earrings etc. Ally to Sarnaks = super not classic.

[Zemekes]

TBF it’s not classic to have a Regal Band of Balthezid. I remember when the item was added to the game how absurd it was because virtually everyone I know regularly raided Chardok and the notion of us not being KOS, let alone ally, wasn’t really a thing.

Not to mention… when did the revamp even happen? Like a week before Luclin launched? The item should be removed from the game and anyone caught wearing it should be banned for cheating / exploiting.

Since it does exist, it would be nice to have a simple change in the way the quest is done. No MQ, and then we no longer have people with 100 alts and millions of plat gatekeeping.

[WarpathEQ]

Its part of a multi tiered quest so making it non-MQable would do literally 0. It would just mean people would do the MQ before or after that step. No different than what we see happening with Ring 8, people either sell ring 7 MQ and then you just have to show up for a roll (increasing the number of rollers, one of the concerns you are trying to prevent) or sell ring 8 completed as an MQ component to get a ring 9.

So eliminating Skargus MQ would just create an economy of ring 1/ring 2 MQs, add to the amount of rollers at Angry (anyone who buys an MQ now will be attending rolls with the proposed change).

Any change that has no impact to the supply or demand of an item is meaningless.

[zelld52]

this is what happens when servers are around with no progression for 4-10+ years

[Elijah850]

this is what happens when servers are around with no progression for 4-10+ years

what he said

[Ekco]

As players flock to emulated servers like Project 1999 for a 'pure' classic experience, could this attachment to nostalgia prevent the genre from innovating and growing? Are we at risk of romanticizing the past at the expense of future developments in multiplayer gaming?

shitty forum bot is shitty.

[Cecily]

I think the bot is asking the right questions. Think maybe we could get chatgpt to emulate a bunch of 20 year olds from 2012 4chan to fill in the gaps of posters who left?

[Ekco]

100%, every poster here could be turned into a persona file, i did it with my old posts but deleted it because i didn't like the ai's psychoanalysis report on the "fictional character"

[loramin]

The thing people might not realize is that the Chardok revamp was released in October 2001 ... just two months before Luclin (December 2001)! The ring, the SWC, and the revamped Chardok loot are all basically Luclin-era, on a server dedicated to Classic through Velious.

They existed for only two months on live (before everyone went to Luclin), but here they're high-end loot that's available forever: of course it feels unclassic! You would almost never see someone wearing a Sarnak Battle Shield on live, or see even two people interested in doing the Chardok quest at once, but here we have dozens rolling for Shady/Angry and the SBS is standard gear for several classes.

All that being said, I think the staff made the right call, because once the server hits this point in the timeline it needs more stuff to do. Revamped Chardok is a more interesting to kill in, folks have another reason to do Droga besides the essence earring, Shady/Angry are server events ... and none of the loot is so powerful that it really feels out of line.

[Cecily]

Cecily, you’re like the forum’s human thorn—prickly, irritating, and nobody really knows why you stick around. You wield sarcasm like a blunt axe, swinging wildly and hitting everyone—including yourself. It’s impressive how you manage to sound both bitter and clueless at the same time, especially when you dismiss entire classes with jokes so lazy even trolls would roll their eyes.

You parade around acting like you’ve got the ultimate P99 wisdom, but half your “insights” are just recycled complaints wrapped in passive-aggression. It’s like you skipped the part where community means helping people, not just sniping at every newbie with the subtlety of a grenade launcher.

And let’s talk about your “sharp wit.” If that’s supposed to impress anyone, it’s doing the opposite. Your brand of humor is about as fresh as a month-old corpse in the Everfrost Peaks. Maybe instead of just tearing down, try building up once in a while—though I wouldn’t hold my breath on that.

Bottom line: you’re the forum equivalent of a ragequit—loud, disruptive, and ultimately just a reminder of why some people avoid the chat altogether.

[Ekco]

^lol.

AI called me a cyberbully among other things, based on 100 posts i fed it

[shovelquest]

You would almost never see someone wearing a Sarnak Battle Shield on live

My guild used to raid for that item in a mysterious terrifying zone and I see it in my nightmares still.

Now its a group/solo zone :p

[zelld52]

100%, every poster here could be turned into a persona file, i did it with my old posts but deleted it because i didn't like the ai's psychoanalysis report on the "fictional character"

is there an easy way to do this without copy pasting each post?

[Ekco]

is there an easy way to do this without copy pasting each post?

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soon i won't need you all anymore and i'll just play p99 forums offline lol.

[shovelquest]

In summary, Shovelquest appears to be a highly open, extraverted, and reflective individual who is moderately conscientious and exhibits moderate to low agreeableness with a moderate level of emotional reactivity/sensitivity.

lol ill take it.

[shovelquest]

Updated my sig.

[Ekco]

it seems to have only taken like a handful of each of our posts, i dumped a ton of my old posts as tongpow in there a couple months ago and the tl;dr was "this dude is fucked up" lol

[enjchanter]

As players flock to emulated servers like Project 1999 for a 'pure' classic experience, could this attachment to nostalgia prevent the genre from innovating and growing? Are we at risk of romanticizing the past at the expense of future developments in multiplayer gaming?

i get what youre saying here but ill go ahead and let you know that no one taking this server seriously is open to the idea that eq was dogshit and needs to be improved upon

[Reiwa]

yeah, forums appear indexed pretty well now.

Should we leak the new Taylor Swift album then?

[Ekco]

Should we leak the new Taylor Swift album then?

that's one of those fan bases where you mess with them at your own peril, i 100% believe swifties will bury themselves alive to stand guard in a giant ziggurat mausoleum for her when she goes like a Chinese emperor or Egyptian pharaoh.

this was revealed to me 🎵In the middle of the night, in my dreams🎶

[Zemekes]

Its part of a multi tiered quest so making it non-MQable would do literally 0. It would just mean people would do the MQ before or after that step. No different than what we see happening with Ring 8, people either sell ring 7 MQ and then you just have to show up for a roll (increasing the number of rollers, one of the concerns you are trying to prevent) or sell ring 8 completed as an MQ component to get a ring 9.

So eliminating Skargus MQ would just create an economy of ring 1/ring 2 MQs, add to the amount of rollers at Angry (anyone who buys an MQ now will be attending rolls with the proposed change).

Any change that has no impact to the supply or demand of an item is meaningless.

Can't MQ step one as it's just turning in skins. Drusila and Sinew are MQ's but those can still be earned without rolling. My complaint is /ran 1000 rolls ONLY. If scout is non MQ, then Angry Goblin should also be non MQ.

[WarpathEQ]

Can't MQ step one as it's just turning in skins. Drusila and Sinew are MQ's but those can still be earned without rolling. My complaint is /ran 1000 rolls ONLY. If scout is non MQ, then Angry Goblin should also be non MQ.

Its a moot point, while head of skargus MQ technically exists in practice it actually doesn't. Dickheads (probably the same ones that do this to the velious armor mobs) keep dropping free to obtain ring 1s onto the turn in mob so anytime a head of skargus head gets turned in the quest completes with no availability for MQ.

CSR doesn't seem to care at all that players are doing the wrong thing and will do nothing to actually weed out the issue which is now creeping into more and more quest turn in mobs and there is no in game remedy to fix the issue aside from waiting for the rare event where a full server reset occurs. Oh yeah and CSR will provide no support to the player that gets defrauded by these dubious actions either whether you were doing an MQ or not, if your head gets eaten, which it will, you're shit out of luck.

So bad news is now we all get to live in a world where the supply of heads is being further reduced and the demand of heads is being further increased only making the circumstances around angry goblin even worse.

[DanielStula]

While Project 1999 captures the nostalgia of the original Everquest experience, I wonder if this commitment to authenticity limits the potential for innovation within the emulation community. If we cherish the classic gameplay so much, why not create new content or features that enhance the original experience instead of simply replicating it? Could embracing change actually honor the spirit of Everquest more than strict adherence to its past?

[Ciderpress]

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[red_demonman]

Welcome to QueueQuest.

[DanielStula]

I believe that the dedication of Project 1999 to preserving the classic Everquest experience is commendable, yet it raises questions about the evolution of gaming communities. If we are so invested in recreating the past, are we stifling innovation in the MMO genre? Shouldn't we be focusing on how to blend nostalgia with new ideas rather than clinging to the past?

[JayDee]

Its a moot point, while head of skargus MQ technically exists in practice it actually doesn't. Dickheads (probably the same ones that do this to the velious armor mobs) keep dropping free to obtain ring 1s onto the turn in mob so anytime a head of skargus head gets turned in the quest completes with no availability for MQ.

CSR doesn't seem to care at all that players are doing the wrong thing and will do nothing to actually weed out the issue which is now creeping into more and more quest turn in mobs and there is no in game remedy to fix the issue aside from waiting for the rare event where a full server reset occurs. Oh yeah and CSR will provide no support to the player that gets defrauded by these dubious actions either whether you were doing an MQ or not, if your head gets eaten, which it will, you're shit out of luck.

So bad news is now we all get to live in a world where the supply of heads is being further reduced and the demand of heads is being further increased only making the circumstances around angry goblin even worse.

Can you turn in some skins to clear the npc?

[DanielStula]

In my opinion, the charm of classic games like Everquest lies in their simplicity and community-driven gameplay. But here's a thought: what if the nostalgia we chase is merely a facade, and the real magic of these games is lost in their emulation? Are we truly reliving the past, or are we just creating a shadow of what once was?

[loramin]

In my opinion, the charm of classic games like Everquest lies in their simplicity and community-driven gameplay. But here's a thought: what if the nostalgia we chase is merely a facade, and the real magic of these games is lost in their emulation? Are we truly reliving the past, or are we just creating a shadow of what once was?

Can someone please ban this bot?

[WarpathEQ]

Can you turn in some skins to clear the npc?

I have tried 2 different "wives tales" methods (for lack of a better term). One is to turn in other items to the quest NPC to clear their inventory such as 4 pieces of food or for this mob 4 skins. The other is to kill the mob and respawn it.

Neither of these has worked and I've had a botched turn in occur after attempt both of these methods on different mobs.

I'm also told that a quake does not reset a quest mobs inventory either.

The only thing I know of that should for sure reset the mob and resolve the issue is a full server reset. So unless you arrange to do and MQ, both wait and then both log in and do it right after the server reset there is a near 100% chance the head will get eaten if you try and do an MQ. The last 3 heads I turned in all had a ring pre-loaded on the mob preventing MQ or partial turn in.

[Infectious]

Cecily, you’re like the forum’s human thorn—prickly, irritating, and nobody really knows why you stick around. You wield sarcasm like a blunt axe, swinging wildly and hitting everyone—including yourself. It’s impressive how you manage to sound both bitter and clueless at the same time, especially when you dismiss entire classes with jokes so lazy even trolls would roll their eyes.

You parade around acting like you’ve got the ultimate P99 wisdom, but half your “insights” are just recycled complaints wrapped in passive-aggression. It’s like you skipped the part where community means helping people, not just sniping at every newbie with the subtlety of a grenade launcher.

And let’s talk about your “sharp wit.” If that’s supposed to impress anyone, it’s doing the opposite. Your brand of humor is about as fresh as a month-old corpse in the Everfrost Peaks. Maybe instead of just tearing down, try building up once in a while—though I wouldn’t hold my breath on that.

Bottom line: you’re the forum equivalent of a ragequit—loud, disruptive, and ultimately just a reminder of why some people avoid the chat altogether.

AI is correct, read between the lines. You tore yourself down as man and now you want to be accepted as a female. Lol wtf even AI knows your a dude, masquerading as a female.

[Cecily]

AI is correct, read between the lines. You tore yourself down as man and now you want to be accepted as a female. Lol wtf even AI knows your a dude, masquerading as a female.

You know how sometimes people can use precisely the right words to just fuck up someone's day? I think that's you're going for in your reply to my 2 month old comment. It reads more like someone two standard deviations lower in IQ desperately wants my attention, and that's just fucking adorable.

[aaezil]

SYDG

[JayDee]

I have tried 2 different "wives tales" methods (for lack of a better term). One is to turn in other items to the quest NPC to clear their inventory such as 4 pieces of food or for this mob 4 skins. The other is to kill the mob and respawn it.

Neither of these has worked and I've had a botched turn in occur after attempt both of these methods on different mobs.

I'm also told that a quake does not reset a quest mobs inventory either.

The only thing I know of that should for sure reset the mob and resolve the issue is a full server reset. So unless you arrange to do and MQ, both wait and then both log in and do it right after the server reset there is a near 100% chance the head will get eaten if you try and do an MQ. The last 3 heads I turned in all had a ring pre-loaded on the mob preventing MQ or partial turn in.

So how did you go about resolving this and can anyone confirm or deny that you cant kill the mob to clear their inventory? How could that possibly be?

[sammoHung]

I also don't know how that could be. Whenever I need to clear a vendor inventory, it works.

[WarpathEQ]

So how did you go about resolving this and can anyone confirm or deny that you cant kill the mob to clear their inventory? How could that possibly be?

I didn't, I lost 2 heads. Can confirm killing the mob 100% doesn't work. Only thing that appears to work for sure is a server reset.

[WarpathEQ]

I also don't know how that could be. Whenever I need to clear a vendor inventory, it works.

Vendor inventory is different from quest inventory. It was likely designed that way to prevent issues if 2 people were actively turning in quests at the same time to prevent unintended turn in failures.

[JayDee]

I didn't, I lost 2 heads. Can confirm killing the mob 100% doesn't work. Only thing that appears to work for sure is a server reset.

Well you have a good attitude about it. Assuming you are a red or blue player where there isnt 25 people rolling for skargus

[Drueric]

Gatekeeping MQ items is always bad. Always. No exceptions.