Originally Posted by Thulack (Post 1613776)

People play here cause they want a classic experience. Deal with it.

Originally Posted by AceDSilva (Post 1613807)

Thank you for posting the unfortunate majority of the depth of intellect of the forumquest goers here, you're an absolute moron if you think that not having random and changing ZEMs to force players to think and move around is even remotely less classic than what we have here. Your previous post was a gem as well.

Originally Posted by psway (Post 1613787)

Exactly why this is being suggested. The experience here is not classic.


I suspect that the ZEMS were tweaked throughout the existence of the game, secretly, but I have yet to find proof of this. They officially introduced Hot Zones/Hot Spots in 2004 as "Hot Spots"

April 28 2004 patch

"Hot Spots
Try out the new Hot Spot zones which give a boost to Experience while adventuring in them, in a similar manner to
Paludal Caverns. The current Hot Spots are:

- The Castle of Mistmoore (20th to 30th level)
- The Lair of the Splitpaw (35th to 45th level)
- Dulak's Harbor (40th to 45th level)
- The Tower of Frozen Shadow (30th to 35th level)
- The Gulf of Gunthak (35th to 40th level)
- Hate's Fury (55th to 60th level)
- The Crypt of Nadox (50th to 55th level)
- The Torgiran Mines (45th to 50th level)

These Hot Spot zones are generally aimed at characters level 20 to 51. The Hot Spot zones will shift from time to
time, so watch for messages giving clues as to where the new ones may be."

Originally Posted by AceDSilva (Post 1613807)

Thank you for posting the unfortunate majority of the depth of intellect of the forumquest goers here, you're an absolute moron if you think that not having random and changing ZEMs to force players to think and move around is even remotely less classic than what we have here. Your previous post was a gem as well.



If you really think there weren't ZEMs before Velious, you really have no understanding of how EQ worked, at all. Just because something wasn't stated or acknowledged directly by SOE or the development team, doesn't mean it wasn't there before or after it was even mentioned. There were numerous mechanics and entities of EQ that got swept out of the game without a thought or mention. I wouldn't be surprised if ZEMs were specific to each server, and were able to be changed on a server to server basis, well before Velious. I'm not going to go digging through posts from 1999-2001 to show that there were discrepancies between this level 21 mob in ZoneA and that level 21 mob in ZoneB, the fact is they're out there and that EQ has always been that way. Just because they actually announced it and started using it as a feature instead of another line of code, should have absolutely no influence on whether or not the staff here wants to decide to make the server more exciting and everchanging (pun intended), or leave it the same leveling stream until Velious hits and then maybe one or two zones will change. Hooray for no variety!!!

Anyone who wants to play EQ in the days where people didn't know if they could kill this mob or that mob, or what lay around the corner of the next room, needs to invest their time and effort in a fucking time machine, because that's the only way you're ever going to achieve that. We (90% of the playerbase here, and 100% of the playerbase that has access to google, so 100% of the playerbase) have all the facts and information about the "classic" game we're playing. There's nothing classic about that. However, introducing different zones with different exp modifiers all the time and anytime, would absolutely introduce a classic element to the server. If you want the same 5 zones to group in for your 1-60 experience, have at it, because that's all that is going on for P99.