this would indeed be awesome!

At this point I've given up hope for another classic PvP server at least until EQ live dies officially. It would be great though to see more work on the "30v30" PvP testing that goes on. I have hopes it will morph into some kind of minigame with rewards for the winners, etc. I'd love to just do some PvP again even if it's not the same as PvP while leveling, raiding, etc was back in the day.

Hell, a PVE server with no cheaters would be pretty awesome as well.

I've always been curious what it is about EQ vs. other games that attracts so much hacking? I know all games have people who are smart enough and determined enough to write their own rules, but EQ always seemed to have A LOT more of them (At least in SZ where I'm from). I know nothing about programing, coding, etc...

I'm a huge pro-pvp person, that is usually how I base my decision to play a game or not. In this case I couldn't pass up the chance to play classic EQ (I started right when Luclin came out). SZ in those days were the best times I've ever had playing a video game.

After playing SZ for all those years, I know all too well what Rogean is talking about.

Chris

but not with the current /duel setting on this server :p

It's a shame that PvP servers have attracted hackers in the past. A PvP environment is actually one that could address some of the "ubermob spawn rotation/conflicts" issues. The group that fights for it wins it :D

The server would need to be policed somewhat, mostly to avoid the hacking, the training and exploits. After that it's pretty rewarding, though. It's a fun experience having to turn up your game a bit, constantly watching who is in zone, being careful with your resources so you aren't too weak when others are around.

I hope there's an opportunity for it eventually.

The problem doesn't lay in the exploits, but the administrators who approach these problems and make it worse or have no idea what to do.

On VZTZ every player who has witnessed exploits has posted about it, we just don't have any staff that has the ability to actually fix things.

Voidd doesn't even know that you should backup a server right before you patch, the pvp staff sucks balls. Barking up the Rogean/Nilbog tree for pvp is a dead end.

I think they are quite open to the idea of pvp from the comments theyve made, and of course CTF and other events they are planning. Testing CTF is already a good start.

I'm new to EMUs with P99, but just to throw my 2 cp in...

The time I spent on Sullon Zek for the months it was live pre-Luclin was some of the most amazing EQ I ever got to experience and I would love a chance to do it again.

Just for reference, I started live at release and played fairly consistently thru around TBS....8-9 years-ish. Bitch as people may about PvP, most of the critics never played it....It puts a crazy twist on the game we love and makes you look at classes, skills, spells, gear, zones....practically everything differently.

And just like blue eq, it's hard. And that's why it's awesome.

Why not just allow for guild wars, and let that be it? Honestly, having played on RZ for years I can tell you, you do not want the hackers or cheaters here. Their entire goal is to bring your server down and laugh about it. They have minuscule lives outside of EQ and the only reason they hack EQ is because the client is extremely easy to hack and they got banned from WOW. These people are scum and you really don't want them here. Trust me.


Now if you wanted to guild war, that wouldn't be so bad, obviously people have a choice to war or not and if some nice rules are set up for higher end guilds it could bring some nice and fun competition, but do not under any circumstances go beyond that. The last thing you want are people here trying to ruin your gaming experience for fun.