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Originally Posted by prc018100
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There is another private server called Shards of Dalaya that basically did everything you describe. It took all of the classic zones + many others and made a new world full of custom spawns, quests, etc. I played on it for a while and really enjoyed it. Totally confused the heck outa me coming to play in p1999 though as some of the newbie zones are high level etc. The community is pretty great too and they have AA's and something called tomes to keep you playing post 65 (the level cap last i played). The only downside to the server is that it is impossible for a casual player to catch the current players with a new char and they allow you to box 2 chars which I found to be tedious. You don't have to box, but it's hard for my OCD side to level solo when I could be leveling 2 chars at the same time. They also implemented a feature that allows you to lock your characters items so you can give info to your guild / friends and they can play your char without worrying they will delete or remove your gear. So, some of the really high level chars allow other guilds to use their chars to help progress. |
Shards have the same problem modern EQ Live has - 95% of players are at lev cap doing uber raids.
They started out good, but they never really gave anything to a casual/solo player to do when they hit lev cap.
If a new player starts today - you will fun time getting to max lev, but then you will get stuck - there is no one to raid with at lowest tier raids, and to get to the high end, you will need a whole guild to hand-hold you trough like 15 tiers of content keying and gearing you for 6 months before you can raid what they are raiding now.
Unless you join a game with 17 others new players - you pretty much will play solo and then quit.