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/08/2011 16:21:24 Subject: Re:Re:Re:It’s time to get ready for the arrival of Fippy Darkpaw on February 15, 2011!
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kurtzhair wrote:

jacklSK wrote:

Another question , racial bonuses enabled again ?

Aren't they still enabled now? At least the halfling EXP bonus, the Iksar/Troll regen and the other iksar stuff, and the warrior/rogue exp bonuses seem to still be in.

Not sure about penalties, though.


Correct. The bonuses will stay, the penalties will NOT be re-instated.

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yinlaBB wrote:

Will revamped zones be back to their orriginal forms? ie Freeport, Nec Forest, Oasis/South Ro, Innithule Swamp, East Commonlands/commonlands, Kithicor Forest, High Hold Pass, Lavastorm, Toxxulia Forest, Ocean of Tears and Sleepers Tomb Plane of Mischief, Chardock, Veeshan Peak, etc when the expansions are unlocked

No. Revamped zones will be in their current form.
Some zones had "Alternate Data" these zone will have the original data if available, and swith to the "new data" at the aproximate expansion time it was done on live.


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Ghost_of_Philphans wrote:

Aftahmath261 wrote:

Has the exp been scaled back and how much?

Are any of the revamped zones(freeport, oasis) returned to their former greateness?

Have translocators been removed from docks or are they still avalabe?

I think that you guys did a great job! It seems like you're really trying with this one and I know quite a few people are coming back to play on it!

the translocators aren't on the current servers.. i would doubt they would be on the TLP


exp has been scaled back. At this point I don't plan to give an exact number, though that may change.

revamped zones will stay with the revamp

translocators will still be available because boats are still unreliable. Unfortunately they are still buggy and we have not been able to spend the time needed to nail it down.
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Laquish wrote:

another question, how will spell setup be?



Every 4-5 levels like old times, or will it be how it is now..every level?


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Mall wrote:

I am a little curious. So a time locked server. Does that mean hell levels are back? Does this means all the garbage that has been done to this classes over the years been reinstated as it was when the game came out? I believe you would have very interesting thing here things were as they were when the game was released. I think for the most part people don't realize how hard this game was back in the day. Very interesting! Lots of questions un answered.



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Hell levels are not back. We did not restore the original curves, instead we just slowed down experience gain overall. It will use the current "curves" but exp gain has been slowed.

Classes will be what they are "now"
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Machail wrote:

EcaepDuTraeh wrote:

I am excited about this server for everyone, but I want to weigh in on the "server rush" debate that is going on due to this server's launch. Many are upset that the grace period is so short. I took 6 years to get to level 50 on 1999's rule set because I am a casual gamer. Getting it done in 90 days on the same rule set seems possible but unlikely for everyone who isn't multiboxing. While it is not certain that the server will move to the next expansion after 90 days, the proportion of hardcore EQers still playing seems to indicate that it won't be much longer than 90 days. This is the main contention of the more casual community.

Methinks you misunderstand the unlocks.

First, a bunch of people have to get to 50, then they have to kill Naggy, Vox, Phinny, CT and Inny. THEN we have 90 days. THEN we have a vote.

It's going to be a good chunk longer than 3 months before we see Kunark.

It took about 2-3 weeks before Kunark was unlocked on The Sleeper server in 2006. Add in a week-long vote, and we're already at 4 months.

There's also no indication that leveling is going to be as slow as it was in 1999, either. I wouldn't at all be surprised to see even the casuals in the mid 40s or higher after 4 months.

Though unlike Sleeper server, we do have an EXP slowdown going which will affect the rate of level gain this time.

I don't doubt there will be some people that spend very long hours, and optimize everything possible in a way that was not possible in 1999 and do it quickly, but it will not be as easy as the last time we did the progression server.
( Must of never herd of project 1999)
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