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Originally Posted by azxten
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Never forget everything that has happened on P99 occurred with EQEmu channeling code. Level 1 you have 70% success rate compared to 30% in classic. You're basically a level 40 caster starting at level 1. Finding this out and putting in the work for this bug report is what ruined P99 for me.
https://project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=395675
I don't know what the staff thinks about this because they haven't said a word since I originally told Nilbog I was looking into this and he said he would check it out. I believe he said something like "next week." So did they change anything? Are they using stock EQEmu channeling? I don't know but I do know I confirmed on P99 at level 1 you've got ~50-70% success rate when I started this research.
So even if they want to provide the usual snarky response after months/years of ignoring the community, I'd contend it's a dick move to tell someone you're going to look into hours of work they put into your project then ghosting them when it seems to reveal the server is wildly unclassic and basically easy mode.
Just remember every single time you channel a spell you're experiencing custom easy mode EverQuest. Especially if more than one mob is hitting you because EQEmu just applies an adjustment for multiple attack hits up to a cap around 15 but in classic every hit required a separate channeling roll and if any of them failed you wouldn't cast.
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Without getting into all the vitriol, I again, thank you for the interest/work you did regarding the subject of channeling. At the time it was posted, we had more source code devs than are active now, and (this one bug report) has not been finalized for a patch. If we use any portion of what you suggested, you will certainly be credited.
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Originally Posted by Ooloo
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Kind of a sidebar issue but I have noticed lately a lot of strange spammy GM server messages. Today for example "Hey send this other gm a joke! You get a prize!" or "Everyone send tells to X they just leveled!". Or gm's showing up at EC tunnel and turning everyone into a spider. It just comes off as spammy and makes the server seem like an emu being run out of some kid's basement.
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What GM server messages are you talking about? Send me a PM and describe specifics if you want. From a cursory glance, I don't see them.
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Originally Posted by loramin
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Of course, if the staff did actual/classic GM events, instead of just illusion trolling, I'm sure everyone would love them and there would be no complaints ... except for the GMs themselves.
Evidently they hate running classic GM events (I'm not putting words in their mouth, I'm just going by the fact that they never run them).
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Do you have enough evidence to 'run classic GM events'? That's the blocker I came across; I don't. There are ongoing efforts to do several classically 'inspired' events, but to simply say, oh yeah, run classic GM events without knowing requirements. That's not happening.