official: EQ live progression will be.... slow progression :(

[Grubbz]

so is this going to be a f2p server?

[Goobles]

Signs point to no.

[Erydan Ouragan]

Originally Posted by Haynar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They should open 3 servers. Slow progression. One thats stops at velious and one at pop and one that doesnt stop. See which does best.

Ultimately, i think the ones that would stop at Velious/PoP would be the ones with the most people after a certain amount of time.

There is a group of people who want "true" progression, as in progress through the whole game and every expansion all over again, and a select minority that would play up to their favorite expansion and then quit after it's done.

However, the groups that like Velious/PoP would remain, while the no-stop server would slowly die, xpac after xpac, because of the difference in mentality between both groups. Velious/PoP lovers like myself don't care about progress, we care about very specific content and we don't ever get tired of it. Just like Project 1999. 4 years into kunark and p99 is thriving. That speaks volumes.

I was really, really hoping for a PoP-locked server but unfortunately it will not happen, at least not this time. I will play on the new progression server all the way to PoP to experience it all over again, hell, i might even try GoD and OoW. But i know eventually i'm gonna lose interest and gooing to come back on p99.

Not because i actually like the classic/kunark/velious eras, in fact i find them "ok" but because what i really like is Luclin/PoP and p99 is what's the closest to that, compared to live with it's 8 bars full of hotkeys and 15 trillion AAs that make the game bloated.

[Laugher]

Originally Posted by Erydan Ouragan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

15 trillion AAs that make the game bloated.

I think this snippet is probably one of the only reasons I'm second guessing playing the server at this point (that and what era it will stop in). I've always liked that on p99 unlike my time on live or almost any other emu there isn't the demand/existence of AAs. I see their usefulness in future xpacs, but the time I know I'd spend on AAs above and beyond everything else vs. the amount of time I'm going to actually play a live server is a bit of a deterrent.

[oldhead]

I want long ass expantion times with a stop someone in or just after classic.

a) I got no time to spend grinding levels and AA's just to quit a few months later.

b) I got no time to spend to get levels and AA's fast enough to keep up to fast content... at least not while enjoying the game.

c) Fuck EQ'ers that like to rush content and think the game is about the raid/gear.

[Oleris]

https://forums.station.sony.com/eq/i...etails.219588/

new info. Instanced content for levels 1-15ish to deal with the initial rush.

Vote option for classic, classic+kunark, or classic+kunark+velious on launch. If the last option wins it will be 18 months until Luclin launches.

Removed alot of new stuff like out of combat regen, redoing PoH, PoF and some other zones to as close as possible to classic.

Hint at quarm for a second server name. People saying it might be a seasonal server or perhaps a PoP locked server.

classes/races unlocked at their perspective expansions.

reduced xp.


No word if monks, mages and some other stuff will be scaled back to a classic experience.

[Grubbz]

They should make it F2p and watch the server explode lol

[Mandalore93]

I'm torn between wanting to do this and play through PoP+ on a populated server or play on P2002 and get a full classic experience but with low population. :*(

[Millburn]

Apparently they're going to be reverting some of the old zones back. Even this small gesture is enough to keep me interested. It's the small things that you have to show appreciation for so I'll definitely be giving it a go.

[Mandalore93]

That would be cool. I know some of the revamped zones had new drops in it that would destroy classic content stuff. Lavastorm in particular had some very good items in the mid 20-30s that would be BIS in classic.