What class will you roll on the new server?

[Fael]

Enchanter as first class, cleric as first twink. And then iksar monk main during kunark. Bard worked in somewhere for fun.

[dredra]

Well I have not heard of this new server, so I have high doubt that it will exist in the near future, if I do however get so lucky to catch the server and its soon I would roll a Dark Elf Cleric.

[dredra]

lol another thing, why in the hell do these moderators never let any of my posts go through? That is quite irritating you cant have a real opinion on the forums if they do not like what is said.

[ecarnby]

Does anyone know the ETA of the new server(s)? I'd like to play EQ1 but is it worth it for me to jump in now?

I'd like to start an Enchanter, but I remember a Cleric being my first character, followed by a druid.

[AenorVZ]

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

???

Was it confirmed somewhere that we're getting a fresh server? I find this hard to believe.

See my sig.

[Auvdar]

The server back at launch was a complete camp down cluster fuck when it was released in 2009, when maybe 100-200 people played on it at a time. Imagine that, during classic, with 1000+ people playing. Ugh.

I mean it would be fun, but the perma-camp will be on full throttle.

[Lemonhead]

Ya, it probably won't be fun if you have the goal of camping legacy items. And nobody will be able to buy manastones with the prospect of them being 100k+ in the future.

It will be very interesting how many people play. A lot of players will come back and word might spread on the live servers. It could be a very crowded launch.

There's a culture that forms on servers and on blue, we have a pretty darn polite culture, all things considered. The stress of 1000+ ambitious, skilled players competing in the old world could create a nasty little server.

[JurisDictum]

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

If the server followed the exact Classic timeline then I would definitely play Necromancer. Back in the early days, giving pets weapons decreased their attack time to the attack delay of the weapon. High level pets back then also did more base damage than they do now.

Necromancers with pets that were dual-wielding daggers had by FAR the highest DPS in the game; they were in a completely different universe. Their pets alone were doing literally 4x as much damage as any melee class at the time...and that was the melee who actually had the best weapons. It was ridiculously obscene. Mage pets were bugged at the time and couldn't dual wield, although they were still extremely strong too.

I voted necro. Not only because the of the above quoted OPness. It is also still a really strong class when fixed. You can solo from 1-50 faster than many people can group there.

They aren't quite as fast at leveling as druids, but I like them endgame a lot more.

Overall though -- Mage is the famous powerleveling class for fresh servers. They probably level around as fast as necros (maybe a little faster) and have a lot of group utility.

Edit: I might consider shaman for the reason of getting a headstart for Kunark. Also, unlike necromancers, Iksar isn't clearly the best race.

[Izmael]

The devs have beem working on the timeline patches just fine. Hardly not giving a shit.

Also running a new server would hardly cost much extra money.

[Auvdar]

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

Ya, it probably won't be fun if you have the goal of camping legacy items. And nobody will be able to buy manastones with the prospect of them being 100k+ in the future.

It will be very interesting how many people play. A lot of players will come back and word might spread on the live servers. It could be a very crowded launch.

There's a culture that forms on servers and on blue, we have a pretty darn polite culture, all things considered. The stress of 1000+ ambitious, skilled players competing in the old world could create a nasty little server.

It's not just the "goal of legacy item" farming either. You clump this many people, into a classic vanilla only server, it will be rough for anyone. That's why I always laugh at people who go "Man we need a new server so us folks who didn't know about this could get a jump on things like a Guise or a Manastone!".. Honestly, when the server had only 100-200 people playing on peak times you had a slim chance on getting one unless you were in the loop. Some people, like me, only got these items through connections with other guilds. Now imagine that, with 1000+ people playing. Basic group camps will be a shit show.

It's a fun fantasy to think I new server would be great. But in reality, it would be a giant mass of people knowing what to do trying to camp things before they get nerfed. If it was a mess with only 100-200 people playing at a time, imagine 1000+ people playing at a time.