Sleeper being awoken tonight (April 13th)

[Elizondo]

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

This is nonsensical. I am not claiming the P99 dev's created Manastone from a game design perspective. You don't understand how video game emulators work if this isn't a troll. This conversation is going to be hard to continue if you are really starting from zero knowledge of video game creation and video game emulators.

Why can't you just admit Sleeper isn't the same thing as Manastone? lol

They are not the same thing. Just accept it.

If you want to say they intended the event to be triggered. Great. No disagreement. Intent is one thing. Action is another. Players are still in control. Players can all agree not to trigger the event. Choice. It was left in the players hands to do with what they will.

If there was a specific date in Live History where Devs and Gms triggered this event, you'd be right. P99 Devs would follow that history. Alas ... it's not so.

Choice is what separates the two. It's that simple. No long drawn out posts from you are necessary. You want to drag this out because you can't admit your original comparison was wrong.

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

P99 had to create custom code and rebuild the Everquest database to get the game working. P99 is part original Everquest code (in the case of the client), and part custom code/data (in the case of the database and server code).

The P99 Dev's could decide whether or not to put in Manastone. It isn't like they were forced to, they can do whatever they want. They could make P99 a completely custom server that has no resemblance to the original Everquest if they wanted. They decided to put Manastone in and have it be removed at a specific time, to simulate it getting nerfed.

It's called "Project 1999" for a reason. It's not called "Project Whatever" or "Project Pick And Choose"

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

On P99 Manastone is specifically designed to be removed, it is not organically removed due to balance issues being discovered that no one expected. People have known Manastone was overpowered for 20 years now lol.

Manastone on P99 is made available to mimic Everquest Live History. Manastone was not designed by the ya know, the people that actually designed it, to be removed. It was removed because of obvious imbalance issues that were not seen at it's original conception. If the P99 devs were concerned about it's imbalance they would never have allowed it on the server to begin with.

They are strictly following history however. Alas ..

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

Can no longer get manastone, can no longer get warder loot. Seems similar enough to me.

Devs remove manastone as part of an official time line. They are merely following the same foot steps of the original development team.

Players either leave sleeper up or trigger the event

Not similar. Nice try though.