EQ as it should have been?

[stormlord]

Originally Posted by JerseyFresh609 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

While I would like to make a poll for this, not sure I can. Anyway I'm wondering how people feel about the server. You should fall into one of the following categories:

1. Classic - I want everything as close to classic as possible. Remove item links, etc.

2. As is - I'm happy with the way things are and trust those running the server to decide what's what.

3. Classic+ - As close to classic as possible but including things that improve the overall experience without affecting the game play: like item links, UI mods, Luclin Models, High res textures, etc..

4. As it should have been - Add/Remove things based on the best overall play experience even if these things affect game play (Though not in a MAJOR way), such as everything mentioned in 3 in addition to: removing xp penalties, adding chat channels, un-nerfing pet xp penalties, etc..


I personally fall in to the 4th category. I feel like things like pets stealing xp because it's "classic" even though it was reverted back on live because it was a bad decision is silly. XP penalties do nothing but make it harder on people and discourage people from playing or grouping with certain class/race combos. Chat Channels are just useful, they may cause EC to slow down but it's still player to player trades/haggling it's not like the bazaar that completely kills that. Anyway that's just my 2 cents, how do you all feel?

Also to those of you in charge, keep up the good work! I love this server and though I don't agree with all your decisions, I do appreciate that you all take your free time to help others enjoy themselves, for free. I've enjoyed the past couple months here and hope to enjoy many more.

I prefer 4, myself. The problem is that not everyone agrees about what is best for the server. It depends on how many people you want playing, really.

For example, I don't care for the luclin models. However, if they could make it so that if I select the old model for my race then that's what other players will see, or if I select the luclin model for my race then that's what other players will see, then I'd gladly accept that compromise. The reason I feel this way is because the old models and the luclin models have a completely different character. I respect social choices in games so I do not want to take that away from others. I believe in maintaining trust. If the luclin models and the old models were not so different, I probably wouldn't feel this way. Just to give an example, the old ogres are fat and almost comical. The new ones are muscled and serious. Another example are the gnomes. The old models for gnomes look older and weak(ish). The new models look younger and stronger. All of this is ignoring the fact that the faces look different. Another are the humans. The old models for humans look almost average in size and build. But the luclin models for humans look like wrestlers or heavy weight boxers. Lastly, I'd like to point out something many people have missed. The old models use textures for the face and there're no polygons for the mouth or the nose or the eyes. This means that the old face textures have a -wide- range of different eye and mouth and nose proportions. The luclin models, on the other hand, use polygons for the mouth and nose and eyes and this never changes for any particular race selection. So this means that no matter which face you pick, the placement of the mouth and nose and eyes will always remain the same.

Thing is, people -can- make their own version of project1999, but you have to work at it. Personally, I wouldn't care so much about recreating 1999-2001. I'd simply take the projectEQ database and carve it into what I think a MMORPG should be. But I think a lot of people would disagree with me.

I'd probably not use eqemulator for my hypothetical game. I'd go to an open source option in order to ensure legality and not ever have to worry about being shutdown by Sony.

An example of an open source MMORPG-like project is Crossfire. There're others.

I never in my life would do an EQ emulator. Too afraid of legality issues and too lazy.