Semi-Classic

[FatMagic]

As an aside... good Lord please don't start another server and split up the current population - even if you release a new expansion. That was laid out in the original plan to progress up to Velious It would murder the enjoyment of this server and it's good sized population to make a 2nd server. And please oh please don't reset accounts. I would quit in a heartbeat as I barely have time to play, and if I know my time spent would be eventually reset upon expansion release... I'd stop playing now!

But of course, this is just rumor as posted above. So I'm probably taking it out of context and freaking out over nothing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Ferok]

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

As an aside... good Lord please don't start another server and split up the current population - even if you release a new expansion. That was laid out in the original plan to progress up to Velious It would murder the enjoyment of this server and it's good sized population to make a 2nd server. And please oh please don't reset accounts. I would quit in a heartbeat as I barely have time to play, and if I know my time spent would be eventually reset upon expansion release... I'd stop playing now!

But of course, this is just rumor as posted above. So I'm probably taking it out of context and freaking out over nothing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They've already said they won't "reset."

I think alot of people are expecting a population surge with the Kunark/Velious releases, which could perhaps in part fuel another server at some point.

[Beor]

Just curious:

How far off is the EXP? Meaning how much faster are people able to level?

I understand that since many of us have gone through this before and we know the in's and out's of the game it makes it easier. But I still love the grind. I just wanted to make sure that this leveling wasn't like the Progression Server that SOE came out with, that was WAY to easy.

...looking for reassurance more than anything else.

-Eric

[Ferok]

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

Just curious:

How far off is the EXP? Meaning how much faster are people able to level?

I understand that since many of us have gone through this before and we know the in's and out's of the game it makes it easier. But I still love the grind. I just wanted to make sure that this leveling wasn't like the Progression Server that SOE came out with, that was WAY to easy.

...looking for reassurance more than anything else.

-Eric

It seems about right to me. I've got some ~40 hours played and I'm at level 15 as a Troll Shaman.

[Beor]

I guess, it just feels like i'm leveling a lot faster. I just loved how hard it was to level.
Anyone else have thoughts on how quickly experience is gained?

-Beor

[MutualofOmaha]

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

Just curious:

How far off is the EXP? Meaning how much faster are people able to level?

I understand that since many of us have gone through this before and we know the in's and out's of the game it makes it easier. But I still love the grind. I just wanted to make sure that this leveling wasn't like the Progression Server that SOE came out with, that was WAY to easy.

...looking for reassurance more than anything else.

-Eric

Experience gain is quite rapid, much more rapid than it ever was in Vanilla, and especially so for pet classes. Speaking just for myself, I have been playing since October, about 5 days after the server launched, and I currently have a magician, necromancer and cleric at level 50. My druid is level 42 as of yesterday.

Obviously I play mostly pet/solo classes, as I prefer to solo whenever I can. The overpowered nature of pets makes leveling on the server a real breeze, particularly if you kill guard npc's. However, leveling up the cleric demonstrated the overloaded group and dungeon bonuses, as well.

Even knowing how to play and where to go, and what to kill, I could never level so quickly on a more classic server, and I certainly could never have obtained the quest items and drops I have gotten in such a short period of time.

[Zithax]

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

Experience gain is quite rapid, much more rapid than it ever was in Vanilla, and especially so for pet classes. Speaking just for myself, I have been playing since October, about 5 days after the server launched, and I currently have a magician, necromancer and cleric at level 50. My druid is level 42 as of yesterday.

Obviously I play mostly pet/solo classes, as I prefer to solo whenever I can. The overpowered nature of pets makes leveling on the server a real breeze, particularly if you kill guard npc's. However, leveling up the cleric demonstrated the overloaded group and dungeon bonuses, as well.

Even knowing how to play and where to go, and what to kill, I could never level so quickly on a more classic server, and I certainly could never have obtained the quest items and drops I have gotten in such a short period of time.

No it's actually slower; also classic did have a group exp bonus which went something along the lines of:

(# of people) - (% of exp bonus)
2 - 2%
3 - 4%
4 - 6%
5 - 8%
6 - 10%

[nilbog]

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

Will this server strive to become more and more classic, as it continues to move forward? Will some, or all, of the above-mentioned aberrations be changed to classic, over time?

Lots of your questions would have been answered by simply knowing more about what you're playing. It is fairly well-known that spellbooks, boats, and other things are simply client limitations. I have NO idea how you didn't know this by playing on an emu server for 5 months. We will fix things as soon as we have fixes for them.

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

If this is to be an eventuality, I would be willing to devote effort and time to run down each and every bug or inconsistency and report them individually on the bugs forum. I don't generally waste my time on forums as I generally see them as worthless trolling logs, but if hard work and reporting really will lead to the creation of a classic server by the developers, that would alter things.

Again, I do enjoy playing on the server, that's why I am here. I can enjoy the current Semi-Classic server, but I would love a Classic server more.

As I feel most of the other questions have already been answered, I'll chime in on this part. Report the bugs you find. I also find forums to be "not worth my time" sometimes, but hey, I have more posts than anyone else. It's not like I woke up one day as was like.. I'm gonna project manage an Everquest server, let me get to work! It's all volunteer-based and I put in more hours than I should. If your questions yield cynicism, I hope you see why. It's like showing up to the Salvation Army and asking.. are you guys *really* gonna solve world poverty? I'll donate some food maybe, but only if its worth my time.

You should try reporting things, *then* see if they get fixed. Or looking through resolved issues? I don't know why you asked if reporting issues would yield a classic server. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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

Speaking just for myself, I have been playing since October, about 5 days after the server launched, and I currently have a magician, necromancer and cleric at level 50.

Now why wouldn't you have mentioned experience being too fast .. prior to your leveling of 3 lvl 50s? :P

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

But I would ask Aeolwind, or other developers actually doing things to move the server forward: can you answer my question? Once the myriad bugs and non-classic elements are eventually removed/mitigated/worked around/whatever, is there the possibility of some kind of relaunch for those of us interested in a functionally more classic server, or more preferably the possibility of a second server?

I'm not sure if this was just worded poorly, but it has a tone of unappreciation. All developers "actually" have done things to move the server forward. There are hardware limitations with servers. These are uncharted waters though; I don't think there has ever been enough people on a single eqemu server to test its potential. If this is prekunark and we have ~600 people playing, I assume if the server was more popular, or continues to grow at its current rate, that we would be forced to open another server.

I look forward to your submissions!

[Aaron]

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

...I currently have a magician, necromancer and cleric at level 50. My druid is level 42 as of yesterday.

What are their names?

Also...fuck off.