Haven't played in ages... are there still pathing problems?

[JayFiveAlive]

lol, dang - I was worried about that. I think the pathing is indeed not fixable then. I checked and its been 1.5 years since I played and these cases all sound familiar hehe.

It's not a deal breaker by any means, but its good to know anyway!

[Sharkeye]

you have to understand that mob pathing is an extremely hard thing to reproduce on emu servers. it takes up lots of server cycles and is a pain in the ass to implement. the eq99 devs deserve kudos for what they've done so far. play on another emu server and you will see what i mean; walls and floors don't exist (as far as mob pathing goes) in most dungeons. my biggest complaint for pathing here is that I wish CT worked better.

[Truu]

I haven't come across one damn thing thats screwed up in my 4 hours of messing around in riverdale and misty thicket. Actually its better than I remember original. Probably cuz I was 14 playing on dial up when I first played.

[pickled_heretic]

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

I haven't come across one damn thing thats screwed up in my 4 hours of messing around in riverdale and misty thicket. Actually its better than I remember original. Probably cuz I was 14 playing on dial up when I first played.

of course pathing in outdoor zones is fine. even if it's technically wrong there's no way for us to notice it because a mob with incorrect pathing still looks like he's doing exactly what he's supposed to do outdoors - wander aimlessly.

it's a whole different ballgame inside a dungeon. you will see mobs walk through walls, teleport, run randomly into another crowd of mobs and aggro a whole room for no reason, etc. and it's all because the pathing is fucked up.

i don't really blame the devs, pathing has to be one of the most time consuming things to fix. each mob / area that is pathing incorrectly must be validated and fixed separately and that's got to be a mountain of work considering how many mobs and how large the dungeons are in everquest. however, it is what it is. enter at your own risk.