Sleeper being awoken tonight (April 13th)

[Scalem]

sorry no warder loot

[greenspectre]

Figured this was as good a place as any to post my story and feelings regarding the sleeper waking.

I started Lobnor day 1 of Green with the hope, not expectation, of seeing some legacy content. As a married man with 2 younger kiddos and working overnight I knew my chances were fairly slim. Lobnor was about level 32 in January 2020 when the “married man” part changed, which put me out of the game for a couple months while I got my life in order. By the time I returned to the game in March 2020, COVID had hit and the Guise line was in Endless Mode. I think I made 34 when they got removed.

No problem. I enjoyed leveling up in Calamitous Intent and scoring a Plane of Hate BP before Kunark dropped, messaging my friend “I won EverQuest” at the time. Shortly after Kunark, CI merged into Kingdom and I had a serious decision to make- how serious am I about raiding? I reviewed Kingdom’s policies and attitude and decided to jump in. Since my schedule was random and awful, I could jump on raids on my days off and stock up on DKP to make smaller purchases, which I did (JB BP, Cloak of Piety, Spear of Constriction, PE hammer) and I got to see content I hadn’t previously, like VP.

When velious dropped I didn’t really expect us to be blitzing for keys. And I was not alone in noticing guild leadership was prioritizing KT on quakes, but it made sense, since we were still trying to develop our strategies for Zlandicar, Klandicar, etc. and as far as we knew ST had made their stance on not wanting to wake the sleeper clear, so there wasn’t any pressure really.

As we started prioritizing keys I didn’t expect to get one anytime soon, having somewhere around 15% RA. But when ST announced they’d be waking the sleeper it shut down any hopes I’d had of seeing warders. As a Shaman I wasn’t exactly after their loot but was upset for my guildies who stuck with Kingdom knowing we’d “get there eventually” and had it all shut down on them.

To Seal Team, I have the following to say: Thank you for at least announcing when you’d be doing this. I was at least able to witness the event firsthand and assist in the server protest of killing Yelinak before the Sleeper could get to him. If I wasn’t going to get to experience warders on p99, I at least got to have some kind of hand in the event. Also, if you guys actually wanted to KILL the sleeper, maybe this wasn’t the best way to go about it? It took a 3-guild alliance in POP era to do it on RZ, so if the goal was to give it an ACTUAL go, waiting longer and letting more guilds get in on the Warders for a while so they would feel more at peace with the idea of waking the sleeper would have been a better way to go. To pull off something like that In Velious era would require multi-guild cooperation, which is definitely not earned by pressing the Sleeper button before anybody touches Warder loot.

Anyways this was way too long, but hope it was of interest to somebody. The event itself was a blast I just wish it had come a year later than it did. I did pick up some of prenerf CoS’es and Elder Beads so I at least got SOME legacy content. It’s just tough with a family and this is the last piece of legacy content on the server. I’m sad to see it go.

[cd288]

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

Figured this was as good a place as any to post my story and feelings regarding the sleeper waking.

I started Lobnor day 1 of Green with the hope, not expectation, of seeing some legacy content. As a married man with 2 younger kiddos and working overnight I knew my chances were fairly slim. Lobnor was about level 32 in January 2020 when the “married man” part changed, which put me out of the game for a couple months while I got my life in order. By the time I returned to the game in March 2020, COVID had hit and the Guise line was in Endless Mode. I think I made 34 when they got removed.

No problem. I enjoyed leveling up in Calamitous Intent and scoring a Plane of Hate BP before Kunark dropped, messaging my friend “I won EverQuest” at the time. Shortly after Kunark, CI merged into Kingdom and I had a serious decision to make- how serious am I about raiding? I reviewed Kingdom’s policies and attitude and decided to jump in. Since my schedule was random and awful, I could jump on raids on my days off and stock up on DKP to make smaller purchases, which I did (JB BP, Cloak of Piety, Spear of Constriction, PE hammer) and I got to see content I hadn’t previously, like VP.

When velious dropped I didn’t really expect us to be blitzing for keys. And I was not alone in noticing guild leadership was prioritizing KT on quakes, but it made sense, since we were still trying to develop our strategies for Zlandicar, Klandicar, etc. and as far as we knew ST had made their stance on not wanting to wake the sleeper clear, so there wasn’t any pressure really.

As we started prioritizing keys I didn’t expect to get one anytime soon, having somewhere around 15% RA. But when ST announced they’d be waking the sleeper it shut down any hopes I’d had of seeing warders. As a Shaman I wasn’t exactly after their loot but was upset for my guildies who stuck with Kingdom knowing we’d “get there eventually” and had it all shut down on them.

To Seal Team, I have the following to say: Thank you for at least announcing when you’d be doing this. I was at least able to witness the event firsthand and assist in the server protest of killing Yelinak before the Sleeper could get to him. If I wasn’t going to get to experience warders on p99, I at least got to have some kind of hand in the event. Also, if you guys actually wanted to KILL the sleeper, maybe this wasn’t the best way to go about it? It took a 3-guild alliance in POP era to do it on RZ, so if the goal was to give it an ACTUAL go, waiting longer and letting more guilds get in on the Warders for a while so they would feel more at peace with the idea of waking the sleeper would have been a better way to go. To pull off something like that In Velious era would require multi-guild cooperation, which is definitely not earned by pressing the Sleeper button before anybody touches Warder loot.

Anyways this was way too long, but hope it was of interest to somebody. The event itself was a blast I just wish it had come a year later than it did. I did pick up some of prenerf CoS’es and Elder Beads so I at least got SOME legacy content. It’s just tough with a family and this is the last piece of legacy content on the server. I’m sad to see it go.

Sorry to hear about the wife situation. I think everyone outside of ST and DeathSilky agrees with you. You’re not alone in feeling the way you do

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think everyone outside of ST and DeathSilky agrees with you. You’re not alone in feeling the way you do

I am not saying you can't feel bad about missing content. People felt bad about missing out on Manastone, Beads, etc. But blaming other people is silly. Everquest has limited time content, and you know that going in. If you want to play an MMO where you are guaranteed to get all the loot you want, don't play Everquest.

[Ooloo]

Seriously it's depressing to see how mad people are over this. Just because some ST person said they did it out of spite, who cares? They *didnt* do it out of spite for months, it's part of the game, and they earned the right to do it. And it barely changes anything. I wonder what some people play this game for when this is the end of the world to them, yet they accuse the top guild of being spiteful? Even though it was a conflicted decision? Grow up.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Seriously it's depressing to see how mad people are over this. Just because some ST person said they did it out of spite, who cares? They *didnt* do it out of spite for months, it's part of the game, and they earned the right to do it. And it barely changes anything. I wonder what some people play this game for when this is the end of the world to them, yet they accuse the top guild of being spiteful? Even though it was a conflicted decision? Grow up.

Well said!

[Steven01]

Okay so yeah Seal Team sucks for that. So yes I am butt hurt about it, but that is the point. I won't rez that tag now if I ever get the chance to say no. That is okay. Was it fair yes. Is it fair I don't rez one yes. My point is doing that earns you the poop tag. Once someone list all the players that did it I'll be satisfied and won't help any if given opportunity, and that is okay. They can make an alt and ask for help so I don't know they where there. I'm allowed to do that .. and it is enjoyable [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] grats ST.. still like the game

The game is designed to have legacy.. and player controlled legacy earns you the poop tag.. as it should.. if a ST member gets mad you don't rez or port them.. tell them we'll you shouldn't have woken sleeper. That is okay I don't justify the ST Member nor the player Denying the port or rez..

Will say no matter what yes its fair they got it.. but will say it is Def a way of saying I don't care about the rest of the server.. well at least part of it.. because no one is saying hurry up and wake him.... just don't be mad at them just the Tag.. it holds no merit anymore .. dissolve ST join other guilds you have done the biggest dumb in the living room floor and we see it..

[fortior]

What is the alternative to not waking the Sleeper? Do players really want to farm pixels for an eternity and risk P99 Green ending/merging without that once in a lifetime event happening?

Anyone who was against waking the Sleeper is suffering from pixel sickness. Let it go lol.

[Local]

Who even is this DeathsSilkyMist bootlicker defending his bootlicking for pages on end in this thread, apparently with no skin in the game?

Give it a rest, guy. Boots can't taste that good.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Who even is this DeathsSilkyMist bootlicker defending his bootlicking for pages on end in this thread, apparently with no skin in the game?

Give it a rest, guy. Boots can't taste that good.

I am not boot licking at all. I know nobody in Seal Team, and I haven't complimented them once. I just find the arguments silly.

Just admit you are sad you didn't get legacy loot. Complaining about a normal game mechanic that is intended to be played is just silly. Seal Team played the game normally, as intended by the developers. That doesn't make them villains. If they are villains, then you are also claiming the developers are villains for removing Manastone. And I don't see anybody doing that[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]