Polite dialouge on future of red99

[viix]

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

You should drop out and quit your job r99 is so good and there's like 16 other online you could be pixelating with

night shift manager at wendys is serious business... but least he'd have that "professional webmasters" degree from ECPI to fall back on.

[hagard]

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

night shift manager at wendys is serious business... but least he'd have that "professional webmasters" degree from ECPI to fall back on.

Lol I know rite!

[PhantomRogue]

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

So what you are saying is "EQ Classic is not for me". There are plenty of MMO choices for you, find one that means your "busy schedule".

Classic is for me. But in order for it to be for me, I need people to group and play with, to make "the journey" worth while and fun. If I wanted a single player experience, I would be playing D3.

[Tr0llb0rn]

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

Classic is for me. But in order for it to be for me, I need people to group and play with, to make "the journey" worth while and fun. If I wanted a single player experience, I would be playing D3.

then be part of the solution and log in? duh

[Nirgon]

Hot zones were classic iirc. Not a bad idea.

Global ooc is in for people too lazy to use forums / IRC.

Good xp curve is in.

PROBLEMS:
Mage bolts through walls, gg on this one.
Root/stun/whirl still. Mage pet root.
Someone who has full powers to back up Sirken and Amelinda. When shit went way south grief wise and on the raid scene on RZ? HNIC Ozuri showed up to restore order. I don't exactly agree with his "no pvp in raid zones or I shut them down" policy, in fact that was a horrendous idea... but at least there was a constant fear that being a numb nut would get you an instant "You have been summoned! Loading Please Wait....". I think the only people dumb enough to train were the die-hard non english speakers in Peacebreakers. They were swiftly banned.

Minors / opinions for improvement:
A little more fine tuning on damage spell resists, not really the hugest deal.
This server should have been item loot instead of xp loss, if root resists and shit were right, running around in just no-drop planar would be perfectly fine (like it was on live!!!!).


-- It's over here dawgs, get it through your head. It had an amazing, if not a better start than I could have imagined, but the problems above along with unplayable lag and no functioning guards in PvP scared a good chunk of die hards off the box. Given the list of problems up there, I'd say it's a real damn shame because it was so close. I'd stick with putting these fixes in and maybe releasing this thing again with a definite Velious in its future and true classic timeline. Personally though, as far as life goes for me, I cannot bring myself level up another character in Everquest starting at 1 :P.

[EQtrader]

Nirgon was possibly the worst holocaust member ever, sometimes I cant even tell if hes just a total bluebie or still playing in nihilum. One post he suggest exp is wrong, global ooc is needed, dude is a bigger flip flopper then obama. I think he doesnt even deserve to put holocaust tag up. Nirgon suggest unplayable lag was the problem... thats the lulz.

[heartbrand]

It's even more frustrating because he's complaining about bugs that have been fixed. Bolts through walls is partially fixed, you require LOS @ the beginning of a spell, much like on classic, the only remaining issue is that some walls aren't flagged properly as walls on this server, which allows Minie (pre-ban for RMT) to launch bolts in sol b. Root has been fixed, mage pet root sucks and has always sucked, whirl is almost impossible to land on anyone with MR, etc. etc.

[SamwiseBanned]

Hail.

[Lazortag]

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

... mage pet root sucks and has always sucked ...

Uh no. At lower levels on red99 it was functionally unresistable. You could dominate anyone with a single mage pet since they'd stay rooted forever.

[SearyxTZ]

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

Given the list of problems up there, I'd say it's a real damn shame because it was so close. I'd stick with putting these fixes in and maybe releasing this thing again with a definite Velious in its future and true classic timeline. Personally though, as far as life goes for me, I cannot bring myself level up another character in Everquest starting at 1 :P.

Pretty much how I feel too. With the good fixes/changes over the past few months I actually think this current server would have worked had it been the one that launched in November.


Let's try a hypothetical question: if the devs were to announce a BIG PATCH (ahead of time) that included an exp boost and hotzones, and then set a concrete date for Kunark launch - would you play again?

This would probably require them to actually post on the red forums, which seems historically unlikely, but let's just pretend.