EpicEmu(Classic to Velious) now in open beta.

[Cosette]

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

The sleeper is going to be fun when it opens (who doesn't like new servers, heck I think P99 could more than double its pop if they ran a second blue server)..

but the dark horse in the "classic" eq race will be the EQClassic project that everybody seems to forget.

Appreciate the mature, kind response. I didn't come here to step on any toes. I'm just wondering why people seem so offended by EpicEmu.

Unfortunately, you're right. No server will ever match up to the real EQ classic. And a LOT of that is because it's 2012 now, and many of us are here for the nostalgia. Much of the magic from EQ classic has left us as we've grown up, no matter what age we started playing. Raiding Kael for me at age 23 will never be like raiding Kael was at 12, and killing crocs on P99 wasn't like how it was when I was 10 either.

EpicEmu is starting in Velious to appeal to those who miss oldschool Velious. You can visit in in present day EQ and in other emulated servers, but its hard to find a similar classic version. Because P99 already offered Classic and Kunark, I believe EpicEmu just wanted to do something different. They don't mean to be malicious and take over so much as just offer something old, but new that may spark interest in some people. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Hailto]

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

I'm just wondering why people seem so offended by EpicEmu.

Probably because they are advertising their server on the P99 forums, which will potentially take players from our server, it's just bad form. Really not too difficult to understand.

[nilbog]

I'll go ahead and lock this. It will never be off topic.