Adding the Planes of Power in to the original trilogy

[firesyde424]

Rather than use the pok books, why not connect the combine spires to PoK instead of luclin and make the transport timers say every 30 minutes instead of every 15.

The EQ game world was made so much smaller by the instant travel the pok stones enabled. You could go almost anywhere in a few minutes as long as you were within range of a stone.

The world didn't become all that much smaller because of the combine spires. The longest trip I know of in the old world was the trip from Freeport to Qeynos. Even with bard speed it still took a half hour. Porting up to Luclin and using the spires didn't make the trip all that much faster and, depending on your luck with the portal timers, it could actually make it longer.

Also, if you do put PoK in, get rid of at least some of the spell vendors in the library and the guild masters. When PoK opened, you could get nearly any spell you needed. You didn't hafta go stand outside an evil/good city and bribe someone to go get the spell for you. It removed a good deal of the thought process that might have gone into a racial choice and instead, made racial choice more of a cosmetic issue than an issue of game mechanics. My cleric has been level 50 for better than two months and I still don't have a few spells simply because I'd hafta go to Neriak to get them.(my cleric is a High Elf.)

[frefaln]

^ I'd be on board with that! Or if not spires to PoK, perhaps directly to PoT? Wait, no, then there's no way to get back down. Okay, PoK it is then... ugh, I just hate the thought of everybody converging in PoK again. It just never felt natural, at least not compared to EC tunnel or Faymart (depending on server).

[guineapig]

I think the only way to really be able to enjoy PoP without ruining the game is to never implement PoK. Sad but true.

The moment you implement a neutral city with a bank everybody will go there, regardless of where it is or how hard it is to get to.

I might be into the idea of adding a Great Library somewhere out of the way on the continent of Kunark or Velious that would have some spells, quests and such (and be neutral by default like The temple of Solusek Ro). But I wouldn't put a bank or any portals there.

[frefaln]

I agree, and I don't understand why the original Devs never stopped themselves and thought, "Hmm, if we do this [PoK] we pretty much destroy the usefulness, charm, and novelty of the racial cities we created."

[guineapig]

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

I agree, and I don't understand why the original Devs never stopped themselves and thought, "Hmm, if we do this [PoK] we pretty much destroy the usefulness, charm, and novelty of the racial cities we created."

I think it's because at that point they aren't the same people that created the original content. Also they had to start cashing in on more accounts because they knew other games would be on the horizon that would cater to the casual gamer by default.

That's a sad reality. It doesn't really mater what a designer comes up with because the ideas still have to get okay-ed by the company that's financially backing the project. They are going to look for things like how commercially viable is this product. If the answer is that "the poopsockers will love how hardcore it is" then it probably wont make it to production.

Look at Nintendo. They purposely target their product at every market you can imagine. How many stay at home moms are playing video game on the Wii that never touched a gaming console before?

I don't like it one bit myself. But I do realize that no matter how many of us Everquest purists there are, we are still a minority in the gaming community.

This is why games like WoW were able to steal so many EQ players.
And this is why you have people playing that modern incarnation of EQ on live today.

Money helps to create.
Money helps to destroy.

[fuji]

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

This is a completely hypothetical thread I created to entertain myself with. I'm not making the fucking game.
I also never said anything about changing skins, and what new mob ideas are you talking about?
You took my post completely the wrong way.


So no, you GTFO.

Lawls, it must be hypothetical because no one is taking you seriously. p1999 is about keeping the game pure to the original trilogy and letting nothing after velious taint it. Maybe if you were a true die hard of the game and played since it was in beta you might understand.

So again, spread anymore post velious ideas and you can GTFO.

[frefaln]

^ Honestly man, what is your issue? I think this thread has been a lot of fun and I'm pretty sure nobody's sliding this across the table to a P99 Dev and saying "make it happen!"

We're not asking for anything, and it's not meant to be "taken seriously". Are you sure you know what hypothetical means?

[guineapig]

My guess is he doesn't. Everyone was having fun with the thread till some person comes along and says:

"HUR HUR, HYPOTHETICAL CONVERSATIONS ARE STUPID RAWR!!!"

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

So again, spread anymore post velious ideas and you can GTFO.

Did you happen to notice that even Aeolwind was playing along?

The only thing I would do differently about this topic is move it to off topic.
The thread has nothing to do with Project1999 fuji. I don't want to change the server in any way. Reread the original post maybe.

[Aadill]

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

The moment you implement a neutral city with a bank everybody will go there, regardless of where it is or how hard it is to get to.

Isn't Thurgadin dubious or better to all? Upon first coming to Velious, that is.

[guineapig]

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

Isn't Thurgadin dubious or better to all? Upon first coming to Velious, that is.

I think you are correct.