Blue -- Custom Content Brainstorm

[zodium]

initially i thought these threads were very stupid, but i see now they are experimental proof that no one can actually design remotely classic custom content. it's entirely "add this post-classic zone/entire expansion" or "add epic 2.0s" through "i wanna be a half dragon half celestial sex assassin"

[Jimjam]

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

initially i thought these threads were very stupid, but i see now they are experimental proof that no one can actually design remotely classic custom content. it's entirely "add this post-classic zone/entire expansion" or "add epic 2.0s" through "i wanna be a half dragon half celestial sex assassin"

I thought the idea was to post the most rediculous sounding ideas. Gibberish sprouted by someone suffering a fit of epilepsy? Thats what brainstorm means, right? You then refine and make it fit the low fantasy hopeful/horror setting of Norrath without being a bunch of munchkin 'give my character +200hp items and awesome clickies'.

If i were to make serious suggestions, i'd say keep things in line with vanilla; world building not pixel collecting.

[zodium]

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

If i were to make serious suggestions, i'd say keep things in line with vanilla; world building not pixel collecting.

turns out this is real hard and apparently we don't have anyone who's capable of doing it posting on the p99 forums

[3d_glasses]

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

turns out this is real hard and apparently we don't have anyone who's capable of doing it posting on the p99 forums

I think simple lowbie quests with an NPC buff as a reward in taverns is not that crazy or unclassic.

[Quinas]

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

it's entirely "add this post-classic zone/entire expansion" or "add epic 2.0s" through "i wanna be a half dragon half celestial sex assassin"

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For me it's more "use this non-classic zone as a basis, then add in classic mobs and potentially drops to flesh out the Old World based on original maps or lore".

[zodium]

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

Or pointless snark. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

For me it's more "use this non-classic zone as a basis, then add in classic mobs and potentially drops to flesh out the Old World based on original maps or lore".

how are you going to make the zone or mob art style classic when they completely revamped the game's graphics with luclin?

[Quinas]

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

how are you going to make the zone or mob art style classic when they completely revamped the game's graphics with luclin?

It's a fair point and why I said in a post above that doing this while maintaining art style, lore feel, drop balance etc will be the complex part, and why it will take months to do this. It's not "ready made content" by any stretch.

Some of the LDoN zones would just look odd so are non-starters, but the graphics overhaul was not a big quantum leap so some zones could fit within the classic feel.

Realistically any custom content will erode the purity of 'classic' - but with the Green cycle that becomes pretty irrelevant. The question will just be how far from classic do you want to go? Zones with slightly better graphics, but classic mobs and itemisation? Or as you say do we want to go to vampire romance paladins who can fly? I know which I'd choose.

[uygi]

There were always incremental changes to zone design/appearance. Kunark and Velious were both more graphically impressive. And like I said earlier, I suspect that textures could be edited/substituted or even just have their resolution lowered might do it.

[zodium]

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

Realistically any custom content will erode the purity of 'classic' - but with the Green cycle that becomes pretty irrelevant.

agreed on the former, not on the latter

imo there are a lot of Pantheon Green1.0 hypemans who are invested in that narrative because they've lost the passion for everquest and think green will reinvigorate it, and they want everyone on Blue to join them on Green by hook or by crook. but it won't. anyone who's played UO classic emus knows how this goes, those people will be gone again shortly as they hype themselves up for the next thing to project their childhoods onto when Green1.0 fails to do the trick.

green is the seasons server that soaks up people who play everquest competitively and who want a particular nostalgia fix. blue is the infinite timeline classic server for people who think everquest is a neat game in its totality, not just the competitive or character progression aspects. acting like either server is irrelevant or disposable will only make both servers worse.

[Nexii]

Zones for places that were drawn on the original EQ, Kunark, and Velious maps that never made it into the game.