Dwarves vs Elves - Custom Faydwer PvP

[azxten]

Getting closer to my Vision for recreating classic. Confirmed one piece of the puzzle works as I expected.

https://pvpeq.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=38

This is not the greatest emulated elf vs dwarf simulator in the world, no, this is just a tribute. You gotta believe me. and I wish you were there...

[magnetaress]

Just give me GM icecommet plz

[Tyronius of Midnight]

Very naive.

[azxten]

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

Very naive.

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Weeoooo Weooo....

I hope the Dark Men of Odus will approve of my more classic classic server. This paradigmatic enterprise abounds with erudition.

Me big Ogre you not think it be like it do but it was. Ogre book store shame Dark Men book store.

[Twil]

I played a little on the custom server the other day. I created a dwarf rogue. Then figured out that by hailing doctor tocks (or something) standing at the BB/Kaladim ZL, I could become a Shaman, Bard, or a third class I don't remember. I became a Shaman. The client crashed, but when I logged back in I had a dwarf Shaman. Then I became a Bard. Client crashed again, but when I logged back on I was a bard. Got 1 level in Bard, but when I went back it wouldn't let me change levels again.
I did note that you seem to lose XP every time you change class. Not a big deal since you can only do it at level 1.
I chose bard because I didn't think I could get the Shaman spells. But when I got to level 2 I automatically got all my Bard spells. So then I created a new Dwarf specifically for the purpose of becoming a shaman. Got to level 4 or 5 I think. Super nice to just get all my spells automatically.
I never made it out of BB. I died a few times, it was nice to have all my gear stay and even nicer to have my memorized spells stay.
No one else was in the zones I was in, so I didn't get to interact with anyone. Was fun to level up super fast though. I'll try to get on more and see if I can get high enough level to make it into gfay.

[magnetaress]

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

I played a little on the custom server the other day. I created a dwarf rogue. Then figured out that by hailing doctor tocks (or something) standing at the BB/Kaladim ZL, I could become a Shaman, Bard, or a third class I don't remember. I became a Shaman. The client crashed, but when I logged back in I had a dwarf Shaman. Then I became a Bard. Client crashed again, but when I logged back on I was a bard. Got 1 level in Bard, but when I went back it wouldn't let me change levels again.
I did note that you seem to lose XP every time you change class. Not a big deal since you can only do it at level 1.
I chose bard because I didn't think I could get the Shaman spells. But when I got to level 2 I automatically got all my Bard spells. So then I created a new Dwarf specifically for the purpose of becoming a shaman. Got to level 4 or 5 I think. Super nice to just get all my spells automatically.
I never made it out of BB. I died a few times, it was nice to have all my gear stay and even nicer to have my memorized spells stay.
No one else was in the zones I was in, so I didn't get to interact with anyone. Was fun to level up super fast though. I'll try to get on more and see if I can get high enough level to make it into gfay.

sounds cool ))

imo ezmode eq sorta but not really cuz u know Axzten is gonna make it hardcore classic mechanically so fun times! just better QoL

[azxten]

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

I played a little on the custom server the other day. I created a dwarf rogue. Then figured out that by hailing doctor tocks (or something) standing at the BB/Kaladim ZL, I could become a Shaman, Bard, or a third class I don't remember. I became a Shaman. The client crashed, but when I logged back in I had a dwarf Shaman. Then I became a Bard. Client crashed again, but when I logged back on I was a bard. Got 1 level in Bard, but when I went back it wouldn't let me change levels again.
I did note that you seem to lose XP every time you change class. Not a big deal since you can only do it at level 1.
I chose bard because I didn't think I could get the Shaman spells. But when I got to level 2 I automatically got all my Bard spells. So then I created a new Dwarf specifically for the purpose of becoming a shaman. Got to level 4 or 5 I think. Super nice to just get all my spells automatically.
I never made it out of BB. I died a few times, it was nice to have all my gear stay and even nicer to have my memorized spells stay.
No one else was in the zones I was in, so I didn't get to interact with anyone. Was fun to level up super fast though. I'll try to get on more and see if I can get high enough level to make it into gfay.

Sweet thanks for trying things out. Getting kicked when you change classes is required to reload your class.

[Gustoo]

Seems fun and not having to get spells and train skills does let you bomb around a lot more care free.

Dwarfs should have always been a bard race and a shaman race. I guess being a cleric race precludes them from shaman hood but bard for sure

[azxten]

I'm stripping everything out of EQemu that doesn't exist after Planes of Power. Going to do an open source classic emulator fork that includes quests and database. I took out instancing, tasks, adventures, expeditions, ldon mechanics, and some other crap so far and still have it building and functioning.

I'm thinking the functionality will be that you set a timestamp for "server start time" and a timer counts from there in order to change functionality as appropriate. Only changes which last more than a month would be included. All of these changes will have rule values to turn them on/off and so will potential "overpowered" classic mechanics like AE kiting, fine steel pet delay, etc. This allows server owners to easily adjust classic mechanics to their preference.

My bug list is currently at about 1,200 bugs I expect it will be just under 10k bugs when I finish. These will be prioritized in terms of impact to the player with the most important things being fixed first.

This will be the basis for multiple servers. I am thinking traditional classic, legends, roleplay, rz/tz/vz/sz/discord rule set servers. Idea being one of each type of all server types that existed. The PvP rules functionality will be the first thing I cut a PR for to contribute code back to EQEmu. Legends server would probably be a code driven randomization of quests, item drops, etc and a potential idea I'm considering is to implement AI created custom encounters for players. This would be similar to games like Left 4 Dead where the AI considers your ability in terms of HP, guns, etc and provides unique gameplay encounters where you can still meet the level of challenge. FaydWAR will also exist using this forked emu as an example of how to take the code and make a custom classic server easily.

Servers will go to PoP this is a much better place to dead end a server than Velious due to the additional functionality and raid content. Servers would rotate in such a way that there is always one server about to add an expansion or start over again every couple months so there is always a "new" thing going on somewhere. Servers restart awhile after PoP with players getting dumped into a permanent blue or red server type. I also have an idea for a custom mechanic to address the current raid bottlenecks that should avoid non-classic experience while letting players have more opportunity to experience challenging raiding.

My hope is to produce something that is better than P99 and fully open so anyone can enjoy a classic era server. If people want to play on these servers that's great but my focus is going to be on producing a better experience even if no one plays it except my friends and family. As an aside P99 still has major bugs from 2010 that have never gotten a response. Like I said, about 10k bugs in total I expect are still relevant. They're probably drowning in them the scope is larger than I ever imagined. All the more reason to have an open project instead of relying on a couple people who seem burnt out and likely rightly so.

[Old_PVP]

Very ambitious project. I like it! So some of your servers will include Luclin as well? Probably a smart move cause AAs would create nearly endless content for people as well as increase the raid scene. I like there is still the option of traditional classic as well.

Keep up the good work!