Red99 Stimulus Plan (some constructive feedback)

[juicedsixfo]

God Damnit Butthead

[SearyxTZ]

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

kinda weak that alota the level 50's all got to abuse the wand xploit bs and even got to use some spells that are aparently jus gone now lol...

yea i getit, tryin to b super classic but this is jus weak lol. i no longer have Any irl friends that play. all 5 alrdy quit from shit like this.

and also, did the drop rates change for jboots? i was in naj waay early and watched 7 people get them over me. my rolls wer jus failure that night. (had to watch 2 shmys get them over me (a wiz))
seems like they dropped alot until recently. irl friend camped them for a few days and couldnt get em, and i jus put in my 3rd 12 hour camp here lol... 12 hours and only 1 dropped today. after i use to see them drop 3 times ina row.

somthin jus aint rite lol. i hate to speak such blastphemy but im really starting to lose my drive. im now seeing where every1 else went...

was fun for the first few weeks atleast lol. cept for the lag

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[Dfn]

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

kinda weak that alota the level 50's all got to abuse the wand xploit bs and even got to use some spells that are aparently jus gone now lol...

Two people got two levels off something that was hotfixed. Whats your bext excuse for failing?

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

yea i getit, tryin to b super classic but this is jus weak lol. i no longer have Any irl friends that play. all 5 alrdy quit from shit like this.

Shit like what? Two people got two levels before something was nerfed? Harvest is a very, very minor boost to your leveling speed.

It sounds like your're one of those fucking idiots that got trolled off the server because you looked at that forum and saw people complaining about "exploits" and assumed that the whole server is not legit. I'm issueing the same challenge to you that i have all the other trolls - give me one EXPLOIT that has had a substantial impact on the server? You can't so shut the hell up.

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

and also, did the drop rates change for jboots? i was in naj waay early and watched 7 people get them over me. my rolls wer jus failure that night. (had to watch 2 shmys get them over me (a wiz))
seems like they dropped alot until recently. irl friend camped them for a few days and couldnt get em, and i jus put in my 3rd 12 hour camp here lol... 12 hours and only 1 dropped today. after i use to see them drop 3 times ina row.

Yeah someones out to get you.

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

somthin jus aint rite lol. i hate to speak such blastphemy but im really starting to lose my drive. im now seeing where every1 else went...

was fun for the first few weeks atleast lol. cept for the lag

Lol. I'm retarded and think that anyone who leveled faster than me exploited. Also the GMs nerfed jboot spawn only when im camping it.

[pojab]

also, good luck killing anything other than blue con bullshit when you are lvl 5. eq is the only game where it is more challenging to make it through levels 1-12 than 40-50.

maybe instead of doing all that shit with the stephen hawking calculus xp curve, just

UPDATE mob
SET max_hp = (max_hp/2)
WHERE level <= 20

gg, noobie leveling now ezmode.

[fiegi]

pojab for lead developer

yes we can

[Doors]

Lets try and keep the shitty vztz rejects suggestions to a minimum, servers fine for the most part. Population isn't even bad, most people just aren't into EQ pvp. Only thing that might need adjusting is beginning level experience rates.

Realistically though Rogaine don't give a fuck and nothing will change. Either way I will /deal with it sunglasses face.

[hotstud]

Today I had a friend tell me her 13 year old cousin wanted to install the game and play it. I told him to read the guide. He currently is watching T.V.

It's simply too hard to get people to install the game and start playing it. The allure of EQ will exist to players without any exp bonus.

Didn't you hear bro? It's the experience rate, not that it takes 50 steps to install the game and no one is promoting it anywhere anyway.

It's even more amazing that there isn't a simple install because EverQuest can be "installed" by simply having the EverQuest directory.

Someone just needs to trim down the Titanium client so it only includes classic files, setup the hosts file and delete the .eqg files, patch the UI files, and then write a simple script that follows this logic, "Is there a new EQChanges file? If so, download and extract into directory. Launch eqgame.exe patchme", and then bundle it up into a torrent called Project 1999 Client. This is a folder "Project 1999", which has the script in it and the EverQuest folder.

You download it, open the Project 1999 Folder, click "Start", and now you're ready to play. All you have to do is signup for an account.

[SearyxTZ]

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

Lets try and keep the shitty vztz rejects suggestions to a minimum, servers fine for the most part. Population isn't even bad, most people just aren't into EQ pvp. Only thing that might need adjusting is beginning level experience rates.

Realistically though Rogaine don't give a fuck and nothing will change. Either way I will /deal with it sunglasses face.

Agree with the first bit.

I'm not gonna be /dealing with it if the pop keeps dipping though. I've been watching and I'll be watching it.

Earlier today I saw 235 on red versus 428 on blue, which is what prompted me to go ahead make this thread offering a solution to get more casuals playing again + increase player retention.



Entry level exp rate is extremely low-hanging fruit here. It's a value in the database.

The EQ install ease-of-use is great and I agree (you are not the first person to have thought of this), but it is not quite as simple. There are legal hurdles involved.

[Avon Barksdale]

While we're somewhat on the topic, allow me to shamelessly plug an idea in my own self-interest:

Get rid of class xp penalties. It's not classic, but there seems to be a reasonable amount of people who would agree both that the server, while resembling classic as much as anything, is not exactly classic, and that all things classic are not necessarily good and/or fun. I mean, we could at least get rid of the penalty affecting group xp, so I don't get turned down by groups of faggy min-maxers.

I got super jelly the other day when this necro told me he gets 5-7% per kill on a yellow (prob exaggerated a bit but still), knowing that I get 1 or 2%, and it takes like 6 minutes and a shitload of arrows. It's not as though the majority of people aren't still gonna roll insert_ezmodeclass_here anyway.
The past few days I've been in some fun and productive groups, but despite my incredibly nerdy amount of playtime, I'm getting outleveled and I'm gonna be back to lame-ass soloing soon I fear.

I won't make any argument about this change helping the server blossom into a big red flower, nor will I repeat here obvious arguments that have probably already been made in these forums, the same ones that led to the change on live. But if we're seriously considering boosting xp rates in any way shape or form, this should also be included in the conversation.

*Author's Note* I know I'm a fucking masochist for playing a ranger, and an idiot, but 40% penalty or not I wanna do the shit.

[Rikimeru]

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

While we're somewhat on the topic, allow me to shamelessly plug an idea in my own self-interest:

Get rid of class xp penalties. It's not classic, but there seems to be a reasonable amount of people who would agree both that the server, while resembling classic as much as anything, is not exactly classic, and that all things classic are not necessarily good and/or fun. I mean, we could at least get rid of the penalty affecting group xp, so I don't get turned down by groups of faggy min-maxers.

I got super jelly the other day when this necro told me he gets 5-7% per kill on a yellow (prob exaggerated a bit but still), knowing that I get 1 or 2%, and it takes like 6 minutes and a shitload of arrows. It's not as though the majority of people aren't still gonna roll insert_ezmodeclass_here anyway.
The past few days I've been in some fun and productive groups, but despite my incredibly nerdy amount of playtime, I'm getting outleveled and I'm gonna be back to lame-ass soloing soon I fear.

I won't make any argument about this change helping the server blossom into a big red flower, nor will I repeat here obvious arguments that have probably already been made in these forums, the same ones that led to the change on live. But if we're seriously considering boosting xp rates in any way shape or form, this should also be included in the conversation.

*Author's Note* I know I'm a fucking masochist for playing a ranger, and an idiot, but 40% penalty or not I wanna do the shit.

haha once my copy of titanium arrives in teh mail ill be rolling a ranger!!!!