Adding the Planes of Power in to the original trilogy

[Korisek]

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

Another thing is that the ones who want to conquer new areas quickly know every pixel,every trick,every method to do so.
Any expansion whatsoever will go poof and won't hold their attention for long.
Adding extra expansions will end up losing the ones who play because they love the classic everquest.

How about expanding the old world without any announcements about it?

[noffo]

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

How about expanding the old world without any announcements about it?

How about leaving it to just the original Trilogy? There's too much demand for a true, Classic server. SOE had an EPIC FAIL when it came to giving players what they asked for. The progression server was meh. Not truly classic. P99 is the closest we'll ever get, so why mess around with that?

[Atmas]

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

How about leaving it to just the original Trilogy? There's too much demand for a true, Classic server. SOE had an EPIC FAIL when it came to giving players what they asked for. The progression server was meh. Not truly classic. P99 is the closest we'll ever get, so why mess around with that?

The failure of the progression servers wasn't that they went beyond on the trilogy it was that they weren't classic servers. The great thing about P99 is that it is the closest thing to playing the game when it actually launched, just not current Everquest with locked out content.

I'm not going to argue that many people wanted the stuff just up until Velious. But I do really think at some point the server's population will really hit the skids after Velious has been out a long time. Maybe just my opinion.

[messiah_b]

It will hit the skids at the end of Velious, but that doesn't mean Luclin / POP are the solution. Some of the ideas of slow releasing planes with new zone-in's aren't bad. You could also do new custom content if you have an ambitious development team.

At the point that the classic trilogy is ending here, I can think of many things I would want to try out (including a complete re-wipe) before resorting to moon kittens or pok.

The most important thing about staying classic are the mechanics (spells, abilities, aa's). Far away second is the content (spawn points, drops, quests)

[noffo]

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

The failure of the progression servers wasn't that they went beyond on the trilogy it was that they weren't classic servers. The great thing about P99 is that it is the closest thing to playing the game when it actually launched, just not current Everquest with locked out content.

I'm not going to argue that many people wanted the stuff just up until Velious. But I do really think at some point the server's population will really hit the skids after Velious has been out a long time. Maybe just my opinion.

Exactly. SOE couldn't do it right. As P99 has proven, it CAN be done and it CAN be done right. SOE just didn't care to put the effort into it.

Honestly, I don't see why the pop will hit the skids. Why not role an alt and play a different race/class? Enjoy classic EQ all over again with a different character. Classic EQ had amazing replay value. It's always a fun game to come back to.

To get back on track with the OP:

Adding the Planes in isn't too bad of an idea. No it isn't classic, but it does tie in with the planes already released in the Trilogy. Perhaps those PoP zones can only be access through the classic planes? Or the only way to get to the PoP planes is from a special drop in one of the other planes that would port you there.

I wouldn't be against the PoP planes, but I would be fine if they weren't added. Just don't add anything else beyond Velious. No kitties, no frogs, no dragon people, instanced dungeons, or priests sending you to some other dimension. Just the Classic Trilogy, please.

[Nirgon]

Gear/content wise, it would be entirely possible for them to have never implemented Luclin (aside from its AA's) and just done PoP. I would have enjoyed it much more, especially as being proposed, without plane of knowledge.

[pickled_heretic]

the people who hunger for progression are the most active ones. already you see people clamoring for epics and velious as they had been clamoring for VP in the past. we shall see what will happen after velious has been out for a while, but my suspicion is the population will shrink once the content treadmill has been shut off.

[Diggles]

never release the last part of velious and leave em dry

[Kika Maslyaka]

the entire thread is hypothetical. Even if this would happen, it will take place a YEAR after Velious.