So what's there to do in Velious anyway?

[fastboy21]

Its not true that everyone who loves luclin will hate velious.

The main difference, imo, is that up until luclin came out EQ expansions (Kunark and Velious) added to the existing world. By that I mean that they did not replace the old content and zones with new content and new zones.

Once Luclin came out there was very little reason to continue to play in the old world. There were some reasons (epic farming was still needed, some exp zones were still packed and AA breathed new life into the max lvl exp'ing game, some raid targets, etc.), but largely you could have replaced the entire game experience by playing only on luclin. The old zones were beginning to fade from common use in the game. This gap between existing content and new expansion only got wider and wider with each expansion.

Personally, I liked Luclin. The raids, the new zones, the AA, etc. What I didn't realize was killing the game until later is that they should have been enriching the existing world---not abandoning old zones and making them obsolete to make room for new content. The paradigm of expansion, progress, loot, progress, loot, etc...killed a beautiful world.

[SCB]

Haters gonna hate but there isn't a zone in classic EQ that's as cool as Ssra Temple, imo. Everything to do with Akhevans aside from actually fighting Akhevans was awesome, also, but I've always been a sucker for interesting bad guys/schisms.

Luclin has a bad rep in these parts that I think it doesn't totally deserve. If you go play in the neighbor kid's basement, you can't get mad that he wants to play what he wants to play, but I think it honestly gets more hate than it deserves.

Velious excites me for one reason over any other - factions that really define your character and your playstyle. The factions really gave you the sense that the world existed before you and would survive if you never came back. There is very little I enjoy as much as an immersive world in any game, and Velious delivers that more than any other MMO I've played, IMO, even prior/later EQ expansions. Edit: Dragon Necropolis is also cool as can be.

[Shivilian]

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

Haters gonna hate but there isn't a zone in classic EQ that's as cool as Ssra Temple, imo. Everything to do with Akhevans aside from actually fighting Akhevans was awesome, also, but I've always been a sucker for interesting bad guys/schisms.

Luclin has a bad rep in these parts that I think it doesn't totally deserve. If you go play in the neighbor kid's basement, you can't get mad that he wants to play what he wants to play, but I think it honestly gets more hate than it deserves.

Velious excites me for one reason over any other - factions that really define your character and your playstyle. The factions really gave you the sense that the world existed before you and would survive if you never came back. There is very little I enjoy as much as an immersive world in any game, and Velious delivers that more than any other MMO I've played, IMO, even prior/later EQ expansions. Edit: Dragon Necropolis is also cool as can be.

I agree with one exception... AA points. The invention of AA points was the start of the downfall in my opinion. I loved Luclin and SSra temple for sure. However, they bottlenecked the hell out of Xevra or whatever the end raid zone is in Luclin. If they removed the end zone and the AA points. I would totally get into Luclin again for sure.

[Dirtnap]

It has never been stated that Luclin would not come out on P99.

Nilbog has stated that there will never be cats on the moon, but that just means Vah Shir could be re-envisioned as Kerra in custom content. The custom content would most likely utilize Luclin zones. Thus Luclin would technically come to P99.

[t0lkien]

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

It has never been stated that Luclin would not come out on P99.

Nilbog has stated that there will never be cats on the moon, but that just means Vah Shir could be re-envisioned as Kerra in custom content. The custom content would most likely utilize Luclin zones. Thus Luclin would technically come to P99.

From the p99 "About the Server" section:

Project 1999 started development in 2008, and was released in October of 2009. The mission of the project is to create the classic feeling that many had during the early days of Everquest during those time periods, starting with Classic content and releasing the other expansions and content on a similar timeline that was experienced on Live. The server will stop at Velious, at which point many options will be considered, including possible custom content that will maintain the spirit of the game, and/or an additional new server starting over at Pre-Kunark.

[Kope]

Rogean has also directly said that he's open to custom content after Velious has been out a while...or was that Nilbog?

[Dirtnap]

Originally Posted by t0lkien [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

From the p99 "About the Server" section:

The server will stop at Velious, at which point many options will be considered, including possible custom content that will maintain the spirit of the game, and/or an additional new server starting over at Pre-Kunark.

The rest of the sentence that you didn't bold is exactly what I said.

EDIT: I should have been clearer. There will never be cats on the moon, but it doesn't mean there won't be cats at all.

[Aaron]

This thread gave me a partial.

[t0lkien]

I can't heeeear you *lalalalalalalalalalala*...

Actually, by then I'd almost be ready to start over on a new server, depending upon how the "custom content" affected the rest of the game.

[Kika Maslyaka]

what Rogean meant to say was that instead of "cats on the moon", there will be
"Frogs on the Moon", followed by "Cats of Power", followed by "Lost Drakkin of Nectulos",etc [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]