LDON

[fadetree]

I Liked AA's as they were when first introduced. Shit got silly after a few releases, though.

[Xer0]

As much as I thought LDoN breathed new life into eq live at it's launch, I don't expect or really have a hope to see it implemented on p99. Instancing really is one of the biggest affronts to the clasic MMO experience, albeit a great way to remedy the "too many people" issue some tend to have. I dont think that issue really exists here, althought adding a quest/reward system is a great way to add replay value.

[apio]

There exists servers outside of p99 on eqemu who offer LDON, AAs and all that.

PEQ The Grand Creation is one of them, you mightve seen them on the server list

edit: It is my hope that those servers will one day be able to achieve the level of quality this server has achieved. P99 and SoD are just on another level qualitywise

[apio]

oh and also, Shards has 1 advantage for an EMU server. their content is tailored towards 3 groups (18 people maximum) on raids. you can 2 box. So if you really wanna raid, that means you basically need 8 decicated people and yourself, and you can rock and roll. Theres tons of content.

[moklianne]

I actually enjoyed LDON quite a bit on live when it was released. Same went for PoP and Luclin. That isn't the mission of this server though. Besides, the server resources required for all of those instances would be rough. I'm not sure the admins here want to buy another server or two just for instancing.

[Kika Maslyaka]

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

I actually enjoyed LDON quite a bit on live when it was released. Same went for PoP and Luclin. That isn't the mission of this server though. Besides, the server resources required for all of those instances would be rough. I'm not sure the admins here want to buy another server or two just for instancing.

You incorrect.
running an instanced zone is no different than running a normal zone, specially a very small one. Its the number of players that create server load, not number of zones.

[moklianne]

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

You incorrect.
running an instanced zone is no different than running a normal zone, specially a very small one. Its the number of players that create server load, not number of zones.

An entire zone needs to be spawned and maintained in memory that didn't need to before. Its using more memory than whatever that same group of people was using in a static zone. There are now more NPC's to track and so forth. A static zone's NPC's always need to be tracked whether there are players or not in it. An instance will be spawned and destroyed based on if its needed or not.

[Kika Maslyaka]

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

An entire zone needs to be spawned and maintained in memory that didn't need to before. Its using more memory than whatever that same group of people was using in a static zone. There are now more NPC's to track and so forth. A static zone's NPC's always need to be tracked whether there are players or not in it. An instance will be spawned and destroyed based on if its needed or not.

Irrelevant. Zone without players uses like 100k of RAM. Creation and destruction of instance takes microseconds of server operation time.
The server primarily consumes resources if zone has players in it. A single player in a single zones consumes as much RAM as 10 idle zones. Comparing this to number of players on the server, even if you add 100 instances on top of it, server load won't go up even 1%.

[Halius]

I had quit EQ like 6 months after PoP was released, I didn't mind all the AAs and such but the planes and fast travel and stuff just made the world so much smaller to me and I got bored. I came back after LDoN was released just to test the waters of the EQ instancing. I thought it was alright but I ultimately ended up quitting again after about a month.

[seratt]

That's why I love this server. Anything post velious will never happen. Thank God...