The Future?

[thufir]

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

It would be really nice if at some point the management here would reach out to the player community here and ask us our opinion on the future of P1999.

Just because Luclin had a lot of problems -- awful new character models -- doesn't mean that any future EQ expansions should not be considered.

I personally believe the spirit of classic EQ can be preserved with future expansions but with a piecemeal approach. Take the good parts of an expansion and leave out the bad parts.

At some point P1999 needs to convene a summit that includes representatives from playerbase and decide the future.

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I personally believe that the spirit of classic EQ would be destroyed by cats on the moon. And thank goodness (from my perspective) that the devs have repeatedly stated they feel the same way. The "future" is now, and I rather like that we've reached the end of the line.

A lot of people believe that luclin/pop was the pinnacle of EQ. There are other emus to cater to them (TAKP, p2002). I don't understand why people think trying to nudge the devs into developing something they personally dislike is a good idea when there are other options available.

[Jaleth]

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

So your argument is that it -technically- is a social interaction? Lol. Fine, I'll stipulate. It is technically a social interaction; just as much as one as I have with a cab driver that drives me for 30 seconds.

Yeah, that's why I think it can be a sad situation. Might not be eventful, but we're dependent on this aspect of the game, those books did not alleviate porters, but I felt it trivialized their need in that context. But I still enjoyed PoP nonetheless.

[immaterial]

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

Take the good parts of an expansion and leave out the bad parts.

this is the part that almost everyone disagrees on. ask people here what they would leave or take from Luclin onwards and you'll get a hundred different answers.

[myriverse]

PoP was the beginning of the end.

[fadetree]

PoP *was* the beginning of the end, but it was also the end of the beginning. Best expansion ever and where I wish we would go to. Luclin - meh except for certain fights and the AA's.

[eadric]

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

PoP *was* the beginning of the end, but it was also the end of the beginning. Best expansion ever and where I wish we would go to. Luclin - meh except for certain fights and the AA's.

I agree. Ideally I'd like to see Luclin and PoP spliced and welded onto p99, leaving out all the bad/controversial parts. Almost everyone liked AA's, so those could be added, and it would keep players busy for a long time (might need to nerf chardok ae though). A few zones in Luclin were cool and underutilized, like Sanctus Seru and Grieg's End. The devs could do something with that, connecting the zones to Norrath in some way other than taking us to the moon in a magical rocketship.

Planes of Power was the pinnacle of EQ raiding, and I'd love to see those raids added, without the useless and unpopular Plane of knowledge and Plane of tranquility. Maybe make all those Planes accessible only by wizard portals, and you'd then get some of them onboard with the project.

Of course all of this would be a lot of work to implement. I hope Rogean, Nilbog and team do something along this line though! Custom content would be awesome!

[Tann]

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

It would be really nice if at some point the management here would reach out to the player community here and ask us our opinion on the future of P1999.

Issue being, aside from varying opinions, is that Sirken has stated on multiple occasions on his stream that development would be doing what it's doing whether 5 people played here or 5000.

[Llandris]

Those of you asking all these questions should really watch some of Sirkens streams.

[snead]

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

Lol @ porting being a social interaction.

PoP didn't take away grouping or raiding. THOSE are the social aspects of this game.

to add to this you would GROUP MORE because you'd want to grind AAs. I'd normally raid for 6 hours a day then grind AAs for another 2-3 after. Meanwhile on P99 i'm working on my new level 60 to get EXP capped.

[Fawqueue]

I think the best place they can take this project in the future is a fresh server start once all the bugs are worked out and we've had a good amount of time with Velious. The original vision was for a recreated classic experience on an accurate timeline. I'd still like to experience that vision as it was described. The current blue server is great, but it went far too long in each expansion and was riddled with bugs and exploits early on. Round 2 is going to be even more amazing....