Blue/Green Merge 2025 - The time has come

[Jimjam]

Once a server has defeated the wardens event it should just get dumped into p99 Woke server and a new server should be available imminently.

[Zuranthium]

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

Once a server has defeated the wardens event it should just get dumped into p99 Woke server and a new server should be available imminently.

I think a set schedule of 1 year pre-Kunark, 1 year Kunark, 9 months Velious and then merging into Blue would be ideal. That matches the duration of the classic EQ timeline while allowing the pre-Velious era to shine most. When you already have a server perma in Velious (Blue), that's the least desirable era of Green server. p99 thrived when it was in Kunark for 4.5 years (aside from the unfortunate AE farming, but that's fixed now).

Ofc, it's not actually worth playing on Green/Blue. Nice to have that museum around to have the classic game code in existence, but what's the point in replaying the same unbalanced and unfinished mechanics over and over. We need a classic-esque server that seeks to improve the game world by being the most sophisticated version possible of the original vision for the game. That should be Red server.

[loramin]

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

I think a set schedule of 1 year pre-Kunark, 1 year Kunark, 9 months Velious and then merging into Blue would be ideal. That matches the duration of the classic EQ timeline while allowing the pre-Velious era to shine most. When you already have a server perma in Velious (Blue), that's the least desirable era of Green server. p99 thrived when it was in Kunark for 4.5 years (aside from the unfortunate AE farming, but that's fixed now).

People on live were doing Velious content well into Luclin (and beyond). In fact, there were almost no kills of some of the top Velious raid mobs during Velious: on most servers guilds only ever managed to defeat them after Luclin came out.

Also, I'm sure rotating is a lot of work for the staff, so no need to do that work more frequently than is necessary. To address both issues, I think a fresh server should get at least year and nine months in Velious, and maybe even round that to two years for simplicity.

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

Ofc, it's not actually worth playing on Green/Blue. Nice to have that museum around to have the classic game code in existence, but what's the point in replaying the same unbalanced and unfinished mechanics over and over. We need a classic-esque server that seeks to improve the game world by being the most sophisticated version possible of the original vision for the game. That should be Red server.

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[Zuranthium]

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

People on live were doing Velious content well into Luclin (and beyond). In fact, there were almost no kills of some of the top Velious raid mobs during Velious

I'm well aware, what is your point? That's not how the game ever plays these days. The info is all known now and people level faster and have better computers/internet. There isn't any challenge of needing to figure out zones/quests/mechanics, and there are far more high level alts to use.

There's no point in Green server being in Velious era for long, it's just Blue server at that point. Green server should be primarily about the pre-Velious era of the game. Anyone can play on Blue if they want late Velious era.

And to get actual Everquest, the game mechanics themselves need to be changed. Seeing as that's not possible for Green/Blue, since those servers are there to mirror the exact classic coding for museum purposes, it needs to be Red server that is used as the custom content server. That's where people would be able to play the game as it was intended to be played, and as it would have been developed had the designers continued to work on it, instead of just focusing on pushing out expansion content (or moving on to other games).

[F0rmsh1fter]

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

it needs to be Red server that is used as the custom content server. That's where people would be able to play the game as it was intended to be played

I don’t think it was intended for 12 people to run around with AoN logging out the second they see another player

[magnetaress]

Voted yes and launch red 2.0

Also jet fuel doesn't melt steel beams.

[Tann]

in order to get the cheddar for new hardware for a server merge, the dev's should consider an in game currency used to purchase exclusive items like illusion wands and 100% wr bags. Perhaps call it something like Edging On Mammaries???

They could offer them as a "reward" for server donations, definitely not RMT cause they'll also put them on mobs loot tables with a 0.00000001% of dropping. I'm sure Daybreak would be fine with it.

[Zuranthium]

TBH, raid mobs dropped more items during actual classic, and it was often only 1 guild per server (containing about 40-50 people) getting those items. So in that regard, 200 raiders being present on p99 actually equates to 1/8 as much chance of getting an item now (4x as many raiders, 1/2 as much loot) as compared to being in the top guild during the classic timeline.

Of course, Blue server has an infinite timeline to raid on. The classic drop rates should still be restored though.

[Ekco]

yeah, this shit looks too complicated.
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sadly there isn't a comment like ##here's where we put the dodgy shit##

[Ekco]

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this block flow graph is fun though

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ive concluded the people working on p99 are Wizards and/or Aliens and whatever the dll is doing is probably, fine.