New Server Announced

[lethstang]

project 1999 fills a very specific niche - classic eq, with a slow rate of expansions introduced. No other server released will do this. For those who have chosen this place because of these reasons, I have a very hard time thinking people will jump ship.

Our community rocks, and Im just glad I get to be apart of this. Thankyou to the volunteers who make this happen!

[Thac0]

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

I feel like I should give you a history lesson on how wrong everything you just said was, but I think given the time elapsed since you posted this, its probably already sunk in, and you regret your comments. Theres simply no reason for this kind of ignorance.

However, I could be wrong, and you could just be that big of a dolt.

Been playing EQ since 3rd beta, doing the end game content for each expansion up to Luclin most likely before you were even out of school, whats your track record? There are alot of things that even 989/Verant/Sony Regretted doing and later changed to make the game better. To say otherwise indicates your ignorance.

[Tallenn]

Great I've got several characters on both Luclin and Stromm.. maybe not 8 each, but close. WTF am I supposed to do with them?

Maybe it's time to just sell my accounts....

[Micer]

They would have to pay me to play on their server tbh. P99 is too good with gm/updates and community to even bother thinking about something soe is working on.

[garyogburn]

Originally Posted by Thac0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Been playing EQ since 3rd beta, doing the end game content for each expansion up to Luclin most likely before you were even out of school, whats your track record? There are alot of things that even 989/Verant/Sony Regretted doing and later changed to make the game better. To say otherwise indicates your ignorance.

Why does anyone list their past playtime of a game like its an accomplishment?

Does anything you said have any bearing on how anyone should give SoE their money when they've failed at everything they've ever attempted? Or even give them credit for what a stinkpile the game currently is?

[Reiker]

See you guys on Prog 2!

[Kerrik]

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

Our server is in Asheville, NC.

Here's hoping they don't target that first.

Maybe the Great Leader wants to nuke Biltmore House? He might mistakenly think the Vanderbilts still live there?

[Reiker]

Seriously, Prog and P99 are two completely different servers. In P99 you conquer raid targets and wait 6 months for the new ones to be opened. Progression was fun for the fast-paced domination, and mostly appeals to the "hardcore." That's what I enjoyed so much from the first round of Progression. Sure a lot of people can say they defeated Emp Ssra but not many can say they did after < 1 month in each expansion with minimal gear and like one copy of RGC.

[emubird]

The news from SoE about a possible new server is rather vague, and even if it were not so vague, could never be trustworthy, as SoE has never been trustworthy.

If a new server is to be progression-type, as before, then I probably will not move back to EQ live. The first progression servers were so badly done on SoE's end, with SoE intentionally leaving in items, zone changes, quests, and even instances, so that certain people could exploit such things to gain rapid advancement, that I would not wish to take part in it again.

If, however, SoE managed to create a progression-type server with long time lockouts, or with broader-based progression requirements (for example requiring 20% of the population to meet progression requirements before next expansion is unlocked, or something like that), then I would return to live EQ to play on such a new server.

If SoE decides to create a classic server (which I personally doubt will ever happen), then I would definitely leave Project 1999 for such a server. Only SoE can create a truly classic EQ server, with the correct game code, just as it was in 1999. Leveling up from scratch on a truly classic server would be too attractive for me to pass up. Things here on Project 1999 are fun, but let's face it, they have hardly been very classic until just this last week, and using the emu code will always limit things. Most of us have leveled up two, three characters to 50 in the past seven months, assisted by things like translocators and experience exploits in certain zones and with certain quests, as well as bugged/exploitable item drops, mob pathing and mob spawning. Also, we have maxed tradeskills by using a system that allowed us to utilize recipes that should never have been in the game and a tradeskill interface that greatly accelerates production and advancement, and we have been able to utilize items sold in infinite quantities by merchants that should never have had these items. Sure, these things are being fixed now; but the first seven months on Project 1999 have been a far cry from truly classic. And I would happily pay to experience a true classic experience once more.

I am hoping that once everything here on Project 1999 is fixed and 'classicized', there will be a server reboot, or a new server launched. Whoever wants to stay on the original server with their characters can do so and have all the fun they want. But I know that I and at least some others will happily start over to experience something a bit more classic.

Don't hold your breath, though; SoE has always been so incapable and unreliable that it is unlikely anything good will come from a new server. So probably we'll all just still be here having fun.

[Thac0]

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

Why does anyone list their past playtime of a game like its an accomplishment?

Does anything you said have any bearing on how anyone should give SoE their money when they've failed at everything they've ever attempted? Or even give them credit for what a stinkpile the game currently is?

Hey friend, your the one who wanted to give me a "lesson" on "history" on a game i've already played before you most likely.

So Im not sure how your mind works if does at all [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]