official: EQ live progression will be.... slow progression :(

[Oleris]

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

again gonna ask everyone that heads over to please respect their wishes and do not name p99 or other emu servers on their forums.

the fact of the matter is they can not offer what we offer. and we do not want to offer what they offer. i actually wish they would open a legit classic progression server because then maybe id be able to play EverQuest again.






https://forums.station.sony.com/eq/i...ervers.219016/

come on sirken. play it and stream it and see how long until you get randomly banned for doing nothing

[Thulack]

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

i'll pay a few months to watch people train each other in lguk with no gm support

What makes you think there would be no GM support?

[Millburn]

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

so what youre saying is...


Player1 says: HALP my epic poofed!
GM1 says: that sucks, you should reroll.


am i understanding this correctly?

Server wasn't even a year old when we had 3+ guilds poop socking raid mobs with 20+ SK's each with their own loaded MQ trigger to fire the HT gun as soon as the mob popped. It was blatantly obvious from the start that there wasn't any gm support lol

[maskedmelon]

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

It seems like such a sad irony, especially coming from a classic community. Shouldn't the journey and such be the best part? Or is that only until the loot is two fat to part with? Such sickos.

That is precisely why so many of those non-classic features bother people: it provides a fundamentally different journey. Even in shared experiences, people remember different things based on what they value. Some remember most vividly the relationships, some the setting, some the activities, some the actors and some the props. Just because it has all the best pieces in place for you doesn't mean it is even close to classic for someone else ^^

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[Thulack]

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

yeah... they changed what they will respond to as far as GM service goes. They said to simply re-roll a character which angered a shit ton of people. Rumor is that only 1 GM is still around... no idea if guides are gonna come back or something.

Highly doubt a game that still has 1000's of people playing it only has 1 GM left. But hey this is EQ we are talking about so maybe.

[Haynar]

They should open 3 servers. Slow progression. One thats stops at velious and one at pop and one that doesnt stop. See which does best.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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

Server wasn't even a year old when we had 3+ guilds poop socking raid mobs with 20+ SK's each with their own loaded MQ trigger to fire the HT gun as soon as the mob popped. It was blatantly obvious from the start that there wasn't any gm support lol

A year? I think it was easily within 6 months.

I thought about this new Live prog server, and here is my message to the p99 people: thnx, and now I'm spoiled. I realized I simply have ***zero interest*** in playing this game under gimped and nerfed mechanics. If I had found p99 before I found Fippy, wouild have saved me some wasted time.

And to our CS gm's: Nor do I want to go through the unpoliced, mega-boxing fiasco that SOE allows again. I'm spoiled by p99' common sense server rules.

Once was enough. I am almost sad to say it, but unless something drastic is put in place, not gonna do it. Why do it to myself again?

[maestrom]

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

They should open 3 servers. Slow progression. One thats stops at velious and one at pop and one that doesnt stop. See which does best.

I used to think that it was some kind of denial situation with the then current Devs. They wouldn't give us a classic server, not because it wouldn't be popular, but because that would mean admitting that what they were doing to the game wasn't loved by everyone. But since then management/development has turned over a dozen times or so. So I guess the only permissible conclusion is actual animus.


They hate me personally.

[stormlord]

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

That's exactly why I'm so passionate about it honestly, is because I cherish the journey more than anything else. I'm assuming you're speaking to me because you quoted my part about time investment but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. What you call forsaking every shred of enjoyment I call satisfaction bred by hardship. A game like EQ isn't something I play explicitly for fun, I play it to get lost and to be satisfied which doesn't happen when you have shortcuts like newbie armor, defiant gear, ooc regen, corpse summoning, and SK armies due to uncapped HT which isn't content appropriate. Or with harsh art style changes from switching between North Ro and Freeport and being bombarded with a forced oasis of post luclin graphics in a desert of classic era nostalgia. Excuse me for wanting, (read: not expecting or demanding) some level of earnestness from these people.

Could not have said it better myself. A lot of old games give this hardship feeling. In modern gaming it has been recast into the survival genre. So if you want that old feeling of hardship, just look for games which use "survival" to describe themselves. They usually have similar gameplay.

HOWEVER, not every EQ classic (circa 1999) feature is desired. I think the biggest things I dislike are the spellbook until level 35 and the ugly UI which obscured the screen. Night blindness was popularly hated, but I think night blindness isn't inherently a bad feature. The problem is when things are pitch black and finding a light source is nigh impossible. I play Wurm Online and it has dark nights, for example. A new player can have a hard time doing anything at night becaues they're not settled yet. I turned up the gamma a couple times. Fortunately, travel is not a frequent affair, once you're settled. And you can find things to light up your place, like burn piles and lanterns. And since you're already protected, you don't have to worry about getting killed by something you didn't see. While a few times I must have swore at the game, it's still the most immersive game I've ever played.

EDIT: Btw, I started EQ Mar 1999 as human ranger. I can't evne remember what night blindness was like.