Remember Project M? Where you could spawn as an NPC?

[rhold]

I only tried it a couple times. Was a willowisp in WC and a lion in WC. There were no actual players in zone, no communication with anyone and it got very boring very fast.

Maybe if I had lucked in to a better placed mob it would have been different?

[Ennewi]

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

To recreate it’s fleeting moment in the sun I’d suggest it be something that is only rarely toggled on. For xp weekend holidays and stuff. Especially as these tend to be thr busiest times on servers.

Or even as a random chance of M upon when logging in, adding a rare but potentially costly inconvenience to raiders when it quakes, who would then have to log out and back in to access their elves. If a player wants to go through the hassle of doing that repeatedly to try to gain access to Project M, by all means. A decent QoL change might be to let the player choose the "starting" zone, just not the monster.

[Chortles Snortles]

i spawned as an orc in tox, couldn’t find anyone to kill so never tried again

[Trymv1]

Spawned in Qeynos Hills as a higher leveled Gnoll with a weapon in one of the few attempts and absolutely caused a lowbie riot that forced a higher level to come murder me.

Much more fun than like like... lvl 2 rat outside Surefall that got shanked almost immediately.

[Borak]

Originally Posted by Trymv1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Spawned in Qeynos Hills as a higher leveled Gnoll with a weapon in one of the few attempts and absolutely caused a lowbie riot that forced a higher level to come murder me.

Much more fun than like like... lvl 2 rat outside Surefall that got shanked almost immediately.

Hah that could have been awesome. As in, pretend to run away, and get somewhat near Holly Windstalker and a bear, watch mayhem ensue when the bear attacks the player.

[Sarkhan]

I remember playing all night with this and then the next day it was gone. It was very fun and you could even gain exp as a monster but I never found out if you could actually level because I'd always die. Once you killed any other npc you became KoS to all other monsters if I remember correctly.

[Trymv1]

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

I remember playing all night with this and then the next day it was gone. It was very fun and you could even gain exp as a monster but I never found out if you could actually level because I'd always die. Once you killed any other npc you became KoS to all other monsters if I remember correctly.

I also remember getting exp but I'd get killed before getting full bars.

Got close on one attempt then someone swooped in on me.

[Cen]

My best kill count was spawning in Oasis of Marr as a wizard madman. I played like a pvp wizard and ran off to hide med murder someone and repeat.

[Rygar]

There's no open bug thread I noticed about Project M, but just posting a log here from someone in Everfrost that claims it was rare but he spawned as a level 9 orc (which let him give it to the newbs easier).

Note that in the /who list you show up to yourself and you can /con other mobs and you have that specific mob's faction

https://web.archive.org/web/20020829...icID=177.topic

Well, here's a log I found:

[Thu Nov 08 00:49:34 2001] Welcome to EverQuest!
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:34 2001] You have entered Everfrost.
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] Players on EverQuest:
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] ---------------------------
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Solipse
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Bacco <Myth and Magic>
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Wiquet
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Gadh
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Calmon <Halas Empire>
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] [3 Rogue] Berlon (Barbarian)
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Shannaq <Alluring Spirits>
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Narcev
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] [5 Shaman] Zondain (Barbarian)
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] [9 Warrior] a snow orc trooper (Unknown) <-- Yours truly!
[Thu Nov 08 00:49:39 2001] There are 10 players in Everfrost Peaks.

Stupid undead cretins don't like anyone:

[Thu Nov 08 00:50:14 2001] a skeleton scowls at you, ready to attack -- looks kind of risky, but you might win.
[Thu Nov 08 00:50:18 2001] a snow orc trooper looks upon you warmly -- looks kind of risky..you might win.
[Thu Nov 08 00:50:26 2001] an ice goblin scout regards you indifferently -- looks like a reasonably safe opponent.
[Thu Nov 08 00:50:36 2001] a wooly mammoth regards you indifferently -- what would you like your tombstone to say?
[Thu Nov 08 00:50:44 2001] a wooly mammoth regards you indifferently -- what would you like your tombstone to say?

[Infectious]

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

My best kill count was spawning in Oasis of Marr as a wizard madman. I played like a pvp wizard and ran off to hide med murder someone and repeat.

If this is the case, they must implement this feature lol.