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12-04-2015, 08:14 AM
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Level cap server - putting some challenge back in the game.
P99 EQ is the best EQ there is, we probably all agree on this.
However, it's all figured out. There's no challenge other than for a guild leader to motivate the troops enough to log in and get more unsurprising loot. Or to PL your Nth twink to 60 faster than others, etc... But what if there was a new, offspring server, with a maximum PC level cap of 40? After a while (1 year?) merge the server to the existing Blue server and rince repeat, or something. This probably wouldn't work for Red as Red population is already super low and there's a permanent challenge on Red called PvP anyway. See how far that server would get. Start at Classic and maybe unlock Kunark then Velious after a set period of time. Would probably require to lift the level 46 requirements to enter planes, of course. Imagine the challenge (and the thrill) of breaking into Fear with a few groups of level 40s. Why level 40? Because 39 is a level at which a few classes get their class defining spells (so allow people to max out level 40 exp as a safety buffer). Clerics get CH and 50% exp rez at 39 Necros get Summon Corpse Enchanters get Cajoling Wispers (their bread and butter charm spell until they are a lot higher). They already got Clarity at 29 so we're good on mana regen. Almost (?) all melee skills are all learnt before level 40, bar the discs. Epics would need to be equipable/usable at 40 instead of 46. An option would be to up the level cap to 45 with Kunark unlocking, and to 50 with Velious unlocking (cuz face it - no amount of level 40s are going to take out NToV dragons.. or are they?) Also there are some port to Velious spells that require level 44. Now think for a second how it would change the game. Lower level dungeons become attractive since the loot you can get there will be attractive (no more fungi twinks since getting a fungi will be SO hard it won't go to a twink). People will actually camp Runnyeye king, Sol A, Paw, Dalnir - you name it - with a group, as opposed to a single level 60 mage or necro etc just raping the zone with their pet. Lower Guk becomes a raid zone (how cool is that?). The Hole, Sebilis, City of Mist, HS all become tough raid zones. It's a way to rediscover EQ on hard mode - just like it was in 1999 when everyone was a noob and everything was tough. Discuss. | ||
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12-04-2015, 08:30 AM
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I wanted to make a guild like this with a cap of 30. No twinking, can only equip drops your guild has acquired or crafted. When you get to 31, you die. Would be a lot of fun going into dungeons you normally wouldn't for loot that you'd never consider, because BiS would be drastically different. But I think I'm one of only two people on this server that would enjoy the restrictions and playing EQ in hard mode.
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12-05-2015, 09:43 AM
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New P99 server is just going to be about 300+ person long line jboots/guise/mana stone camps and an overcrowded raid scene training each other in PoF over Lustrous Russet. Maybe CT will work this time around so people can actually go in and camp rubi though at an appropriate level. 2009 to early 2010 was such a sweet time on this server, besides all the DDOS attacks, because it had the population of RED and it was possible to camp whatever you wanted without much hassle. The raid scene was pretty crowded with just 2-3 guilds fighting over a few targets and just as cut throat as today with petition quest and all kinds of raid rules. No Bards here AE kited back in the day either so get ready to either sit LFG in overcrowded dungeons LFG for hours or hit RNF and moan about bards now that it is so widespread. In like 3 years it will have been the same amount of time that it took to get from the launch of Velious on live to the launch of P99. Maybe someone else involved in the underground world of EQ emu will start up a server with a small userbase at that time and you will be able to have an actual early EQ experience. | |||
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12-05-2015, 07:30 PM
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Yea, just the original zones aren't enough for a full server....but with kunark + velious there are plenty of places to go to level if a dungeon is crowded. | |||
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12-04-2015, 11:26 AM
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12-04-2015, 11:30 AM
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Please tell me what Wizards are like at level 40.
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Hybrid Mode
