Question on Phinigel 'classicness' and p99 response

Rygar · #1 06-22-2016, 04:56 PM

Did a search here and didn't find anything... I'm curious, with the new EQ Phinigel progression server, is the content truly being considered 'classic' to the p99 staff and community? I know there is raid instancing (blah) and content unlocking every 12 weeks, but that aside, will that content that gets released be accurate compared to classic EQ timeline (i.e. no new mobs / loot tables added that came many expansions later)?

What I'm getting at, is if 'new content' is discovered in Phinigel (old EQ has said there were a multitude of undiscovered quests), would p99 update accordingly or not accept this as being classic because 'you never know' if it was added in / fixed?

Furthermore, for zones like the Hole I remember there being slightly different loot tables and a named steel Golem I discovered during Velious era in Golem Tower but was never documented on EQ bestiary or Allakazam's.

Any dev feedback is appreciated, I'm debating making a 'discovery' toon that I wouldn't level much but just gather some intel on mob spawn points, etc and compare to p99. Just wouldn't want to waste my time if Phinigel isn't being considered 'classic content'.

Thulack · #2 06-22-2016, 04:58 PM

Its not code from classic so wouldnt take anything that was "found" on phinny to be something from classic times.

JurisDictum · #3 06-22-2016, 05:04 PM

There was a tendency for SoE to add in items that looked like they could be from the era years after the content was mostly trivial. This makes people new the classic EQ scholarship frequently confused about what was classic and what was added in later on these progression servers.

Rygar · #4 06-22-2016, 05:37 PM

Damn, my dreams crushed in the blink of an eye. Thanks for the quick feedback, looks like I will save myself the time of creating a little rogue to sneak around.

Swish · #5 06-22-2016, 06:59 PM

OP you can RMT for weapons and shiny items if you have a fat wallet.

That's about as unclassic as it gets.

Evia · #6 06-22-2016, 08:19 PM

I have a ranger who managed to get dark elf mask and press nerf fungi staff. So some classic elements. Not really classic though over all.

Man0warr · #7 06-23-2016, 01:04 AM

They did a pretty good job removing out of era stuff compared to some of the other Progression servers.

They did accidentally leave in some 2003ish Velketors/Dragon Necropolis revamp items in but they got those removed recently after a couple of weeks.

Other than that, haven't seen much that isn't on Project1999 dropping. Outside of Chardok revamp stuff but P99 will get that soon.

Swish · #8 06-23-2016, 06:17 AM

You're saying everyone was RMT'ing between vanilla and Velious?

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Man, you really didn't ever play classic EQ.

Izmael · #9 06-23-2016, 06:56 AM

I made a character on Phinigel at launch and played him for a few days.

It's not close to classic at all. Basically they took current live EQ and removed some stuff, such as non-classic zones, mercs.

But the remaining zones aren't classic at all. It's not the same NPC's. The gameplay is different... damage tables, mana/hp regen, relative mob strength, are all very different from classic or p99. Tens or hundreds of little details such as coin weight are different.

You can even parcel stuff around the world. Not sure about boats.

Everything is a lot easier and sucks compared to p99.

Thulack · #10 06-23-2016, 08:09 AM

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You're saying everyone was RMT'ing between vanilla and Velious?

People RMT'd in classic all the time. There was a time when Everquest stuff was allowed on Ebay early on and it was filled with people selling stuff.