Favorite EQ Dungeons

[Mardur]

I know this thread has been done similarly before, but I'm doing this as sort of research for a server I'm working on in my spare time.

I'm working on a Rogue-based EQ server that will primarily be dungeon crawls. Everyone starts in a hub zone (temporarily Nexus) and can travel to a number of dungeons. The dungeons will be populated somewhat uniquely compared to what most are familiar with. Essentially spawn locations and times are completely randomized forcing players to move around the dungeon, and eliminates camping a single spawn point. Keeping with the Rogue theme, the server will be extremely difficult and loot is obtainable randomly from any mob you kill. The first zone I'm developing is Blackburrow, and currently contains about a hundred loot items. The items are not randomly generated because I don't think that has any place in EQ, everything is itemized by hand. I want to maintain the Rogue style where you can start a new character, run the same dungeons, and find completely new items. Treasure chests spawn randomly and rarely as well, and the lockpick ability/spells will be very useful. Exp rates will be a bit faster than P99 but not fast by any means. I'm also considering making the server PVP with item loot to really nail the "hardcore" feel, but I'm not sure if the loss of population would be worth it. Also, 1 IP restriction and no MQ/SEQ allowed.

But besides that, I'm curious which dungeons you feel are the most enjoyable to crawl. Additionally I'm not sure if I want to keep things Classic-Velious. I kind of want to use zones like Akheva and Acrylia because I feel they're well designed and interesting.

Would like to launch with a 10 zone format. All of these are speculative besides Blackburrow which will definitely be the entry zone.



1) Levels 1-15: Blackburrow
Blackburrow is a relatively small dungeon, and I like the layout. It's also outdoors and will be the only outdoor dungeon available. SoW will be disabled in the hub zone, but Spirit of Shrew-esque spells will be available to some classes.

2) Levels 10-25: Warrens

3) Levels 20-35: Befallen

4) Levels 30-45: Qeynos Catacombs

5) Levels 40-55: Acrylia Caverns? I really like this zone.

6) Levels 50-65: Lower Guk

7) Levels 60-65: Velketor's Labyrinth

8) Level 65+ AA/Small Raid/Epics?: Charasis

9) Level 65++ Raid: Veksar

10) Level 65+++ Raid: Temple of Veeshan

11) Level 65++++ Raid: Ssra?

Not that I think this will ever see the light of day, but it's a fun project. Anyways, favorite dungeons to crawl? What kind of dungeons would you like to see on a server like this?