The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.
EverCrack Devs Entertaining Alt. Ruleset Server Ideas
saltiness
Registered User regular
Registered User regular
EverQuest
I know there are still a few of us addicts still poking around here wishing we could go back to the glory days of EverQuest. Well, the devs in their recent Producer Letter have called for ideas from players regarding a set of servers with special rule sets. I would sure like to see an EQ Classic server or something similar come out of this - a throwback to the old days where we can wallow in the drama of overcrowded newbie zones, SG's to the dock, and fifteen minute boat rides.
Here's a link to the Producer Letter - http://eqplayers.station.sony.com/news_article.vm?id=50528
Here's the thread in the Veteran's Lounge where current subscribers are throwing around ideas - http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=116901
Here's a thread in the Newbie Zone where non-subscribers like us can actually voice our opinions - http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=116911
And lastly, a general Classic Server thread that's been going on for a decade or so - http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?&topic_id=30225
What do you all think about this? Good idea? Beating a dead horse?
I know there are still a few of us addicts still poking around here wishing we could go back to the glory days of EverQuest. Well, the devs in their recent Producer Letter have called for ideas from players regarding a set of servers with special rule sets. I would sure like to see an EQ Classic server or something similar come out of this - a throwback to the old days where we can wallow in the drama of overcrowded newbie zones, SG's to the dock, and fifteen minute boat rides.
Here's a link to the Producer Letter - http://eqplayers.station.sony.com/news_article.vm?id=50528
Here's the thread in the Veteran's Lounge where current subscribers are throwing around ideas - http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=116901
Here's a thread in the Newbie Zone where non-subscribers like us can actually voice our opinions - http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=116911
And lastly, a general Classic Server thread that's been going on for a decade or so - http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?&topic_id=30225
What do you all think about this? Good idea? Beating a dead horse?
XBL: heavenkils
saltiness on
0
Posts
I wish the UO devs would do this...
Steam BoardGameGeek Twitter
because i would be forced to play.
and i would love it
i hear raid guilds go onto progression servers and race each other, who down the dragons/gods the fastest.
Did they remove the option to use the original character models? I always used the old ones. I really could not stand the animation of the new ones they made in Luclin.
Anyway, I would totally resub if they made a server that caped the expansions to Velious.
I believe you can still use the old character models. I used them on the Progression servers eight or so months ago.
Fixed that for you. *sigh* I can dream, can't I?
That's not fixed.
You must be referring to the fact that is not green nor large enough.
I wish the AC devs would do this...
There we go.
;-)
Also, yay, EverQuest. Uh... I've never played it. It has never looked like a fun game to me. :P
There's NOTHING in the world like making an ogre invisible, go into the dwarf town, fill up all your backpacks with Tumpy Tonics, escape alive, go to Freeport, make yourself invisible again, sneak into the port bar, and give the Tumpy Tonics to some dipshit that only spawned for a few minutes every hour or so.
Running super-high xp quests like the Tumpy Tonic quest while being KOS in every area you have to visit is fun as hell.
Well, until it got nerfed.
And rubicite armor.
And all the things that were nodrop that no longer spawned.
I WANT TO SPEND MILLIONS OF PLATINUM FAILING HORRIBLY AT JEWELRY MAKING, DAMMIT!
Actually, if they cut the xp per level by a factor of 5 and released a Kunark + Velious only server, I would probably play the shit out of it.
EQ is weird like that.
Though I wouldn't play it again regardless of what new servers they released. I've tried many times to recapture the magic of old MMORPGs I've played and it has never, ever worked. Basically waiting on WAR or AoC at this point.
Yeah it'd be alot of fun if we could all just forget how to win all the boss mob content.
Someone needs to beat the fuckers with the clue-by-four until they realize that your graphics engine doesn't need to be bleeding edge if you'd just hire a competent art director.
That whole retarded mess seemed like a terrible idea from the start. Much like Shadowbane.
Player built towns going to war with each other is a terrible idea?
Instead, I'd like to see a "Classic Remix". Begin with the Old World, and eventually add Kunark and Velious. Start by tweaking the classes. Redistribute spells and abilities so that characters are more powerful and useful in general. Retune a few underused areas and dungeons. Maybe even add instanced versions of a few, like they added in later expansions. Don't put in any raid content. Instead, balance everything around a group of 6. Allow alternate advancement points to be gained at any level, and add a healthy amount of them, but don't make them add too much power. Add unlockable extras, like titles and AA abilities that require you to complete single group content. That's what I'd like to see.
Yea... sadly, we'll never see it. The original AC code was such a mess that the devs probably couldn't figure it out today. I'm sure most of it is gone, even.
Still, starting a new server, from the beginning of the story, would be a fucking dream come true. Frore? The Shadow War? Singularity holes? Bael'Zharon coming to Dereth to kick the shit out of everyone?
*swoon*
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970666737/
Indeed.
I particularly loved when I got myself KOS in Neriak.
I was a Dark Elf Wizard.
I miss those days, so much.
Those early days of AC were the days I'll never have again...when I was new to MMO's and actually cared about the world, about exploring and adventuring.
Then I became a powergamer, and in every MMO I play now it's carved into my brain to level/loot/repeat until I burn out in no time at all.
... Good times. Never hit 50 until Velious though because I just couldn't grind hard enough. Helps that I also played the worst class in the game at that time.
On second thought, fuck EQ.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
Sadly, no... But here's a list of what you will get out of Rock Band:
[too much to fit in a sig, thats what]
Is it really possible for something to be steeper than a vertical line?
I thought the EverQuest emulator was finally playable.
I'd almost be tempted to play again if it was a Classic + Kunark/velious only server. That was the golden age of MMO games IMO it just went down hill after that. After velious they just kept ramping up the huge raids, and even worse time sinks. The points thing with dungeons wasn't bad but it was just kind of meh.
I think some of the most fun I've ever had in a MMO was when my guild was doing Halls of Testing (Velious) helping each other with armor quests, shawl/ring quest lines, etc..
Oh nostalgia, what a portrait you paint.
http://picasaweb.google.com/skacer/Everquest1
Original View: http://picasaweb.google.com/skacer/Everquest1/photo#5097986106216869090