EQ - The Sleeper
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Muligan
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Probably jump on this just for the initial rush. One thing I loved in EQ was jumping on a new server (regardless if I stayed) and leveling up through at least 20. Sometimes I would at least try to make it to the LGuK and SolB camps for the heck of it. Always a blast....
So RoK and Velious will be open at launch? With so much space, won't zones be empty? Granted Velious isn't until what level - 35? Been too long...
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That's true and somewhat a concern of mine but if you think about it... The player base should be pretty lumped together initially.
Kegz, my recommendation would be to control some of the flow of the player base with hot zones and make it really worth their while. I would attempt to watch the general population and make hot zones move with the majority but begin tiering them out once the levels stair step off.
While the gear may be better in the further expansions I still believe players will revisit old zones to level and grab gear in. Can't hate on an FBSS even in Velious
Hot zones are a good method of control for keeping groups together in zones that are worth their while.
Server had a long way to go when I gave it a quick run a couple of months ago. I only spent a couple of hours testing, mostly in Butcherblock and gfay, but I saw quite a few problems in that time. For example, non-agro mobs moved too fast, which made wanderers extremely dangerous and playing a melee a pain in the ass. Also, Mobs were hitting for the wrong amount (e.g. level 1 mobs hit for 2, not 4), were the wrong level (level 3 decaying skeletons?), had the wrong faction (lvl 1 goblins in BB were KoS, weren't on EQMac), dropped the wrong loot (goblins dropped torches, backpacks), and spawns were incorrect (no decaying dwarf skeletons spawned in BB). The beta boards had low activity and testing was chaotic so that I wouldn't trust any piece to be really correct or close to classic.
That plus boxing allowed, with no clear way to police it, though 2-boxing max was the official policy and Velious open at release means I'll probably skip it, even though I feel desperate for something like this.
That plus boxing allowed, with no clear way to police it, though 2-boxing max was the official policy and Velious open at release means I'll probably skip it, even though I feel desperate for something like this.
I'm sure this is the sentiment of the majority. Why not at least stagger each expansion by 1 month? Hell even 2 weeks would be a fair compromise.
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Exactly what I suggested. VP will be a wasted zone. PoSky/Fear will also be useless.
Muligan
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I agree with Swag and Word (and whomever else).... I see no point to release them at launch. I am hoping for Velious to be locked for a period of time. I understand with Kunark due to iksar/starting zones but Velious needs to be locked probably until the summer.
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