EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

ronne said:

Pretty bold of you to assume there will even be a 25th server the way things are going at this point.

And even if there is, who's gonna give a fuck anymore? Unless they magically pull a complete 180 and start enforcing box armies/warping/automation no one is actually gonna care or take it seriously enough to 'compete'.

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LMAO as if you degenerates wouldn't show up for a new TLP server even if the gimmick was a turd plopped out on your desk for each quest you complete

ronne said:

Pretty bold of you to assume there will even be a 25th server the way things are going at this point.

And even if there is, who's gonna give a fuck anymore? Unless they magically pull a complete 180 and start enforcing box armies/warping/automation no one is actually gonna care or take it seriously enough to 'compete'.

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If they just have a fun ruleset people will be back.

Ambiturner said:

If they just have a fun ruleset people will be back.

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For the most part yes but also no. This is two TLP servers in two consecutive years that had some kind of critical failure - Vaniki and Oakwynd. A cool ruleset is absolutely required before I begin to give a shit but so what if there is. I need that ruleset to remain fuctional for more than a couple of months. That's a tall order these days. From my time on Vaniki and my time on Oakwynd my goodwill regarding a game I technically still like has been exhausted. On top of the trashed economy and legacy character system failure to work with AAs Oakwynd is just all cheating all the time. Even if I wanted to go big on the 25th I know it's going to be all cheaters trying to out cheat each other so why bother. I've been on those raids. They're boring as fuck.

I expect the 25th to still be successful but we're rapidly running out of road for these things. That server is going to have a whole bunch of people return, see the state of the game and fuck back off to Super Wow Classic Plus Gooder or P-ninety Quarm and that'll be that. You won't get them to show up again. Just Oakwynd generated a big fucking crowd that's basically done with the game. The server's premier raiding guild is on hiatus. I'm doubtful they're coming back even if there's technically a date set.

Just give us mischief server rules with rizlona social rules, and add two zeroes to plat drop amounts. Throw in overseer. You dont have to worry about hax, bots, dupes, or plvler farms if you just give it all away for free!

Also go ahead and start with Mercs right off the bat and remove key/zone restrictions.

ronne said:

Pretty bold of you to assume there will even be a 25th server the way things are going at this point.

And even if there is, who's gonna give a fuck anymore? Unless they magically pull a complete 180 and start enforcing box armies/warping/automation no one is actually gonna care or take it seriously enough to 'compete'.

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Most people who play TLP aren't there to compete so that's kind of irrelevant.

Can we just do Mischief again? It was nice...

Mischief FV like server.

Mischief with randomized group drops, but not the raid nonsense where groupable mobs were dropping bis items.

Not mine but found it amusing, the real producers letter.

Everquest Producers Letter Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024! by Jan Chen

This year we did alot of things. We started many things and finished only a few things. The one thing we finished is the new expansion, but it isn't working properly so you can't play the rest of the game right now. We started so many things like UI scaling but didn't finish them. We got a Direct X11 port to test, but didn't get it incorporated into the actual game. This year and this year only we did things and stuff. For a limited time, you can get a free orc mercenary metamorph wand, and also you can spend 45$ to buy a clockwork bear mount at the beginning of 2024. Thanks for paying our bills, kind subscribers of the Everquest. Without you buying exp potions, we wouldn't have jobs.

Sincerely, Jan Chen

Supposedly they fixed the AA xp issue today, also giving oakwynd a 200% xp bonus for a week.

Metalhead said:

Supposedly they fixed the AA xp issue today, also giving oakwynd a 200% xp bonus for a week.

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I bet both remaining players are fucking pumped

Ambiturner said:

I bet both remaining players are fucking pumped

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The first attempt today failed and the servers had to come back down so even those two guys got spit in the face an extra time.

Metalhead said:

Supposedly they fixed the AA xp issue today, also giving oakwynd a 200% xp bonus for a week.

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The time to do this was a month ago when it didn't work in the first place, or maybe when the servers economy imploded

They are trying to bail water out of the titanic at this point.