They've had patcher downtime for 5 days now. It's playable if you don't mind downloading a shady google doc folder that probably has malware in it.
Everquest TLP - Aradune and Rizlona Servers (Now with real customer service)
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They've had patcher downtime for 5 days now. It's playable if you don't mind downloading a shady google doc folder that probably has malware in it.
Bobbybick
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Yeah it's weird, I had read that people on the forums were having issues but I patched no problem earlier this afternoon.
Ambiturner
Ssraeszha Raider
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DickTrickle
Definitely NOT Furor Planedefiler
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I believe they said it was about equal in the ama. I think the current devs don't like TLP, though. It's just old crap to them. It's lame, though, since even 20% time could make a difference.
yerm
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On phinny the sleeper awakening was done with a mage box specifically keyed purely in order to have the serverwide message go to a character with a troll name. You really think a guild wouldn't bait another guild into waking the sleeper for the "haha you played yourself" lulz? Really?
Kithani
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As someone who hasn’t played on live/TLP in 5-10 years this makes all these threads even funnier. People are basically getting all up in arms over being world first in what sounds essentially like LFR tier WoW raids LMAO
Zaide
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If it’s been that long since you played on a TLP then you should consider that they also changed classic/Kunark mobs to have 120khp instead of 32k, they doubled their melee damage, spell and AE damage, they made them mitigate a raw 40% of all incoming damage (separately from their additional AC mitigation), they also made being within a massive radius of these mobs give all players a 40 point resist reduction.
Pet aggro on them is now transferred to the owner of the pet, so pets cannot tank and pet owners need to manage aggro. Likewise having over 10 pets will cause a debuff to hit all pets making them far less effective, the debuff power increases as more pets are added.
These buffs are applied on all content classic-PoP but after Kunark they begin to have diminished effectiveness to balance the natural increase in mob difficulty
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Grizzlebeard
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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Kithani
Blackwing Lair Raider
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I will admit I stand corrected by big Zaide and the thread returns to its baseline level of funniness.
Yeah there's been significant power creeps on top of MOTM though. Nagafen, in-era, had 32,000 HP and a decent sized regen. This is due to NPC HP being int16 (32767, because it has to go negative for the purple club) and it wasn't until Velious that hp changed to int32 (to grant even bigger values). There's int64 hp on EQLive as of 2010-ish (think around 2012 or later) however I don't think the client reflects that value.
AC formulas work differently on TLP compared to the actual era. EverQuest Melee Combat Routines Analyzed and Modeled - EQEmulator Forums
For a full list of mechanics that did change, you can reference TAKP's documentation on the differences between TLP&Live/P99/EQEmu and the TAKP server. TAKP is as close as you're gonna get to actual era-accurate mechanics, which is circa 2002.
wiki.takp.info
AC formulas work differently on TLP compared to the actual era. EverQuest Melee Combat Routines Analyzed and Modeled - EQEmulator Forums
For a full list of mechanics that did change, you can reference TAKP's documentation on the differences between TLP&Live/P99/EQEmu and the TAKP server. TAKP is as close as you're gonna get to actual era-accurate mechanics, which is circa 2002.
Server Comparison - The Al`Kabor Project Wiki
Evernothing
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Nah after Selo launch there was a massive buff to Caster DPS against MoTM targets. The rundown is this
Since MoTM was created it was double dipping vs spell Damage, but it was reporting incorrectly as if it was only being reduced once. For example vs classic MoTM a 1000 damage nuke was 1000-40%=600, then that 600 was getting hit again 600-40%= 360dmg. So that 1000 dmg nuke was doing 360 when it should've been doing 600, but it was reporting in game as doing 600.
First patch after Selo launched they changed the way damage reported. When they made this change the damage started reporting correctly, that 1000 damage nuke was showing as doing 360 instead of 600. I noticed this and figured out what was happening on our first Seru raid after the patch. A member of our guild Beimeith(guy who runs gamparse nowdays) got in contact with the devs and they let us know about how it had always been working this way and originally it was reporting incorrectly.
The next patch they made it so nukes/dots would only be reduced once by MoTM.
TL;DR version Casters are doing 24% more spell damage against Classic and Kunark MoTM, 21% vs Velious MoTM, 16% vs Luclin and 9% more vs PoP MoTM.
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Grizzlebeard
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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Even with EB weapons surely the casters must be struggling with dropping hate if they're putting out such high numbers.
WorryPlaysGames
Blackwing Lair Raider
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Tanks also have clicky things that work and gain them aggro without hitting - Jboots spam used to work, but they nerfed it. Amulet of Necropotence is the thing now - spam it near a mob and it generates hate/aggro. Do it for 30 seconds on a macro and you can keep threat as a MT vs almost anything.
Cyni
Lord Nagafen Raider
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Anyone have an accurate weapon dps sheet that actually makes sense? This one I found for monks is telling me I should use Stave of Shielding over my Epic Fist in MH...
Just got the 14/18 fist wraps and really want to know if THOSE are an upgrade over the epic. These damage bonus calcs make no sense to me.
Just got the 14/18 fist wraps and really want to know if THOSE are an upgrade over the epic. These damage bonus calcs make no sense to me.
DickTrickle
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I'm no expert and don't know what spreadsheet you looked at, but you have to realize that epic mainhand doesn't get a damage bonus, and that's a big DPS decrease against MOTM mobs in particular. So, it's complicated.
Cyni
Lord Nagafen Raider
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Yup that's exactly why I'm asking. The sheet is using the typical ((weapon dmg * 2) + dmg bonus) / delay that people seem to think is accurate... But that comes out with SoS being better than the 23/26 epic with no bonus. Makes no sense. And you can tell it's inaccurate after a boss or two .