official: EQ live progression will be.... slow progression :(

[Oleris]

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[Rec]

awesome

those names suck though

[Millburn]

I'm STILL not seeing the discussion I need to hear before I feel comfortable about investing time in this. There hasn't been any recognition that progression on previous servers has been fucked beyond belief. I NEED to hear that they're committed to making this as legit as possible. Yet all the discussion is about unlock rates, names, and other trivial shit. I smell something fucky.

[burdenday]

Originally Posted by Millburn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm STILL not seeing the discussion I need to hear before I feel comfortable about investing time in this. There hasn't been any recognition that progression on previous servers has been fucked beyond belief. I NEED to hear that they're committed to making this as legit as possible. Yet all the discussion is about unlock rates, names, and other trivial shit. I smell something fucky.

I just don't see that happening with their resources. They'll probably make a few simple tweaks here and there, but with their new no CS policy expect hacking to run rampant and many past problems to remain.

Still, I'll probably play here. Likely the last official progression server ever.

[maestrom]

I played on Sleeper for a month or so until Kunark was released.

I remember lots of not-classic problems including some neck items from the revamp freeport and zones like Jagged Pine Forest. Were these problems on later progression servers as well or have they gotten better?

[Swish]

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Like the original dev team is there in any sense anymore... lol'd

[Millburn]

What thread is that from anyway?

[Oleris]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Like the original dev team is there in any sense anymore... lol'd

swish I need a GIF asap that zooms into that picture where it says they have stolen the IP and should feel bad... then it goes to the infamous booker t/hulk hogan exchange here https://youtu.be/t8NX-HxX-A0 but it says Rogean, we coming for you sucka

[Weekapaug]

Originally Posted by Millburn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm STILL not seeing the discussion I need to hear before I feel comfortable about investing time in this. There hasn't been any recognition that progression on previous servers has been fucked beyond belief. I NEED to hear that they're committed to making this as legit as possible. Yet all the discussion is about unlock rates, names, and other trivial shit. I smell something fucky.

That's all it ever is.

The first progression servers that I played on live had the revamp lavastrom and freeport sewers loot dropping during classic rendering whole swaths of classic gear moot. During the last ones, if I recall correctly because I didn't play, they had the out of combat regen system in place for the whole game.

You are correct to question this stuff because, unless you see something specifically to the contrary, you can assume that "progression" is purely about content unlocks in name only...It's just that content from the current game, pretty much, with exceptions.

They don't go in and restore the game to actually BE like it was in each era, if that's what you are looking for, basically.

[Enderenter]

Originally Posted by Weekapaug [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's all it ever is.

The first progression servers that I played on live had the revamp lavastrom and freeport sewers loot dropping during classic rendering whole swaths of classic gear moot. During the last ones, if I recall correctly because I didn't play, they had the out of combat regen system in place for the whole game.

You are correct to question this stuff because, unless you see something specifically to the contrary, you can assume that "progression" is purely about content unlocks in name only...It's just that content from the current game, pretty much, with exceptions.

They don't go in and restore the game to actually BE like it was in each era, if that's what you are looking for, basically.

If this is true (and I'm not saying it isn't), why do people play on these servers? Why would anyone want to play a server that has all modern EQ content, where basically all that is added is the areas from each expansion as they are released. Wouldn't just playing on a normal server with all expansions be better, in that case?