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All a new server would do is give a fresh start. The neckbeard hardcore players will still run laps around the casuals who will complain they still cant do anything cause of the hardcores 6 months in.
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the p99 code has been refined since then (with great help from the community) to a working example. were a new server to be launched with the current code, things would turn out very different from the way they are. though, the current state may not be ideal.. so i think its wise of the devs to not release a new server until they know it wont be exploited again. this is why im wondering about how far out the finished product is. i remember reading somewhere on forums before velious happened, that the build was almost finished, but i havent heard much since.
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I can't give you an ETA, but I can add some information.
Since Kunark development, we have used a rule-based system when developing content and code. What this means is the work needed to add/remove timeline features only has to be done once, and a rule applied for the era. For example, when a server is released (original eq launch date: march 1999), rubicite and manastones should drop until ~October 1999. When a new server is launched, all that is necessary is to set the correct era rules. The era switches allow us to apply rules to spawns, loottables, items, spells, doors, tradeskills, etc so they may be enabled/disabled without even a patch. It has been, and still is the plan to release a timeline correct server a certain amount of time after Velious is complete. Velious still lacks 2 zones; Stonebrunt and Chardok revamp. There are patches between and after those times which need to be developed. | ||
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Will the new server recycle after a certain point and characters transferred to existing blue? Or will this just be Blue 2.0 redux. | |||
Last edited by Phenyo; 08-03-2016 at 05:26 PM..
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Thanks for the update Nilbog
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Awesome. Thank you for everything you do, nilbog.
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To add to nilbogs post, this project is ran entirely on volunteer hours (sorry to state the obvious). Things may not move at an accelerated pace, but they are getting done. After all RL obligations are out of the way, we sit down and spend hundreds of hours dedicated to this game. If you would like to contribute (Dev or CSR), please put in an app and it will be reviewed.
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There will be announcements when those decisions are made. | |||
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