Places that could host new custom content in the future

[Seltius]

I was looking around over the weekend and figured I would start a thread with places that would be neat for custom content or that already have a feel of something waiting. Adding content to any of these would remove the trivialization of classic content without detracting too much from the fantasy feel. Also could be a way to introduce some of the PoP or other content the Devs want. Since just because the portal is inside the dungeon doesnt mean the other end cannot be outside. Also with the lower level dungeons it could go to custom content for lower levels matching the previous dungeon.

*The Hole-Door at the bottom maybe entrance to realm of Brell

*Upper Guk- there is a blocked door and several walls in dead ends that look damaged.

*Lake of Ill Omen-underwater temple of course that was done in EQ at some point also.

*Karnors Castle-there are several places in the aquaduct/moat area for added zonelines.

*Trakanons Teeth-The crypt areas could have a zoneline.

*OSeb- Could add a zoneline to NSeb or somewhere else going to high end content.

*VP-add a zoneline in the lava tubes with Raiding content.

Nice thing about if they did this is they wouldnt have to go through the long term testing they did trying to get all of Velious correct because its custom. The only issues would be with balancing and the unknown.

[Daldaen]

Or just release Luclin -> PoP.

That would be sweet. Such wow.

[Seltius]

Or just release Luclin -> PoP.

That would be sweet. Such wow.

Veto

[indiscriminate_hater]

Should just add custom content to zones that don't get much action. Gorge of king xorbb, lake rathe, kerra isle, dagnors cauldron

[pharmakos]

north east corner of Stonebrunt Mountains has a deadend cave with boulders at the end, likely was intended to be a future zoneline.

in Kaesora there's a similar dead end cave just south of the Hungered Ravener's hut.

there are many docks in the world that don't have boats that currently stop at them.

[Dacien]

Should just add custom content to zones that don't get much action. Gorge of king xorbb, lake rathe, kerra isle, dagnors cauldron

Can something be done about the woeful state of Najena?

[fadetree]

'Custom content', at least as far as zones go, will probably be re-working and modifying existing zones form live I would think. It is a shit ton of work to actually build a new zone. Stuff like custom quests, items, and critters are easier.

[Rararboker]

'Custom content', at least as far as zones go, will probably be re-working and modifying existing zones form live I would think. It is a shit ton of work to actually build a new zone. Stuff like custom quests, items, and critters are easier.

Devs have already stated making brand new zones/encounters is easier than reworking existing content. Just FYI since your post seemed to assume the opposite.

[Erydan Ouragan]

Or just release Luclin -> PoP.

That would be sweet. Such wow.

Or make an entirely new server, same p99 rule set, same timeline, same authenticity, that goes up to PoP.

That way, everybody is happy. The people that love classic/kunark/velious can play on their reset server over and over again.

Unfortunately, Rogean said they scrapped the AA code so i don't think it would happen.

Oh well, waiting for the the new progression server on live this summer.

[maskedmelon]

How could you miss the Spectre tower in Oasis? For the loooooongest time everyone thought that would be a portal/access to some zone, never ended up as such. I always hoped it would :/

I like this idea ^^) we could have a Mummy style dungeon of undead in sarcophagi with scarabs, asps and booby traps!

[Seltius]

How could you miss the Spectre tower in Oasis? For the loooooongest time everyone thought that would be a portal/access to some zone, never ended up as such. I always hoped it would :/

Oh yeah sorry that was one I missed.

Also there are places in Velious. I thought for the longest time that there would be some place in ToFS that lead to a plane or something. Oh or a city in the bottom of CC or a dollhouse in ToV that lead to another plane..Wait scratch those last 2 they already exist.

[charlie_murphy]

How could you miss the Spectre tower in Oasis? For the loooooongest time everyone thought that would be a portal/access to some zone, never ended up as such. I always hoped it would :/

I thought that was the entrance to PoFear for the longest time.

[Vorkon]

Need to make zones you can port directly to, or have ridiculous long boat rides. Its the Norrath way.

[gildor]

How about the above mentioned, but tied to a pop zone..tuned to velious difficulty..

For example..the spec tower in oasis could lead to the plane of nightmare, the hole door could lead to the plane of earth ..etc etc..bring in elements of pop without POK, or luclin in between

[planarity]

some point during velious there is an event in the karanas where betroxx infects the karanas with a plague. This was supposed to coincide with the release of a classic plane of disease, but the plan was scrapped. WTB classic plane of disease!

[Seltius]

some point during velious there is an event in the karanas where betroxx infects the karanas with a plague. This was supposed to coincide with the release of a classic plane of disease, but the plan was scrapped. WTB classic plane of disease!

Like that idea!

Sup Planarity!

[quido]

An invisible portal placed under the docks in EFP that teleports you directly into Seltius's ass.

[Seltius]

An invisible portal placed under the docks in EFP that teleports you directly into Seltius's ass.

lol I missed you too Jeremy! Got something for you man.

[Nubben]

How could you miss the Spectre tower in Oasis? For the loooooongest time everyone thought that would be a portal/access to some zone, never ended up as such. I always hoped it would :/

This was eventually used as a zone-in point for a PoHate instance that was part of the rogue epic "1.5" quest. I think you actually fight Lanys T`Vyl at the end of the instance. This would have been Omens of War era that it was added I think.

[fadetree]

Devs have already stated making brand new zones/encounters is easier than reworking existing content. Just FYI since your post seemed to assume the opposite.

Well, I guess I am just plain wrong. I had thought that coming up with all of the zone geometry, pathing, 3d models, NPC's, spawn locations, bind locations, and so forth would be harder than adding a few critters and some scripting, but I guess not.

[Madbad]

One major issue is that with custom content you don't have to worry as much about bugging out existing content.

[mgellan]

I always thought revamping Kerra Isle and populating it with kick-ass Vah Shir would be neat, and could be the intro of a new player race with the Vah Shir being a new warrior caste spontaneously arising from the Kerrans. Events like new high level mobs in Toxx attemping to invade Erudin etc. makes for something like the ring war as well. Stick a zoneline to a post-Velious zone in Kerra and put a boss mob in there... Similar with Guk and the Frogloks, etc. It would be a cool way to introduce the new races with new factions etc.

Regards,
Mg

[Buellen]

Unbelievable

You guys have not EVEN entered velious and you folks are already screaming for another expansion /custom content.


Can you neckbeards and no life folks who SOL existence is this game calm down and not panic because your world is coming to an end.

[Ryndar]

How could you miss the Spectre tower in Oasis? For the loooooongest time everyone thought that would be a portal/access to some zone, never ended up as such. I always hoped it would :/

It was used in Omens of War for the Rogue Epic 1.5. Was a portal to s special Hate zone where Innoruuk had to die.

[Seltius]

Unbelievable

You guys have not EVEN entered velious and you folks are already screaming for another expansion /custom content.


Can you neckbeards and no life folks who SOL existence is this game calm down and not panic because your world is coming to an end.

No one is screaming about anything. Just curious and brainstorming since the GMs have not announced anything else(Velious was a key point on the server so its great it is here) and there is constantly a thread on Luclin.(so it seems only been back on the forum about 2 weeks)

This was just a chance to use imagination something that is sorely challenging for some here.

Oh and while I physically do have a beard atm I havent been a neckbeard for a while. But boy is it a nice red one which btw I think means I have no soul but I havent consulted Southpark lately.

Edit: hmm I actually like some of your posts Buellen though I didnt like all of Raymond Feist's books after a point Pug just became rediculously overpowered imo. Some of the spin off books left a little to be desired but all in all he was a good author. I too think Nil and the other Devs did an amazing job on this server and it is great Velious is here. I miss that part of early EQ. But again that aside this was just a chance to give someone something else to read and post on other than another Luclin thread. Thanks for your input.

[Swish]

As long as it doesn't turn P99 into The Hidden Forest I think we can all be hopeful of whatever comes ;)

[Daldaen]

Just release Luclin and PoP. Best expansions of EQ.


Brought class balance to game
Added tons of convenience. Know those multiple chat windows, item linking and percentages shown in your UI. You can thank Luclin for that.
Added some of EQ's best quests. Sigil Earring of Veracity, VT key, Aid Grimel, Secrets of the Planes, Power of the Elements just to name a few.
Raids became more interesting with all the mechanics introduced. Ones like Emperor Ssra, Shei Vinitras, Creator, LIS, Rallos Zek, All the Elemental Gods, Plane of Time! Also due to the massive amount of content no single guild is locking it all down.
Tradeskills became relevant. You could actually turn on a profit on all of them, not just JC/Alchemy... Maybe cultural armor for some races.
AAs added value to play your max level character and didn't make you feel like your exp was wasted (plus it balanced classes as mentioned above)


#Luclin2019
#PoP2023

[Swish]

Talking of custom content, this is the THF world map - which some might find interesting or funny, or both ! Have broken it down to forum picture friendly chunks below but click the link to see it as an all in one...

Some interesting neighbouring zones eh?


http://www.thehiddenforest.org/images/thfmap.png


http://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2015/04/14/thf5.png


http://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2015/04/14/thf1.png


http://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2015/04/14/thf2.png


http://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2015/04/14/thf3.png


http://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/2015/04/14/thf4.png

[Swish]

...so in short, be careful what you wish for with custom content ;)

[Itap]

I can't imagine how tedious and time consuming programming custom content would be. Wouldn't it be much easier to, say, skip SoL, and add a customized version of PoP?

[Seltius]

All in all this is just a thread for the imagination. I dont know about The Hidden Forest I never checked that server out P99 or bust for me I guess.

Its funny if anyone believes the Devs would look at anything I post with any serious consideration anyway. I support them because they have done an amazing job but bottom line is im just another player in a game with alot of those already.

As far as Luclin and PoP I seem to remember them saying on several occasions it wouldnt happen.

[mgellan]

As long as it doesn't turn P99 into The Hidden Forest I think we can all be hopeful of whatever comes ;)

I've never played on there and probably won't but whats the issue, the zones are just strung together without being integrated?

Regards,
Mg

[Supaskillz]

extend the mine in Kaladim B and have "The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep" themed dungeon.

[zanderklocke]

I want a zone shaped like Sirken's face.

[maskedmelon]

extend the mine in Kaladim B and have "The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep" themed dungeon.

The Lair of Asmug?

[PDX0621]

Veksar. The answer to all your questions is Veksar.


Veksar 2015.

[iruinedyourday]

Orc highway.. WHERE DO THEY GO?!

also this:

extend the mine in Kaladim B and have "The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep" themed dungeon.

a dungeon with kaladim art and zombie dwarfs would be the sweetest dungoin, the jeweled crowns and rings to obtain there would be of no match

[Buellen]

Sorry Seltius

Should not have posted as i was a bit irritated with all the luclin posts. Made some bad assumption and just made arse of my self 8).

Mind you i loved raiding luclin, just hated the rest of the expansion due to poor and unfinished content. If your not into raiding luclin its a dam boring expansion.

If custom content could add POP zones as was discussed in a thread from a year or so ago, that would awesome , but I am baised in that i like POP expansion way more than luclin.

PS: I read all but a few of Raymond Fiest books in Medikima <sp?> and Tsurani world. I liked them all. Pug was a bad arse , but you not any more powerful then say some HIGH fantasy wizards in other books series.


No one is screaming about anything. Just curious and brainstorming since the GMs have not announced anything else(Velious was a key point on the server so its great it is here) and there is constantly a thread on Luclin.(so it seems only been back on the forum about 2 weeks)

This was just a chance to use imagination something that is sorely challenging for some here.

Oh and while I physically do have a beard atm I havent been a neckbeard for a while. But boy is it a nice red one which btw I think means I have no soul but I havent consulted Southpark lately.

Edit: hmm I actually like some of your posts Buellen though I didnt like all of Raymond Feist's books after a point Pug just became rediculously overpowered imo. Some of the spin off books left a little to be desired but all in all he was a good author. I too think Nil and the other Devs did an amazing job on this server and it is great Velious is here. I miss that part of early EQ. But again that aside this was just a chance to give someone something else to read and post on other than another Luclin thread. Thanks for your input.

[Erydan Ouragan]

Just release Luclin and PoP. Best expansions of EQ.


Brought class balance to game
Added tons of convenience. Know those multiple chat windows, item linking and percentages shown in your UI. You can thank Luclin for that.
Added some of EQ's best quests. Sigil Earring of Veracity, VT key, Aid Grimel, Secrets of the Planes, Power of the Elements just to name a few.
Raids became more interesting with all the mechanics introduced. Ones like Emperor Ssra, Shei Vinitras, Creator, LIS, Rallos Zek, All the Elemental Gods, Plane of Time! Also due to the massive amount of content no single guild is locking it all down.
Tradeskills became relevant. You could actually turn on a profit on all of them, not just JC/Alchemy... Maybe cultural armor for some races.
AAs added value to play your max level character and didn't make you feel like your exp was wasted (plus it balanced classes as mentioned above)


#Luclin2019
#PoP2023

Absolutely this.

When Velious is done, they could open a brand new server and start rolling out expansions according to the timeline, while working on Luclin/PoP, then roll them out when they're done.

That way, you can either play on p99 for that super classic experience, the rotating server if you like to do it over and over again, or PoP99 if you want to play when the game was as its best.

I truly appreciate the work devs have done with p99. That's why i want them to do a Luclin/PoP server, because if they do it, it's going to be top notch.

#JeSuisPoP99

[ValonSergki]

extend the mine in Kaladim B and have "The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep" themed dungeon.

"You have discovered an eerie cavern. The air above the dark stone floor is alive with vorticies of purple light and dark, boiling clouds. Seemingly bottomless glowing pits mark the surface."

"Horrifying screams come from the darkness below!"

[SCB]

Add the zones that were on the original map as custom content.

http://hdwpapers.com/everquest_map_wallpaper-wallpapers.html

Broken Skull Rock, Broodlands, Frigid Plain, etc.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

remove all kunark tree animations. replace them with cactus.

[Clark]

Or just release Luclin -> PoP.

Definitely. Anyone with half a brain agrees this is what will be the best down the line when Velious has been expended for quite some time. If the staff is up for it.

The second best option is to wipe all the servers eventually, and create a new one that sticks to the time-line accordingly. Kunark>Velious>Luclin>PoP. Wish I didn't work all the time now so I could go as hardcore as I did in the past, but it would still be nice to see someday. Especially if Luclin, and PoP don't come out.

[Swish]

I've never played on there and probably won't but whats the issue, the zones are just strung together without being integrated?

Regards,
Mg

That and people 6 box, 10 box, 14 box etc.

Try chatting in a public channel? It's a ghost town.

If the spirit of classic is in you, you'd hate it there :p

[Chrisjones70]

How could you miss the Spectre tower in Oasis? For the loooooongest time everyone thought that would be a portal/access to some zone, never ended up as such. I always hoped it would :/


It is isn't it entrance to finish the rogue 1.5 epic on live or am I way off?

[Guide.Chroma]

Definitely. Anyone with half a brain agrees this is what will be the best down the line when Velious has been expended for quite some time. If the staff is up for it.

The second best option is to wipe all the servers eventually, and create a new one that sticks to the time-line accordingly. Kunark>Velious>Luclin>PoP. Wish I didn't work all the time now so I could go as hardcore as I did in the past, but it would still be nice to see someday. Especially if Luclin, and PoP don't come out.

It's been pretty adamantly stated that there will never be a wipe. We want people to always be able to come back to their chars.

As for Luclin and so on, I can say pretty confidently that P99 will never see them added wholesale. Just based on my impressions (I don't speak for the devs or GM's, just speak with them) we won't ever see the Bazaar or PoK books. Ever. I'd also probably feel safe adding Luclin as a continent...moon...err...Luclin as a location never being added.

I am incredibly doubtful that AA's will come, but I think there is some ground to argue for their addition.

It has been said that one of the possibilities for the future is a server that starts at Day 1 EQ, and scales through expansions on the same timeline as Live EQ did. These servers would get rolled into the primary server (blue as we know it now), and another "Progression Server" would start. There are a lot of tricky logistics to this though, and at the moment is more of an idea than an actual plan.

No one is going to discourage threads with ideas popping up in the forums. All I can say is that if every player got exactly what they wanted, we'd have a very dead (and impossible) project.

[Seltius]

It's been pretty adamantly stated that there will never be a wipe. We want people to always be able to come back to their chars.

As for Luclin and so on, I can say pretty confidently that P99 will never see them added wholesale. Just based on my impressions (I don't speak for the devs or GM's, just speak with them) we won't ever see the Bazaar or PoK books. Ever. I'd also probably feel safe adding Luclin as a continent...moon...err...Luclin as a location never being added.

I am incredibly doubtful that AA's will come, but I think there is some ground to argue for their addition.

It has been said that one of the possibilities for the future is a server that starts at Day 1 EQ, and scales through expansions on the same timeline as Live EQ did. These servers would get rolled into the primary server (blue as we know it now), and another "Progression Server" would start. There are a lot of tricky logistics to this though, and at the moment is more of an idea than an actual plan.

No one is going to discourage threads with ideas popping up in the forums. All I can say is that if every player got exactly what they wanted, we'd have a very dead (and impossible) project.

Thank you for your reply!

*Now you have just entered a dark and forboding passage way. There is rubble littering the ground with remanents of furniture and tapestries. You see another passage that branches to the right and actually seems darker than the one you are in if possible. You feel an eerie breeze and hear a faint rustle as if cloth on cloth.....What do you do?*

[mgellan]

That and people 6 box, 10 box, 14 box etc.

Try chatting in a public channel? It's a ghost town.

If the spirit of classic is in you, you'd hate it there :p

Yeah I would. I checked out their site as well, Pay-To-Win big time. Too bad looks like they put a lot of work in.

I always thought allowing 2boxing to do xfers and maybe buff an alt would be fine but as soon as you get an xp message while boxing you're suspended. At least that'll be the rule on the server I'm working on.

Regards,
Mg

[Daldaen]

It is isn't it entrance to finish the rogue 1.5 epic on live or am I way off?

Correct. And for years this part sucked. Because it requires you had something like 14~ players in Oasis at the top of the spire to trigger the special PoHate instance for the Rogue Epic, even when that part was soloable.

[Whirled]

Start a revolt in Kerra Island (http://wiki.project1999.com/Kerra_Island) which leads up to a possible cats on moon.

[wycca]

There's some zone lines in SolA that aren't used. Could probably make a case for a new zone linking the magma room under SolTemple as well.

Firepots in Neriak too!

[11bangbang]

Or make an entirely new server, same p99 rule set, same timeline, same authenticity, that goes up to PoP.

That way, everybody is happy. The people that love classic/kunark/velious can play on their reset server over and over again.

Unfortunately, Rogean said they scrapped the AA code so i don't think it would happen.

Oh well, waiting for the the new progression server on live this summer.

i would love a server that went to, and stopped at PoP

[Arteker]

How could you miss the Spectre tower in Oasis? For the loooooongest time everyone thought that would be a portal/access to some zone, never ended up as such. I always hoped it would :/

it was for paladin 2,0 epic,

anyways if a zone was cool and 100% classic would be Marauders mire.

[Celatus]

There were plenty of good expansions past velious. Some if not all had great and crappy pieces. Nilbog has stated though he is not going to do a server past velious which is kind of a shame because I would like to see content go further and have neither the time nor talent to make my own server.

[iruinedyourday]

Firepots in Neriak too!

excellent idea, once you travel there there is a real feeling of, 'wait wut? something is missing here?'

[Daldaen]

In the bottom of Kedge Keep, in Phinigel's lair, there is a portal to Plane of Tranquility.

It copies your character to a PoP server with only PoP content enabled, level 65, AAs, and all of PoP in its ridiculously awesome glory.