fippydarkpaw.com do not want

[SwordNboard]

1.) theymadbro (http://www.fippydarkpaw.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=452)
2.) Second Server Needed (http://www.fippydarkpaw.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=505)

3.) If only all those fools could realize that this is where they really wanna be.

[Akame]

I can't find enough places uncamped to gain some exp as is, I'm ok with them being on another server until after Kunark at least.

[SwordNboard]

You won't see me on either of those server since it's not truly classic. I might roll a char there once my buddy's druid is 50. :p

But, naw, this place is too much like home.

[t0lkien]

They have /melody so it's only for cheaters!
;)

[Pico]

A big warning saying DO NOT LINK TO PROJECT 1999 is probably going to be the best advertising anyways.

[Harrison]

A big warning saying DO NOT LINK TO PROJECT 1999 is probably going to be the best advertising anyways.

[gnomishfirework]

A big warning saying DO NOT LINK TO PROJECT 1999 is probably going to be the best advertising anyways.

Yea, he even clarifies that linking to p1999 wikis and such are ok, and mentioning it is fine. You can't link directly to it or other emulator sites. Its just to keep on good terms with soe so he can be affiliated probably or something.

[Dr4z3r]

They have /melody so it's only for cheaters!
;)

*nodnod*

[Aksiom2k]

The fastest way to spread a secret is to whisper.

[skipdog]

Fippy is the only reason I'm here... and I ain't touching that non-classic server with a 10 foot pole! I was stunned at how NON-classic it was. You can just aggro mobs and run from them... and they won't hit you. Spawn with items after death... what a joke!!

[One Tin Soldier]

Do they have the mercenary henchmen on that server? I quit the live servers a long time ago so I was gone long before they put in henchmen but in my mind that would completely ruin the EQ experience. When I read that they did that, to me it sounded like they had finally given up entirely and EQ had truly jumped the shark.

[tristantio]

I don't think mercs are on the server, however I think on a server where boxing is allowed mercs are no different as both go around the mechanic or general philosophy of a single player controlling a single character in a mmorpg.

When I was playing on live EQ I actually enjoyed the merc as I have never boxed, as it let me level up classes I normally would never attempt to level up solo (such as a rogue).

The problem with live EQ currently is that 1 - 80 is a complete ghost town so someone coming back to the game after a hiatus is completely out of luck as far as leveling a non-necro/mage goes.

[Malrubius]

Man, do people still play on the live servers? :p

Their idea of classic is nothing like real classic, so I'm kind of surprised they are seeing success with them.

Devamped classic zones, bogus drops, bogus mobs, in-game maps, compass, nerfed death penalties, ability to run away from mobs, overpowered spells, shared bank slots, etc. etc. etc. Sounds about as fun as watching the paint dry.

[Daldaen]

It isn't intended to be classic. It is intended to be progression.

This server will blow until about PoP era when it will become decentish.

[Harrison]

What's the fucking point of "progression" when you're vastly more overpowered for the current content of where you are supposed to be in progression?

*facepalm*

[TJHooker]

I am patching it up on my other comp now, 3 hour patch... They gave free time so I dusted off my ancient account just to check it out.

I can't really stand the old world though so I am loking forward to Kunark.

[Harrison]

I'm going to run through it as a recruitment poster for P99, properly.

Group with people, help noobs out, etc. and direct them here casually lol

[Tehwoot]

Not a big fan of this Progression shit... I like how its a real server but the new revamped noobie zones and clusterfuck of mechanics dont work when you are playing Classic -> Kunark and have super mana regen, OP Monk fists and so on... Guess ill stay at P99 and play with the bugs.

[guineapig]

I'll just go ahead and point out that this server of theirs was not advertised as being "classic". The focus was always on it being time locked Progression. So, with that said they aren't exactly false advertising.

As somebody stated on a previous thread: for what ever reason they use the same database for all their servers and have no way of simply undoing changes to 1 specific server, particularly if it's something more than three years old.

While this may or may not have been a dumb move on their part, it's not like their goal was to replicate 1999. I don't think they ever said it was.

Basically people join this server to get server firsts and to get a chance to start on an even playing field. For those that have been playing on live but have 500AA's less than their buddy or have always been in the second best guild, this is a chance for them to try and get to the top. For others it's merely a change of pace from seeing the endless mudflation and sick twinking at level one. For those purposes I think the server will deliver to the people that seek it out.

I personally don't have the time to invest in something like this which is the main reason why I will not be trying it out.

[Jaxon]

It's a bunch of BS anyway about all their servers being on the same DB. EQMac is frozen in time at POP with all the old zones intact, and there doesn't seem to be a problem running that.

[TJHooker]

OK, I logged on killed about 20 white MOBS and was a whole yellow bar in, I never came close to reaching level 2! Screw that, lol. Plus the new Freeport really pisses me off.

[Crone]

I'm going to log in tonight and play my necro and it's going to be awesome. I'm hoping that sirens in OOT aren't camped too bad, and I can solo myself to greatness!

[DevGrousis]

Fippy is the only reason I'm here... and I ain't touching that non-classic server with a 10 foot pole! I was stunned at how NON-classic it was. You can just aggro mobs and run from them... and they won't hit you. Spawn with items after death... what a joke!!

welcome to the real deal bro :D

[Nedala]

Fippy is the only reason I'm here... and I ain't touching that non-classic server with a 10 foot pole! I was stunned at how NON-classic it was. You can just aggro mobs and run from them... and they won't hit you. Spawn with items after death... what a joke!!

ahaha i love reading posts like this, welcome to the real fun :)

[Wizerud]

That server just makes me appreciate the hard work that's gone into this server.

[Volsic]

So, first 2 SKs to 50 can off all the bosses in classic, assuming their HTs don't get resisted. Awesome.

[quellren]

I can't find enough places uncamped to gain some exp as is, I'm ok with them being on another server until after Kunark at least.

Couldn't agree more.

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[t0lkien]

I'd really like to like it, but as has been said, it's in no way a classic experience. The new UI is awful IMO as well, though I know you can mod it. But you can't get the old Velious UI feel, or even very close to it. It requires setting everything up all over again, for an experience that is profoundly different to the one you are trying to recapture.

It's good they have done it, but p1999 is by far the better "return" experience. I'd be more likely to return to my 85 Bard on live than restart on the progression server with all the fundamental changes to the game that they can't wind back.

[Uaellaen]

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[Omnimorph]

What's the fucking point of "progression" when you're vastly more overpowered for the current content of where you are supposed to be in progression?

*facepalm*

^^ this

And who said it wouldn't get good before PoP? EQ was only good up till after PoP... the fact that there's going to be horrible balance issues for the best content is a massive failure, but EQ players are some of the most hardcore around and they'll not care.

[lanystvyl]

but it was awesome to jump on my cleric and necro -nameless server and fart around a bit. Forgot how tricked out I had them. It wasn't enough to get me away from p99, I like the classic game play. I have my own server to rip thru and slash dragons when I feel the need.

P99 for ever!!

[Estolcles]

I have my own server to rip thru and slash dragons when I feel the need.

P99 for ever!!

I still need to get a decent enough comp and figure out how to do this......

[Timzilla]

What's the fucking point of "progression" when you're vastly more overpowered for the current content of where you are supposed to be in progression?

*facepalm*

How do you figure overpowered?

[Extunarian]

How do you figure overpowered?

I also don't read threads before asking questions that have been answered 30 times in said thread.

[BuzWeaver]

I'm finding it enjoyable. Granted its not 'true' classic and SOE had never intended it to be a P1999 style server. I'll give some credit to SOE for at least allowing people some free play time.

[azeth]

I'll give some credit to SOE for at least allowing people some free play time.

well SOE's EverQuest market is broad enough, where regaining even 1 month's worth of subscription fees, from Fippy and Vulak's population, was likely a large part of the plan to dish out free trials.

[Daldaen]

What's the fucking point of "progression" when you're vastly more overpowered for the current content of where you are supposed to be in progression?

*facepalm*

The point is that you aren't supposed to stay locked in the older expansions, as they can't truly replicate the environment of them with the amount of time/resources they have devoted to the project.

Currently, monk fists + mage pets are vastly overpowered (even more so than they were in classic).

Mana regeneration is way faster (you can bitch about this, but sitting at your screen for 10 minutes to meditate to full mana isn't fun or 'hard')

Spell levels are all screwed up, at some point in time they decided to let casting classes get spells every single level. Stupid decision imo but meh.

Spell data is OP. Minor Healing does 10-15 Health instead of just a base 10, etc. Nukes do more, DoTs do more.


Basically, Classic EQ, Kunark, Velious and Luclin will fall with ease because of these unbalanced issues. The true test will be what people vote on the unlocking. I'd expect it to be stuck in Classic for the people who want to 'relive' the classic days... until they realize that it really isn't and then they let it progress along.

I'd be totally in favor of it getting stuck in LDoN or GoD or PoP, cause those were some of the better later expansions once EQ evolved beyond an adventure game.

[shuklak]

how long do they let you trial run fippy for? and is it for existing subscribers only?

[omegadot]

I'm a big fan of the P99 server, but really, who gives a fuck if someone else wants to have a server there way. I can't possibly imagine how that could be a good or bad thing. We do our thing, they do there's. From that post they seem to be much more rational than what I see here.

[Tippett]

So, first 2 SKs to 50 can off all the bosses in classic, assuming their HTs don't get resisted. Awesome.

They fixed HT it's how its supposed to be now :D

[moklianne]

how long do they let you trial run fippy for? and is it for existing subscribers only?

If you ever had a subscription on live, they enabled it. I think it ends this weekend though, not sure.

They let you log into any server (including the progression ones) during this time.

[Timzilla]

I also don't read threads before asking questions that have been answered 30 times in said thread.

Good for you. So I'm not seeing where anyone is OP on Fippy. Comparitively, playing P1999 is god mode.