ok so let me get this strait

[wicadragon]

p99 made original EQ even more fucked up.
reduced the XP lower the 1999
reduced spawn rate in lowbie areas. WHY?
Don't allow boxing. which I did in original. YET clearly allow some to do this. this is frequent.
clearly allow people to run bots without discipline.
I guess as long as you have your / commands none of this matter.
…….
wish someone would make a decent server.
not god mode
and
not worse then original EQ

[Albanwr]

bye

[Canelek]

Is this that guy who kept training that other guy at sister isle, then threatened to quit the game, and then continued to post stupid bullshit like the OP?

Checking for an acquaintance.

[Jimjam]

reduced spawn rate in lowbie areas. WHY?

This is an interesting one.

Many newbie zones on live used a spawn mechanic not entirely dissimilar to the ancient croc in guk: you have to find and kill a bunch of linked mobs to respawn them - that is none of them will respawn until the whole group is killed at which point they all respawn at the same time (generally at random locs but you can see the mechanic best in paineel where the groups respawn at shared static points).

This means the respawn time of a newbie area ends up being pretty dynamic and dependant on how busy the area is - with just few people the area will be sparsely populated with mobs as it is unlikely all mobs of one group are killed together, but if the zone is busy there will be constant waves of fresh spawns.

Now p1999 doesn’t have this mechanic in newbie zones, it just has single mobs on fixed spawns with fixed timers. This works fine most the time, but when the zone is busy it results in people waiting for respawns. This is why the spawn rate was temporarily increased: to imitate how well stocked on live newbie zones would remain when busy.

[Tethler]

If you see someone botting or boxing, report them. GMs will take care of them.

[cd288]

If you see someone botting or boxing, report them. GMs will take care of them.

This. People seem to forget that the staff is comprised of UNPAID VOLUNTEERS who have real jobs and real lives.

We don't have some full time staff sitting on ther server 24/7 running around watching everybody (even on live back in the day we couldn't run around monitoring everybody - you monitor if you receive a petition about it).

This is one of the dumbest posts I've seen in awhile. Guessing it's Toeking back for more, the guy is sad lol.

[Baler]

P99 has coded in difficulty spikes.
You know those times roots break back to back, while normally it just stays active, maybe the occasional break.
Or those times charm keeps breaking over and over, while normally it just stays active, maybe the occasional break.

You can spend all day fighting the same mobs who don't have high resists but as soon as the rng difficulty kicks in for a few seconds to minutes. It's harder to land or stick.

That's the RNG background code that P99 uses to simulate classic's hardcore feel.
Also this rng is zone independent. So the bad luck doesn't happen in all zones at the same time.

[annali]

They're quite good at getting rid of botters

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=359216

Audena appears to have been nuked now. Not been on in over a week.

[Cen]

They're quite good at getting rid of botters

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=359216

Audena appears to have been nuked now. Not been on in over a week.

They hit 50, which is when a lot of folks disappear

[Taiku]

perhaps botted to 50 and then shelved it til kunark, to use it as a coth character, might have no reason to log back onto it until then.

[annali]

Ah possibly... shame, liked the idea he wasted his time.

What could be their motivation for joining the Euro Crew guild shortly before though? Seems strange to me.

[bluntfang]

Ah possibly... shame, liked the idea he wasted his time.

What could be their motivation for joining the Euro Crew guild shortly before though? Seems strange to me.

there is no wasted time botting. that's the point. worst case is you lose a toon, then you learn from the mistakes that got you caught and do it again.

[Taiku]

Ah possibly... shame, liked the idea he wasted his time.

What could be their motivation for joining the Euro Crew guild shortly before though? Seems strange to me.

Just speculation, maybe it's an account owned by someone in that guild, they bot until 50, then don't log back on to hope that people forget about it, I've heard that some guilds would reward dkp and such for leveling those types of utility bots, so they got guild tagged to cash in on the dkp, again it's just speculation and not meant to throw shade at any guild in particular! I don't even know if that guild raids or has dkp!

[Snortles Chortles]

bye

[Jibartik]

which I did in original.

[BlackBellamy]

clearly allow people to run bots without discipline.


My most recent bot check was just a couple days ago when I was semi-afk camping a quest mob. I sure did look like a bot with my single button press every 6:40 and so they sent someone to check me out.

[douglas1999]

Hi this is gay and you are wrong

[cd288]

P99 has coded in difficulty spikes.
You know those times roots break back to back, while normally it just stays active, maybe the occasional break.
Or those times charm keeps breaking over and over, while normally it just stays active, maybe the occasional break.

You can spend all day fighting the same mobs who don't have high resists but as soon as the rng difficulty kicks in for a few seconds to minutes. It's harder to land or stick.

That's the RNG background code that P99 uses to simulate classic's hardcore feel.
Also this rng is zone independent. So the bad luck doesn't happen in all zones at the same time.

Is that actually proven or just what we suspect

[Bigsham]

the original newbie zones on live had 5x the spawns yes, but when p99 was launched they started with titanium which was post nerf

they just never adjusted it

Yes most quests were nerfed because players abused it

not classic

but it is what it is, a custom project

you could play aradune, or should i say wait in que to play with all those stay at home sons for the most non classic experience ever

[Coridan]

Just speculation, maybe it's an account owned by someone in that guild, they bot until 50, then don't log back on to hope that people forget about it, I've heard that some guilds would reward dkp and such for leveling those types of utility bots, so they got guild tagged to cash in on the dkp, again it's just speculation and not meant to throw shade at any guild in particular! I don't even know if that guild raids or has dkp!

Well, it was a waste guilding since Euro Crew is all disbanding and reforming because none of the officers or leader have played in months save for one.

[cd288]

the original newbie zones on live had 5x the spawns yes, but when p99 was launched they started with titanium which was post nerf

they just never adjusted it

Yes most quests were nerfed because players abused it

not classic

but it is what it is, a custom project

you could play aradune, or should i say wait in que to play with all those stay at home sons for the most non classic experience ever

I think you misunderstood my question. I asked if it was actually proven and people had evidence. Not whether you personally have some random vague memory of it being a certain way. As an aside, I don’t know what your issue with the newbie zones would be right now...there’s barely anyone in them, not like there’s competition for spawns.

The quest turn ins, according to the devs, were giving out values that were higher than what they were in classic and they said they had evidence for that. I’m not a big fan of the nerds in general but if the devs say it’s classic then I can’t complain about it.

[Jimjam]

the original newbie zones on live had 5x the spawns yes, but when p99 was launched they started with titanium which was post nerf

they just never adjusted it

Yes most quests were nerfed because players abused it

not classic

but it is what it is, a custom project

you could play aradune, or should i say wait in que to play with all those stay at home sons for the most non classic experience ever

From what I understand the client used has no impact on how a zone's mobs is populated? All those databases were made from scratch.

[Zuranthium]

What's this crap about "the original newbie zones had 5x as many spawns"? That's absolutely not true, there was overcrowding happening in newbie yards back in classic, definitely people waiting around for something to kill during peak population hours. GFay in particular could be horrendously overcrowded.