how far progressed?

[WailinOndem]

Hey there folks.I played EQ for many yrs as an ogre shaman on povar server from the get go.Was wondering how far advanced this server was and plans to go.How close to original EQ are the trades and the alchemy in particular. I been getting homesick for EQ and still have my lvl 70 but when i left the game things were changing too much in the wrong direction I thought and got bored of the instance running instead of the random PoFear zonewide aggro bugs killing even GMs. And the introduction of PoP and its lame bottlenecks killed a good portion of the populace that WoW sucked up. I would like to download the client but dont want to be wasting my time if theres spammers,farmers and just all around annoying hackers to ruin the experience.

WailinOndem

[UberA13c]

It's actually pretty well done. Definitely a good enough population for classic stuff. Community seems friendly. It's worth your time definitely if your looking for a classic eq experience.

[Virtuosos]

we have gone past hate and fear, approaching sky and kunark is roughly 4 months out....manastones are not dropping anymore, mayong has been killed (twice), no plat farmers, only 1 spammer, hackers are pretty much nill.....alchemy and trade skills are ALL like 100% classic now it seems lol....


600~700 REAL players during prime time, no boxing, 300~200 during off times, global chat system as of right now (could possibly be changing in the future if we get more people)



its....more than worth downloading. if you loved 99 classic EQ then you'll feel so much at home that it might bring you to tears.

[Kerrik]

Currently the server is old world, with only Fear and Hate opened of the original planes so far. The admins plan to open the first two expansions at roughly 1 year intervals (Kunark is expected to open sometime in October, but no date has been set by the admins). I am not sure what will happen once Velious has been open for a while, but that is an issue for a couple years down the road.

As others have mentioned, the server's got a good sized playerbase and relatively little problems with overfarming and spammers. The Admins and Developers are very active in the community and try to work with the players to resolve issues and to make adjustments when necessary (and possible, given we are using the Titanium client) to make the game as close to how EQ was originally as possible.

The best thing is that it's free, so there's certainly no harm in giving it a try. :)

[WailinOndem]

Thanks for the replies folks. Is the Alchemy the original Alchemy where you could only make potions from mob drops as it was when servers when live first,or are herbs on vendors or is alchemy a combination of old and the new fiasco that alchemy became.I had a big hand helping shape things in the beginning with alchemy since I loved making useful potions and when the first develeopers actually played along side of and listened to players. Didnt like every ingredient being dropped off mobs and from all corners of Norrath just to make 1 potion. Putting the herbs on vendors and making them a plat sink was better for players and making potions more available,but made levelling alchemy ezmode(that part wasnt me,I objected and felt whatever came off the vendor should have been farmable for the lvl appropriate potions off lvl appropriate mobs). Then they totally revamped Alchemy to a near mix of what I suggested 7yrs earlier...except they made some of the drops so insanely rare or in raid only zones that alot of potions never got used or made.Maybe theres some player run data site on some of these things or other trades that I've missed.Been doing alot of reading on these boards to get an idea of things but maybe I've overlooked something.I still have a suitcase of hand written notes for quests,potions,armors and hand drawn maps(yes I was that addicted lol) and guessing I might have to drag it out if the older alchemy is alive since EQTraders site link for older alchemy is broken/no longer up.
Thanks again for any info
WailinOndem

[karsten]

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[Lumathix]

we have gone past hate and fear, approaching sky and kunark is roughly 4 months out....manastones are not dropping anymore, mayong has been killed (twice), no plat farmers, only 1 spammer, hackers are pretty much nill.....alchemy and trade skills are ALL like 100% classic now it seems lol....


600~700 REAL players during prime time, no boxing, 300~200 during off times, global chat system as of right now (could possibly be changing in the future if we get more people)



its....more than worth downloading. if you loved 99 classic EQ then you'll feel so much at home that it might bring you to tears.

Pretty much what I'm seeing.
Except I've never seen over ~550 people on prime time. Has it really gotten into the 600s and 700s?

[Malrubius]

Pretty much what I'm seeing.
Except I've never seen over ~550 people on prime time. Has it really gotten into the 600s and 700s?

Yes. I know I have seen 600+ several times.

[Lumathix]

Yes. I know I have seen 600+ several times.

Sweet :)

[mgellan]

Pretty much what I'm seeing.
Except I've never seen over ~550 people on prime time. Has it really gotten into the 600s and 700s?

Rogean announced in game on Friday 650 players on, max so far...

Regards,
Mg

[Virtuosos]

alchemy stuff is bought off merchants i believe

[Laura]

I know I'm going to bring 4 other players to populate the newbie areas. I just need to figure out how to install it first :o

[km2783]

I know I'm going to bring 4 other players to populate the newbie areas. I just need to figure out how to install it first :o

Pay careful attention to the setup guide. It's pretty thorough.

Btw, when you download the torrent, go into it's folder and install Daemon Tools and restart. Rightclick the new icon in your task manager and tell it to "mount" and locate the iso file in the CD1 folder. It should autorun after that. Whenever it asks for a new CD, tell it to mount the one it asks for in the same way, and hit enter or click continue, and keep going until done. It only takes a few minutes to install, then keep following the guide.

And don't do like I did and make a shortcut for EverQuest.exe :D it's eqgame.exe >.>

Hey there folks.I played EQ for many yrs as an ogre shaman on povar server from the get go.Was wondering how far advanced this server was and plans to go.How close to original EQ are the trades and the alchemy in particular. I been getting homesick for EQ and still have my lvl 70 but when i left the game things were changing too much in the wrong direction I thought and got bored of the instance running instead of the random PoFear zonewide aggro bugs killing even GMs. And the introduction of PoP and its lame bottlenecks killed a good portion of the populace that WoW sucked up. I would like to download the client but dont want to be wasting my time if theres spammers,farmers and just all around annoying hackers to ruin the experience.

WailinOndem


Most people have covered the bases. If it helps, I've been having such a good time I donated a bit the other day. Definitely worth your time.

[Laura]

Pay careful attention to the setup guide. It's pretty thorough.

Btw, when you download the torrent, go into it's folder and install Daemon Tools and restart. Rightclick the new icon in your task manager and tell it to "mount" and locate the iso file in the CD1 folder. It should autorun after that. Whenever it asks for a new CD, tell it to mount the one it asks for in the same way, and hit enter or click continue, and keep going until done. It only takes a few minutes to install, then keep following the guide.

And don't do like I did and make a shortcut for EverQuest.exe :D it's eqgame.exe >.>



Hi KM, I have bad past experience with this daemon program. Can I uninstall it after installing EverQuest Titanium? (and is it virus/malware free? :confused: ).

[Bumamgar]

Yes you can uninstall it once done installing Titanium.

As for it being virus or malware free, I recommend you install Daemon Tools from their official website: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/home

That way you know your getting the right version for your OS and from the official source instead of a random site on the net :)

[Yellow]

JOIN THE BORG!

[ulrich]

Welcome to the best server!!

Alchemy is off merchants for the most part. You can do fire / ice giant toes to save money though and make some cool pots. No auto combines anymore.

650people Primetime!!! kick ass!

And not everyone is online at the same time!!

Probably over 1000 regular players on the server or way more.

More than any eq live server has. BY FAR.

[Yellow]

Yes this server is amazing... i cannot wait to ge home and play

[Tudana]

Welcome to P1999 if your looking for old EQ your in the right place..Install ASAP!

also...not a gold farmer spammer in sight OMG its a relief!

We do have our local hater that logs in on Wwwwgghhttiiyyhh to spam obsenities, but he gets the bann hammer fast enough ;)

[WailinOndem]

been trying to install this game and following the steps but having issues with something in my computer conflicting.Hopefully have it figured out when I get more time.Sounds like from what I've been reading that there are alot of people just starting out which is awesome since I loved the lower levels and bonding with players.Trying to convince more computer savy friends of mine to try it,then they might be better able to help me install it...hehe.
I was always great at being a shaman but never great at loading and implementing software.
I'll probably play another shaman if I can get the game running,but is there an overabundance of or lack of certain classes? are the race exp penalties and innate abilities the same(trolls regen hps faster,ogres cant be stunned from frontal attacks)...I really am starting to jones for that old EQ feel and wish i had more time to play around with install

[SerithCantSpell]

It's a waste of time though, there is no more room for lvl 50 chars on the server.

Play something else!

[Aprio]

It's a waste of time though, there is no more room for lvl 50 chars on the server.

Play something else!

Bad troll is bad

[SunDrake]

Hi KM, I have bad past experience with this daemon program. Can I uninstall it after installing EverQuest Titanium? (and is it virus/malware free? :confused: ).

I also have had bad experiences with Daemon Tools. I tried to use it then realized it was unnecessary to do so. If you have WinRAR just use it, it is a much more solid, reliable program.

[Reiker]

I also have had bad experiences with Daemon Tools. I tried to use it then realized it was unnecessary to do so. If you have WinRAR just use it, it is a much more solid, reliable program.

That's like saying if your oven is working fine, don't bother buying a car.

[Senadin]

Daemon tool isnt used for zip/rar files. It is used as a virtual drive to mount the games.

As the previous poster said, this is totally unrelated. You wont be able to use Winrar to mount that game..


As a side note you may want to try alcool 120 which is another virtual drive app.

[WailinOndem]

yeah I'm having issues as well using the DAEMON Manager...was all excited when game started loading...disc 1 down from files...onto disc 2....great..getting nostalgic,wanting to see the world...goto dics 3... BLAM! stops working and not finding the files. On 4th try now so no luck...might have to do a wipe and go looking in cheapie bins for copy of titanium :(