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Originally Posted by Khaleesi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ten years(plus pre release development and conceptual time) of a project in the making, casually informed that it's releasing in several months via an unprofessionally titled thread by Rogean that contains a teaser graphic and no actual details?
Where is the official release thread that the advertisement on the Project 1999 home page should be pointing to?

It's not unprofessional. It is a teaser. Everyone else here is also waiting for future announcements with more details.

Originally Posted by Khaleesi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What is the actual plan, purpose and vision of the server?

I think you've been around long enough to know the answer to this. The whole point of P99 is to recreate, blow-by-blow, the timeline of original Everquest from launch to the end of Velious. Blue server has been the testing ground for that. Green99 will start as similar to launch-era retail Everquest as possible, and each patch will adjust the server over time until the final patch of Velious. The patches are already laid down in order with proper timing. When they make a patch on Blue, they include timing/era details so it will become part of Green at the right time.

What happens at the end of the timeline is also not officially announced. One idea that has been around a long time is that Green would merge into Blue. Players have raised concerns about the effect this would have on both Blue (influx of new chars) and Green (people will play on Green just so they can have a new manastone/guise char on Blue, etc). Again, we are all just waiting for the announcements.

I'm sure there will still be bugs to work out and ever-more-classic changes to implement. But the greatest part of the work is already done.

Originally Posted by Khaleesi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Will there be any mechanics changes?

no

Originally Posted by Khaleesi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Including a server wipe - if so, what exactly?

There will never be a wipe. Devs have said it over and over for years.

Originally Posted by Khaleesi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Different restrictions/less restrictions?

Same restrictions. Hybrid exp penalties. Everything as classic as possible. No custom changes.

Originally Posted by Khaleesi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Expecting to follow the timeline to the exact dates?

Yes, as we all know, that's part of the vision.

Originally Posted by Khaleesi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lessons learned from Blue?

You mean with regard to camp and raid rules? It's reasonable to guess that the same camp rules will be in place. With regard to raids, it's hard to guess until we see how the population of Green turns out. We'll see.

Originally Posted by Khaleesi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Testing?

You and I and everyone here have been doing the testing for 10 years. Already done! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Originally Posted by Khaleesi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Will there be early access or a staggered rollout?
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Are there character creation limits to slow down the name reserving, Alt creation and general character spam that affects login servers and newbie areas?

Just wait for subsequent announcements.

In closing, have some respect for Rogean and the staff.