The Al'Kabor Project (PC/Mac) EQmac - EverQuest done right

[Faywind]

I wouldnt bother trying this yet. The game is full of bugs and population is worse than RED. You've been warned...

It is very unpolished at this point in time but has potential.

[Tuffpuppy]

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

really want to play this but its giving me alot of problems.

I cant log into the game most times. It usually just shows the loading screen after char select until I close out of it or it just closes itself.

when zoning, it just freezes.


anyone know where I can find some info for these specific problems?

As far as I know these are known problems that many people are having, including myself. It used to be worse then it is right now.

And with the new change they made where there is a wait period to log in a character again, it's pretty much a joke and I've stopped even bothering to log in anymore.

[pharmakos]

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

I wouldnt bother trying this yet. The game is full of bugs and population is worse than RED. You've been warned...

It is very unpolished at this point in time but has potential.

the more people that beta test, the quicker the server will be polished.

population definitely isn't worse than red. a bit better than blue but with more prominent high end raging neckbeards.

that vocal neckbeard minority aside the average person on TAKP is pretty awesome.

[Swish]

I'll have to take another peek at their forums.

[Paleman]

kind of hard to beta test or do anything when you cant zone, can only log in 1 out of 5 trys, and have an ungodly ping in game

I like alot of things on the server like visibility and lack of 3rd person, but if I cant fix this I am gonna just wait till later.

If anyone is willing to try to help me that knows please PM me. I might have some out of date files but its hard to tell because of how they are being distributed...

Ive tried every proposed solution on the tak site.

also how are people already 50 and selling all this shit on such a laggy server? lol yall are crazy

[Pokesan]

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

I'll have to take another peek at their forums.

mentioned in this thread yet?

http://www.takproject.net/forums/vie...hp?f=29&t=2391

dude is dead serious

[Paleman]

also wtf is with level 1 mobs being hard as shit to kill? that coupled with crashing while zoning = fuck this noise.


sorry, I tried. This all sounds promising but yall need to work out some shit and put some better guides up on how to fix issues.

[radditsu]

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

they're treating the drop rate issue as a code problem rather than a database problem. for some reason putting in [commondrop]=75 [raredrop]=25 or w/e in the database doesn't actually make things 75/25. makes it more like 90/10 for some reason. so in an effort to preserve database labor they are keeping the 75/25 value in the DB until they can figure out how to fix the server code.

This is exactly what kpemu had issues with. They woild say it would change it but it never worked. One insufferable asshole on the box killed an epic mob over 100 times for the mage in bw. Even when you added extra drop chances at 100% like they tested in vex thal it wouldn't drop right.


Still waiting for a good cheal macro guys. The one i have is teh suk

[nagmarr]

I definitely died allot in level's 1-3 killing rats and what not. But it was fun, quit whining and hang in there, it gets better.

Lots of fiddling around has gotten my disconnecting issues all but resolved. Read the forums people, chances are it's been covered and someone has had your issues. Don't be lazy, look for an answer. If you can't find it there are plenty of people on TAKP forums who are willing to help. SERVER IS NEW - BE PATIENT, HAB FUN!< durrr

Boxing 3 chars is fun, if you don't like it play 1, if you don't like it play 2, if you don't like it play p99 or live, it doesn't throw things WAY out of balance, it can be very challenging, unless you're cheating in someway, in which case - you are lame. Give it a try. Or find your own cup of tea.

This server's drama is being blown out of proportion, and often, and at most times based on nothing more than speculation/hatorade

Yeah it's a new server, yeah it has some bugs.. BUT things have gotten allot better since it opened (1 month ago) The dev team works hard, updates constantly, and does it for nothing. I am grateful for the server and the work. So why complain so much?
Al'kabor got shut down, and 5 mins playing here felt so much better than the 9 months i spent on p99. The raiding is a joke on p99, and the raiding is currently a joke on TAKP as there is hardly any. But the people are what make TAKP superior, in my opinion. No disrespect to p99 and their awesome staff and server.

My only current gripes with TAKP are..
What is classic EQ without Dragons?
That should be a top priority to be fixed immediately. No Dragons = No Fun. Also the drop rate's of lower guk items, is ridiculous. Those things are important, especially when there are very few high level zones in this current expansion era. Whoever said the GM's are over policing the server do kinda have a point, it does feel like that at times. Some of the server MOTD's are a little awkward and ?????uhhh????? to the casual player. I would say if there is one area where the Server is lacking it would be in the public relationship department. But when you post MOTD's like that, and make posts on the forums calling out certain people who are "picking" on the server, it seems like you are buying in to the drama, and overly concerned with that, rather than making the server the best it can be. With that said, the forums/server is very nice otherwise, and i'm sure the previously mentioned issues with loot and dragons will be fixed in a matter of time. I've personally had nothing but pleasant 1 on 1's in regards to my GM encounters here, just going off of what i've seen otherwise.

If there's favoritism, i haven't noticed it THAT much, but some things don't add up. It is frustrating though, at times, to be playing in a buggy classic server, with no dragons and messed up loot tables. And to top it off - some people have Guise of the deceivers and custom titles, but they don't drop, and you cant request one (it's against the server rules) - and to be expected to report bugs without any incentive, or even an official response is meh. So what you get is whining, and a feeling of confusion and unfair treatment. - If EVERYONE had the opportunity to receive such treatment with a unique item like that, then something like that might bring the server together contributing, instead of leaving people left out and feeling disconnected. -- LIVE did it with Veteran rewards, and of course those who played when EQ first came out, had access to those pre-nerfed items. There's nothing like that here. They don't drop.

The GM's/Devs have an opportunity here to be something special, and really have a great server and a tight community rather than a bunch of mice in a Norrath maze that you get to poke with a stick. Please consider that going forward.

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The people on this server (especially the Al'kabor people) are a very nice, fun, and helpful community of players, and many have known each other for years. There are allot of casuals running around doing their thing. It's easy to cast stones at p99 for still being in kunark, and poopsock lameness, It's easy to cast stones at PEQ for being THE lame, it's easy to cast stones at TAKP for being buggy or boxing etc etc etc..

There's no perfect world, life isn't fair. Give 'em all a try and find what you like. Looking back on all of this it seems like there are few people that work hard for the masses, and allot of people that are ungrateful miserable whiners. I suppose i'll try not to be so much of a whiner moving forward, and continue to be legit dude that has fun playing EQ w/o the drama.


<3 this game <3 you, bye.
Oiwon

[apio]

It has been very hard since Alpha is over. Back in alpha it all felt like a team effort, but now it just seems like developers and players are opponents in a silly game of snakes and ladders. The server GMs like to rule by fear and have antagonized the player base from the minute Beta started.

I just keep telling myself it is a team effort and hope I get unbanned/unsuspended soon, because I would really like to post some bugs I have found and keep contributing to the project. I don't really care too much about my personal character development or this server in particular, it is about making the code and the DB better so that 1 day in the distant future we will have a viable alternative to P99. Silly players and silly GMs (you know who I am talking about) likely will not survive very long in this environment

It just makes them look bad when they suspend/ban their top supporter/contributor because he ranted on the Rants and Flames forum. If you don't want to have people ranting and flaming and/or do not have the thick skin you need, stay the fuck out of RNF or get rid of Rants and Flames forum altogether. Right now it just seems like a trap to get rid of people that don't share your philosophy. FUNNY enough I was the one who was very vocal about this server not needing a RNF forum in the first place, I would link you the thread but due to being banned I don't have access.

This whole issue is so ridiculous, that the people who banned me are keeping it on the down low and didn't even say anything on the forum. They made it look like they replied in a calm manner to my inflammatory response and then proceeded to boot me without so much as a hint. If you have to hide your disciplinary actions there is obviously something wrong, it is weak and unprofessional.