New map desktop app coming soon (as long as it's still kosher with p99 rules)

[Champion_Standing]

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

Seriously, if there going to allow this they may as well put the damn maps back in to the game.

It's not a matter of allowing it. It doesn't alter the game in any way, shape or form and he isn't charging plat for the program. Their only option would be to ban OP and remove the links anytime they are posted.

[Supaskillz]

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

It's not a matter of allowing it. It doesn't alter the game in any way, shape or form and he isn't charging plat for the program. Their only option would be to ban OP and remove the links anytime they are posted.

It would be extremely unjust if they toon such action since he posted here to verify it was ok.

Could they not disable logging if they wanted to stop this? I don't know how these things work

[Gadwen]

Cannot get this to work at all, just gives me a blank "not found" page. Tried adjusting my install path, tried moving EQ to default path, still the same thing.

[loramin]

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

You don't have to like this, but you do have to accept it because it is inevitable.

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

On this issue, you choose to be upset. The only solution is to choose to not be bothered by it.

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[stonez138]

Not being able to see exactly where you are in the game World is precisely what made Everquest the game it was

That's just silly.

[Zuranthium]

Originally Posted by drktmplr12 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you don't like it? don't use it.. but why come here and cry about how it isn't fair when 100% of the player base can use it? continue to tack your way across south karana while having the wiki map open in another window... i'll be skipping the step of locating myself on a inverted and rotated Cartesian coordinate system.

Then you'll be skipping the step of actually playing the game.

Exploration is supposed to be mandatory. It's Everquest. What do you think a quest is?

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

Almost no one has fond memories of classic EQ because of spending an hour lost in a zone.

Yes they do. That's a huge reason why people have fond memories of the game - going to new places and not knowing what to expect or exactly where to go and actually learning the terrain and setup of the area.

The game becomes significantly different when you can just click a button that tells you exactly where to go and takes you out of first-person perspective and into satellite view.

[Gadwen]

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

Then you'll be skipping the step of actually playing the game.

Exploration is supposed to be mandatory. It's Everquest. What do you think a quest is?



Yes they do. That's a huge reason why people have fond memories of the game - going to new places and not knowing what to expect or exactly where to go and actually learning the terrain and setup of the area.

The game becomes significantly different when you can just click a button that tells you exactly where to go and takes you out of first-person perspective and into satellite view.

Almost all my memories of traveling in classic were running against a zone wall lol. When it comes to maps I am sorta ambivalent towards them. In some ways they actually let people see more of the game ie not running along the zone wall every time, but on the other hand they do take away a lot of that feeling of exploration.

[loramin]

Look, it's all very simple: the map app exists. Its not going away. No amount of bitching or moaning in this thread or any other thread is going to make it go away. Even if you COULD convince the staff to change their minds, it wouldn't matter because they're not going to disable logging (which is more or less what it would take to ban the app).

So, instead of being miserable, wouldn't it make more sense to just be happy with the wonderful, free, and very-close-to-classic emulated EQ server that the developers have given us, and not get hung up one really small (in the grand scheme of things) piece that you don't like?

[Ambrotos]

Should just enable maps so this virus doesn't infect everyone.

[Ahldagor]

whatever happened to mental maps? eq zones have many landmarks in them that people can use to generate a mental map of a zone. they can also memorize the old eq atlas ones. sense heading and land marks are all you need to navigate around. folks jus wanna be all lazy