Project Quarm - 1 Box Planes of Power

[Seducio]

I've seen the 'early trader account' idea brought up on Discord, but haven't seen Secrets engage the idea as best as I can tell since it is a custom change and not classic or even classic like. It's something TAKP players are used to due to what era they are in, but would be a new thing for p99 players. The majority of Old School EQ players are currently playing p99 or off in other Emu/games. This is compared with the smaller population playing on TAKP. Considering some of the concerns of p99 players (ie mousewheel) might lead to higher level of popularity of the server than considering the concerns of TAKP players at least at first. This is my guess and not based on any Secrets communication. Dev input when it does show up is more important and revealing than my observations on this one.

It may be technically a pain to have Bazaar open without Nexus/Luclin entry points prior to Luclin release than it would seem. On discord EC was suggested as an alternative to Bazaar for a trader account, but I am unsure of feasibility of making a custom change like this and how code intensive it is. This would create a future headache of having to transfer those traders to Bazaar from EC when it opens. Again I haven't seen Secrets response on this one. Most likely scenario is players on Quarm will trade similar to p99 without a Bazaar until Luclin is released unless Secrets says otherwise.

Personally I would be a fan of this idea, but it doesn't appear to be top priority re: getting the server off the ground based on Secrets communications so far.

[Trexller]

PoK is already available from launch, that's one access point.

wouldn't take much to put a baz stone in some common place like ec tunnel

[Seducio]

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

PoK is already available from launch, that's one access point.

wouldn't take much to put a baz stone in some common place like ec tunnel

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Secrets — 08/09/2023 11:18 AM
To be clear, early concessions on stuff like POK being available were made based on 'general feeling' from TAKP's history. We removed POK at launch because to be quite frank, I didn't expect so many folks to be okay with it being gone until Planes.
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PoK not in at launch. Current communication is it will come online in era in PoP.

[Toxigen]

Quarm makes me moist.

[Trexller]

aaaand another reason to play quarm is gone

already did classic eq back in 2000 and twice on p99

see ya'll at quarm luclin launch in what, 2027?

[Vexenu]

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

aaaand another reason to play quarm is gone

already did classic eq back in 2000 and twice on p99

see ya'll at quarm luclin launch in what, 2027?

I get this sentiment, but ultimately the game is what it is. EverQuest is a game designed to have a certain progression in mind. If you start mixing and matching too many different elements from across the timeline, the game loses it distinct feel. I think most players would be amenable to reasonable out-of-era QoL changes like pet windows, DoT ticks, melody, etc... but adding PoK from launch changes the feel of the game on a very fundamental level. And it seems that most players aren't looking for that.

[Toxigen]

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

aaaand another reason to play quarm is gone

already did classic eq back in 2000 and twice on p99

see ya'll at quarm luclin launch in what, 2027?

9 months of each expansion til locked pop

c u real soon

[Seducio]

Assume most out of era changes will not occur.

It is a Classic progression server through Planes of Power. Some client upgrades and QoL, like buff timers, are happening but they are the exception rather than the rule. If we are extremely lucky we may even get a new client down the road. No promise has been made though.

But to expect Luclin era or PoP era in game benefits right at Classic release is not in alignment with one of the stated dev goals of server population stability.

[ashentco]

is anyone going to group with (let me leech exp) my rogue in classic while I have no gear and no weapons just so I can wait 6 months for Kunark

[rhold]

I guess I am not as nostalgic as most to go thru all of the phases as I wasn't at the tip of the curve ever. The vast, vast majority of players have never had Legacy items on Live or P99.

I would think that just releasing it at the end of it's incarnation to start with would draw the most people.

9 months wait from release to be an Iksar. 27 month wait to be a Vah Shir or a Beastlord.

I don't understand the purpose of holding content back just to hold it back.