Hopes for the future of p99

[Muggens]

Crap thread, each week anew.

[Nitsude]

People posting like p99 has an a la carte menu.

[Trollhide]

I play here because it is classic. I don't want custom content or further expansions, because EQlive deviating from classic (OoW, GoD, LDoN, LoY all killed it for me, Luclin/PoP were excusable) is what made me completely hate the game in the first place.

Yes, the room for expansion and growth on a Velious-only server is finite but that's not a problem in and of itself. On the infrequent occasions I get bored of EQ, I do something else with my life for awhile. I inevitably come back, and it's good to know that it's the same game as when I left it. Been going at it on and off for 17 years and this is still by far the best game of my lifetime. I don't understand the need for an MMO to continue to occupy 100% of your interest now and forever lest it be declared "dead".

[Whirled]

Lvl 61

[Burk]

Forced classic UI and server relaunch.

You know you want it.

[Chaboo_Cleric]

I hope P99 shuts down for an entire year and reopens. I think it will help public communications between staff and player.

[Sillyturtle]

Again.....

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

I can't give you an ETA, but I can add some information.

Since Kunark development, we have used a rule-based system when developing content and code. What this means is the work needed to add/remove timeline features only has to be done once, and a rule applied for the era.

For example, when a server is released (original eq launch date: march 1999), rubicite and manastones should drop until ~October 1999. When a new server is launched, all that is necessary is to set the correct era rules. The era switches allow us to apply rules to spawns, loottables, items, spells, doors, tradeskills, etc so they may be enabled/disabled without even a patch.

It has been, and still is the plan to release a timeline correct server a certain amount of time after Velious is complete. Velious still lacks 2 zones; Stonebrunt and Chardok revamp. There are patches between and after those times which need to be developed.

[Kowalski]

Add SureFall Glade

[Tankdan]

I just want a Classic-->PoP experience with a populated server. Probably wont ever happen again unless Phinny.

[Sillyturtle]

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

I just want a Classic-->PoP experience with a populated server. Probably wont ever happen again unless Phinny.

I'd be playing on Phini for this reason except the content unlocks are too fast. 4 months would be perfect for me.