TAK project.

[radda]

Love takproject

[Wonkie]

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

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[Torven]

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

I'm not at all a "high end" player, so I've been here longer than 3 years and still don't have a single "best in slot" item. I'm not really in a rush though: I don't want a game that ends after 3 months, so I enjoy getting a single (not BIS) upgrade every other month or so.

Respawn timers on TAKP are very similar to P99, so nobody is getting BIS in all slots there. (or maybe just a few) I dunno where you're getting that from.

I hit level 50 on project 1999 in a couple weeks, then when Kunark opened, I hit 60 in about three more weeks. Level 55 in 3 months isn't unusual. Don't assume his entire guild is all 3 month old players, either.

TAKP guilds rotate raid content, so new guilds can get access to them without much trouble.

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

Well first off, I thought "Vulak ring" was Luclin content

TAKP isn't a progression server in the sense that P99 is. We're making a PoP era server and releasing one expac at a time without spending time recreating old content that's temporary. (e.g. no old level 20-40 Temple of Cazic Thule, no manastones etc) We do however disable a few drops/quests for awhile to prevent trivialization of content because it's very quick/easy to do.

[loramin]

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

Respawn timers on TAKP are very similar to P99, so nobody is getting BIS in all slots there. (or maybe just a few) I dunno where you're getting that from.

Umm, have you even been following this thread? It was pretty clear that I got it from:

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

TAKP gives me that. After 3 months of casual play I already have better gear and have killed every raid mob in the game except the Vulak ring.

Now I realize that killing every raid mob in the game does not mean you've gotten every item you might possibly want, and I never said he'd beaten the game in 3 months ... but he certainly got pretty damn close pretty damn fast, and at that rate it should only take another few months to get BIS (remember, that first 3 months included leveling time, it wasn't even all raiding).

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

I hit level 50 on project 1999 in a couple weeks

Right, you're a speed player (although P99 was so different back then you might have a different experience today). But while he didn't say how long it took him to get to 50, Savok said that he played here for almost 8 years. No one gets to 50 in a couple weeks, then repeats that pace for almost 8 years.

So (again, not sure why I have to keep repeating this) I saw a guy who at least seemed to be a normal player, then they go to TakP and in THREE MONTHS they both level up and kill almost every raid mob in the game! (And then originally I mistakenly thought "every raid mob" included all the Luclin ones too, but I've since been corrected.)

Now do you see where my perception came from?

[Torven]

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

I never said he'd beaten the game in 3 months

gee, could have fooled me

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

I don't want a game that ends after 3 months

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

If you want to play on a server with a /levelmeto 60 command and you enjoy "beating" it in a couple months, then great.

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

in THREE MONTHS they both level up and kill almost every raid mob in the game! (And then originally I mistakenly thought "every raid mob" included all the Luclin ones too, but I've since been corrected.)

Now do you see where my perception came from?

No, I don't.

It's not hard to level to 55 in 3 months, on project 1999 or anywhere. TAKP has a 20% exp bonus and a generous group exp bonus, (both were EQMac features) which speeds up the process. (and yes, boxing. I wish we had gone 2 box, but it was out of my control)

On p99 you're not getting into a top tier guild at level 55 perhaps, which monopolize content; but p99 has cut-throat competition unlike what live servers had back in the day. TAKP is lowish pop with rotations, so guilds are much more likely to recruit people not at the level cap yet. So some guy achieves level 55, joins a raid guild, and sees raid content. I'm pretty sure in the year 2001, raid guilds were adding people who weren't level 60 yet. Incidentally my old server, Druzzil Ro, HAD ROTATIONS during Velious so guilds were rotating all raid content. I can even link you the old schedules if you'd like to see them.

Combat statistics, mechanics and spawn timers are very carefully researched and implemented-- we're not some ez-mode server in that regard, either.

If you really want to savor the early to mid level game, then P99 is probably a better choice due to the era we're emulating. I don't deny this. Saying somebody 'beat the game' in 3 months on TAKP is just trolling though.

[Raev]

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

Respawn timers on TAKP are very similar to P99, so nobody is getting BIS in all slots there. (or maybe just a few) I dunno where you're getting that from.

IMO most of Temerity's core are BIS for Velious or close:

• Bragon
• Gadzooks
• Benzarden
• Ziva

It's not a progression server where literally everyone is BIS, but raid gear does rain from the sky there relative to Project 1999.

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

I hit level 50 on project 1999 in a couple weeks, then when Kunark opened, I hit 60 in about three more weeks. Level 55 in 3 months isn't unusual. Don't assume his entire guild is all 3 month old players, either.

You're actually quite hardcore, Torven. 0-50 in 3 weeks isn't that easy unless you have a PBAE bard or a good charming enchanter.

Anyway, by far the biggest issue with TAKP IMO is the boxing (and Monk AC, of course). Boxing makes everything more work and less sociable. And you really can't single box without feeling like a slacker. But I know we agree there.

[fadetree]

That's what I did, once. There's a total of two TAKP threads here, both full of your commentary. That's fine, I just wonder why you're so interested.
The forum is 'off-topic' so I'll post things about whatever in here, P99 or TAKP related or not. I've been very careful to be respectful of P99. I just don't get why you seem unable to let it go. We know your opinion. I like TAKP a lot, and I plan to stay there for the long run.

Anyway, I'm now going to take my own advice. Peace.

[loramin]

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

We know your opinion.

We know your opinion too, and yet that hasn't stopped either of us from continuing to post [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Please note however that I don't just drop into any thread and start hating on TakP (or any server). I come here, to the P99 forum, and I read the posts people write here. In this case a poster here killed every raid mob but one AND leveled up to raid level in only three months (and they did not seem like an "EQ is everything I do in life" kind of player). Had that post never appeared I never would have chimed in to this thread ... but it sounded nuts to me so I chose to comment on it.

Again, I make no apologies for commenting on something another server does worse than P99 in a P99 forum, and most certainly not when I'm simply replying to a post crowing about that server (in a P99 forum).

[Wonkie]

loramin you'd have a nice time in neph hit me up this weekend for help starting out

[loramin]

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

loramin you'd have a nice time in neph hit me up this weekend for help starting out

neph?