Official Everquest Progression Server Release - Page 8

mitic · #71 02-05-2011, 04:56 PM

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

I know they said the OOC hp/mana regen would be taken out until it's correct expansion. They are also taking out defiant armor and putting in old alchemy/jc recipes.

I'd expect a lot more info after the question/answer session on the 10th.

they said that also years ago about recipes when they opened combine/sleeper and did a half assed job on this. i made a fortune with those ceramic bands, crucible of escape, faithstones and the like in the first 2 months

mitic · #72 02-05-2011, 09:04 PM

http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/po...173067#2613946

well, is there anything else to say about the upcoming progression server? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Harrison · #73 02-05-2011, 09:27 PM

They are so terrible at their jobs that it's disgusting.

Hobby · #74 02-05-2011, 09:48 PM

The funny thing is, even though everyone knows it will suck..they will still flock to it.

Slathar · #75 02-05-2011, 09:53 PM

its going to have a huge population for 3-4 months and taper off but i think it will be fun to start over at level 1.

i think that is the appeal for a lot of people really. there just isn't anything to do on p1999 right now for people who have multiple level 50s with maxed skills and some decent equipment. so why not give it a try?

Secrets · #76 02-06-2011, 06:03 AM

The most vocal way to express your displeasure about this Fippy Darkpaw server and the voting would be, get this, to sway the vote each time it pops up. Eventually, the devs will realize what the community wants, and will disable the vote entirely. The only reason they did not release a classic server is because they have no legitimate way of judging if that's what people actually want.

With Project 1999 and an ever-growing nostalgic potential playerbase, it is no wonder that if there is a demand for it, they will supply it.

If you have an active live account, I advise you to sway the vote as yes on Kunark, and no on Velious. Besides P1999, it's the only way you are going to get an official 'classic' experience. Maybe someone, someday will solve the glowing black stone quest mystery, and we can implement it here. There's a ton of content left undiscovered in EverQuest according to Sony, and honestly none of it is going to be discovered unless some sort of classic server is made by them. (who would be in kael, qeynos hills, etc, at 90?)

I dream that one day P1999 and SOE could collaborate to bring back those zones they removed, the exact formulas for how things are spawned, basically being the most perfect thing. In fact I am surprised that SOE did not even send us an email (not a C&D of course :P) asking to collaborate with P1999 data and compare it versus theirs and provide an unmatched classic experience. P1999 has the potential, if it were an official SOE product, to outsell any new EQ expansion pack that is coming out by sheer subscription fees alone. There's 600 players on P1999 on peak hours eastern time, around the same in the mornings & afternoons, so multiply that 600 by 3.

That's 1600 * 15 per month plus the extra people that could be coming in because it's officially supported by Sony and refuse to play P1999 for legal reasons. Sony could potentially be making a lot of cash with little effort by their part. With house of thule selling anywhere from 25k-144k copies (estimated by the amount of people logged into general chat at peak hours), and the amount of development time it takes for each expansion plus costs for those developers, it would basically be a new cash cow bigger than the SC marketplace for them. Some of us already play SOE games, so that would increase their station access subs a lot too.

About the marketplace on fippy... Personally I wouldn't mind the marketplace. Sure, it will not be classic but it will fill in the gap for the "ebay" part of the classic era. I mean, we trade items for favors here, there's no reason why RMT for items shouldn't be allowed (plus Sony would likely be upset if their games didn't have a marketplace. though there is none in DCUO, so maybe... dunno.)

All in all I am really excited to see the community input for Fippy. Not so much the gameplay, I never liked classic but the people that do... they love it.

Harrison · #77 02-06-2011, 06:21 AM

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

The most vocal way to express your displeasure about this Fippy Darkpaw server and the voting would be, get this, to sway the vote each time it pops up. Eventually, the devs will realize what the community wants, and will disable the vote entirely. The only reason they did not release a classic server is because they have no legitimate way of judging if that's what people actually want.

With Project 1999 and an ever-growing nostalgic potential playerbase, it is no wonder that if there is a demand for it, they will supply it.

If you have an active live account, I advise you to sway the vote as yes on Kunark, and no on Velious. Besides P1999, it's the only way you are going to get an official 'classic' experience. Maybe someone, someday will solve the glowing black stone quest mystery, and we can implement it here. There's a ton of content left undiscovered in EverQuest according to Sony, and honestly none of it is going to be discovered unless some sort of classic server is made by them. (who would be in kael, qeynos hills, etc, at 90?)

I dream that one day P1999 and SOE could collaborate to bring back those zones they removed, the exact formulas for how things are spawned, basically being the most perfect thing. In fact I am surprised that SOE did not even send us an email (not a C&D of course :P) asking to collaborate with P1999 data and compare it versus theirs and provide an unmatched classic experience. P1999 has the potential, if it were an official SOE product, to outsell any new EQ expansion pack that is coming out by sheer subscription fees alone. There's 600 players on P1999 on peak hours eastern time, around the same in the mornings & afternoons, so multiply that 600 by 3.

That's 1600 * 15 per month plus the extra people that could be coming in because it's officially supported by Sony and refuse to play P1999 for legal reasons. Sony could potentially be making a lot of cash with little effort by their part. With house of thule selling anywhere from 25k-144k copies (estimated by the amount of people logged into general chat at peak hours), and the amount of development time it takes for each expansion plus costs for those developers, it would basically be a new cash cow bigger than the SC marketplace for them. Some of us already play SOE games, so that would increase their station access subs a lot too.

About the marketplace on fippy... Personally I wouldn't mind the marketplace. Sure, it will not be classic but it will fill in the gap for the "ebay" part of the classic era. I mean, we trade items for favors here, there's no reason why RMT for items shouldn't be allowed (plus Sony would likely be upset if their games didn't have a marketplace. though there is none in DCUO, so maybe... dunno.)

All in all I am really excited to see the community input for Fippy. Not so much the gameplay, I never liked classic but the people that do... they love it.

The problem with all of this is that we have utter retards willing to pay them for a half-assed server. (look in this thread...)

They're not going to put any effort in, or compromise, when they can get away with their bullshit now.

Personally, they can keep those pricks. We don't even like them here.

Sixpence · #78 02-06-2011, 02:30 PM

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

The problem with all of this is that we have utter retards willing to pay them for a half-assed server. (look in this thread...)

They're not going to put any effort in, or compromise, when they can get away with their bullshit now.

Personally, they can keep those pricks. We don't even like them here.

What are you, 12? People will play on it because they want to.

Yep, that's about it....doesn't mean they're anymore of a Pr*ck that you are.

Isidro · #79 02-06-2011, 07:11 PM

Slathar, thanks for the heads up on the early release date! Server sounds like it will be a good time.

PS: Harrison, does this mean that you aren't going to be joining my progression server guild anymore?

Isidro
Guild Leader of <Imaginary Combat Medics>

guineapig · #80 02-06-2011, 07:22 PM

Anyone who has not played on a true classic server (ie: this one, or live circa 1999-2001) is not going to really mind the way Sony does this progression server.

It's mainly people like us who know what can truly be done to relive the classic experience who will be massively jaded by the way it's run.

Just my opinion.