Question about future custom content

[Faisca]

It has been said before that after all is said and done with Velious there might be custom content in project 1999.

I was thinking about it and all the possibilities but I don’t know what can be done with project 1999 at that point.

For instance, if devs wanted to design brand new zones or even a brand new continent with a classic feel and connect it to Norrath somehow would that be possible, or is the project restricted to the Everquest zones in Titanium?

And is this something devs are capable and interested in doing?

[Daldaen]

You're talking 4-5+ years in the future.

Adding whole new zones I don't think they can do. They could repurpose zones. One discussion was redoing Planes of Power somewhat, retuning AC/DI/DB values to be tuned against Velious Raid Geared and few AA players.

[Swish]

EC tunnel with "bazaar" style platforms down the sides of it.

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[Shodo]

[strike]Almost definitely no scratch-made zones - that would be a ton of work. They'll likely be adding content that already exists, just a tweaked version. I believe I heard mention of trying out some LoY zones? May have just been a rumor.[/strike]

Pwnt by Nilbog.

[Destron]

Talk about a waste of time thread.

[fadetree]

I'd love to see a modified luclin/PoP.

[Faisca]

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

Almost definitely no scratch-made zones - that would be a ton of work. They'll likely be adding content that already exists, just a tweaked version. I believe I heard mention of trying out some LoY zones? May have just been a rumor.

Is that something classic purists would accept nicely?

[nilbog]

For instance, if devs wanted to design brand new zones or even a brand new continent with a classic feel and connect it to Norrath somehow

This is the idea. We'll see.

Almost definitely no scratch-made zones - that would be a ton of work. They'll likely be adding content that already exists, just a tweaked version. I believe I heard mention of trying out some LoY zones? May have just been a rumor.

Surprisingly, it is faster and less work to build from creativity, than it is to research and emulate something existing.


If you don't see a developer discussing custom content, then its a rumor/don't believe it. And to be clear, my idea of custom content would happen on a different server, that continued on past Velious. A classic-Velious server should remain as a museum, without modifications.

[Shodo]

No idea. Though I doubt "classic purists" are going to accept any custom content nicely.

[Faisca]

Cool! That's exciting news!

(Referring to Nilbog's answer, obvioulsy, hehe)