Classic Everquest Project

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I am resurrecting the Classic Everquest Project (CEP) at http://classiceverquest.org. CEP is an open-source community dedicated to providing a flexible classic Everquest server implementation for people looking to host their own box. CEP is not a server project at this point and only hosts a test server.

Why?
Somebody needs to do it. EQEmu has too many new things to worry about to put the amount of work into classic that we'd all like to see. A stock EQEmu box is a nightmare for the most part in classic zones. Project1999 - no disrespect because I love the p99 and still play here - is a proprietary endeavor. They're not sharing their source or their database anytime soon. While blue and red are great, I'd love to see a community where people are willing to take a stab at hosting a box. I'd really like to see a teams server, and I'm really curious to see what pops up involving different rulesets and degrees of itemloot.

Lots of different projects and people have put in good work towards a classic Everquest implementation over the years, but almost no one has shared their work. This project seeks to establish a complete and polished classic Everquest implementation with various ease-of-administration tools that will make hosting a server more reasonable.

What can you do?
First, come sign up for our forums at http://classiceverquest.org/phpBB3/. Poke around and see what we are about and what we've done. We need all different sorts of help including:

- People to answer questions about how things should be - see our Good Intentions forum.

- People to write quests, create pathing, eliminate non-classic loot and spawns, and complete other various such content development.

- People to just poke around the world and see what needs work


Project1999 is leagues ahead of us, but I think with some conscientious effort, we could have an implementation that is pretty damn awesome and superior to what else is out there in some regards. As is stated in our Classic Everquest Roadmap thread, we have a number of high priorities we are looking to knock out quickly.

PvP Resists - I intend to put considerable effort into a balanced and enjoyable system. I need input from classic PvPers so please share your thoughts and concerns here.

AC and Melee Damage - By default in eqemu, melee damage is too high for the classic era, and mitigation isn't tuned for the gear found in classic. These entire systems will be evaluated and likely overhauled.

PvE Raid Resists - PvE raid resists will be evaluated and changed to create challenging progression encounters.

Easy On/Off Switches for all era-related content - This system is already partially implemented as described here. This is an ease-of-administration implementation meant to make things easier for someone trying to host a server.

100% Polished Zones - I don't have the same zeal for absolute classic that other people do. If it's as right as is reasonably possible at the time, that's good enough for me; we can get super nitpicky over time. What I do care about is having zones that operate smoothly. Not only will we correct spawns and loot to their classic versions, but all roamer waypoints will be intelligently and conscientiously implemented. Furthermore, pathing grids will be continually reviewed and tested and the pathing implementation will be adjusted as is necessary.

Anti-Cheats, MQ/SEQ detection - We will figure something out. I'm looking to brainstorm some ideas on this topic and would love to hear your input. Please come share your ideas with us here.


There is tons of work to be done, but I'm just going to keep trucking through it. If you want to get on board and donate some time and effort to the project - whether or not you have EQ development experience - please, contact me. If enough people pitch in, we could have a badass implementation in a very short amount of time.

Thanks for reading - I hope you come check us out!