Describe your dream server

[Rodeojones1979]

I know this thread will be a magnet for derision, but lets all try to stay positive and discuss our dream EQ classic-ish emulation. Don’t yuck someone’s yum here. Did you love Luclin? Tell us what you’d love to play and why? Hated everything besides the Vanilla? Go ahead. Describe your vision and how it would work. And to prevent flaming, lets all avoid talking about what P99 should do. Describe your vision for a brand new server, NOT what should be implemented here.

I’ll start.

I would love to see a server start with Classic EQ, Kunark, and Velious, then add in user-generated custom content, like new zones, mobs, quests, and items. I’m inspired by the EQ Next’s idea of sandbox content created by the users. Many games have gotten endless life out of this concept, like Minecraft and Skyrim. Heck, I still fire up Morrowind from time to time and check out the most popular custom content and mods.

Basically, I want to play a classic-ish EQ with the opportunity to experience a new launch. One where we would have to learn the new mobs and quests with trial by fire. One where there was no memory or wiki to guide us. Heck, I would even be entertained by a classic server where all of the quests, mobs, and items were scrambled. For example, Mistmoore would drop Darkforge off of Elemental mobs and the Hole would be overrun by lizards.

I also long for several quality of life improvements, where strictly adhering to classic format is unimportant to me. I’ve always wanted maps and a better LFG finder on P99, for example. I also want spell descriptions and buff timers available.

While this ideas is obviously very difficult to make well due to programming and vision, I think there are many people out there capable of making quality custom content. I dream of a day where modders can debut their creations and players all vote on what content they would like to see implemented to the game.

What I haven’t worked out is how we could feasibly maintain server population while keeping everyone happy. Would we clone the classic server to keep a pristine copy, and only implement the custom content on the other one? How many people would we need to keep a healthy and vibrant server? Should we allow boxing?

Does that sound interesting to you? No? Why not? What do you want to see? Tell us here!