New EQI "Progression Server"

[Fammaden]

Originally Posted by Drauk

Could you please explain that thing (ive seen it mentioned several times), since im really curios, but never played EQ.

If you were a pure caster, everytime you needed to meditate to regen mana (several minutes between each fight in many cases), you ended up staring at this:

[Obtenor]

Originally Posted by Fammaden

NFP FTW!

Well, EC tunnel was there because Good people could use NFP bank, and bad people could use Neriak's, gfay is more for good aligned people

[Soygen]

Originally Posted by Qhue

Never quite understood the EC Tunnel bit. On my server the market of choice was always greater faydark.

I imagine that all they will keep locked is the actual zone and level content. Things like class changes that effected the lower level game will still be present as per the current version of the client.

Freeport and Neriak right there. EC Tunnel for life!!

[Braen]

Originally Posted by Vaclav

I really doubt that - with the level cap being open and much better gear/AA available and a highly experienced crew it took us 100 days to get to RZtW during PoP era - lower level cap and slower release of content availability etc is gonna make it take longer to get there.

As for cockblocking expansions happening - depends entirely on the mechanics assuming its as I'd presume (1 kill on the expansion boss unlocks the next) it would be shooting oneself in the foot to cockblock.

Think about release.. there was Nag and Vox and then Cazic and Inny i believe

[Daladmer]

Ah, hopefully I'll have time to spare for EQ when this happens. It's not the same , of course, since now I know everything pre-GoD like the back of my hands but, I figure it's still worth a shot. When Stromm was brought online, I truly enjoyed the first 6 months, when the server was still new and different - even though I had already experienced all that content once. It was just fun. I especially enjoyed the competition between the raid guilds. If this will turn out to be anything like Stromm, I strongly recommend this.

Not looking forward to making VT key again, though.

[Braen]

Originally Posted by Daladmer

Ah, hopefully I'll have time to spare for EQ when this happens. It's not the same , of course, since now I know everything pre-GoD like the back of my hands but, I figure it's still worth a shot. When Stromm was brought online, I truly enjoyed the first 6 months, when the server was still new and different - even though I had already experienced all that content once. It was just fun. I especially enjoyed the competition between the raid guilds. If this will turn out to be anything like Stromm, I strongly recommend this.

Not looking forward to making VT key again, though.

Difference being that you could skip things like Nags and Vox and go directly to higher level content on Stromm. This will hopefully allow players to see stuff they normally would skip cause there was always better things somewhere else.

[Yukiri]

Wonder what determines the trigger for each expansion though. To unlock Velious, do you have to clear VP or just Trak? To unlock PoP do you have to clear Vex, or just kill Emp? That little detail could most definately increase the time between unlocking new content.

[Schar]

They better have original Nro and Oasis, Cazel and all. I will probably play on this server.

[Cybsled]

ECom tunnel was the best auction/market spot.

1) Shady Swashbuckler was there, allowing for vendoring (or item recharge) need be. You'd be surprised the nice things you could find on him from time to time. You could also kill him for entertainment.

2) It was near the banks for evil + good races. Druid and wizard ports were nearby. This made large cash transactions alot easier to do.

3) Early on, it's location near solb/lguk was a factor.

4) It looked like a shopping bazaar. Walking the tunnels was almost like a mall of sorts.

Gfay was teh suck. Fun fact: Cazic Thule had the first bazaar, which took place in Qeynos Hills on a Saturday (It was organized I believe by Kat, who you may know better as the WoW CM back in beta). The next bazaar took place in Ecom tunnels, where it ended up staying permanently because no one wants to run to Qeynos ;p

[Daladmer]

Originally Posted by Braen

Difference being that you could skip things like Nags and Vox and go directly to higher level content on Stromm. This will hopefully allow players to see stuff they normally would skip cause there was always better things somewhere else.

True, we did skip kunark mostly and started with velious. I do miss dragon raids, though, so this will hopefully be even better experience than Stromm.

[Trebla]

All the new non-expansion features will be there like chat channels, LFG, and new UIs

No staring at spell books... TL Gnomes instead of boats... Nerfed items coming into the game as the nerfed version.

This would tend to insinuate that zone revamps like Splitpaw and Cazic Thule will be there though... and that doesn't seem reasonable. And what about Odus? Will there even be a Paineel at first? Or the Hole?

[Kuro]

Originally Posted by Fammaden

If you were a pure caster, everytime you needed to meditate to regen mana (several minutes between each fight in many cases), you ended up staring at this:

It's not Sony's fault you didn't take advantage of the high stakes, thrilling game of /gems!

[skeezer]

hopefully i can bring a lvl 5 troll SK into plane of fear to get his class armor

[Sylas]

They better have original Nro and Oasis, Cazel and all. I will probably play on this server.

Cazel was introduced after Kunark when they added the epic quests.

Unless you're thinking of the named SG in Sro...But I doubt it, nub!

[Turzem]

Originally Posted by Fammaden

If you were a pure caster, everytime you needed to meditate to regen mana (several minutes between each fight in many cases), you ended up staring at this:

This makes me cry. Also, looks like you were working on Alteration or something.

On my server, the market was in EC. We had Maldan, whom everyone from Lanys should recognize the name of.