Legends Server

[Zarseem Nasaar]

Not too sure what to think of it.

The plus side is that it has a low population, and it's quiet...some of you see the planes packed with 50+ people in every zone...now imagine those same zones with 5 people...perhaps 10...and sometimes, just you. It's pleasant. And the chatter and shit talking, and begging, is non-existant.

Another plus is that because of the fee involved, the ONLY people who play there are people who know how to play their classes. Now some of you are thinking,"Zarseem, you stupid necro. You don't need a group. You just need to solo. Get the levels, and AA. Fuck the group thing." To which I say,"Kiss my pale, sickly ass. Soloing get's boring. I like to talk with people sometimes, and talking to one's self is a sure sign of mental illness." And it is so nice to not have to worry about whether the healer will heal, or the chanter mez, or the melee taunt, or anything like that. I went to PoN last night, and had a 56 shaman healing. No cleric, no druid for back-ups. Nothing. Just the shaman. With a warrior, SK, ranger, chanter, and yours truly along. It was lovely. Never had to twitch, and never got aggro (I like to make the mobs suffer a little too much sometimes, and occasionally stealing aggro makes me smile).

However, the low population and quiet is a downside as well. If I get bored soloing, it's next to impossible for me to find a group. And I sometimes miss the random singing of the Spongebob Squarepants theme song in /ooc.

However, I must say that thusfar, I do enjoy it, and recommend people who are interested try it out for at least a month. It has some nifty features not available in the regular server thing (at least, I don't think they are), and while I haven't seen the CS at work yet, I have been told the Guides are eager to help. /shrug

[Melrin_Specclaster]

I talked to myself sometimes. I even debate questions outloud to myself sometimes to come up with an answer. I'll leave sanity for somebody else to decide. Almost no insane person will admit or realize it.

[Devlim]

Another plus is that because of the fee involved, the ONLY people who play there are people who know how to play their classes.

This is very wrong.

[Zarseem Nasaar]

Shhhh...let me delude myself a bit, so I can feel the money was well-spent. Being a mortician doesn't pay great, but it pays well enough.

Yeah, I'm sure there are bastards who can't play worth shit there, and even the eBay'd bastards (middle-aged suburban buys account, think's he knows how to play, and promptly wipes an entire zone...sure it happens). But everyone I have met thusfar has been competent.

[Leatherneck]

Sadly, the above poster is correct.

I've been there almost a year now. Ebayers and Rep Dodgers are fairly common on SH. People who abscond with their guild's bank and looking for a quick namechange show up with alarming frequency.

There are also some very good, fun players who are escaping their red server, who've put a substantial amount of time into their characters, and really don't want to start from the beginning. Some folks are fighting impending EQ burnout. Nice people. Talented players. Just hating the same old, same old and hoping for something to spark their interest again.

In truth, outside of the lowered population, Legends really has nothing to offer as a server.

CS is better than on normal servers. But honestly, not as great as it was when SH opened.

The Events are becoming quite stale. There's no continuity of story, as there was in the beginning with Durn Stonecrash. Virtually no events at all for the 60+ crowd.

The only reason I'm still on the server, and in the game at all, is because of my guild. If it weren't for that, I'd be off the server, and very likely, on to another game.

[Zarseem Nasaar]

The guild situation is rather odd.

TR is there (Vindication from Druz Ro, with adds and changes). The other guilds I don't know.

Everyone I see is around level 60 (which has it's pros and cons as well).

So, not too sure where I want to head, guild-wise. After all, most people desire to end up in a FoH, TR, Triton, end-game, high-end sort of guild. But you have to start somewhere.

We'll see how it goes. I do like the lack of crowds, and that right there is enough to make me stick around for a while.

[WarderX]

You'd be supprised how many people card accounts. 90% of which go to SH of course. It's the perfect scam becuse selling your account is illegal (for lack of a beter word) in the first place, so no actions can be taken really.

Not that i'd ever do that of course~

[Asmadai]

That is one thing i will never understand about these boards. Out of no where, someone will type up this semi-long informative essay that proves nothing. Starting a topic to discuss imbalances in a class, or certain quest problems is one thing, but what the fuck is this?

Thank you sir, for taking the time to post your thoughts on the Legends server. We all feel much more intelligent because of it.

[Zarseem Nasaar]

You know, that's the pleasant thing about message boards. Anyone can post whatever they like about anything they like. Opinions, much like assholes, are possessed by everyone; and you, sir, couldn't find yours with both hands, a flashlight, and Liberace pushing.

Yeah, I posted something about Legends. I do believe that many people are curious about it, and most people can't afford to play there, so I threw out my two bits so people could talk about it, and thereby spread information about it.

And you just HAD to throw in some assinine comment about it. Frankly, people like you, in all their blindness, should have been aborted at birth. You should have become fetal soup, placed in a bag, and thrown into a shallow grave in Canada. You irritate the living hell out of me, and people like you are the biggest reason why the U.S. is moving backwards. Your lack of vision, and inability to see the positives in even the smallest of things, is yet another reason why regulated breeding, and waiting until a child is 4 years old or so until it's aborted, need to be brought into effect.

I am surprised that you manage to wake up in the mornings. Isn't the very idea of your mundane and pathetic existence enough to make you take the guns I am sure populate your trailer and end your meaningless existence? Before you attack someone's post, make sure there is a plus side to it. Which is why I am attacking yours...there is no positive anything to your post...just some sad, pathetic whine about people cluttering something that isn't even yours.

Please...have the common decency to die.

[ericEQ]

i think you forgot one thing:

entranci/helexis.

[Abatoir]

I've found that the population of Sh can be broken down into a couple of really clearly defined subsets.

1. The red server refuges, there either to escape pvp or build gear before they return. Almost universally good players, though many have... interesting... personality traits

2. Peoeple escaping something on their home server, guild, rep, ebay whatever. They're actually remarkably easy to identify since everyone knows someone from every server. A few cross tells can pin the tail on this donkey fast, even with name changes

3. People looking to add spark into an old game by adding a new set of people, quests, access to contect via the callander.. whatever.

The pro's are pretty obvious once you're there a while. Low sever population, access to some content and quests early, fast relatively friendly customer service. Mostly adult players due to cost.

Cons- Sever crashes, TONS of server crashes. Highly transient population. Alot of folks just dont stay. The fast relatively friendly CS tends to also make relatively stupid and random decisions.

What I've always found interesting is that people like furor cite the server crashes as an advantage. While its generated some additional loot, its a greater hinderance than anything given the number of raids aborted and crashes before the mobs ever pop in the first instance.

What are advantages at the high end are the cross server communication and recruiting. The people in TR and Levi didnt just pop out of the earth. They have lines of communication back to nearly every high end guild in eq, and people talk. Im sure a sieve could hold information more securely than alot of folks. As for people, you can be pretty picky with new members when anyone on any server can move to you, with gear, at will.

Abs

[Zarseem Nasaar]

I think I heard from someone that if you moved to Legends from X server (and taking your gear with you), you were then able to move from Legends to another (different from the original server)server (and also taking your gear with you). Is this still the case? And if so, wouldn't that open the flood gates to taking the Legends-only items and flooding the other server markets with them?

[mguru]

What legends only items are they going to take back? Tink bags with a different name? Or the rings with 4 charges of gate?

There is nothing that drops on the server that is Legends only.

Sure you can get a few midlevel trinkets from the GM events, but thats it.

As far as being an undercrowded server. 2 guilds in elem planes, 5? with VT access. I'd say if anything, their crowding as far as guilds go is no better than any live server except for exp groups.

It might sound good for the first month, but when you start realizing for the price you're paying you could 3-box on a normal server, and still have money left over for coffee, solely for lack of crowding for exp spots, you'll start to realize you're flushing your money down the toilet.

[ericEQ]

Originally posted by Zarseem Nasaar
I think I heard from someone that if you moved to Legends from X server (and taking your gear with you), you were then able to move from Legends to another (different from the original server)server (and also taking your gear with you). Is this still the case? And if so, wouldn't that open the flood gates to taking the Legends-only items and flooding the other server markets with them?

not anymore

[Goldynstar]

Leather said:

The only reason I'm still on the server, and in the game at all, is because of my guild. If it weren't for that, I'd be off the server, and very likely, on to another game.

I moved to Legends because my then boyfriend talked me into it. There is nothing on Legends anymore that justifies its price. I am only there for the same reason Leatherneck is. My guild (which he is my guildie /wave Leather) and the lower population is nice.

But alas there are a few jerks here. Lot of people come and go. Not a whole lot of loyalty. And the server crashes suck dick. I wouldn't recommend Legends to anyone unless you really have a burning desire to throw away 40 dollars a month.