Cheers to the good ol days of eq~!

” still miss those times, sadly, although they make another progress server, they won’t return as most of Antonica zones will be the revamped ones (RIP Oasis T_T) and I doubt they will revert them and/or change the table drops from the mobs (Hello Defiant armor in Pre-kunark server!)”

I would almost give a body part or two to be in Oasis and hear someone shout in OOC: “Trading SoW for Breeze at dox.” And also have the utterly scared and helpless feeling, even though it was (essentially) just a video game, you get when you see a Sand Giant approach and know you have no escape; and then the utter reliefe when you target it and discover its name is “Kobaner,” obviously a Mage’s pet.

“It just doesn’t make sense to me. I know with a new server it’s a brand new start, and that people will rush in to be the first to kill bosses. But won’t those people just be coming in from other servers, hence lowering their population?”

Yes, it will draw some people away from other servers, but, in Sony’s perspective, if they pay the $15 a month, does it really matter which server they play on? And a new server will likely draw a lot of hybernating EQ players out of slumber and even attract a few new ones.

IMHO, of course.

The nexus’s portal system was just the first step in the downfall of EQ for me. Travelling was too easy, even for low leveled players. And then the release of PoP, where all lvs from 1 to 70 would be all over PoK. Those dumb books at all newbie towns was the final straw that made me quit. Those books should’ve had level restrictions. lvl 50+ or something, hell, it’s a portal to the planes for crying out loud. Lvl 1 in another plane! What were they thinking?

If a server was created with just kunark and velious expansions, i’d come back and play right away. And if it has to be progressive, well, make it flagged progression after velious is opened. Or even make it that at least 50% of the server has done the requirements to open the next expansion.

Taken from Allakhazam:

@Tamat – Dragonmonk asks: What will the new server be and will when it be released?

+RytanEQ – That’s completely dependant on how the poll turns out. We don’t have a specific date set, but I would TENTATIVELY guess at a month or two out.

The chat took place on March 17th.

Great blog.