Well done content man. Good tips. One thing I would add to the progression servers to ensure longevity is this...play what you enjoy AT raids. While grouping is important..many groups are semi auto now, and will be more that way once Truebox is relaxed/dropped. If you hate playing your class at raids...and play something because you want to fill a need for the guild...you will burn out. Example...Shaman. You either love them or hate them...and if you play one because your guild is short on Shamans....that will be a nose dive to uninstall at Mach 3. Vaniki all the way. Real challenge is back.
Great content man! I was like 10 when EQ was originally released and never had a computer that could run it. But always dreamed of it, now as an adult I get to experience it here in Mischief and after playing almost every MMO out there. Nothing quite gets me excited like adventuring in EQ and experiencing what the kid version of me always wanted too. Keep up the great videos!
Thank you so much for the nice comment! I'm glad you're able to experience Everquest and all it's expansions on Mischief! and in a unique and exciting way with the randomized loot.
I’ve always wanted to start as a berserker and not have to wait till discord and start all over again so I’m definitely going to check out that server.
Yes, I do too. Honestly, my suggestion was to start with Luclin for 4-5 months but all you would need to do is to put the zerker epic NPCs into the game.
Came back 2 months ago. Meh, you are correct, a LOT of us called it quits at PoP. PoP greatly widened the gap between casual and hardcore, and the release of WoW didn't help. That said, I"m trying Yelinak, and have to say, that's the game I enjoyed the most. Maybe the current version is just as good, but I don't have the time required to master the tons of junk added since PoP (though mercs was a fantastic idea). Love your channel, glad to see someone not 50 or older like myself, enjoying this game still.
I'm glad you're enjoying yelinak! My most comprehensive everquest experience was actually probably phinny which launched at the end of 2015 and was the prototype for yelinaks ruleset. That's despite playing the game on and off since 2000. And thank you so much for the compliment! I'm glad you're enjoying the channel!
Loved everquest man. I played the hell out of that back in the day. Barbarian shaman and a human monk. Some of the best gaming experiences i ever had. I would never go back for the same reason i don't play wow classic. I had my experiences and chasing nostalgia leads nowhere. But if you never player EQ, get in there, find a spawn camp and get to leveling.
I started during the kunark era and I did the selo fast progression server and it was a blast. I joined one of the top guilds and was able to do all the raid content that I missed out on "in era". I was able to get to be one of the best geared chanters on the server only raiding 2 days a week. Was a great guild, best I have ever been in. Some of the best time I had in EQ even consider my years off and on.
Unfortunately *that* eq isn't. The console version is everquest online adventures which launched on the ps2. It was a separate version with its own dedicated fan base.
Thanks for the video. Thinking about getting back into EQ, but I don't want to hop onto a TLP only for it to more or less turn into a ghost town before long, and I would expect "years" of catching up to do if I went live, as well as a very solo low level grinding. So not sure where's best.
It's hard go gauge tlps.. I think yelinak might have the strength to maintain for a while. Phinny I was able to play with the same guild from 2016-2020 and only in the last year did it feel kind of ghost town like outside of our guild.
Before Phinigel I think it was 6 months between + voting which could result in very long time frames between expansions. I don't know if they ever tried a set timeframe of 6 months without the voting.
Thank you so much! Very kind of you to say and thank you for assisting with the battle against the algorithm. We're forming a raid party at this point.
Came back to EQ recently played from 1999 to about 2015. I am not a big fan of the new leveling system. I played on the legends server,that was the best experience Ive ever had on the game,chasing or being chased by a dragon across 6 or 7 zones on a three-day event ect "what an epic adventure " .My old guild I went to on Bristlebane is still there .Here is what pisses me off ALOT !! The damn achievements I spent literally years in Misty Thicket and other zones now i need to go back and do all the quests kill all the bosses I am already one with the wall I did my time up to Underfoot.
I, for one, am pretty sour about the newer gaming companies (Daybreak, AKA Day broke our Games & Darkpaw, AKA Dark poo Gaming) not introducing a third and fourth epic quest for us to sink more game time into instead of more grinding. The epics are what made Kunark extra fun and then Omens of War expac with the 2.0's. Why have we not seen an epic bow for Rangers? Why no 2handed weapon-instrument for Bards? weapon+ shield sets for tanks? etc...
@@Redbeardflynn awesome! It turns out epics really make a handful of players really grumpy on the eq forums. Same goes for proposing no-box TLP servers lol
I don't think so since p99 exists and has been officially recognized. I think daybreak also realized how much the population didn't want servers that don't progress after they tried to release a pop locked server. Still an interesting premise though!
My feeling is most people stick around into POP as it was when the orginal game fell off hard (due to 3 extension/exspansions in a row that were lack luster at best and WOW coming out). As to a sizable population similar to past TLPs I think that is more questionable than before, I base this on FV being the most popular live server and some how thornblade never needed to be merged into Mischief so the popularity of those servers are persistent. The 2 boxing is the big wrinkle here as that is compelling to many like tradable loot. I will say if people plan on playing on the level locked and you want an idea how to make some money, look into what items are good for berserkers stuff for them is a bit more locked at as far as I know till the later exspansions at launch and I doubt outside of the top guilds will be doing Time or the main GOD zones (we dont know how they are going to tune stuff for level 40s at launch. Going back to my population comment the question is what if any rewards for those achievements are if its nothing or next to nothing to incentives people to join to get them that wouldnt automatically. It certainly will be an interesting time but one thing is for certain I think most have stopped looking at TLPs as the pantheon waiting room so that kinda a plus.
Love the video mate, as per usual. Overall i agree with you on all aspects, tho i still believe that Yelinak needs some kind of "hook" to make it stand apart from the old style TLPs, without "infringing" on the Vaniki crowd. Vaniki isnt for me, but i really do like that they are trying something new and not releasing two basically identical servers next to eachother. I still hope we can see a TLP with the Relaxed Truebox system right away. Boxing truly only adds good things to a server - Obviously, im not talking about the cheaters that need to use "program this or that", to help them play a full group or three. I'd like to 3 box and give Daybreak 3 subscriptions, however, that's gonna cost me 3 times the electricity and computerwear, for no reasonable reason. Truebox hurts casual players, since cheaters will cheat and ignore it anyway - And they can much more easily monopolize the market to do their RMT'ing. Opening up boxing for everyone, to a lesser degree, will alleviate some of this "chokehold" that multi-box RMT'ers have. Keep up the good work and if you get there too, i'll see you on Yelinak
Really appreciate the kind words, thank you! I like the idea of the relaxed truebox rules and actually advocated for them back when....I believe it was Mangler? launched. I think at the time I was speaking to two-boxing because back in the "before times" when I played on Combine I duo'd an SK and a Shaman because it was simple...play the SK and only have to cast buffs/slows/dots....maybe send pet if I'm feisty. I was a *bad* boxer. Like I was actively terrible, but before mercenaries it let me do a bit more when people weren't around. I just want people to play and have fun!
@@Redbeardflynn I absolutely agree with that too - not that you are a bad boxer, albeit, it does sound like it huehue. But the part of having fun and letting people have fun their way, within reason. I liked being able to go somewhere with my Mage main and shaman box and be able to start up a grind, while grabbing LFG'ers from around the world. I often ditched my shaman for another player and just used it outside the group or, at higher levels, had it parked somewhere for some drop i needed, while o focused on the mage. It was great, i didnt hurt anyones game and it didnt look massively intrusive, like it does when some bonehead walzes up with 36 characters on follow expecting me to believe thats legit, in any way shape or form :P This is where the "fun within reason" aspect comes in - EQ has rules and you can't use programs to help you play at all, Daybreak just does not enforce it, so people don't care anymore. I'd pay good money for a server that allowed limited boxing but absolutely prevents ANY kind of cheat from happening.
@@runepetersen5698 Yes! I always treated my shaman as a spot-filler until someone who could actually play was there. And it got significantly harder to be remotely effective the longer the game went on because it grew more complex than hitting Turgur's every few minutes. The worst boxing I ever saw was definitely on Ragefire which I think is what in turn creating the truebox rules which honestly I think have been good. People will always find ways around rules (in every game) but it definitely limited it on Phinigel. Getting KS'd by, as you say, 36 characters, was not fun.
@@Redbeardflynn Magefire and Boxjaw definitely had issues with rampant boxing, as it was easier to do it since they didnt care about people using ISboxer. I saw many many 6 box crews right from the start and, unlike when i played on Fippy (It was a different mentality i guess), on Ragefire/Boxjaw people didn't ditch their boxes for real people. I even saw raids, where peoples boxes got prio over real people, because the main tank insisted that his box needed to accumulate DKP and get geared, before actual people. But, thats just bad people being bad, but the server rules let it be easier to be asshats about it. I definitely think Truebox has helped A LOT with those issues overall - To me, its just not as balanced as it could be, because TLP server see attrition even before the first expansion drops and the ability to box for everyone, without having to buy more comps and waste electricity, can offset that pretty well. Relaxed Truebox at OoW, where the majority of players have already been long gone? That's not helpful for players - Only for Daybreak, to obtain a little more cash before the next TLP
Agreed! It at least sounds like a fresh take without something as destabilizing as random loot. A way to have people experience some of the other expansions the way they were before progression when there was reason to level in paldual caverns even if you weren't a beast lord.
I want a server built for people who only get a few hours a week. One year per expansion then I'll throw my money at EQ. Work and home life makes it impossible to enjoy tlp.
It would be interesting to see them try to essentially recreate the cadence from the original game with the yearly expansions. It used to be much longer between expansions back before phinigel. I think a few months?
@@Redbeardflynn eye but I believe a few months is to fast for a lot of players. They still only cater to hard core players but if they where smart they would also add an extremely slow progression server the people who work all the time but play when they can also have the money to spend but why spend money if you always left behind at least on p99 you cant really get left behind every one hits the wall eventually lol.
Yes. A span of like 3 months between unlocks would be nice. I havnt played for years and dont want a race again for caps and raids. I wanna chill and relax.
xxsephiroth lol XD , anyone going Yelinak? looking for solid fun guild . Rolling Enchanter and reliving my childhood from 56k dial up. No speed running guilds
Glad you liked that one! Check out the official forums over at everquest.com they've always been great for finding a guild, otherwise commonlands is usually a good recruiting spot early on. You will have global chat enabled.
@@Redbeardflynn Project M(onster) was a short lived feature on EverQuest where players could log in and play as monsters. The player assumed control of a random mob, typically in a newbie zone, and fight the players found therein. I never hear it talked about these days, and it was around for only a hot second. But it was a thing. I was an orc pawn in Greater Faydark and I believe an asp in the common lands. I want to say this was late Kunark to early velious era but the exact patch and time is hazy.
@@iksarguards oh yes! Yeah that still comes out with depths of dark hollow but it's not really any different than what you get with it on live. I believe it was an attempt at making a mentor system that was fun it just never panned out. You do in later expansions yet some fun monster missions though
@@Redbeardflynn That weird monster (shrouds?) system they added with Depths of Darkhollow (which is getting towards the end of my time on EQLive) was different. Project M was just the ability to log into an otherwise normal random mob and control it to fight players. I guess they later revisited the concept (sort of?) much later in Depths of Darkhollow. But the original run was in 2001, I had to look it up. r
@@iksarguards ah! I think I remember that. That was even shorter lived wasn't it? I don't even remember it going live on brell when I played or if it did it was very short lived.
I also tend to leave the TLP servers when shadows of luclin come out. It loses the feel of EverQuest after that for me personally the nexus... A safe zone of pvp servers I what started the death of all pvp servers and the nexus made druids and wizards something you wanted for speed and not necessarily a need. And when pop came out it was the final nail in the coffin. Tons of More safe zones for players and no need for ports anymore.
I still play live pvp and I'm still playing on a TLP currently quit selo after omens cuz my guild went to wow classic but the game really changes in luclin maybe it's just that I was 13 years old when luclin came out and relate the 1st two xpacs with some of the best years of my life. But I used to get lost in EQ in the best way possible it was not just a game but an escape a vacation. Some days I'd log on and progress other days I'd log on and lose a level. With each death came such a time loss that it forced you to become a better and better player making custom maps on grid paper so I would not get lost in the world. Meeting players in game All of us figuring out this world together each raid a brand new experience that we had no idea what to do or how to beat it. All of us fearing for our lives.. aka time investment corpse runs... EQ was truly the most amazing game. And the sad truth is there is no way to putt all of that back in the bottle .
Eventually, TLP's will burn out... so enjoy playing them while they last... when some new other MMO's come out, example being pantheon or the league of legends MMO, EQ will eventually dang near fade out into memory... there will always be people playing it... but xpacs will eventually stop being made, due to not enough people funding... its sad, but im still shocked the game is as strong as it is now
Honestly I don't like picks or agents of change. Nothing wrong with gatekeeping or letting the top guilds fight for there raid boss . DPS races were the best part about pvE servers. These changes remove the competition aspect of EverQuest. On blue servers
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Well done content man. Good tips. One thing I would add to the progression servers to ensure longevity is this...play what you enjoy AT raids. While grouping is important..many groups are semi auto now, and will be more that way once Truebox is relaxed/dropped. If you hate playing your class at raids...and play something because you want to fill a need for the guild...you will burn out. Example...Shaman. You either love them or hate them...and if you play one because your guild is short on Shamans....that will be a nose dive to uninstall at Mach 3. Vaniki all the way. Real challenge is back.
Appreciate the compliment! And that's a fantastic tip to add. Gonna pin this.
Great content man! I was like 10 when EQ was originally released and never had a computer that could run it. But always dreamed of it, now as an adult I get to experience it here in Mischief and after playing almost every MMO out there. Nothing quite gets me excited like adventuring in EQ and experiencing what the kid version of me always wanted too. Keep up the great videos!
Thank you so much for the nice comment! I'm glad you're able to experience Everquest and all it's expansions on Mischief! and in a unique and exciting way with the randomized loot.
I’ve always wanted to start as a berserker and not have to wait till discord and start all over again so I’m definitely going to check out that server.
I think honestly that may be the coolest part to me. Having all classes at launch.
Yes, I do too. Honestly, my suggestion was to start with Luclin for 4-5 months but all you would need to do is to put the zerker epic NPCs into the game.
Perfect thanks
Came back 2 months ago. Meh, you are correct, a LOT of us called it quits at PoP. PoP greatly widened the gap between casual and hardcore, and the release of WoW didn't help.
That said, I"m trying Yelinak, and have to say, that's the game I enjoyed the most. Maybe the current version is just as good, but I don't have the time required to master the tons of junk added since PoP (though mercs was a fantastic idea).
Love your channel, glad to see someone not 50 or older like myself, enjoying this game still.
I'm glad you're enjoying yelinak! My most comprehensive everquest experience was actually probably phinny which launched at the end of 2015 and was the prototype for yelinaks ruleset. That's despite playing the game on and off since 2000.
And thank you so much for the compliment! I'm glad you're enjoying the channel!
Loved everquest man. I played the hell out of that back in the day. Barbarian shaman and a human monk. Some of the best gaming experiences i ever had. I would never go back for the same reason i don't play wow classic. I had my experiences and chasing nostalgia leads nowhere. But if you never player EQ, get in there, find a spawn camp and get to leveling.
I started during the kunark era and I did the selo fast progression server and it was a blast. I joined one of the top guilds and was able to do all the raid content that I missed out on "in era". I was able to get to be one of the best geared chanters on the server only raiding 2 days a week. Was a great guild, best I have ever been in. Some of the best time I had in EQ even consider my years off and on.
Well said! And barbarian shaman dark elf sk here back in the day!
I didn't even know everquest was still around I remember playing it on playstation years ago
Unfortunately *that* eq isn't. The console version is everquest online adventures which launched on the ps2. It was a separate version with its own dedicated fan base.
Vaniki or bust. Day 1 iksar and berserker/beastlord is what we have been asking for forever. And can’t wait for day 1 LDoN groups
This ^
Thanks for the video. Thinking about getting back into EQ, but I don't want to hop onto a TLP only for it to more or less turn into a ghost town before long, and I would expect "years" of catching up to do if I went live, as well as a very solo low level grinding. So not sure where's best.
It's hard go gauge tlps.. I think yelinak might have the strength to maintain for a while. Phinny I was able to play with the same guild from 2016-2020 and only in the last year did it feel kind of ghost town like outside of our guild.
I was there for Combine! What a great time that was.
Oh it was one hell of an exprtience!!
They need to make the time progression longer, like at least 6 months.
Before Phinigel I think it was 6 months between + voting which could result in very long time frames between expansions. I don't know if they ever tried a set timeframe of 6 months without the voting.
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The box army will still be there before mercs
Just subbed. Love your content. Comment for the algorithm gods 👍
Thank you so much! Very kind of you to say and thank you for assisting with the battle against the algorithm. We're forming a raid party at this point.
I would agree TLPS we're so flooded with people made it tough at level 1. Now with so many wide open classes and starting areas groups be endless
I grew up on EverQuest I was 16 when eq released
It's a game with so many strong memories to it.
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I agree with you,love luclin,pop,god,ldon,oow,dodh, I havent played the post 85+ expansions though.
Yes! Thank you!
I think HoT is my favorite or one of them but I think a big part of that is the aesthetic.
Love the content!
Thank you so much! Very kind of you to say!
I wonder if the 64bit upgrade helped with congestion on logging in during peak event interest.
I hope so! I'm hoping they may have figured a way to increase the server size or at least handle the influx better.
Came back to EQ recently played from 1999 to about 2015. I am not a big fan of the new leveling system. I played on the legends server,that was the best experience Ive ever had on the game,chasing or being chased by a dragon across 6 or 7 zones on a three-day event ect "what an epic adventure " .My old guild I went to on Bristlebane is still there .Here is what pisses me off ALOT !! The damn achievements I spent literally years in Misty Thicket and other zones now i need to go back and do all the quests kill all the bosses I am already one with the wall I did my time up to Underfoot.
I, for one, am pretty sour about the newer gaming companies (Daybreak, AKA Day broke our Games & Darkpaw, AKA Dark poo Gaming) not introducing a third and fourth epic quest for us to sink more game time into instead of more grinding. The epics are what made Kunark extra fun and then Omens of War expac with the 2.0's.
Why have we not seen an epic bow for Rangers? Why no 2handed weapon-instrument for Bards? weapon+ shield sets for tanks? etc...
An epic 3.0 would be a great addition to Everquest I think. I whole-heartedly agree.
@@Redbeardflynn awesome! It turns out epics really make a handful of players really grumpy on the eq forums. Same goes for proposing no-box TLP servers lol
Leveling is the most fun thing about EQ.
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Appreciate that! Welcome!
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Do you think there is much merit in Daybreak releasing a P1999-like server with all the quality of life improvements included in the TLP servers?
I don't think so since p99 exists and has been officially recognized. I think daybreak also realized how much the population didn't want servers that don't progress after they tried to release a pop locked server. Still an interesting premise though!
My feeling is most people stick around into POP as it was when the orginal game fell off hard (due to 3 extension/exspansions in a row that were lack luster at best and WOW coming out). As to a sizable population similar to past TLPs I think that is more questionable than before, I base this on FV being the most popular live server and some how thornblade never needed to be merged into Mischief so the popularity of those servers are persistent. The 2 boxing is the big wrinkle here as that is compelling to many like tradable loot.
I will say if people plan on playing on the level locked and you want an idea how to make some money, look into what items are good for berserkers stuff for them is a bit more locked at as far as I know till the later exspansions at launch and I doubt outside of the top guilds will be doing Time or the main GOD zones (we dont know how they are going to tune stuff for level 40s at launch. Going back to my population comment the question is what if any rewards for those achievements are if its nothing or next to nothing to incentives people to join to get them that wouldnt automatically.
It certainly will be an interesting time but one thing is for certain I think most have stopped looking at TLPs as the pantheon waiting room so that kinda a plus.
Love the video mate, as per usual. Overall i agree with you on all aspects, tho i still believe that Yelinak needs some kind of "hook" to make it stand apart from the old style TLPs, without "infringing" on the Vaniki crowd. Vaniki isnt for me, but i really do like that they are trying something new and not releasing two basically identical servers next to eachother. I still hope we can see a TLP with the Relaxed Truebox system right away. Boxing truly only adds good things to a server - Obviously, im not talking about the cheaters that need to use "program this or that", to help them play a full group or three. I'd like to 3 box and give Daybreak 3 subscriptions, however, that's gonna cost me 3 times the electricity and computerwear, for no reasonable reason. Truebox hurts casual players, since cheaters will cheat and ignore it anyway - And they can much more easily monopolize the market to do their RMT'ing. Opening up boxing for everyone, to a lesser degree, will alleviate some of this "chokehold" that multi-box RMT'ers have.
Keep up the good work and if you get there too, i'll see you on Yelinak
Really appreciate the kind words, thank you! I like the idea of the relaxed truebox rules and actually advocated for them back when....I believe it was Mangler? launched. I think at the time I was speaking to two-boxing because back in the "before times" when I played on Combine I duo'd an SK and a Shaman because it was simple...play the SK and only have to cast buffs/slows/dots....maybe send pet if I'm feisty. I was a *bad* boxer. Like I was actively terrible, but before mercenaries it let me do a bit more when people weren't around.
I just want people to play and have fun!
@@Redbeardflynn I absolutely agree with that too - not that you are a bad boxer, albeit, it does sound like it huehue. But the part of having fun and letting people have fun their way, within reason. I liked being able to go somewhere with my Mage main and shaman box and be able to start up a grind, while grabbing LFG'ers from around the world. I often ditched my shaman for another player and just used it outside the group or, at higher levels, had it parked somewhere for some drop i needed, while o focused on the mage. It was great, i didnt hurt anyones game and it didnt look massively intrusive, like it does when some bonehead walzes up with 36 characters on follow expecting me to believe thats legit, in any way shape or form :P This is where the "fun within reason" aspect comes in - EQ has rules and you can't use programs to help you play at all, Daybreak just does not enforce it, so people don't care anymore. I'd pay good money for a server that allowed limited boxing but absolutely prevents ANY kind of cheat from happening.
@@runepetersen5698 Yes! I always treated my shaman as a spot-filler until someone who could actually play was there. And it got significantly harder to be remotely effective the longer the game went on because it grew more complex than hitting Turgur's every few minutes.
The worst boxing I ever saw was definitely on Ragefire which I think is what in turn creating the truebox rules which honestly I think have been good. People will always find ways around rules (in every game) but it definitely limited it on Phinigel. Getting KS'd by, as you say, 36 characters, was not fun.
@@Redbeardflynn Magefire and Boxjaw definitely had issues with rampant boxing, as it was easier to do it since they didnt care about people using ISboxer. I saw many many 6 box crews right from the start and, unlike when i played on Fippy (It was a different mentality i guess), on Ragefire/Boxjaw people didn't ditch their boxes for real people. I even saw raids, where peoples boxes got prio over real people, because the main tank insisted that his box needed to accumulate DKP and get geared, before actual people. But, thats just bad people being bad, but the server rules let it be easier to be asshats about it.
I definitely think Truebox has helped A LOT with those issues overall - To me, its just not as balanced as it could be, because TLP server see attrition even before the first expansion drops and the ability to box for everyone, without having to buy more comps and waste electricity, can offset that pretty well. Relaxed Truebox at OoW, where the majority of players have already been long gone? That's not helpful for players - Only for Daybreak, to obtain a little more cash before the next TLP
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Yes!!! Same for me with my dark elf shadowknight
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Have you tried P99?
I tried it a few years ago along with other emulators but ultimately came back for the progression servers.
Vaniki sounds fun
Agreed! It at least sounds like a fresh take without something as destabilizing as random loot. A way to have people experience some of the other expansions the way they were before progression when there was reason to level in paldual caverns even if you weren't a beast lord.
I want a server built for people who only get a few hours a week.
One year per expansion then I'll throw my money at EQ.
Work and home life makes it impossible to enjoy tlp.
It would be interesting to see them try to essentially recreate the cadence from the original game with the yearly expansions. It used to be much longer between expansions back before phinigel. I think a few months?
@@Redbeardflynn eye but I believe a few months is to fast for a lot of players. They still only cater to hard core players but if they where smart they would also add an extremely slow progression server the people who work all the time but play when they can also have the money to spend but why spend money if you always left behind at least on p99 you cant really get left behind every one hits the wall eventually lol.
Yes. A span of like 3 months between unlocks would be nice. I havnt played for years and dont want a race again for caps and raids. I wanna chill and relax.
33 more to go now
👀 this is nuts!
xxsephiroth lol XD , anyone going Yelinak? looking for solid fun guild . Rolling Enchanter and reliving my childhood from 56k dial up. No speed running guilds
Glad you liked that one! Check out the official forums over at everquest.com they've always been great for finding a guild, otherwise commonlands is usually a good recruiting spot early on. You will have global chat enabled.
@@Redbeardflynn By chance would yall be running the new tlp server?
What guild were you in on Ragefire?
I was wondering the same thing. What was your character's name
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Does Project M happen at any stage of these Progression Servers?
I'm actually not familiar with project M! What is it?
@@Redbeardflynn Project M(onster) was a short lived feature on EverQuest where players could log in and play as monsters. The player assumed control of a random mob, typically in a newbie zone, and fight the players found therein.
I never hear it talked about these days, and it was around for only a hot second. But it was a thing. I was an orc pawn in Greater Faydark and I believe an asp in the common lands. I want to say this was late Kunark to early velious era but the exact patch and time is hazy.
@@iksarguards oh yes! Yeah that still comes out with depths of dark hollow but it's not really any different than what you get with it on live.
I believe it was an attempt at making a mentor system that was fun it just never panned out. You do in later expansions yet some fun monster missions though
@@Redbeardflynn That weird monster (shrouds?) system they added with Depths of Darkhollow (which is getting towards the end of my time on EQLive) was different. Project M was just the ability to log into an otherwise normal random mob and control it to fight players.
I guess they later revisited the concept (sort of?) much later in Depths of Darkhollow. But the original run was in 2001, I had to look it up.
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@@iksarguards ah! I think I remember that. That was even shorter lived wasn't it? I don't even remember it going live on brell when I played or if it did it was very short lived.
I also tend to leave the TLP servers when shadows of luclin come out. It loses the feel of EverQuest after that for me personally the nexus... A safe zone of pvp servers I what started the death of all pvp servers and the nexus made druids and wizards something you wanted for speed and not necessarily a need. And when pop came out it was the final nail in the coffin. Tons of More safe zones for players and no need for ports anymore.
That's fair! Honestly the biggest population drops I think are right after launch, luclin, and pop. Everyone has their own off ramp for the game.
I still play live pvp and I'm still playing on a TLP currently quit selo after omens cuz my guild went to wow classic but the game really changes in luclin maybe it's just that I was 13 years old when luclin came out and relate the 1st two xpacs with some of the best years of my life. But I used to get lost in EQ in the best way possible it was not just a game but an escape a vacation. Some days I'd log on and progress other days I'd log on and lose a level. With each death came such a time loss that it forced you to become a better and better player making custom maps on grid paper so I would not get lost in the world. Meeting players in game All of us figuring out this world together each raid a brand new experience that we had no idea what to do or how to beat it. All of us fearing for our lives.. aka time investment corpse runs... EQ was truly the most amazing game. And the sad truth is there is no way to putt all of that back in the bottle .
Eventually, TLP's will burn out... so enjoy playing them while they last... when some new other MMO's come out, example being pantheon or the league of legends MMO, EQ will eventually dang near fade out into memory... there will always be people playing it... but xpacs will eventually stop being made, due to not enough people funding... its sad, but im still shocked the game is as strong as it is now
This ^ all games will eventually end or go into maintenance mode so this is a prime time to experience what a game like everquest has to offer.
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The Bazaar was a bad idea back then.... and still is now
Because of the impact it had on social trading? Or are you speaking more about in-game economics?
@@Redbeardflynn it took away social trading.
@@WhyYouAskingMe I like buying the thing that I want without an artificial barrier.
@@Zodemus you are correct. Buying from an NPC is more artificial than buying from a human player.
@@WhyYouAskingMe It’s all a pretend interaction in a video game. But I’m glad you prefer having fewer options and taking longer to get what you want.
Obligatory algorithm comment
Obligatory creator enthusiastic thank you. (Haha really, though, thank you!)
Terrible through max level terrorize low levels we get it
Lol "quack"
I've gotta say that's kind of my favorite sound effect.
Lmao 🤣 ill wait a month so u guys can deal with long Q times
A month is probably good 😅
Honestly I don't like picks or agents of change. Nothing wrong with gatekeeping or letting the top guilds fight for there raid boss . DPS races were the best part about pvE servers. These changes remove the competition aspect of EverQuest. On blue servers
Spoken like a true Vanquish member
Imagine gate-keeping in a 20 year old MMO. I M A G I N E.
@@christophersmith7412 that's how you know it's a really good gate.