Old school server coming.Follow

For all those peopl ewho repeatedly ask for an oldschool server gratz here it is.

http://www.mobhunter.com/001473.html

Personally I am really looking forward to this. I just cannot make up my mind what to play.

I can't tell you how happy I am to see this coming. As a relatively new adventurer in EQ (less than one year playing) I've yet to see a great deal of the content that the game has to offer. Part of that is because of my late entry into the game, another part of it is because of the difficulty in getting low level groups together.

During my time in EQ I've found that the adventuring is the most enjoyable part. While I will admit that I did find the monster missions to be somewhat tedious (albeit an interesting break from traditional grinding) the LDoN content truly grabbed me and drew me in. The only drawback to them at this time is again, finding low level groups to do them with. With this kind of progressive server once the LDoN expansion is unlocked people will be flooding into them once again, allowing me to become part of the adventure rather than being on the outside looking in. Add into that the fact that I'll be able to consistantly enjoy the expansion content as it becomes available and suddenly my late entry into the game is negated.

This is perhaps one of the best marketing ideas to come to Everquest. New players can see it all as it happens, seasoned veterans can revisit the old days, and everyone in between can see the world again for the first time. My hat is off to SOE.

WHAT!!!!
.............
*Falls forward, dead from excitement and happiness*

I started playing right after PoP was released, so by all accounts I missed a lot of the old content, but even those days, before everyone bought PoP, were the best of my gaming experience. This is good incentive to come back to EverQuest...

2 things though: 1:What happens when PoP is unlocked? then we're back to the new ways, which few like. And 2: Were going to need more than 1 server, it would be full all the time... 2-3 might work :D

I can't wait!!! Finally SOE has a good idea

Thor, I'm suprised you haven't commented on this.
I'd think it would be your cup of tea.

Hell yes.

My old noob Druid:
/auction WTS HQ Bearpelts! 30pp PST
/auction WTS Ports (up to lvl 34) 50pp per person PST
/ooc me so cute and huggable

No bazaar......

I hate to mention reality here, but I will remain cautiously optimistic. I think the idea is great but I worry about SOE's implementation of it. I also started playing just after PoP came out after hearing the stories about EQ from a coworker. Hearing all the stories he had to tell and then finding out that the world described to me just didn't exist anymore was disappointing. I look forward to checking this out.

As a government trained pessimist (among other things) I wonder if this is related to Vanguard Saga of Heros at all. Their press announcements have been quite pointed in the area of the game being challenging like the original EQ was. So this move, after how many years of players asking for this kind of server, could just be a SOE marketing plan to keep more of it's player base.

Agreed. There will be people who fly through this. After a month or two, this server will be just like any other.

Don't get me wrong, this is a great idea...better yet, a great starting point.

I disagree with that. I've just recently come back after about two years off, and I can tell you there are very few items a low level character can use floating around for sale out there. There's also next to no low level toons running around, so I suppose that makes sense. If nothing else this is a brand new server, something I don't believe has been offered in a long time. Guilds will be racing through content, sure, and probably tripping over one another, but it still gives the more casual player a chance to just start over. I'll be taking advantage of it for that reason.

Now yeah, when Vanguard comes out I'm going to be part of the exodus, but who knows when that will be? This will be a nice distraction till thet time comes. Anyone know when this server is scheduled for realease, though? I've been looking around but don't see anything definitive.

I remember when Stromm was started. In less than a week you had many lvl 65's. They will need to limit the speed at which the new content is opened. Guilds, 4 boxer's etc will fly through this to be able to be the "First" to open the new sections. The Raid structure will allow even lame equip'ed toon's to take down hard content. What would 30+ level 10's do to BB even if they had rusty swords. If they do not give us at least 3 months before Kunark and then 2+ months before each expansion after that I will be disappointed.

And I agree, this could be lots of fun as we wait for Vanguard.


Gaflack

Edited, Tue Apr 11 13:05:07 2006 by gaflack

if you take present content (non bazaar twink) it would still be a tough raid, sure if you took toons with twinked gear from bazaar it wouldn't but that defeats the object.

The general idea is sound but knowing people like i do you can bet you house that people will be trying to "beat the system" after complaining that beating the system ruins the fun of course.

Still 3 -6 months of old school before Vanguard might be just what the doctor ordered, So what the Alla guild going to be called then? (You know theres going to be one so why not get it sorted now