I want a Classic Server !!!Follow

ITs not even 1 month in actually, it didn't open till what June 28th? Thats a little over 2 weeks. This is a big part of the reason I didn't get excited about Progression.

There are a couple of interesting points in this.

I think the idea of a bunch of members of an old guild like FoH getting together and powering through the triggers is probably a bit of a surprise to the devs. Seems obvious now with hindsight, but I doubt any one would have expected them to do it. There really is nothing in it for them (FoH) other than a bit of maliciousness and given the history that probably was their motivation.

The other point that it makes is the huge advancement in raid encounter design. The speed with which the old raid mobs have been beaten shows up the weakness of their design, basically you just need a few people with the right equipment to withstand an AE, a geared tank and a few clerics with decent mana. The rest is just a zerg of sort or another.

From GoD onward it is very diferent, you must have a solid team. With everyone geared up and and everyone able to pull their weight.

Unless something changed both servers are waiting for Kunark to open, the timeline is there to prevent hacking of progression. No one said that they did hack but with that security in place they still may have to wait for Kunark because of the timeline.

Kunark will be opening on or near July 28th, it's been stated, and I'd assume there's at least one month time-locks for each expansion. I'm thinking this could thin out some of the guilds rushing through, at least. On Sleeper there's only one guild currently working toward progression, Insidious Visions, but there are plenty of people looking to enjoy the game at their own pace. I'm in a guild of 220+ folks who are looking to take their time and see alot of content. The last three nights I've been in Befallen, Befallen and Unrest, respectively, and if Kunark were open I think I'd have done little different. The important thing is having folks in your level range to group with, unless it just bothers you to see the power-gamers so far ahead. It doesn't bother me.

I can't believe it would be a surprise to anyone that the progression servers are being used to see who is the best the quickest. The progression server was put in when the game for high end players is boring. They are AA'd out, they are nearing the end of all expansions and some obviously are at the end of every expansion. They are trying to keep themselves occupied till something new and challenging somes out.

Considering the above and add 7 or 8 years of EQ knowledge, the level 1 started with on the progression server....then your reality is .....there is no way to bring back the past. The past was a new game, new territory, no strats, no understanding and very few, if any friends to play with. Today are people that understand every single quirk of the game, traveling in huge packs with a lot of hours on thier hands out of boredom.

Add in the hacks you have what you have....just two more servers that will eventually die off due to lack of population when everyone goes back to playing thier own toons again.

Little devils in Hell want ice water.

Its kinda silly really, they close servers down and then open these up so they can be like the ones they closed in 6 months.

I guess the forgot the people who only play the game to be the first to do anything would stom the servers. Heheheh oh well atleast it gets them off the other servers for 5 or 6 moths

I say we boycott everybody who says "SoEvil".

I want a true classic server, too, but the Progession is a lot of fun so far - and it may be as close as we're going to get. Kunark still isn't open, and it feels very much like the original game - all the old world zones are full of players, with only the gear those zones were designed for. There's no PoK or Bazaar, there's no one over lvl 50, and not a single AA has yet been logged. It may not be exactly what we hoped for, and it may not last as long as we might have wished, but if you loved the Verant-era game, get it while you can. :-)

I also wanted a classic style server and IMO the new servers have been ruined by all those "Me-First!!" glory hounds who in just 10 days killed all the required mobs to unlock the Kunark expansion. If it weren't for the time limit, we'd probably be in SoL by now.

I know the high end guilds are going to sweat a lot in Ssra if the new server has the same mobs as the old servers. Before the change, my guild fgorce of around 20 could bring down emp ssra in about 15 minutes and most of them aren't ep oir qvic geared. Most at best were bazaar geared using dropable or player made items from OoW and DoN as well as the DoN crystals. After the recent patch, we spent 45 minutes on emp ssra and we had almost 40.

Without the gears from newer expansions post SoL, emp ssra would have been nearly impossible if not taking hours to kill. No MGB paragon/perfection aa. No wake the dead aa for dps. no powerful spells or such, etc.

With luck, Emp Ssra is not the final mob to kill for PoP expansion, Aten Ha Ra in VT would be required. VT key requires 10 shards, frame, orb from most minor luclin bosses, and rift from mobs that spawns after emp ssra dies.