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Jason Mash and Travis McGeathy drop in to answer the third in our Progression Server Q&A series. On top of the usual, we also find out some details on the upcoming expansion. You can read more here. Dana Massey |
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anarchyart
Novice Member
Joined: 8/12/04
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink: that's the best they'll feel all day." |
7/19/06 9:30:32 PM#2
Really enjoying the progression server. Amazing that one or two devs did the job. Love the new revamped zones btw, keep doing that!!!!
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Dajmin
Novice Member
Joined: 4/29/05
Xfire: Dajmin |
7/20/06 2:13:52 AM#3
Never really had a chance to play the progression servers because I'm usually too busy on my regular one, but I know a few of my friends were talking about going back to relive past glory :) Quite interested to find out more about the new playable race in the upcoming expansion, but what kind of name is "The Serpent's Spine" anyway? It has no "of" in it! Nonetheless, the expansion title makes me think that maybe a new version of the Shissar could be the new race? I'm also hoping that the Luclin character models will be updated soon as well, because I love the new style of graphics have and would love to see my Dark Elf resemble the top part of the new drachnids. |
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7/20/06 8:52:45 AM#4
Its tough to compete with all the MacroQuest users in game. Its really too bad. The Progression server was a great idea, but if they cant keep the cheaters out then its pointless to play.
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7/20/06 8:55:07 AM#5
Wow, my wife still plays EQ, though it feels to me like I haven't played at this dinosaur of a game for about the same amount of time it's been since I've played Pong. How many years has it been and people are still playing this archeological piece of video game history? Now that's staying power.
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7/20/06 9:06:57 AM#6
I love how they did the Progressives!!
I play on Combine and my regular server.. IMHO.. I don't think EQ is a "Dinosaur" AND.. With the new expansion coming out in a couple of months, I believe alot of old EQ'ers will dust off their accounts - come back.. and enjoy this babe once more!! "Huntress" |
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Longswd
Apprentice Member
Joined: 4/22/06
Jesus saves.......the rest of the party takes 2D6 damage. |
7/20/06 11:17:56 AM#7
I was there day 1 retail of Everquest. I came back, briefly, to try the Progression servers, hoping to recapture the original feel. I was disappointed. So many of the zones have been changed, to the point they are nearly unrecognizable, that it pretty much ruined my NostalgiaQuest.
The overcrowding, with it's accompanying zone-wide lag was nothing short of horrific. The poverty sucks, with none of the good quests or profitable zones in yet. While that certainly brings back memories of the original, those are ones I could do without. One pretty large aspect I think they screwed the pooch on, was not finding a way to transfer the newer spells to old world vendors. Many of those spells where designed to shore up some pretty glaring class weaknesses or to make certain classes ( particulary the hybrids ) more desirable to a group. The lack of these modern improvements to the classes, brings back the evil old days of the Holy Trinity of the tank, healer, nuker. While it's not gone away entirely on the normal servers, much has been done over the years to address that problem. You can never really go back I suppose, though it was a decent effort. |
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Dajmin
Novice Member
Joined: 4/29/05
Xfire: Dajmin |
7/21/06 2:29:03 AM#8
Dinosaur or not, the progression servers are all kinda pointless. In a couple of months time everything will be unlocked and the prog servers will be exactly the same as all the others. The only long-term difference is that players will have less money and therefor need to actually put some effort in to get better gear! :) And again, it'll only be that way until a handful of people start selling stuff. |
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8/07/06 5:52:34 PM#9
The progression server is actually quite fun, they have done a better job with it than I had originally expected going into it. :)
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