Daybreak Game Company has announced that the Everquest progression server, Ragefire, has reopened. The server will run alongside current servers, but players will be able to experience the game as it was at launch in 1999 and as expansions launched over the years.
Q: Which versions of zones will be on the server? Like the previous two Progression Servers, zones that were graphically revamped (Freeport, Commonlands, Nektulos, Lavastorm, Ro) will be in their revamped form. Our Progression servers have to co-exist with live servers, so we need to have the same geometry running on all of them. In cases where the geometry was the same but population changed, we will use the original populations where possible:
Zones that are set up in this manner will transition to their current datasets in roughly the same timeframe as they originally changed.
- Splitpaw - Will begin in its first revamped form (with the Ishva Mal).
- Cazic-Thule - Will begin in the form after Rubicite was removed.
- The Hole - Will begin in its first form (with Master Yael).
- Plane of Hate - Will be in the current layout, but with population much like the original zone after the first loot revamp.
- Plane of Fear - Will have population the same as the first loot revamp.
- Droga/Nurga - Original population.
- Firiona Vie - Original population.
- Veeshan's Peak - Original population, but no death restrictions.
- Plane of Mischief - Original population. The "easy" entrance will not be active until it changes to the current version.
- Grimling Forest - Original population.
The team has a great Q&A for players interested in Ragefire on the EverQuest forum.
