EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

2000 hours in paint. Best I can do is an elbow and Riley's eyes. That's all a real man would need anyway.

This is one reason I wish they would do 2 TLPs a year separated by about 6 months apart. This way they dont have to worry so much about rulesets as long as they are not terrible aka Vaniki.

EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023 | EverQuest Forums is a glorious dumpster fire.

Abacab said:

I'll start a guild called <Uncomfortable Drakes> cause every drake we tag is just gods plan

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Here, have a random ss from years ago for no particular reason.

Mangler, Selo and Vaniki all got massaged before their releases after bad press so I do expect at least some improvements.

Gask said:

Here, have a random ss from years ago for no particular reason.
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That screen shot is like 10+ years old, some people on P99 literally completed 3 whole rounds of drug court and probation before this think hit a decade.

Lol @ that unlock schedule. Have fun ya no-lifers.

Being able to train people with mobs that cannot be cc'd was something I overlooked in my previous complaints. I may indeed play on this server after all. It won't even be big trains. It'll be stuff like finding the most pathetic level 1 npc I can agro on others that cannot be contained and just listening to the rage and frustration from it.

yerm said:

Being able to train people with mobs that cannot be cc'd was something I overlooked in my previous complaints. I may indeed play on this server after all. It won't even be big trains. It'll be stuff like finding the most pathetic level 1 npc I can agro on others that cannot be contained and just listening to the rage and frustration from it.

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Yeah I don't think that's how it will work, see the Niente screenshot a page or 2 back, if you FD they stay locked to you. Not openly stated but probably means they won't attack anyone else in that timeframe.

Arbitrary said:

Mangler, Selo and Vaniki all got massaged before their releases after bad press so I do expect at least some improvements.

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I helped them with Mangler and Selo on the forums back when that train wreck was incoming. This one on the other hand is pure shit.

They wasted a year on a shit idea that fundamentally fucks with one of the key elements of the EverQuest game engine. This encounter locking thing will fuck up some of the core features that makes EverQuest feel like EverQuest.

This is not good. This is very bad. This is indicative of a very serious problem with the people in charge of the game, and sends a signal that they truly have no concept of what defines EverQuest. It raises a major red flag.

Right now it's just a really stupid rule set for a new server. What happens when they make another really fucking bad design change in an expansion that completely fucks EverQuest, and nobody finds out about it until they have spent a year working on it and reveal it as their new expansion? They're not going to scrap a year's worth of work on an expansion just because the customer base tells them it sucks.

Who ever is making these decisions over there needs to be replaced for the sake of the IP.

A bard could control an entire zone if it's big enough to kite in. A lot of exploits have already been mentioned in this thread, and many more will surely be thought of.

Kill stealing and DPS racing are things that many players on these servers have complained about for a long time now. I think they truly believe they are solving this problem, and don't realize just how abusable this will be. This will likely be the most toxic TLP server we have ever seen.

Damn, they really are out of touch with these TLPS.

Korillo said:

A bard could control an entire zone if it's big enough to kite in. A lot of exploits have already been mentioned in this thread, and many more will surely be thought of.

Kill stealing and DPS racing are things that many players on these servers have complained about for a long time now. I think they truly believe they are solving this problem, and don't realize just how abusable this will be. This will likely be the most toxic TLP server we have ever seen.

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The only thing that will come from these servers worth watching, is the drama that will ensue from that new agro system. The good news is, I do not have to play on the server to enjoy that.

Woke up this morning to realize the Dev's moved my TLP forum post to the Veteran's Lounge, locked it, and agreed with me.

The basic consensus seems to be

Legacy chars - Neutral
Server wide bonuses - Positive
Encounter locking - Mixed leaning negative

If they stick with this locking thing they should implement it such that once engaged it’s locked to people in raid/group/zone at that time so you can’t stall for a raid force. Additionally it should unlock if it isn’t reduced to say 95% after 5 minutes of engage or something similar.

Maybe even next step and anyone previously locked to an engage can’t re engage for 10 minutes or something to prevent juggling within a group

Elderan said:

The basic consensus seems to be

Legacy chars - Neutral
Server wide bonuses - Positive
Encounter locking - Mixed leaning negative

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Mixed leaning negative? its literally everyone burning them down for FTE. Theres maybe 1% who is for it.