Everquest TLP - Aradune and Rizlona Servers (Now with real customer service)

Kirun said:

This is exactly why I refuse to play emus. I invested pretty heavily into a "dad" server (almost all raids were 1 groupable), only for it to get shutdown after a few months. Realized it was really fucking stupid to be investing into something that isn't "professionally" ran.

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Sieger said:

Most people play MMOs to build and advance a character over time. Emus tends to fall into two categories: somewhat faithful emulations of specific eras of EQ (p99, TAK Project probably being the most famous), or ones that try to do some de novo content creation using the engine (Shards of Dalaya, Hidden Forest and EZ Server maybe the most famous of those?)

I think other than p99 and TAK Project most of the emus I mentioned have fallen off hard, I had some friends playing Shards in the last couple years who said it's gotten a bit higher population recently, but nothing like its glory days. So if you want a large community it really comes down to the p99 servers, but p99 is also a very specific type of EverQuest (a Velious-locked server with Rogean rules) that some people just may not want.

The tools are certainly there to do other creative things with EQ Emu, but how many people spin up an emu server that sounds interesting, get bored and shut it down? As a player why would I invest time in something a single admin could nuke just because they get mad one day or bored or etc and don't feel like running it anymore.

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Breakdown said:

I know and It makes me sad. Im having some fun on P99 but there is limited population, of all levels, mostly soloing, and not all over. Great server though. I wish TLPs could be more like that. I tried TLP and saw people max level in 12 hours and im max level casual in 2 weeks and the DPS and Gear is out of control and shit.

There just isnt anything that fits for casuals. I would love an authentic 99 era server that actually had people grouping at all levels, there just isnt the base.

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Morrow said:

Yeah man, unfortunately p99 is the closest thing, unless you want to box 2 characters or more and then there's takp. But I don't like the idea of so many boxes, the world just feels empty. P99 has felt really good right now, at least for me personally, first time playing. There's people everywhere. I've played 3 characters so far and not once have I been alone in a zone. There's always been other people leveling, from Misty Thicket to Oasis.

I like the idea of knowing my p99 characters will likely always be there, considering it's been going for so long now. Every TLP feels empty after a month or two, for me personally.

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Kirun said:

This is exactly why I refuse to play emus. I invested pretty heavily into a "dad" server (almost all raids were 1 groupable), only for it to get shutdown after a few months. Realized it was really fucking stupid to be investing into something that isn't "professionally" ran.

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Secrets said:

What have I done to piss in your cheerios?

Spent a quarter of my life preserving this game and allowing others to do so, and to explore their creativity in their own way. I don't understand how that gives the entire emu a negative reputation, in fact, it's the opposite.

If you're talking about how opinionated I am in comparison to others, well, guess what: that's life. You will meet people you don't agree with and some of them will be more vocal than others in expressing their opinions, and different in comfort levels of accepting opinions, and on various different subjects.

Focus on facts. Simply going up to someone and saying "An entire community has a negative reputation because of one person" is not factual or based in reality. That's like saying Zaide, Mabbu or Atabashi represents every EQLive player. If you have a problem with me, tell it to my face and back it up with facts; I have done far more benefits than harm in my time on emu.

If you have a way to beneficially contribute to the conversation, and have experience doing so, ie; "EQLive developers are exploring those mediums, and I have been a primary force in telling them as such with x documentation and review", or "I've tried improving the game through emu firsthand and didn't have a great experience because x was too complex to utilize", then maybe your opinion would be remotely based in fact and actionable. As it stands, you sound like a whiny child who is throwing a tantrum because you've heard of me, and hate me because of what you've heard, and judge and dismiss an entire collective of people because of the selective actions of one person that you decided know 'of', but not actually 'know'.

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Whidon said:

Gotta say i was worried about population. But right now we actually have more lon raids then before new server launched. Odd thing pis we got more new player recruits in the last month then any time before that. Maybe people who came for mischief but didnt like the ruleset? Idk.

I dunno how everyone else is doing. But even the bad guilds who are just finishing time now seem OK on numbers not explode like we figured.

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Greyman said:

If you're benching people for 72 raids you might have problems when they drop to 54 in a week. 54 is more than enough to clear time at this point also

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Greyman said:

Guilds will begin folding soon if not already, so surviving guilds experiencing a flood of new recruits isn't necessarily indicative of good health or anything.

I think contamination have folded, each expac another guild or 2 will fold or merge with other guilds. Take a look back through Phinnyprogress, Manglerprogress etc sites.

Every new expac there is typically 1-2 less guilds

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hEKK said:

Atabishi can't garner respect from his own mother.

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