/vr/ - Retro Games

Had me with that dank as fuck picture and losing XP + your loot on death.

Lost me with "it's a social game more than anything else"

never played everquest because i was playing tibia around that time

what's a good class to start off with

>>2549150
Halfling Druid is a great starter choice imo. Druid's have a pretty easy time finding groups and have some solo-ability. I would at least strongly urge you to roll a caster at first as the melee classes tend to be way more gear-oriented. Oh but don't make an enchanter; not for your first character.

>>2549160
Derp. Also meant to mention that as a Druid you'll get the ability to port people around the world which will net you a lot of easy money.

Just installed it.
Started as a dwarf rogue.
Played for about 10 minutes then uninstalled.

If I had played this back in 1999 I probably would have liked it. But I was too wrapped up in Ultima Online to give anything else my time.

I like how the game looks, I don't like how the camera is controlled though. I couldnt figuure how to talk to anyone though.

Also combat seemed really really basic.
>toggle combat on
>sit and wait

Pretty cool, maybe I'll try again one day, doubtful though.

>>2549243
Your first mistake was making a rogue. Not a great choice for a first character if you don't have buddies to play with.
Talking to npcs is context sensitive and the system can be kind of hinky. IU always thought it was kind of fun to figure out how to get them to respond to you but hey to each their own.
If you do decide to try again I would pick a magician for your first char.

>>2549150
Dark Elf SK

>>2549146
>"social game more than anything else"
I'd disagree. While you do need to be social since soloing for most classes isn't very viable doing any of the dungeons is challenging and fun. Any mistake can lead to you group wiping.

>>2549243
Melee classes are like oldschool DnD in this game. It works fine for Monk and Warrior since Warrior is preoccupied with tanking and Monks are usually herding packs of mobs around and controlling their agro with feign death. Both of those classes get abilities later too (not nearly as many as spellcasters) while rogues really only get backstab and disarm.

Got to like level 18 as a Barbarian Warrior.

Got pretty bored because I can't find groups and there's scarce resources for me.

>>2548391
You bastard, do you realize what you've done? I was into this game so so much. I played so many hours. When I finally broke free of it's vice like grip I was good for years.

Now this shows up and they're finally done enough for me to play it.

You've made worms meat of me.

>exclusionary end game
>riddled with undetectable cheat software
>biased admins who give preferential treatment to their own guilds

It's garbage.

>>2549930
>>exclusionary end game
Meh. Regular EQ was like that anyway. Hell I dare say that low to mid way in the game it's pretty exclusionary if you couldn't solo everything.

>>riddled with undetectable cheat software
Yeah, I could see that being a problem. Even regular pay to play EQ had that problem too. Not near as bad as project 1999.

>>biased admins who give preferential treatment to their own guilds
This happened a lot on my server, veeshan. A guild called Fires of Heaven would pay GMs outside of the game to spawn certain monsters.

Really though if I could find a group of say, 6 to 10 people I wouldn't even care about going after gods or dragons. Also it seems like if you didn't play on a red server, cheating wouldn't really effect you that much.

>>2549930
"citation needed"

>>2549930

>>2548391
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx6jIkTYWnI

>>2548391
Anyone know a better way of getting around that doesn't involve druids or wizards

>>2548391
i love you op
make love to me

>>2551120
Burning the disks since daemon tools won't work on this ancient thing, whats the hardest class to play?

>>2551176
http://wiki.project1999.com/Shadow_Knight

>>2551183
>http://wiki.project1999.com/Shadow_Knight
best race with it? I was thinking about going troll

>>2551192
Also how does the wineq 2.0 work? Do I just launch the ever quest via the taskbar or?

>>2551257
Find this file

>>2551109
J-boots
>>2551176
Ranger is probably the hardest since it's a hybrid that doesn't really do anything better than anyone else.
>>2551192
Troll or Ogre now, add Iksar to the list once Vel drops. Not that it matters too much just pick what you like.

>>2551279
speaking of rangers I remember this from awhile back

>>2551287
haha, I mean track can be usefull but that's about it.

>tfw no idea what to do
help

>>2551351
You click on an npc, and then they ask you what you want said on your gravestone. the end. pretty good game tbh.

>>2551176
Daemon tools does work, I just did it. And hardest class, or at least it used to be, was the Troll Shadow Knight. Exp penalty for being a fucking idiot troll and penalty for being a hybrid class.

Is there a way to not look like total garbage?
Like I put on armor and stuff and I still look exactly how I first looked when I created the character.

Yet I saw another dwarf player and he had a mask showing and stuff.

>>2551841
Also what server does everyone play on?
I started on scars of velious or whatever because it showed the number 400 or so next to it, so I assumed that was players. But for all I know that could be ping.

>>2551856
Project 1999 no pvp is what i'm on,
making a new character today if anyone wants to join in with me cause literally no idea what i'm doing.

>>2549146
>Lost me with "it's a social game more than anything else"

why? its an MMORPG, unlike modern trash EQ forces you to work with other people unless you wanna have a bad time. and not just for combat/XP, class-specific spells like SoW and ports are something i always thought was kinda awesome.

dont get me wrong, EQ is deeply flawed but in my mind still the best MMORPG ive ever played. i really wish a modern MMO would have taken the good "hardcore" aspects and built on those instead of just casualizing the shit out of everything.

>>2552052
I probably wont be switching servers..
OP should have noted a server we should all play on.

>>2552062

>>2552062
>why?

Well for one thing.. the game is party based apparently (social) but pretty much everyone just walks right past you to go solo shit. Thats what I've noticed at a low level anyway.

>>2549930

ive dumped a fair amount of time into p1999 and can confirm that most of this shit doesnt matter and/or wont matter to the average player until theyve dropped ~100+ hours into the game.

the end game is a problem but that's always been the case with classic EQ, it's nothing new really. either way people who play MMORPGs solely for the end game (like you) are the reason that videogames get worse and worse very year.

>>2552062
>deeply flawed but still the best in my mind
I'm the retard who couldn't figure out what to do and was left to my own resources. The game doesn't seem that deeply flawed, actually I think the game feels pretty polished. The learning curve is high, but you can figure out stuff on your own.

>>2552064

people generally only solo levels 1-10 or 12 or so, partially because there's not a great need for a group and most people breeze through these levels so the population will be transient when you're that "young"

tho starting at level ~6 or so you can easily start grabbing groups in either Greater faydark/crushbone, blackburrow, or east commons (depending on whether you started in faydwer, qeynos, or freeport)

>>2548391
I like how you conveniently left out the fact that it's "classic" in that anyone can kill you at any time for any reason so you are just going to get killed by some troll right off anyhow.

>>2552076
not if you're on a pvp server
kek

>>2552080
not if you aren't on a pvp server*

>>2552081
wouldn't having seperate pvp servers make it a non-"classic", in the terms this group is putting forth, experience though? if I remember right, in the original game servers there was no separate PVP server and the entire game was just one big free for all.

Is there DAoC (Dark Age of Camelot) equivalent, that game had more sustainable end game in RvR?

>>2552085

nope, classic EQ was 90% PvE, with a couple dedicated PvP servers (free for all, and then they added a racial and then eventually deity-based PvP teams)

p1999 blue is as classic is you'll find these days, and it's pretty damn close.

>>2552085
idunno, I'm just playing it cause it's fun

Doing some grinding as a shadowknight, so far so good

60 on Blue and 57 on Red.

Red is really good. It has an exp boost, and it goes insanely fast. Like VERY fast. If you're worried about pvp, I honestly wouldn't. Having leveled to 57 as a Cleric, I have gotten pvp'd probably 5 times.

As for Blue, it's slower and the end game is TERRIBLE. But if you want more people and a sense of community, it's better for that.

I personally still play on both, but if anyone in thread was wondering, I think Red is the better server at the moment unless Velious changes things on Blue.

Alright I just spent like 15 hours straight playing only got to level 4 .. I ventured out after a while and ended up in front of a pirates hut with a gang that instant killed me. I had no way of knowing they were aggro, they had blue names.

Anyways they hit for 23 damage each instantly and I can't get my loot so going to uninstall again. What a waste of time hehe.


It was interesting to finally try it out though. even though I didnt get even 1% of the experience most people got with parties and such. W/e.


goodluck to all newbs.

High elf cleric, looking for a buddy to level with

Anyone near Felwithe, I need a few PP

>>2552076
Only on Red m8

What server is everyone playing on? Project1999(1): scars of velius?

>>2553352
yes, but all these asshats on 4chan are too busy playing to help out the scrubs

>>2553447
no one here is playing your shitty server, good god.

>>2553461
Not even that guy, but
Damn, you're a huge faggot.

>>2552290
I'm hesitant to play on red since there's usually only ~150 people on it.

>>2553447
Most people seem to be posting about how they tried it and immediately gave up since the game isn't handholding. Everyone is ignoring the excellent wiki link at the top, but I've been trying to actual questions when I can.

>>2553650
>tried it immediately then gave up
Yeah I see that, game is fun when you get into it.
>everyone is ignoring the excellent wiki at the top
even then I have some trouble, navigating is one of them, the wiki zone maps kill me, but after going through a town once, I can do it again and again.
>but I've been trying to actually answer them when I can
Appreciate it man.

>>2551351

Alright guys, I think OP did a fairly poor job of introducing people to the game so I'm going to try and explain some things.

The most important thing you need to keep in mind is that this is not like a modern MMO at all. It's inspired by oldschool pen an paper rpgs like 2nd Edition Dungeons and Dragons. That pure melee character will only have a handfull of abilities that they can activate and mainly rely on passive skills. While hybrid and pure casters will have many more buttons to press with their wide variety of skills (that being said you can have only a certain number of spells on your bar at a time that you need to memorize out of your spellbook which takes a little downtime).
The majority of classes will also need to group up to level quickly and doing dungeons (which are entire zones) or fighting camps of mobs in the world will be the meat of the game. While there are quite a bit raid bosses since it takes so long to level up that far raiding isn't the sole purpose of the game, nor is it the only thing fun.

Now before you actually start the game READ THIS:
http://wiki.project1999.com/Players:Newbie

The servers you want to join are the Scars of Velious servers:
Project 1999 Blue (PVE)
Project 1999 Red (PVP)
-now the game was originally designed for PvE, however, the ability to kill other players alleviates overpopulation problems since you can just kill someone taking your mobs. On top of this the PvP server has a higher xp rate. From what I understand the server doesn't allow pvp between players that are above or below 9 levels of you and in the event that you are being camped you can call LnS (loot and scoot) and peacefully retrieve your corpse at the cost of leaving the zone for an hour.

The newbie guide should cover the rest. If you have any question feel free to ask and I'll try to respond. I also wouldn't mind playing on Red if people are interested.

>>2554871
Great post.

>>2551109
J boots, SoW spells or potions. Being a bard is probably the best way to get around on foot. They get safe fall early and then get a levitation spell that doubles as a movement buff later on in the game.

Are these tunnels just outside the city terrifying to anyone else nothing but cube's of gel & rats

>>2555830
I remember discovering those on an alt as a kid. Died down there and never managed to find my body. Avoided them like the plague afterwards.

>>2555251
aren't shamans the only one's who can create potions?

>>2557086
They are, can buy some from EC Tunnels if you need them though.

>>2548391
Here's a list of thinks you'll need if you plan to mess with cooking

http://www.eqtraders.com/recipes/recipe_page.php?article=147&rsa=Baking&sub=oldworld&sb=item&menustr=080020020000

>>2554871
>I also wouldn't mind playing on Red if people are interested

I'm down anyone want to party up

>>2558247
Bard Half-elf in Freeport, Server red, name is Avijan, Level 1.

>>2558267
Level 3

If anyone wants to go into the karanas or that one cave near qeynos I think it's called befallen or blackburrow look for a gnome

>>2560246
That'd be Blackburrow. Befallen is in the West Commanlands and filled with skellingtons.

>>2555830
Heh that's where I always lvl my lowbie chars. Roll a necro and have fun!

You know for apparently being close to the ocean you'd think there'd be less of a rat problem in this city

>>2560731
They come in on all the ships!

The price of wanting to play a lizard is everyone hating you and rep grinding.

I just wanted to have tail and hiss at people ;_;

>>2560828
How do I get that GUI? is it the velious one?
If so how do I activate it?

>>2560831
The velious UI is the transparent black boxes. I'm using the vertUI which you can grab here:

http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7850&highlight=vertui

The only thing I don't like about it is it doesn't keep the classic look of the spellbook.
Create a folder named vertui in (EQinstall)/uifiles and extract the files into there.
Then type loadskin vertui (or whatever you named the folder) once you get ingame.

I know it's not optimal but I love carrying these belts

>>2560846
is there any UI's that can help with spell descriptions or is the wiki your only way of knowing stuff onhand?

>>2560846
Alright thanks, you playing on red?

>>2560857
I don't know of a UI that would do that, sorry. It's just something that you need to get familiar with.

>>2560859
Not currently. I've made decent progress on blue and not sure if I want to sink the time into trying red.

>>2560875
xp is more than 3x the rate I think, I'm lonely since no ones on red around my level

>>2560879
I'm not sure how much help I'd be though since I'm usually not up this late. =\

Blue has plenty of people without being overcrowded at this hour.

>>2560896
Agh, blue is too slow.

>>2560903
The meat of the game for me is the dungeons so leveling up quickly to the endgame isn't a huge priority for me.
If you didn't grow up playing mmos like this I can certainly understand your frustration though.

>>2560920
I didn't really touch mmo's until WoW, even before then I'd just play diablo

>>2560903
Don't sweat the slower pace m8 it's about the experience more then anything with Everquest

>seeing your first train

>>2560931
>tfw training at level 2 with bard

Made an ogre shaman on red. I'm excited to play but I think imma be terrible at it wooo!

I can give out platinum to anyone on Blue if you post your name.

I'm mainly on Red, but it's harder to help there due to pvp.

Anyone interested in trading high end rogue gear for about 30 refined worth of hats and stuff on TF2.

Genuine pip-boy.
Apparitions Aspect
Purity fist
The Katyusha
Barnstormer
Grenadier Helm
Macho man glasses (salmon paint)
Gentlemans ushanka
Polar Pullover
Dealers Visor
+ 1 refined metal


Or if you just want to give an idea of what someone might give in platinum or gear for that if they play TF2 and not EQ anymore, let me know.


I made a level 5 rogue, but I started with the wrong stats and probably want a name change too, so thinking of remaking him, but I want to be able to level back up fast with some kick ass gear.

Anyone interested in trading high end rogue gear for about 30 refined worth of hats and stuff on TF2.

Genuine pip-boy.
Apparitions Aspect
Purity fist
The Katyusha
Barnstormer
Grenadier Helm
Macho man glasses (salmon paint)
Gentlemans ushanka
Polar Pullover
Dealers Visor
+ 1 refined metal


Or if you just want to give an idea of what someone might give in platinum or gear for that if they play TF2 and not EQ anymore, let me know.


I made a level 5 rogue, but I started with the wrong stats and probably want a name change too, so thinking of remaking him, but I want to be able to level back up fast with some kick ass gear.

I was playing on project1999 blue btw

Anyone interested in trading high end rogue gear for about 30 refined worth of hats and stuff on TF2.

Genuine pip-boy.
Apparitions Aspect
Purity fist
The Katyusha
Barnstormer
Grenadier Helm
Macho man glasses (salmon paint)
Gentlemans ushanka
Polar Pullover
Dealers Visor
+ 1 refined metal


Or if you just want to give an idea of what someone might give in platinum or gear for that if they play TF2 and not EQ anymore, let me know.


I made a level 5 rogue, but I started with the wrong stats and probably want a name change too, so thinking of remaking him, but I want to be able to level back up fast with some kick ass gear.

I was playing on project1999 blue btw and am a dwarf

>>2561531
Depending on your race, you can turn in bone chips at Kaladim for very fast exp.

Stacks go for about 5-10p each, and you can skip straight to like level 9-10.

This goes for every good race, it's very quick exp.

>>2561539
Oh I sold like 50 chips to npcs for copper and stuff during my time. I'm a total newb.

>>2561539
Also do you know what npc gives you exp for skeleton chips in the dwarf city? I've talked to alot of people there and never seen anyone say anything about spook scary skeleton hunting.

>>2561560
http://wiki.project1999.com/Bone_Chips_Kaladim

Bone chip quest, then jump over to Crushbone and farm belts/pads can also be turned in at Kaladim for even more exp.

>>2561556
Players will often buy stacks of bone chips for 5pp each. I got my warrior almost a full set of twink gear doing this.

>>2561447
My name is Nyzm on Blue.
Is there a way to send it via mail in the game or do you have to meet up with the people.

>>2561564
Thanks.

>>2561768
yeah I goofed apparently. oh well.

>>2561768
>not hunting for your own gear

>>2561889
No mail system, sadly.
>>2561909
>Easily obtainable low level gear in EQ
As much as I love this game you've got to admit that actually obtaining good gear is incredibly difficult untill you get to 20 or 30.
Especially if you're playing a class like a warrior.

>>2561447
Thanks for the platinum man. appreciate it.

>>2551841

Is tailoring useful for newbie gear?

>>2563263
If you're a caster it's better off just to save money for all of your spells.

is there any youtube channels that have guides or stuff related to the game? Also, do we have a steam group?

>>2563412
>steam group
good joke, this is /vr/
We should just make an IRC

>>2563419
even better anon!

>>2563429
irc.freenode.net
#eq1999vr

>>2563436
Alright next thread this goes in the OP, remember this.

>>2560828

>old orc models

Always hated the new ones.

Post your favorite zone and/or city for each continent.

Antonica: Freeport and Runnyeye
Faydwer: Unrest
Odus: The Hole
Kunark: City of Mist
Velious: Kael Drakkal and Velketor's Labyrinth with an honorable mention for Crystal Caverns

>>2563419
>>2563429
>>2563436
>>2563440
Still the steam group is necessary

>>2563487
>steam group
If it was for a steam game yes, but it's not

>>2563463
Antonica: Kithicor Forest - love how night and day drastically affect the zone.
Faydwer: Kelethin - that comfy music.
Kunark: Trakanon's Teeth - If I'm remembering right you can enter the zone through a steep cave with a river running through it; I always thought it was a cool zone transition as a kid.

>Odus: The Hole
One time while rummaging through my bags looking for the key to Paineel I fell into there and lost all of my gear. Probably the best and worst moment I had on live and it's something that could never happen in a modern mmo.

IRC should be up 24/7 now, hopefully, if not I'll have to set times, because atm I don't have a server/extra pc

>>2563534
Alright everything seems to be working

>>2563539
Someone want to join in to test it for me?
irc.freenode.net
#eq1999vr

>>2563547
I guess not but it's pretty early in the morning

>>2552493
>hehe
go back to wow

>>2554871
gotta add this to OP next thread

>>2552090

Theres a freeshard with no english speakers playing realms other than albion and 1/3 of the classes are broken. Also most of the RVR wasn't being played, was still broken.

So, no.

>>2552090
http://daoc-genesis.net/
this is pretty much it until the uthgaard server comes back online

How often is the failure rate if your unskilled for crafting?

Can you make something even if you don't have the right amount of points in the trade skill?

>>2563638
>angry_triggered_summerfag_/v/_friend.jpg

Velious in 1 more week.

Nostalgia levels off the charts. Which is really the only reason to be playing.

Do rogue disguise masks actually change your appearance or is it just a NPC thing?

>>2563463
Antonica:South Ro

Faydwer: Lake of Ill Omen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pib1DwGsqE

>>2563547
Would be better to link it with a proper URL as well.

irc://irce.freenode.net/eq1999vr

wasn't there an official old school EQ server not too long ago? did it turn out to be shit or something?

>>2565884
It died a quite death

Does anyone level in The Gorge of King Xorbb or could I hunt there with wild abandon?

>>2548391
I played EQ beta. Forests like that were fucking terrifying. Skeletons you aggroed would not stop chasing you.. ever. There was no leash range. You'd run and run and run into the pitch-black forests and you'd think you're safe and then quietly, in the distance, clop clop clop clop... coming closer and closer.

Also, there was a bug in beta where monsters ignored all collisions with geometry, so if you hid in a house, they'd walk right through the walls to get you.

>>2551498
>DING!

>>2554871
>however, the ability to kill other players alleviates overpopulation problems since you can just kill someone taking your mobs.
Clearly not. Given you weren't paying attention to what you said. Kill other player. Guess what, you're not always going to be on the surviving end of that, thus what you've done isn't alleviate the overpopulation problem, but made it worse for a percentage of the population.

>>2567731
You sound pretty upset, somebody just take your camp? :^)

>>2567731
EQ was never really designed for PvP anyway,it always felt like some long lost sideproject that didn't quite meet quota

>>2567752
it remains me of ballista on ffxi

Can gnomes see invis?

>>2563487
there is this faggot https://steamcommunity.com/groups/vproject1999

>>2569604
Seems kind of dead. No discussion and last announcements were like 2011 and like two recent comments. If I jump on is it going to be basically be no one playing?

>>2569865
that's really not a good indicator of population for blue at least

>>2569893
Sure, but I have no idea of the size and amount of people per zone for EQ. So if there's no one on there and blue has about 2000 players and they're all in lvl 5000 bumfucksville and I log in, there's zero community for me to deal with and figure out shit with. It's an indicator that there's not a sufficient group of /vr/ players who are trying to build up a community. Thus it could 'potentially' mean I'm bothering to jump in and it'll just be mostly empty for the entirety of my gameplay and trying to figure out shit various goofy shit that only spreads by word of mouth or obscure boards.

>>2569865
Blue has about 4 times the pop of Red. I've been taking a break from P99 Blue but a few months ago the server was reaching 1.5k+ people on peak hours.

does views you threateningly mean they'll attack?

>>2569935
Depends on the mob.
What it means for sure is it will kick your ass if you try fucking with it.

>>2569903
Most of the population is concentrated in the early areas, particularly the commonlands. However unless you're playing at odd hours you'll probably run into at least a few people in most zones.
Also some dude set up an IRC.
>>2569935
Most likely.

I wish there was a server like p1999 but for final fantasy xi, every private serve is either empty or doesn't exist the next day.

We should have a new thread with all the info on OP

>>2570881
i'd play it

i have the game on steam actually, got it for $1 in a sale but just couldn't get into it. i also remember PlayOnline being one of the worst things ever and i knew i'd never remember my info or have the ability to get it back after forgetting it due to how bad the service was.

but i played XIV and it was okay and it made me wonder what XI was like. XIV wasn't worth a sub so XI might be fine.

>>2570881
Nasomi is a good private server

>>2571326
how autistic are /vr/ mods? it was released in 2002 so it's just over the line of what arbitrary limit they set for this board. a thread would be nice though, i'd certainly download it and give it a go.

Made a barbarian rogue. Awesome high lvl guy hooked me up with full banded so I'm in pretty good shape. Hopefully I'll play some later today and hit up the irc to check if someone wants to group up for blackburrow or whatever

>>2571367
Limit is 2000. Two year difference is a big difference

>>2571389
lmao no

It's been about a year since I played P1999. Did they ever finally release Velious?

>>2570675
Eh, from what I'm seeing, there's a handful of people running about and fleeing off to all sorts of other places. It's a shame that P1999 is the populated server given it's the one that's tedious as fuck with getting rid of the other options. Game is kind of already shit and buggy as fuck.

>>2570675
>>2571326
The problem with ffxi private servers is, because of the horrible Play Online system, you have to literally spend 12 hours downloading patches as well as download custom programs just to try to gain access to the private server. It's a pain in the ass.

With that said, I would totally play on Nasomi if there was a /vr/ guild.

>>2571565
FWIW i'm going to download FFXI and at least try the server out

i'll probably play some kind of non-healing support class

>>2571553
It's populated BECAUSE of making it tedious(authentic) I would imagine.

>>2571553
I haven't encountered any bugs and it sounds like you just don't like EQ. Project 1999 has the players it does because you can't really get an mmo like it anymore.

>>2571552
It's coming on the 1st

>>2572317
what is this? a new server launching?
is project1999(1): velious obsolete now?
did I waste my time starting there?

>>2572459
It's an expansion being re-released for the servers on p1999

I hope the boats won't be crashing again

>>2572478
>highest character is 15
>all this hype and disruption for shit that doesn't affect me in any way

>>2571367
>>2571389
I believe as autistic as the only fag that is whining about another faggot >>2570881 that just mention a game release in 2002 while mentioning p1999

>>2572939

does anyone know if you absolutely need skinning knifes for tailoring?

>>2573543
Only if you plan on messing around with hides (you use it to lower the quality of a hide). If you're just buying your mats I don't think it matters.

>>2573543

Craft skills are a huge moneysink in EQ. That said HQ bear pelts (for backpacks) are probably all you need the skinning knife for.

want to make an enchanter, where my lowbies at

>>2573617
I'm near befallen if you need some bone chips

Where is everyone playing? Is the xp bonus worth playing red?
http://strawpoll.me/5066085

is it normal for the screen brightness to be cranked up when i open the game? it's not just the game that's bright, it actually makes everything brighter until i close it

it's kind of shitty

>>2574991
yes it's gamma, should be adjustable in the options

Hi, I've always been interested in EQ for what I've heard it brought to mmos and am looking to get into it, but I have a question. What makes p1999 better than regular EQ which is still running or EQ2 for that matter? Whats was changed or is different in these that prompted purists to make p1999?

>>2575195
I'm not an EQ player, but part of the appeal is that the release schedule for expansions roughly mirrors that of the official game. It's closer to the experience of "classic" EQ, or at least that's the idea.

>>2575195
EQ Live have changed nearly every mechanic of the game since classic, everyone is completely maxxed out neckbeard, no noobs at all. I think it still costs $10 a month too.

I played EQ2 for a little while, it was like a better version of WoW but I doubt anyone plays it at all anymore. The music and graphics I remember being really good actually.

>>2574991
you can download a program called WinEQ2 which can prevent Everquest from adjusting your desktop's gamma. it's made by some omega cucklord who wants to try to make a living off an extremely narrow utility program so a bunch of shit is being a paywall but it functions on is own. it has some things like an FPS limiter and basically runs the game in a borderless window you can use for free. also it isn't one of those annoyware deals where it constantly bugs you to pay with a banner or popup each time you open/close the program, just the reminder as certain features are arbtrarily locked out (like going fullscreen) by this dumb jew.

>>2575195
EQlive is casualized to fuck and everything is automated. you can get 'mercenaries' which are just NPC player classes so you can solo everything. EQ has none of that. you know how World of Warcraft keeps doing updates to make the game less and less of an MMO? dungeon finding, concentrating eveyrthing into player cities, etc.? EQ has none of that either, you actually have to interact with players at some point to get anywhere. not to say that soloing isn't possible, it is, but classes are all so specialized that at some point you'll probably try asking some higher level characters for buffs or something. also there's no auction house, there's one set location where people peddle their wares so you have to go all the way out there for it. very limited fast travel too, boats go from continent to continent but take hours to go inbetween so you need to find players who are Druids or Wizards to teleport you around for instance.

>>2575867
i think another way to say it too is that WoW is basically become about beelining your way to max level so that you can actually do fun things that matter, but Everquest is about the journey. the game is always difficult and there are always new challenges to overcome whereas WoW is so braindead it's made for children. also the philosophy with raids are different, it's not like WoW where you have children stamping their feet like they're entitled to see everything. epic raid content is really epic, only a handful of players see it and everything trickles down from them from the loot to the stories of drama and triumph.

also there's a server community, something else that's been dead in MMOs ever since the advent of automatic dungeon finders. there are heroes and villains and almost always some kind of drama going on so if you're into that the forums are usually pretty entertaining.

>>2575663
You forgot the most important part

>getting rid of corpse runs

Man, the early levels for enchanter are a slog, then suddenly you hit 12 and everything changes.

>>2576203
i've tried and given up pre-12 so many times but i'm determined to see this chanter through

>>2576203
early on is kinda like a breeze,then you hit 40-50

what's going to happen to East Commons now when the expansion hits?

Will everybody jump ship toward a new hub?

>>2577696
nah
>>2576128
yup so egregious I forgot

bump

Is blackburrow a good place to hunt if your looking for early necromancer gear?

Should I hang around Grobb or that one swamp near the troll city?

>>2575890
>i think another way to say it too is that WoW is basically become about beelining your way to max level so that you can actually do fun things that matter, but Everquest is about the journey.
Seeing as how you're basically a walking cripple who can't do anything worthwhile and there really isn't much else to do but get to the top. No, Everquest definitely is not that. Most people aren't running around screaming yay more mobs to grind or hey let me deliver this mail! Few people are rejoicing over mostly useless tedious tradeskills to make up for the mostly useless economy. Sure those two guys, the ancient cartography majors, in the corner redrawing a shit ton of maps by hand and saying this shit is great. But honestly they'd be doing the same no matter what MMO they're in more or less.
There's nothing in the middle to really do other than play some craps in the corner for plat or chat with people. Shit even UO had functional checkerboards you could carry around or let you build your own home including a life-size chessboard in the middle of your prefab mcmansion's dungeo or your later customized version. Do you know what people do for fun in Everquest?

It's a barebones grind MMO the same as all the others, more so actually. It's a game that's basically the poster child for why innovation in MMO's is needed. If all you want is a grind, it's got your back just like FF1 or Dragon Quest.

>>2579824
>it's basically the poster child for why innovation in MMO's is needed
it's not the poster child it's the original. Every mmorpg since EQ is a shitty clone of it.

Somebody needs to just redevelop EQ in UE4 or something using all the original assets. Gameplay aside, the client is shit, the UI is clunky, the camera is awkward, performance is abysmal, and it just has a bad feel to it.

>>2575195

EQ2 is a completely different beast. It's much closer to WoW or other modern MMOs with the quest grinding, dead zones in all the middle levels and it just really lacks soul. It's a nod to EQ1 on paper, but they basically just slapped all the names and races into a post apocalyptic version of the EQ1 world and called it gravy in an effort to cash in on nostalgia.

You might be thinking doesn't P1999 just pander to EQ1 people and try and cash in on nostalgia?

Well sure, but it's free and the community actually loves playing the game.

The forum is full of faggots and shitlords, but what official game forum isn't?

EQ has a lot of bullshit about it, the interface is ass by today's standards and you can legitimately fuck yourself out of hours, or potentially days or weeks of work quite easily if you're not careful.

The thing is, modern games have cleaned up the UI problems, but lost the soul in the process.

Let's be honest though, if graphics and shit UI are a barrier to entry, /vr/ probably isn't the place.

that's all she wrote gents it's the 1st!

HUZZAH for Giants and Dwarfs fighting to the death & the players going to PoG!

IT'S HAPPENING!

also >>2580448 is that Ultima 4? That map seems so familiar to me and it's the only thing that springs to mind.

>>2580335
Would be the case if it wasn't just a mediocre cash in on a 3D hybrid of Muds and UO. Capturing neither of their good qualities.
If you took UO and made it fully 3D, it'd still end up being a far better game.
Also, what you meant to say was a better clones. Virtually every MMO released is somewhere between a somewhat less bad and a far superior version of EQ and has something more to offer in nearly every regard. Also, even if it were original that still wouldn't make it not able to be a poster child. Poster child is a stereotype or archetype that fits very or most perfectly. You could hardly ask for a better example of disengaging roleplaying from an RPG with such a sterile environment provided by EQ. It almost makes Daggerfall feel lively.

>>2580734
Yes.

>>2580739
I really played the hell out of that as a teen, I recognise the map after not having played it since I had it on my master system.

>>2580735
that's just like, your opinion man.

>>2581181
Well, no it's not just like my opinion. There's a comparison which is an opinion. But it is what it is, that's a fact.

Well I didn't expect the city to be bursting with people but where is everybody?

>>2580359
I actually gave this a shot about a year ago but got stumped halfway through reverse engineering EQ's map. Admittedly, I'm no expert on game development and the structure of map files. I know there used to be map explorer apps and stuff so apparently somebody figured this shit out, but I was never able to find a leaked official spec or anything.

>>2582306
Also it's probably not worth the effort for a project that could be shut down with a single C&D order.

>>2582185
event fight probably

Velious GM event happening now on Blue, gettin real snowy. Giants everywhere

>>2582185
Go to the tunnel

best trade skill cooking

>>2584152
wasn't that the UI for live?

>>2585725
idk it's the default one that comes with Titanium. The classic UI is best but not available

GOD that's scary when things get hairy

>>2561948
speaking of gear, you know for a game called everQUEST there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of em?

Where's the overarching story for why your fighting in place's like Najena or Lower Guk or just a main quest to follow

I made a Erudite Mage, and got to level 4 and bought some of my spells. I have played Everquest since Velious was current, I'd forgotten how challenging the game was, compared to games like WoW. I tried running to Freeport but halfway through the Karanas I gave up, since there was no one around to bind me in Qeynos and I was probably going to die. Is there a n00b friendly guild? A nigga ain't even got a map in this game.

>>2585759
>The classic UI is best but not available
Thank goodness.

>>2587249
I don't like questing in mmo's. Everyone being the hero of the world gets pretty old fast. I much prefer it when there's a good world to explore and I can just adventure.

>>2588468
That's what MMOs used to be like. Even Warcraft didn't have the "You're the hero!" linear story until Wrath of the Lich King.

>>2587712
hand around the druid rings if you can,someone will pop up & bind you sooner or later

anybody know what the conversion rate is for pp is?

Is 50 copper worth 10 silver?

>>2589463
It is easy
10 Copper is 1 Silver
10 Silver is 1 Gold
10 Gold is 1 Platinum

It works in units of 10.

>>2589484
that's golden

>>2582185

The bank.

What's the verdict on weapon-less monks?

Should you go for a monk that doesn't get bonked by weight or are weapons essential even if you go H2H

>>2585759
there was someone on the forums who pretty much recreated it perfectly but he went apeshit and deleted EVERYTHING about himself from the web, including all the files for this. some kind of turbosperg.

>>2591563
Weight doesnt affect AC like it does in classic.
It's less of a big deal in P99, use weapons if you can find something decent.

Fists are going to be better than most rusty/fine steel shit

>>2582314
Daybreak supports P99, IDK why they wouldn't support that project too.

>>2592582
There's a big difference between an emulated server which is a legal gray area to begin with, and wholesale ripping off their game assets to create a new client/game. Even if they did decide to endorse the project, Daybreak doesn't seem like the most stable company in the world since they already lost Smedley. It's just a matter of time before the rights get sold off again.

>>2591563

weaponless until you get something good like wu's.

Wow, I played this game in actual 1999 with my friend, and we lived and breathed it. I've made a necro about 4 days ago, hes level 13 now. Anyone got any low level caster gear they'd sell? Sent a tell to Ozzer. I'm taking this character all the way if I can (I had a 40ish necro in classic EQ).

This game seems to have the best community I have seen. Higher level people are quick to help lower level, I sold some bone chips and got lots of gold for my level. I was also given some nice magic jewelry by a gnome who also helped me get through Qeynos (before I had invis). People are friendly and I've not seen one asshole the whole time. Very fun.

>>2595261

Yeah that was the same experience I had as well. Played, oh I dunno a year or so ago. The forums was full of faggots though.

>>2595261
I've seen some assholes. But yeah people help people help eachother a lot. Probably has a lot to do with the fact that there's nothing else to do aside from griding. So it's a welcome break from the monotony and not having anything worthwhile to do. Plus the closer you are to their level the better is for them since they'll have someone to chat with during their miserable hour long down time.

I just fought a sewer rat that dropped golden locket, apparently it gives you CHA+3 that's a nice boon right though from all the talk from the forums it sounds like it's not too much worry how much CHA you actually have?

>>2596328

I think it only matters for enchanters

>>2585759
Here something like it at least

http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194893

post your groovy tunes that you go hunting NM with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk3Gak8EOOk

Anyone interested in some noob tips or a getting started writeup?

Thinking about throwing something together for a pastebin but don't want to waste my time if its mostly vets returning or people who'd rather just peruse the p99 forums and wiki respectively.

>>2597806
I prefer to get as much crap out of the way as possible without losing too much info. Not that it really matters since the spell timers are removed I'm pretty much done with the game.

Anyone got any +2 Int rings or +2 Int necklaces? Or earrings, if those exist? My necro is almost level 16 now, and I got a Blackened Crystalline Robe for 30pp. I know necros don't really need to worry about stats until much higher levels, but for some reason collecting gear is always my favorite part of games like this. I have about 100pp now to spend, if you have anything I could use, look for Ozzer.

>>2598970
>but for some reason collecting gear is always my favorite part of games like this
Not much else to do anyway. You cut out gear collecting and you lose 60% of the game. The other 40% is grinding mobs so you can get strong enough to collect gear so you can grind mobs.

>>2598970
Maybe this
http://wiki.project1999.com/Sapphire_Electrum_Earring
Here ya go.
http://wiki.project1999.com/Golden_Ear_Stud
Drops from level 16 monster at Lake Rathetear

>>2599024
Oops, that's earrings you wanted rings or necklaces. Uh, nevermind.

>>2599024
>>2599028
No, earrings are good too. Thanks, I had no idea I could get those at level 16. I'm gonna head there later today.

>>2599032
I have no idea of the drop rate since the embalmer in the wiki doesn't even list it. So hopefully that's correct. It is also the end of a quest chain that starts in queynos for the aqueducts for minimum level 4 characters. You might need to do it a few times because it'll usually reward Hermatite.
You'll also get this though.
http://wiki.project1999.com/Golden_Locket

>>2599420
I went to kill him and he messed me up. I'll try again a little later. He also commonly drops a +20 mana item, so that's good too. Also just ran all the way to the Lake of Ill Omen to get my level 24 research only necro pet spell. That was exciting.

>>2598872
That has to have been a mistake right, why get rid of something so useful?

>>2599895
Classic.
I'm not complaining, that's their view of what the server is. It's not what I find fun so I'm out. I have no bid in 'classicness' personally. I never played the original so it's new to me. I played other MMOs at the time.
Either way I only care about what works for me and they care what works for them and my tolerance of brokenness and tedium has been surpassed, granted it was even extended by the lack of cost or microtransaction blocking in the first place.

>>2599464
Yeah, killing monsters your own level kind of depends on shit. IMHO, white might as well be yellow in that it's a gamble and it's usually best to produce a root/nuke - and like blow it out with everything you have. That means solo, it better be a single pull without interference else a ready zone. Though at level 16 you should have least been on the top of the curve for spell damage. Also at 16 you have feign death, you should be able to effectively death kite the thing now. I dunno about necro though, you should probably be hitting with your skeleton to add that much more DPS so long as you have it taunt so when you step in you get ignored and can just stack more damage with something like a 2H staff, even if you wiff you can stack upwards of 26 damage on them everytime you do hit.

Here's some dwarf rack.

High dicks home.

>>2600164
I happen to have just such a picture of some dwarf rack, though really imagine how awkward that would be when your 6 feet & their 3 ;_;

>>2600312
>awkward
>not awesome
It only that gets awkward when shorter people have a complex about it. Otherwise it's all good.

is it possible to win against a red even if your underleveld?

I want to believe that this would be enjoyable...but buggy games bother me....please help convince me.

>>2600812

There are no game breaking bugs. There is the occasional graphics bug which does not impact gameplay.

Just try it and if you don't like it, no big loss.

>>2600812
I'd be less worried about the bugs and more worried about restricted endgames that other players will actively bar you from participating in.

>>2600950
How do ither players do that?

>>2600950

Fuck by the time he gets there he'll have had months of fairlygreat gameplay. I mean endgame problems, for EQ, of all games is a pretty poor argument.

Between killing Misty, getting some hand-me-downs from strangers, and playing the EC tunnel a bit, I've made about 800-1000pp at level 16 after only playing for about a week. The community is amazing, they are generous and eager to help. One wizard named Selenim has helped me with ports and escorted me, even taking me to Lake of Ill Omen to get my level 24 research only necro pet from some guy. This is the best mmo experience I've ever had, if you are even slightly interested, go for it. I bought a full set of Flayed Skin Armor for my necro for almost nothing, because it's basically vendor trash the level it drops. If the end game is competitive, its one tiny problem among a giant number of amazing experiences. Hell, just exploring is exciting and interesting. I don't have much compared to most higher levels, but if you do make a new character, send a tell to Ozzer and I'll try and help you with what I can (Some money, etc).

>>2598970

like you said, stats dont matter much til higher levels.

however--and someone can correct if i am wrong--if you really insist on spending dosh on gear early on, you are better of with straight up +mana (or +HP) items as your INT scaling isn't going to be significant enough at level 16

>>2549495
You evil motherfucker. I mean, not a bad race/class, but the xp penalties. Also...
scowls at you, ready to attack
scowls at you, ready to attack
scowls at you, ready to attack
scowls at you, ready to attack
"WHERE CAN I GO TO NOT GET KILLED?"

(I play Ogre Shaman. Sometimes life is pain. There is regen for pain.)

>>2579824

it is a bare bones grind, but the world was dangerous enough that it made exploration interesting & rewarding.

along those lines XP loss + the task of getting your corpse from potentially dangerous places made the risk/reward in EQ a very real thing, and is what made the grind interesting in my opinion.

i realize that the punishment for death in EQ isn't everyone's cup of tea (to me it's a little harsh so I have a hard time going back to it) but on the other hand it's what set the game apart from everything else and made the game so gratifying.

>>2601818
Yea, someone in game explained that to me, and I got some Moonstone Rings, Black Tome with Silver Runes, Skull of Jhen'Tra and some other stuff with +mana, and damn it makes a huge difference.

>>2579594

in general, there is almost no way to get any sort of gear early on without buying it from someone, and unless you get a handout you won't have the money to buy anything worthwhile for some time (probably early to mid teens).

as a caster like a necro, you don't need gear anyway. you can easily solo naked until you are high enough level to go farm your own gear as a necro. if you were a melee character, then AC, HP + weapon would be crucial hence why melee characters can be a lot tougher for a 1st char.

all that being said, the gnolls in BB will drop medium and large cloth which casters can wear. the frogloks in guk (near grobb) have a chance to drop mesh(or netted? forget which) armor which casters can wear and i believe is a bit better than cloth.

though if i were you, i'd focus on just grinding levels since your ability to make money grows exponentially as you go, and as a caster you want to save every last penny for spells as they will get exponentially more expensive every 4 levels.

>>2548391
I don't know if I should jump in now or wait for Luclin to come out (in 20 years). Velious was probably when the game really picked up and the decline came during LDoN, fully solidified by the time OoW came out. The sweet spot plateau was end of Velious - some time during Ykesha. It was probably PoP for most people, but I am gay for Frogloks. Also, Dulak / Gunthak.

Pic related. My favorite UI during my time in EQ. That character still exists, and it freaks me out man.

>>2601846
This was my setup 14 years ago. I miss those days.

>>2601846
I remember getting Luclin with my friend the DAY it went live. We installed it, and were disappointed. I remember wandering Velious and having dragons say "You don't belong here, mortal" and getting chills and shit, and then going to the cat moon just wasn't fun. I remember I wandered to Sanctus Seru soon after Luclin came out and the whole zone was giant and empty and had nothing interesting going on. Kunark+Velious seemed so perfect, I personally thought Luclin was the beginning of the end, when the game began to lose its charm.

>>2601851
Some features started popping up that didn't jibe well with previous expansions (portals/bazaar to name a couple). Luclin models didn't initially go over well either. What really made Luclin for me was the end game for it.

Maybe I should've mentioned that most expansions, I did get to see all of the content. Not first, or even 10th, but I was always doing relevant content.

It was so weird how long places like Ssra lasted too. If you didn't progress up through the expansions, you weren't just dropping in to down bosses in the newer ones. I remember joining a guild in PoP that was stuck there. Nowadays, that shit wouldn't fly.

Sigh. MMOs will never be the same and these classic servers do little to bring back its full magic. I only play here and there to capture a slice. WoW shaped the future of MMOs too much. So weird to think that I almost miss bitchign about Verant or SoE, and that I recognize that WoW's bigger, better deal was just a deal with the devil. They may have cared about things like input from the fans/high end guild masters or making things more accessible/fun, but it created the unbreakable mold.

Same guy as >>2601868 again.

Ironic that talking about this triggers a quote from a WoW trailer in my mind. One that sums of my feelings perfectly.

"I remember the temple as it used to be..."

Are warriors valued characters? I love tanking

>>2601889
People like warriors in their party, but do not like playing warrior. Nothing super special about them compared to other traditional tanks in game.

Monk
-Best melee damage among tanks
-Feign Death

SK
-Best offensive utility among tanks (DoTs to keep agro, Summon Corpse for wipes)
-Feign Death
-Harm Touch (75 minute CD skill that nukes the hell out of one target instantly)

Paladins
-Only good if they are acting as both the tank and the healer
-Lay on Hands (75 minute CD that heals one target for a large amount)
-Other healing classes heal better
-Other tanking classes tank better

Warrior
-Some other class does what you want your Warrior to do, but better

Other gimmicky/strage tanking classes
-Not true tanks, so it might not scratch your itch.

Race also makes a difference here. Troll, Ogre, and Barbarian can all use slam instead of kick for stuns.

>>2601868
How exactly did portals and bazaars not jibe well with other expansions?

>>2601958
You used to have to rely on other players and forge relationships to sell and port. They removed that with the bazaar and all the portal books and stuff. WoW always felt so hollow for this reason, and classic EQ felt like you part of a server community, and it pays off in so many small ways.

>>2601941
So basically warriors suck?

>>2601941
But I like being a halfling & bashing mob's left and right! And the throwing axe aren't so bad for ranged options

I want to be a halfling necro, tiny ass skeleton running around with pie in his hand.

>>2601964
>You used to have to rely on other players and forge relationships to sell and port.
Uh.. wut? All people do is go to EC tunnel or wherever for their server and advertise their goods and people tell them. There's no relationship forging or any of that junk. At best you can haggle. But you're just as likely to pay higher prices due to scarcity.

Also, WoW wasn't the first MMO to do it either. even DAoC had it before WoW was even out and it didn't have any 'hollow' feeling like that.

Having paid for ports and warez from people I can assure you I felt no more like part of a community. In fact, if your on a server that's antibox, you're likely to have as much less of a community because everyone's busy sitting around hawking warez instead of playing and doing things. Having a bazaar also gives the world one more thing to make a more barren world seem less empty and more plausible imho. At least then you can peruse and pick up stuff and people will come and go more efficiently rather than sitting in a giant mob waiting to spam once every thirty to forty five minutes.

Whichever your take is on ports and bazaar, how is that still an issue with jibing with the expansions? It doesn't seem to impact expansions at all. It's impact is largely mutually exclusive from other works.

>>2602513
You go up to people, auction, haggle, trade, and make friends. I dunno how else to put it. That's so much more interesting than listing a ring on the AH for 50plat and then going to bed. As a new player, I asked this 50+ wizard for a port, and he even went with me and escorted me. Much better than clicking a book and being alone all the time.

guys I'm confused is there line-of sight for mobs?

I was attacking one with a spell and his buddy just stood there like a dodo, did the same thing with another and three of them swarmed me?

>>2601967
No, Warriors don't suck. They're just extremely basic.

I just got out of Temple of Veeshan and even the trash mobs have to be tanked with a Warrior using Evasive Disc and switching out between 4 different Warriors.

SK/Paladin cannot tank that type of content.

>>2601967

no, far from that. they ARE perceived as being fairly boring to play however, since it is basically just autoattack/positioning, and are very gear-dependent. it is close to impossible to solo as a warrior as well unless you are twinked to high heaven at low levels.

because of that however, i think most people play casters/classes that can solo well on p99. hence there will often be a shortage of tanks at low to mid levels, which means if you have a half-decent warrior you should be able to find a group most of the time which is a benefit in it's own way.

if the idea appeals to you, just roll a warrior and also a solo class; log your warrior first, see if you can find a group, and if it's not happeninng just log your solo class and level that char instead.

>>2602795

it can be pretty wonky most of the time. also it's not often/always line of sight, more like proximity.

in general you're better off just playing it safe.

>>2602513

pretty much anyone who was conscious during the early EQ days will disagree with you here bud. how old were you when classic EQ was around?

spamming /auction in EC could be frustrating, but it's stuff like that that made the world feel more 'real' and immersive for a lot of us. e.g. you couldnt just toss up a bunch of stuff and expect to see money in the back immediately; you had to auction, haggle, and sometimes you would find items/deals you werent even looking for. ports and SoWs were an even bigger deal back then too, not having free access to travel across the world in a click made the world actually feel big.

though if someone has to explain this to you, i dont think there's any way for you to understand. i get the feeling you probably tried this game on your older brothers computer when you were like 5 years old or something.

>>2603949
>also it's not often/always line of sight, more like proximity.
Sneaking actually is a line of sight thing. http://wiki.project1999.com/Skill_Sneak

Also, if he was over leveled enemies do actually behave like that. Enemies won't attack you if you con higher to them even if you're fighting their friends.

>pretty much anyone who was conscious during the early EQ days will disagree with you here bud.
I don't know what's worse the ad pop or that you use weasel word to section off the people who aren't pretty much anyone to disregard them or the fact that you're speaking as an entire group yourself.

Also, given the very context of this thread you might realize there are servers that are 'classic' legacy etc...
>not having free access to travel across the world in a click made the world actually feel big.
Not really no. Still feels kind of small without it, just more tedious to get around in.
>you had to auction, haggle, and sometimes you would find items/deals you werent even looking for.
Minus the haggling, that's pretty much the same situation as I mentioned. So, nostalgia much? But good job in completely ignoring the economic impact because you like typing /auction. Because scrolling through pages of spam to find that one deal that one time couldn't possibly be matched by perusing an entire wide range of items presented in entirety and sortable by name or price that you could possibly use. Nope. Only reading random spam.

> i get the feeling you probably tried this game on your older brothers computer when you were like 5 years old or something.
I almost get the opinion you're projecting and you think your tedious game that you spent your preteen years playing is magically incapable of actual criticism and that the game could never benefit from improved functionality.
Please, tell me more. Maybe about how EQ's lack of proper parsing made the world come alive.

Id play but I cant get it to work in 1600x900 no matter what i do

>>2603935
Fighters have always been my favorite so I'm good with position/auto-attack. I played a warrior in FF 11, which was basically the same thing.

>>2604185

i'm actually the one who posted >>2552062 and admitted the game is deeply flawed in some ways, so relax.

i am not suggesting that UI issues somehow made the game better. but nice strawman.

however i do think that the bazaar and fast travel killed the game. it was no longer a big multipler RPG, and instead began to desend into an instanced, theme park WoW-style shitfest.

now if you prefer the casual WoW model, fine. but what i've been saying is that a lot of EQ players enjoyed the parts that you find tedious. it forced certain interaction that some people liked. of course i agree that these parts were still flawed and could've been greatly improved. i'm just saddened that modern MMOs just gutted these sorts of interactions altogether, instead of trying to capture the spirit of them and improve on them.

can someone post the getting started guide? the site is down.

nevermind it's up again. but can somebody help me, is there an option to switch to a WASD key layout easily? Arrow keys are nice and all but it's 2015.

>>2604427
Ironic post is ironic.

>>2604560
This is driving me fucking nuts I just want to play.

From what I understand it's supposed to default to WASD but when I click default it sets it to the fucking numpad.

>>2604185
The guy you are quoting is right. This game is not for you. We get it.

>>2604584
Did you try Ctrl-O & messing with the keybinding?

>>2604706
I was hoping not to have to do it manually

>>2548391
is there a mac client i can play via

Is it just me or has daemon tools become a heck of a lot shifter over the years. I remember it being a simple I so mounting program, nkw it's got a bunch of weird nonsense it wants me to install with it.

>>2604915
Yeah, fuck that and pirate some Alcohol 120%, best burning and works good with mounting too.

>>2604915
Commercialization will do that anon, I never noticed Firepride had a forge in his shop

So I played over a year ago but only got around to level 10 on a druid or something before going to finish my schooling. Is it still an alive game and has anything changed to make it not fun?

>>2604915
Try wincdemu

>>2604968
Velious just launched and lots of people are on.

>>2604968
>Is it still an alive game
Yes.
and has anything changed to make it not fun?
No.

Someone want to rundown the essential controls?

>>2601846

They aren't going past velious. They will be doing custom content.

>>2605350
Really? That could be interesting.

>>2605402

Yeah. It could be cool. I think it will be a sorta frankenstein creation of different geographies from all the different expansions. I doubt they'll be able to piece togehter a whole "expansion" sized edition. At least, not anytime soon.

Also, is the /vr/ population dead in p1999? I play live on the TLP server.

>>2604615
No.

There's no way to share weapons or other things like backpacks on the same account huh?

>>2607128
Nope, gotta do a transfer.

does anybody know if mobs have priority over NM spawning against normal ones,say If I kill a one mob will it count as a set for it to appear?

>no in-game maps

I don't mean to be rude, but why would anyone want that?

>>2609237
because then we wouldn't have gotten these from players themselves being cartography's

>>2609237

It ruins the immersion.

>>2609237
>My character is really good at cartography, in fact, everyones is!

I wish I had know this before I had spent all my coin!

>>2609316
Apparently we can have a market full of magical armor that of enchantments embued by god's own fucking blood, but everyone is incapable of inventing a library containing knowledge or writing books and looks up fucking maps. Even if you had to do it server side. But my character is also extremely good at not eating for five months straight. He's also really good healing from getting an axe in the throat by lounging about for half the night. Real fucking immersion there. Also, there's the whole part where entire civilizations are built upon basically twenty fucking people of each race in little treetops or mountainside cubby holes, also not a toilet to be fucking seen in site. But at least we can rely on the realistic non stop regenerating forces of all the monsters in the world.

In case you didn't get the memo. It's a fucking game. Ironically for someone bitching for classic holdovers you seem to have forgotten that the world is empty as fuck and 90% of your pure bullshit nostalgia comes from imagining all shit that isn't in the game. So for sake of immersion maybe you add the ability of the world to pretend it's trying to interact with the user and when you're sitting on a pile of plat enough to buy out every fucking vendor in a fucking town - except for their magical stocks of everything which they're likely holding in bags of 100% weight reduction, you can afford to hire someone who has the skills capable of rudimentary cartography like it was fucking 276 BCE Greece in non fairy fucking land real life where they could figure out the fucking size of the planet using sticks on the sand and the fucking shadows of the sun to determine the size of the earth to ~99.5% accuracy so they could give that information to their fucking heroes. Nope, this world is absolutely fucking incapable of anything as basic as that so let's just pack up our shit and run at 500mph bard infused levitation off this cliffside we just portaled to and ki blasted to shit.

>>2609742
Jesus man, get some joy in your life

>>2610913
Impossible. Everytime I try someone says but reelism, besides you have to use your imagination, just don't use your imagination or expect reelism.

In short, go fuck yourself.

>>2611295
Might be time to take a few days off from the internet. You're super angry.

If I leave an item on the ground how long does it take to despawn?

>>2611515
If you're going to drop it for another character, just make sure you're other character is logged in that spot already and you wont have it despawn in the time it takes to log back in.

Who thought putting a vast expanse of nothing was such a good idea?

>>2611708
SK is a very good place to level (itself and Splitpaw) and has Quillmane you can camp while you level at Aviaks.

West Karana on the other hand...

>>2611428
That's my secret captain, I'm always angry.

>>2611708
I always liked how massive the Karana maps were. Really gave the world a sense of scale, especially seeing as it was the first 3d mmo I ever played.

I haven't seen any of these NPC's around?

>>2611708
There's lots of boring stuff in the big empty zones.

>>2613375

>>2613375
>>2613384
I thought this shit wasn't possible on P99?

>>2613649
Why wouldn't it be? They can potentially use custom dlls to scan the process list for known cheating applications, but there's nothing they can do to stop unknown applications or apps with variable signatures from reading the client memory.

Well, they could hook Win32 and log every ReadProcessMemory() call, but that'd 1) require users to run the client in admin mode and 2) be horrifically unethical since tampering with Win32 opens massive security holes on the user's PC. And it still wouldn't detect lower level forms of memory access.

What's up with the drowned citizen's underneath Freeport?

what's a good spot for a lvl 16 to get coin?

>>2611751
Yea we all saw that movie but seriously bro...

>>2614428
they drowned and are now undead creatures, pretty spooky the first time i was down there

what's feign death good for,can I use it to get one mob from a group?

>>2615384

Unrest maybe.

>>2616318

Yeah you can use it to split camps and also just live if you can't make it to a zone.

guys I'd really like to enter the city of Halas for some R&R but these goblins aren't giving sqake if terms of faction,is there no way to get friendly with the barbarians?

>>2616905
http://wiki.project1999.com/Halas_Faction_Guide

>>2604968
it's still alive though places like cazic-thule are dead these days from what I keep hearing

Do shamans have a spell that cause's your screen to go black? It's happened a couple of time now & it's kinda freaking me out

>>2620291

Flash of light I think will do that.

Would playing a wizard be shooting myself in the foot for someone who's never played before? I don't mind if they're bad soloers, since I'd prefer to group anyway.

I was also thinking about cleric since I figure it'd be easy to get groups with, but my first choice is for sure wizard.

>>2620651
I know a high level wizard in p1999 who leveled fast by soloing all the way, almost. I don't think they are terrible soloers. Doing a 6 minute AFK camp where you just root and nuke would be easy. I would recommend a mage however, as their pets are so great and they nuke, just not quite as good as a wizard. But it's up to you.

>>2620291
Any blind will blind you. A few different classes get them, but yeah shaman NPCs love using this at low levels (Orc Oracles mainly)

if anyone wants some HQ Large Brick's of Ore meet up at permafrost just shout goblins twice so I know it's you,I'll sell you em for about 20pp a piece

I've got my necro to 30, and killing guards which net 10pp a kill, so I've raised about 1k after buying spells. I wanted to play a monk, and was going to get Wu's Quivering Staff, some cured silk or whatever, maybe some 5ac/55hp rings. How high can I level through soloing and some grouping with these items, and maybe a few others? Is this a good weapon? It's very cheap.

>>2624106
For a Monk, you can just duo with a Shaman and do extremely well. As for solo, I'm not sure how far that set will take you. After a good weapon, a Haste item is top priority so I would look into that.

Here's a weapon dps chart: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwLk00fzuQQMcElKYTJtaGVsanM/edit

>>2624106
Dude why bother. You are already the king of solo. You get a pet that's a monk and can jump kick niggas. What more to do you want?

Strange shit going on in Paineel!

>>2624836
I don't follow?

>>2625072

Does hunting in najena sound cool if your soloing will it affect me negatively with the dark elfs?

It ACTUALLY EXIST?!

>>2624836
Whats so strange about a feather and ink?

>>2605076
>>2604934
Anything wrong with Virtual Clone Drive?

I remember wanting to play EQ as a kid solely because of the woman on the cover. Gave me an erection every time I saw it in the electronics section.

>>2627853
I know, right? It looks nothing like a dildo.

well that's new

My roommate and I were both playing p99 and I farted and he went "Huh?". He answered my fart, so I started calling him the fart whisperer, lol. Welp thanks for reading this.

Never played everquest and would like to know some tips and shit for beginners. Currently a dark elf necromancer

>>2630632
You should steer clear of the mountains near their filled with lava

Anyone know if mezzing an npc can fail if your low leveled?

>>2630632

well the easiest source of cash is bonechips, which you unfortunately need. go to east commonlands when you hit 5 or so for orc camps. kill bears and sell the high quality bear pelts and spider silk to people in the zone and try and use that cash to get your spells and some gear.

>>2635198
>>2631817
Thanks

>>2627892
Yup. No elf deserves to have such a magnificent rack.

>>2634108
It can fail if you're high level as well. I would suggest reading one of the excellent enchanter guides on the p1999 wiki

>>2614428

part of a "zombie skin" quest for a very mediocre reward, IIRC

>>2620703

problem with mage is that on p1999/classic, if your pet does 50+% of the damage you lose the bulk of the XP. not the end of the world but it does rustle my autism and makes solo'ing a bit tedious with mages.

druids + necros are probably the best solo classes between combat and general utility.

I've turned in a quest item in order to raise some faction but it still says "views you threateningly" how many time's will it take before they stop killing me on sight?

Can you die by being crushed by your own weight?

This was a good read

http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/12/20/everquest-shadows-of-luclin

How'd this happen?

>>2640265
I raise you this

>>2640286
all these trolls & orgres

>>2613375
>>2613384
I want to write some apps like that. Is it hard to make them undetectable?

Since Luclin is a no-go what's going to happen with these?

Some of em were kind of cool like having more breath underwater

>>2641862
>what's going to happen with these?

Nothing.

>>2549956
>Veeshan

Oh shit

I know it's a month later but what guild were you in?

Celestial Tomb represent.

Anyone know if tinkering is a good investment?

are polar bears just perpetual ninja's I can't find one in these plains, all I've seen are mammoths & orc shamans

OP here should I make a new thread,what's the bump limit for vr?

first time I've seen npc's fight to the death

Which class can make their own mana potions?

>>2651778

Enchanter is the closest thing.

Alright is it just my imagination or does the night sometimes drag on & on for 20 mins or more?

Sometimes it goes by too quickly others's way too fast

>>2554871
What's PvP like?

>>2655131
Exactly like pve but with way better ai.

there's something you don't see everyday

>>2642219
I was only ever in 2 guilds. Da troll patrol and lost order of akalabeth. I remember CT though. Don't remember ever played with CT though.

Sadly fires of heaven shower up on the p1999 servers. I hope it isn't the same people. Right now I'm rolling with a guild named the kittens to say meow. Good people.

>>2551109
Bind at oasis docks, swim to teleport room, get mostly anywhere in 12 min or so if you can cast levitate

>>2656176
Thought wizards were the only one's who could use that room?

Tried to play this last year and honestly just got frustrated because of no map. I mean, I did just fine playing the souls games with no maps but those areas are much easier to memorize than some huge world. I really wanted to like it though. Any tips to make that aspect less frustrating? I play roguelikes and stuff I can handle the difficulty but man I wish it had a map.

>>2656864
go crazy anon

http://www.steveprutz.com/eq/

>>2656981
I know that sort of thing is the best option here but I just hate alt tabbing to check maps all the time. Isn't the expansion p1999 is on supposed to have in game maps and they just chose not to include them? Thanks for the link though. Maybe I'll come give it another try soon.

>>2656985
There is a map, they disabled it. Project 1999 is supposed to be classic eq. Maps just make you dependant and keep you from exploring the zone. Imagine how much shit you miss when you're able to make a straight line across a huge forested zone. If you're going to allow maps why not allow other things too like the bazaar or POP teleport books?

Bottom line: suck it up Nancy.

>>2657260
Its not a matter of suck it up, its a matter of I'm 26 and busy as fuck and don't have 4 hours to wander my way across a forest to do a quest. Wanting a map in game isn't the same as wanting to play something streamlined like wow.

>>2657545
I'm kind of in the middle on the map debate. Optimally a type of cartography skill where you equip a compass and a piece of vellum to map out whatever zone you're in. Custom stuff isn't on the table until we get through the last few velious patches though.

>>2656804
Nope, anyone can use it

>>2657260
I haven't read this thread and also did not ever play original EQ. (just wanted to get that out of the way)

But glancing at OP's "bullet points", not having an in-game map seems like a bad idea, think about it; pretty much every rpg game has at least some sort of map system, sometimes you can make your own- but that only works for smaller games..

Imo, the end result of no map on an mmo just means players making custom maps. If exploration is the problem, why not go with the baldur's gate-style black covered map that slowly reveals more of the world as you explore?

just my 2c

>>2657660
There are plenty of maps, you just have to alt-tab out of the game to look at them, there are also some map utilities that you can patch on your game to get an in game map. People just like bitching.

>>2657675
>There are plenty of maps, you just have to alt-tab out of the game to look at them, there are also some map utilities that you can patch on your game to get an in game map
exactly, so why would they disable them in game when they are still accessible just in a more annoying way? how is alt tabbing every 5 minutes to figure out where I'm going more immersive than just having a map that works?

>>2657740
Because shits classic nigger

The

Shit

Is

Classic.


I could go on about how you're retarded if you insist

>>2657745
I thought we were just having a discussion but since you have to go full 4chan and be an overly aggressive faggot for no reason you can fuck off

>>2657746
OK firstly we are on /vr/ the board where anon grind through the hardest most repetitive games in existance, and you're bitching about no in game maps.

>at tabbing every 5 minutes to figure out where I'm going breaks immersion

Then don't. I've made it to level 50 without using any maps and I know the zones better than 90% of the players. I can lead your ass to places most players have never seen.

It's the shitty entitled behavior that ruined eqlive

>we need maps because I suck and get lost

>we need static port books because I couldn't get a port from a wiz or druid fast enough

>we need a bazaar because it takes weeks to sell this shitty loot I found that I should have just given to a noob anyhow

>bards and druids solo too well they need to be needed

>corpse runs are too hard

>let us box because it's too hard to find a group

Fuck you and your discussion, you are cancer.

>>2657749
If you want to be an argumentative asshole you should go to /v/ with the rest of the angry neets, jesus christ

>>2657795
» Welcome
Relive the classic Everquest MMORPG Gaming Experience as it was in 1999 and onward. Project 1999 is a free to play Emulated Everquest Server giving Players the opportunity to experience Classic EQ Once again, currently in the Kunark expansion and a max level of 60, with the look and feel of the old interface and several modifications making game mechanics similar to how the game used to be. Project 1999 is the best and most popular classic Everquest experience.

>project 1999 is the best and most popular classic Everquest experience

It's more populated than any of the live servers, all the little changes Verant made to make the game easier ruined it.

Play live if you want ez mode, the server is full anyhow.

>>2655254
Did you know Wahooka?

I used to hunt dragons in the North Wastes with the guy, and did a shit ton of Plane of Mischief Farming with him.

Fucker stole all the cards though. Good times.

I remember those guilds of yours, although it's too far back for specifics.

>>2646926

Have any modders made a replication of the classic UI? The experience of playing Classic EQ just wouldn't feel complete without that UI. Ah childhood memories.

>>2658238
I did know wahooka. He would take us on safari in the over there when kunark first hit. Jeez that was so long ago.

I'm about to get this installed and join the server. If someone experienced could chime in here I would appreciate it. I have a lot of time but not a lot of consistent time so I would like a class that can solo reasonably when I don't have time to find a group. I would prefer a caster, one that's not too hard to gear and bonus points for mobility/travel spells. Hopefully something fits this if not maybe the closest thing. Thanks.

>>2658864
Necro, druid, mage. Necros and mage get kickass pets but the druid has teleport. I personally like a iksar necro because of the lich line of spells and the innate regeneration of iksar. But be warned about iksar, everyone hates them. Fucking. Everyone.

>>2658894
Yeah an Iksar necro sounds awesome, was just reading about them on the wiki, I think for my first time I'll go with a character that gets easier access to different places. By mage do you mean wizard or the magician? Do people pay druids for teleports? Either way seems like a nice well rounded class.

>>2658902
>>2658902
Wizards and magicians are different classes. Wizards are the undisputed kings of direct damage in eq but they're still at the mercy of their mana. Mages get like 4 different pets with different abilities. Earth roots and has the most hps, wind goes invis, fire does the most dmg and I forget water. Use each pet according to situations. Like if you're in a group in a dungeon and you don't want the monster to run off, use earth for the root. And yes people pay out the ass for ports.

>>2658908
After reading more about druids and confirmation I can make cash doing ports I think that's the one for me. Thanks for the tips.

>>2658910
>>2658910
Wizards also get port and are very desired for raids when you absolutely need to drop the boss quickly. Druids however are great at quad kiting with dots and snares.

Having trouble connecting. Getting Error Sp-1, Spells are outdated. I've patched with latest patch (V39) and still getting the error.

Project 199: The Scars of Velious is the correct server, right?

Not sure whats going on. Help?

>>2659040
Shit, I dunno. When you put the v39 patch in did it ask of you wanted to overwrite about twelve files?

>>2659067
Yeah. I've even tried manually doing one by one. Still getting the same error. Still investigating it. Apparently others have had the same issue.

>>2659040
>>2659067
>>2659078

Fixed it. Turns out it was my anti-virus flagging some of the files.

>>2659286
Fuck yeah, msg frilbo for a powerlevel/starter Plat if you want

>>2659343
I'll be online in about 5-6 hours

Well Trakanon was a complete waste of time yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8oZQicuu_8

Does it bother anyone else that we may never see such amazing vista's in another MMO again

>>2659356

I don't get it. Did that bassman guy in the beginning fuck up and aggro too early or was it another guild dicking someone over?

>>2660128
HK engaging like they think they are TMO, dying. Asgard training poop mountain and conceding. Taken gets a clean shot but dont have the numbers, dying and then Trak going for the shroomed player trains poop mountain again, until finally BDA takes him down.

Just too many different guilds, and all it takes is 1 person to train. Was a complete shit show.

>>2660146

Ah gotcha.

>Was a complete shit show.

Yeah it sounds like ass.