https://www.eqemulator.org/index.php?pageid=serverinfo&worldid=4047
Haven't played for a year, I was shocked to see a new server that is now the biggest they have ever had. 2682 players so far, bigger than Project1999/p99 which was the most popular. Shards of Dalaya relaunched too. And one other server looks good.
But about this special server. It lets you multiclass! It is really well made too. You play one character that can use all the spells/abilities of up to 3 classes. It opens up crazy numbers of build possibilities and ideas. Play as a Rogue and have a Mage pet tank for you and then you backstab stuff to hell? Then add Shaman spells for heals and slows. Or be 3 mages?! Or be a Warrior/Cleric/Enchanter, the Holy Trinity of the game. Or whatever. I went with Necro, Mage, Shaman. Fun stuff.
I was also impressed that they have done a lot of tweaks to key issues with EQ. Like they overhauled the tutorial tips to actually be something you would want to read, and they redid the prices of loot and items on merchants into a logical way. Quality of life NPCs all over the place. The best travel time saver clicky I've ever seen. And an amazing upgrade to the way items work. And lots of other stuff too. I assume they are either gods at tweaking this game or they have finally managed to bundle server rulesets and changes and share them with people or at least themselves.
There is one other big change which probably stops me from wanting to play it but I might change my mind. And others might prefer it. Cryomancer? The enemies all have the ruleset of another popular server which reduces their difficulty. The idea is that instead of needing 20+ people to do all the raid content, they scaled it all down to be doable by 6-12 players. But seeing as everyone is playing 3 classes combined, it means 2 people make a group of 6. So one person can do most of the raid content in the game, find someone else and you can do the rest. There's one battle that possibly needs 3 people but that's it.
The only issue for me is that they scaled down all the group content too, to be easier and more suited to a single player. But again you are 3 classes combined so if mobs are 50% weaker and you are 150% stronger or more, it makes it more like a whole group. And really if you know what you're doing, it makes you a lot stronger than a full group. I have issues with that. In the first 50 or so levels it just makes everything go splat and the progression through the levels is too fast. You miss out on cool things because you just blast through it. But then at the higher levels the game can become a real grind so it is probably better at that point. But to me the difficulty was the whole attraction of the game so playing a weakened version of all the enemies is a drag for me. But I still played it to check out the amazing multiclassing.
p.s. I am also spoiled because I can run the whole game offline on my PC and play it myself. And you set yourself as a GM which lets me teleport anywhere and do anything I want. So I don't need to setup all the quality of life features, I have better at the click of a button.
HeroesJourneyEQ.com is a single-character duo/trio focused progression server built around seamless multiclassing and the small-group tuning of Retribution. Combine any combination of up to three classes in a unique build; use any of their spells, equipment, AAs, and skills. Custom client is required to play, visit the website to get our patcher.
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Haven't played for a year, I was shocked to see a new server that is now the biggest they have ever had. 2682 players so far, bigger than Project1999/p99 which was the most popular. Shards of Dalaya relaunched too. And one other server looks good.
But about this special server. It lets you multiclass! It is really well made too. You play one character that can use all the spells/abilities of up to 3 classes. It opens up crazy numbers of build possibilities and ideas. Play as a Rogue and have a Mage pet tank for you and then you backstab stuff to hell? Then add Shaman spells for heals and slows. Or be 3 mages?! Or be a Warrior/Cleric/Enchanter, the Holy Trinity of the game. Or whatever. I went with Necro, Mage, Shaman. Fun stuff.
I was also impressed that they have done a lot of tweaks to key issues with EQ. Like they overhauled the tutorial tips to actually be something you would want to read, and they redid the prices of loot and items on merchants into a logical way. Quality of life NPCs all over the place. The best travel time saver clicky I've ever seen. And an amazing upgrade to the way items work. And lots of other stuff too. I assume they are either gods at tweaking this game or they have finally managed to bundle server rulesets and changes and share them with people or at least themselves.
There is one other big change which probably stops me from wanting to play it but I might change my mind. And others might prefer it. Cryomancer? The enemies all have the ruleset of another popular server which reduces their difficulty. The idea is that instead of needing 20+ people to do all the raid content, they scaled it all down to be doable by 6-12 players. But seeing as everyone is playing 3 classes combined, it means 2 people make a group of 6. So one person can do most of the raid content in the game, find someone else and you can do the rest. There's one battle that possibly needs 3 people but that's it.
The only issue for me is that they scaled down all the group content too, to be easier and more suited to a single player. But again you are 3 classes combined so if mobs are 50% weaker and you are 150% stronger or more, it makes it more like a whole group. And really if you know what you're doing, it makes you a lot stronger than a full group. I have issues with that. In the first 50 or so levels it just makes everything go splat and the progression through the levels is too fast. You miss out on cool things because you just blast through it. But then at the higher levels the game can become a real grind so it is probably better at that point. But to me the difficulty was the whole attraction of the game so playing a weakened version of all the enemies is a drag for me. But I still played it to check out the amazing multiclassing.
p.s. I am also spoiled because I can run the whole game offline on my PC and play it myself. And you set yourself as a GM which lets me teleport anywhere and do anything I want. So I don't need to setup all the quality of life features, I have better at the click of a button.
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