Gates of Time - New Server Currently in Luclin will go to Planes of Power and Beyond

[Vack]

The Gates of Time Server

What is the Vision of the Gates of Time server?

Our vision is to have a community focused server that will go from Classic content, through Planes of Power, and then beyond into custom content based on the wishes of our players. We will be getting YOUR feedback to shape the server and the story of Norrath after the Planes of Power expansion. This server truly belongs to the community; we are thankful that you allow us to run the server and help shape the world of Norrath for you. We believe that openness and fairness contribute to the growth of the community.

More importantly what is the Gates of Time Server?

The Gates of Time server is all about having fun, playing in fairness and enjoying the hunt for pixels with a fantastic group of players. We are currently in pushing through the Luclin Era, with all of the Luclin zones and raid encounters open for your enjoyment. This includes Acrylia Caverns as well as Vex Thal content. We are not another era-purist server, but have instead decided to take a quality of life approach to the game: we have Potion Belt, Bandolier, Autofire, Melody, Enhanced Trade skills, Buffs are not Level Restricted, and Advanced Research all available. We have community managers who will run GM events on a regularly scheduled basis, as well as community events planned for the enjoyment, and betterment, of our community. We will promote a healthy competitive raid environment so that all the community can enjoy the end-game content each expansion has to offer. We will be enforcing the EQLive’s “Play Nice Policy”, and we operate on the rule of “don’t be disruptive to other players”. We want you to have a positive experience on the server, and our Guides are available to help with any issues. Our vibrant community is also helpful to new players as they become acclimated to the server.

We operate under a three-box limit per player. If you have more than one player in a household you will have to ask for an IP Exemption. We have a 25% bonus to all experience on this server, and groups greater than 3 will see increases in experience as well as a significant boost for 6 people in a group.

We want this to be an equal opportunity server for all players, whether you are a single boxer or you like to run a group of 3 boxes we want it to be a good experience for the whole community. We encourage the use of Wineq2 for the improved ease of boxing your toons, and for quick window switching, but we do not allow any third party programs or mechanical devices that allow for non in game macros--we believe that one click should result in one action. We do not allow Macroquest or any other third party programs that alter the game experience in a way that automates any of the EQ functions.


What makes Gates of Time different and why should I play here?

First and foremost, we are a transparent server: we actively encourage your feedback and allow everyone to understand the mechanics of their favorite battles. We have a completely open AllaClone (http://allaclone.gatesoftime.com) that allows you to see every detail possible about the mobs your fight and your chances of getting the items that you have long hunted. Our players will always know where we are going and will have a voice in how this server and community is shaped.

Secondly, we have a fantastic community of players that is welcoming to both new players, and returning players as well. If you haven’t played EverQuest in years and have found your way to the EQEmulator site, you have found the right server: we were founded on the pillars of cooperation and inclusion of both the casual, and the more hardcore raiding characters. It will not take you long to catch up and experience the end-game content with the great people you have met along the way.

Finally, we have an amazing server staff. We have active and responsive Customer Service Staff (Guides and GMS), community managers, and developers that actively destroy bugs and enhance gameplay.

How do I get involved?

Please go to www.gatesoftime.com and sign up on our forums to get started. We have instructions on how to get started, and experienced players that can help you if you run into any issues. In addition to our forums, we have a Discord server where you can real-time interface and communicate with both staff and players. Please don’t be afraid to reach out if you need help, and we hope to welcome you to our community, and look forward to seeing you in game!

[mjbcb0717]

Now the real question on everyone's mind is it solo friendly lol.

I'll get that one out of the way.

[Vack]

@mjbcb0717

It is as solo friendly as you want it to be. We have a diverse population already and you can three box on the server. I would just suggest you try it and see if it is for you. If it is welcome to the community and if it is not then best of luck wherever you end up. It is a very social server so feel to reach out and make new friends.

[mmgaggle]

Been playing on the server for a few weeks and the community and GMs have been amazing thus far. Looking forward to more AAs and raid encounters in the near future.

[Alzafan]

This server is definitely not just another private server for people that want to box by themselves. The community is thriving for being so new, and there are already multiple guilds for new comers to pair up with. This server has all of the quality of life features that make Everquest enjoyable to play, and is thrusted into the era that we all loved so much. Come give it a shot!

[Nob]

Been great so far with many nice features even for the luclin era. Any bugs from being a new server have been getting stomped on quick.

[eldarian]

I'd like to welcome Anyone who would like to play or just stop in to chat. I am one of the Admin's Please seek me out if you have questions or any of the GM's. Hope to see you guys here.

-Anubis-

[Ahjah]

This server is great and is amazing to see what they have done in such a short time. I have a feeling this will end up being my home for a long time. The GMs are extremely helpfull and the focus is on the community as it should be.

[howardgene]

I've been on this server for 3 weeks and it is a fantastic experience!

If we run into any single boxers while exp'ing we have no problem kicking one of our toons out to make room so come join up!

The QoL features make enjoying everquest fun without needing to dedicate hours and hours of time in one session to see progress. With that said, it is also not watered down to EZ mode at all!!

The challenge is there, the community is growing rapidly and the GM staff has been excellent!!

[PatricktheDookie]

All right, I figured it's time I post in this thread.


Some things to know about me.
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- I loved EQ, especially the EQ in the early-to-mid 2000s.
- I love EQ because it is a game that promotes (and forces) social interaction.
- I love EQ because it is challenging, but rewarding.
- I love the challenge of EQ multiboxing, but dislike it when everyone runs their own group rather than interact with others.
- I have a job.
- I cannot play 40 hours a week. Maybe 10-15 at most.


For someone like me, this is the perfect server. The community is phenomenal. Helpful, knowledgeable, irreverent and lacking the tryhards who want to run over everyone else just to be #1.

Like I said above, I love to multibox. It's challenging to play multiple characters, each with a different role or responsibility, alongside other players in a group or a raid all trying to do the same thing.

What I hate about multiboxing is seeing people run around with 6-30 characters, MQ-assisted, never interacting with others and not contributing to the community. It's that social aspect that keeps me coming back to EQ. The 3-box limit is the perfect balance, allowing everyone to do things on their own but encouraging players to team up and collectively have a better experience.

It's not too easy and not too hard. It still takes me awhile to gain AA xp, but not an impossible amount of time. Quality of life features (guild lobby corpse summoning, tradeskill window, /melody) take care of the biggest issues and allow me to revel in the nostalgia.

If you can't tell, I'm stoked to be here.

This server isn't for everyone, but if you're anything like me and share a similar outlook on EQ and why it fucking rocks, you should give this server a try. It's the real deal. :)

[clobby2]

I really like this server. The QoL is great with a nicer default UI (than the usual Titanium client) including the tradeskill window and that is just the start.

It's brand-stinkin'-new so there are some bugs and whatnot but I feel there are far fewer than some servers that have been out for over a year. I have only seen minor bugs and I think that is pretty impressive for such a new server. Some of the zone connections may put you in the wrong spot - that has happened to me twice and each time I ooc for GM assistance and seriously not 10 seconds later I get a GM teleport to where the zone was supposed to connect to. They actually have a specific thread for it on their forums so it's nice to know that this is something that is high priority to them and that they are working to fix them.

This server is not an EZ-mode server, but it is also not a nitpicky "omg this is out of era!!" server (not knocking P99 or others - they are great for what they are). In game maps were the LoY expansion but this server has them for all zones and I think that's just fine. There are other examples of out of era features (did I mention the tradeskill window? :-D) but none of them are going to trivialize content. I want the challenging content that we all think of when we think of EQ and this server delivers on that while not delivering on the soul-sucking, real-life-draining, neck-beard-growing experience that we know all too well.

The people are nice and helpful - I've seen randoms helping other randoms complete quests, exp, etc. so that they can have a positive gaming experience. I'll be sticking around here for sure.

[eternalriver]

This server is very much an alpha build, mounts everywhere, even indoor zones, Greengrocer npc to keep yourself fed as a cheap fix for a metabolism bug, one hit develing, you are asked not to start a dark elf for Neriak is bugged, and not to mention the lag and dcs.

The GMs say some of these things are intended features, but I wonder that.

Also questionable are manastones are allowed, allowed everywhere, I do believe that, pervasive mounts, and no-pet kill invis are ez mode.

They say allow server transfers and are an open-community server, but fail to mention what servers they're allowing transfers from. They refuse to have p99 expats just because of the rep of a few bads.

They use the excuse of 'screenshots' and other evidence the majority server transfers before outright denying a p99 xfer, from whereever they may be, are not asked for. Anyone can doctor up an inventory file. How is this a fair server?

[Vack]

Well the server is not for everyone and we have already had to ban some people trying to use hacks.

And if someone has non era specific things in their inventory such as Illusion Guktan - No we wont allow a transfer because it was not possible to get it in p1999.

We are in Alpha transitioning to Beta here after this weekend. But that is spelled out in our forums.

As of right now Sow works everywhere. There is a community poll to see if that would like that to continue. Since it will be the community server we are letting the community decide.

But hey it is not for everyone. We strive to be an open and embracing community. But it is not for everyone. I hope you the best of luck in another server my friend.

Vack

[eternalriver]

How many of those people you banned where character transfers from p99?

Why is it ok to judge someone solely on their server past? That alienates a LOT of players.

When you mention open character transfers why don't you just post no p99 expats, and we get to decide what characters with what gear we allow in. This whole thing seems sort of sketch.

[vtsyc1]

returning eqemu player here. Are there certain eqemu servers that this server is allowing character transfers from? Is P99 the only one excluded? What about like TAKP or PEQTGC?

[Vack]

It was Classic Content Servers we where allowing transfers from. And P1999 is not disallowed. TakP would be an allowed server as well.

We would like people with great attitudes from any server.

[Vack]

Again Eternal River - P1999 is allowed. Toxicity is something we do not want.

If you do not like our server that is ok. Not everyone will like it. I welcome you to try us, but your post is clearing trying to troll us. So I hope you personally have an awesome weekend man. And if you ever join our server send me a tell I would be happy to group with you.

Vack

[vtsyc1]

is instancing already working there? if so, is all raid content going to have an instanced version?

[burkedad]

So is there some sort of screening process where you determine who has a great attitude or not in order to transfer them?

[eternalriver]

And again, you should remain consistent in what you say, in discord you mentioned no p99 expats because we're too much trouble, but here you waiver in this statement.

I thought the xfer idea was super cool, but after digging into the idea and finding all the bugs and inconsistencies and favoritism in staff statements, I'm not so sure.

[eldarian]

is instancing already working there? if so, is all raid content going to have an instanced version?

I will answer this one. Currently it is not, it is an option but We like to encourage fellow guilds to work together on taking turns on targets. But like all good staff members we like to keep options open. Hope to see you here

-Anubis-

[Vack]

This is the last time I will respond if you just want to troll

The transfers from p99 might already be suspended
We already had some issues


That is what I said. Have a great night :)

[Nob]

I dunno where you got some of the stuff you posted about EternalRiver(account made yesterday). We dont have lag on the server and you arent told not to make Dark elves. Nektulos is bugged atm is all and a gm will summon you out.
Probably shouldnt of fed this much in reply...let a lone the rest.

[Splose]

The entitlement in this thread is sickening.

While I agree with you that the server transfer idea is a bad one. It's his prerogative which servers he allows transfers from. Not sure if you knew this but he's not being paid to run this server and from what I can gather a decent amount of work has been put into it already. If you want to bitch and complain about it to yourself or your friends that's one thing but you're actively coming on here and trying to get other people not to play on this guys box. It's just a pretty shitty thing to do.

If you don't like the way he runs his server that's fine.. Go make your own. Its literally never been easier.

[burkedad]

Picking and choosing who you allow to transfer to your server... terrible idea.

[Ahjah]

Its double xp weekend whoooo! Thanks guys for running the best EmuEq server.

[Phury]

Vack isn't who I thought he was seeing how he was destroying kids in /ooc when they were asking for buffs on 5/27/17... Needless to say my time on that server is done due to his actions and his nonsense!

[burkedad]

I've already seen GMs censor threads that call out the broken state of this server. I recommend avoiding it.

[Nob]

I've already seen GMs censor threads that call out the broken state of this server. I recommend avoiding it.

I would say this is laughable but it's sad trolling.

[burkedad]

I would say this is laughable but it's sad trolling.

I mean, it's true. There was a thread in the general discussion forums asking about all the bugs and it got deleted--

http://www.gatesoftime.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=725#p725

[Turmoiltoad]

Hello all!

I'm TurmoilToad, long time lurker on the EQEmu forums. On the Gates of Time server I play the character Odin. I'm the one responsible for starting up this new project, Gates of Time, on EQEmu, and spooling up the server that's hosting the Gates of Time world. I've been busy working behind the scenes on a lot of the different moving parts and have a good group of GMs/staff that have been helping me work and develop this server. As you have noted, we are currently in our ALPHA stage, having made the decision to ask our closest friends to join us and put up with our bug fixing and content restructuring. We have been quite pleasantly surprised at the number of early adopters from the EQEmu community, and want to thank you for putting up with our efforts as well.

I would also like to thank members of the EQEmu development community for their advice and insights along the way--not only from the rich repository of information here in these forums and on the Wiki, but also for popping onto our server and helping us out and offering their expert advice one-on-one. I won't name any names, but thank you!

ON TRANSFERS:

During our ALPHA stage, we are accepting character inventory transfers from ALL servers. We will most likely begin to restrict this activity as we enter our BETA stage, but we're willing to discuss your specific needs (for a time) while we continue down the path of tweaking our world to suit us. One of our main focuses has been to restrict content to the Luclin era, with a handful of exceptions. Our intention is to progress into the Planes of Power expansion, and then let our unique storyline secrets begin to unfold.

As a result, we are not allowing all items to be transferred over without restriction. We will continue to reserve the right to interrogate your transfer requests with this tenet in mind. As an example, certain cosmetic items won't be allowed (some illusion items, petamorph wands, etc). The reason for this is that we want to be able to reserve some of these items for our world, and its progression--such as rewarding players for participation in special events on our server. Hopefully this makes sense to you, and if you managed to collect a rare artifact on your older Emu server, you will understand why we will scrutinize the item while we're performing your import.

Additionally, some regular gear items that are part of a later era, or overpowered for our current content, won't be imported due to balancing issues. Again, it is not my intention to produce an all-encompassing list of these items, but we will communicate with you when we're evaluating your requested import.

REGARDING 'BUGS':

As I'm sure you're aware, the EQEmu Development team works very hard to provide a playable and stable environment that will allow just about anyone with a little bit of knowledge to embark on the journey of setting up their own server. Out of the box, they provide a FREE, workable code base that does what is says it will do, and a database that represents an extraordinarily accurate depiction of the EQ world that we know and loved.

It is our vision to exclude portions of their work as enumerated in my post and other posts in this thread--and that takes time and effort. It is also not always without inherit danger, but we feel that it will pay off for us as we toil to achieve our vision. Again, our thanks goes out to an understanding player base and we look forward to building a world that you will enjoy for many years to come.

REGARDING 'GM CENSORING':

This simply does not happen. The post mentioned above was made by one of our friends and he later regretted having posted it in haste. He asked for the thread to be removed, and we did so. Personally I would have liked to have kept the post intact, but I wanted to give him the chance to consider the points he raised and to give him time to write another post without things devolving--his intent was to be constructive, and we appreciate that. For those of you that didn't catch it, his post focused on some of the issues that we're working on, and some of the issues that he asked us to focus on--we are certainly doing so as rapidly as possible, but we are all busy, and certain issues have to be given a lower priority.

For anyone that has run a server before, I'm sure you're familiar with the feeling of having to get these issues resolved while maintaining a playable environment, and helping out your incoming users as quickly as possible. It's not always easy, and it won't always be without missteps.

AN APOLOGY:

As a server policy, we do not discriminate or favor any characters, guilds, or server transplants, despite what you may have read on this thread. This has been reiterated with all of the staff, and I would like to apologize if any comments have been made that would indicate otherwise. Small course-corrections are a necessary part of any organization, and we welcome you to give Gates of Time a try to evaluate our commitment to the ideal of inclusion and mutual respect.

REGARDING THE COMMUNITY:

We are trying to foster a helpful, positive community, and in order to do so, we cannot tolerate any troublemakers or trolls--we are seeking players that are accountable for their own actions, who wish to have an enjoyable in-game experience and ensure that other players have the same. For the Gates of Time server, the community is the priority, and the game is just a helpful and fun UI that helps to grow and entertain the player base.

I encourage anyone interested to check out our forums at http://forums.gatesoftime.com and come chat in our Discord channel at https://discord.gg/2WnFZHv.

I hope this post has made it more than clear that everyone will be welcomed to join our server--come slay some dragons with us, and be a part of our rapidly expanding community!

[Cominon]

I have been playing on Gates of Time for the past week or so and have had a great experience so far. I transferred from another server and the transition was as smooth as it could be. I have not experienced the issues others are complaining about in this thread. The staff has been more than helpful with any requests I have made. Honestly, considering that the server itself is only about 2 months old, it is extremely well put together. I transferred from a server that was 2 years old and I didn't realize how many things they had wrong until now. Now, is it 100% perfect and with out bugs? Of course it isn't! Which server is completely without bugs? Yet, the staff is attending to bugs as fast as they are able to. Bug reporting also comes down to the community itself getting reports in and helping by doing what they can do. Which is also happening here.

If you like old content with some QoL improvements from later expansions, then this is would be a good server for you. The QoL features really help for those of us that can only get a few hours in to play here and there. Everyone has things going on in their RL and this server is out to help in any way they can. They also are asking for input from the server population itself rather than just doing what they want (still, it is their server and they would have the right to do that if they wanted).

Give it a try!

Just don't expect to be able to say you have 10 fungi tunics and the staff will just give them to you... (and don't get all pissed off and make fake posts when you get denied)

[mjbcb0717]

I'm cornfused on how the whole transfer works so you can transfer from any server? Or just legit/live like one?

[sunbeam]

What can anyone tell me about trade skills on this server?

It's not like I want to be a trader mogul or something, but I like to do quests.

And a surprising number of quests, and some very good ones, require trade skills.

Now most people are familiar with EQ trade skills, in particular the "classic era" versions. So everyone knows what it is like to level these up, with the dependencies on other trade skills, no bazaar with a lot of other crafters, and people putting up materials for sale.

Plus I plain just don't want to spend 800 hours or whatever getting carpal tunnel, and leveling up enchanters and whatnot, so I can make Earrings of the Solstice.

So what can you tell me about this?

[eldarian]

Well the mass Trade skill combine works 20 stacks of silk make 10 silk swatches with 1 click! Currently we are on Luclin. and as you know there are a bunch of quest, Coldain Shawl Coldain Ring, Earing of Ver. We even have a player base averaging of about 85 people during prime time. So our community is there. I hope you give us a shot.

Anubis

[clobby2]

FYI the server is ending its alpha stage and therefore character transfers will end June 14th.

[sunbeam]

FYI the server is ending its alpha stage and therefore character transfers will end June 14th.

I wasn't real sure on the rules for that reading your site.

For example I have a 65 mage with essentially maxxed AA, and gear we wouldn't want to talk about, including having done the epic quest.

I also have other chars on servers like Stormhaven, where they have a totally different approach to things like gear than other servers.

Also thought of something else I'd like to know the answer too, since I mentioned mages.

Cazic's Deathtouch is something that can be dealt with. Same with Golems in that zone.

When you start trying to do PoSky, which is absolutely needed for some classes' epics, that is a whole other kettle of fish.

So do you nerf those deathtouches? The Avatar of War was soloed a long time before anyone started puttering around PoSky doing things alone or boxed on live.

No one really wants total EZ mode. But a raid force of 40 or 50 people just isn't in the cards on most servers. And I think that's what you would need for PoSky. And while an SK or even necro could make a decision that the epic isn't worth it for them, a mage just doesn't feel right without the epic pet.

Actually depending on where and what you fought, the epic pet was arguably better than the 61 pets in a lot of zones and situations. Wasn't until the 65 pet that they were surpassed for sure.

[Cominon]

Hey Sunbeam, I may be able to help answer a couple questions for you. Please note that I am not a GM or involved with the server beyond being a regular member of it. So please, Vack or Odin or anyone more versed than me, step in and correct me if I am wrong.

As far as I know, we have not gone to level 65 yet so you would be set to level 60 if you transfer. As long as your gear was era appropriate then you should receive everything. If it is something custom that was made by another server, it would most likely not transfer. My personal example is I had a pet clicky on my characters that was made by the server I transferred from. This was not transferred with my toons. It's not a big deal, so I am not worried about it. However, I had a gnome illusion clicky that was custom that did transfer.

PoSky - I do not think they are nerfing any content like that. There is a guild on the server that can field a 40-50 man raid force at this time and has been to PoSky in the past. I am not sure if they have done it lately. Other guilds are already starting to form on the server as well. I am sure as the population grows, there will be more and more people wanting/needing to go to PoSky and beyond to get epics done.

I guess the main thing is the server wants to keep raid content and the like as normal as possible. The main QoL things really focus on things like tradeskills and things that would otherwise give you arthritis rather than making the actual content easy.

Once again, anyone please correct me if I am wrong. Just trying to help.

[Geddar]

I've been on the server for a few weeks now and it's great!

Not sure where the p99 thought came from. I know our guild recently picked up a warrior that xfer'ed from p99 and he's been great. There was a guy who was assumed from p99, because he was making comparisons, that was trolling and acting like an ass in ooc - I haven't seen him sense so assume he was banned. But that had nothing to do with what server he was from, just that he was an ass in general.

QoL is great and generally people will go out of their way to help one another.

Raids are not tweaked to be solo'able. If you wanna kill AoW etc, you're gonna have to field the appropriate raid.

@Bugs, the GM staff has been clearing those up quickly. Obviously with a new server they are found, reported, and cleaned up quick as they can - they are after all human, with lives/jobs outside of helping to run the server. But, the GM's have made themselves very available to the server community.

I'd like to see many more people head on over - I always need people to blow things up for :)

-Driz

[Modrod]

This server is great & ran by some really good peeps. With all new servers their are some issues but GM's are working hard as well as a great community so far helping with any bug reports. Sure some class in-balance & qol mechanics make it abit easier then other servers but POP release should fix most of that as well as some 'polls' being taken for 'players' point of view. I have not seen any lag thus far which is sweet. ( those haters posting here smell like trolls from another server with their feelings hurt btw)

[Ikubi]

checked out this server last week after being approached by someone on the Project 2002 server via tells, who asked me to come give it a try. My first impressions:

- Character Transfers are a terrible idea, since you can not only transfer NO TRADE items, but any item you want, which leads to people transferring multiple same items on all of their different characters. As a result of that, there is practically no economy, and there was already big controversy about people doctoring up their character export files. Also, it leads to people not experiencing the (mostly broken) content from level 1 to 59.

- Tons of inaccurate data and other problems. Many of which have been reported, and have been shrugged off with reasons like 'working as intended'. They recently announced a new term called 'time touched' which basically is a universal excuse for leaving broken content (spawn times, wrong stats on NPC, wrong drop rates etc) unchanged

- Super low population. The only reason you see the amount of positive testimonials here is that every single person who plays there is shilling for the server here on the eqemu forums

- Front page, bug report templates and many other things are directly ripped off from the server I usually play on (project 2002). Furthermore, they didn't even proof read it or remove the information which is incorrect (compare http://p2002.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3215&p=17331 http://p2002.com/ etc)

- Patch notes appear to be written by a person with the maturity level of an 8 year old - Which goes hand in hand with their questionable 'fixes' to raid content and questionable 'non fixes' to everything that is broken

- The people who run the server were run off their old server by another guild, after having failed to compete and beat simple Luclin encounters. As a result, the content on GoT was immediately nerfed down to a level that makes it beatable by the people who failed it on the other server. Don't expect this server to be at all challenging.

- Server runs on an almost unmodified version of the eqemu codebase, same goes for the database which is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies, as anyone, who has hosted his own server before, knows. When people point out these inaccuracies, or point out non era specific features that completely change the game, those things are being sold as deliberate QoL features. When in reality, most stuff remains unchanged because the developers are either too lazy or too incompetent to fix/change them.

- There are better servers out there for the same content and/or client. Vegarlson's Asylum (https://www.vegarlson-server.org/index.php?topic=165.0), Project 2002 (http://p2002.com/), TAKproject (https://www.takproject.net/), etc, with more skilled and dedicated developers who actually want to recreate original EQ mechanics, and have a population of more than 30 to 50 total players.

Bottom Line: I will check this server out again in a half a year. But the fact that with the server being in its current state, they are already moving from alpha to beta, that is a really bad sign for the future. Wish the people the best of luck but the server (at least in it's current iteration) is not for me.

[mjbcb0717]

[QUOTE=Ikubi;254816]checked out this server last week after being approached by someone on the Project 2002 server via tells, who asked me to come give it a try. My first impressions

They are trying to fish other servers? Tisk tisk.

I played here a few days and learned a few things 90% of the server are all friends from another server and won't really offer help unless you know someone.

Only reason this server has a high pop 30-60 people are because they keep toons logged in to make it seem popular. Found this out after half the server was sitting in pok at guild lobby entry not moving for hours or the whole day. Other then that I found it dead an no one to group with.

Some people are vary rude asked for buffs one day in ooc and was told to *shut it* was trying to find out info on the server as the site does not really specify what this server is about and was told to * play and find out for myself* putting it nicely With this.

Everyone was already 60. 3 days after server came out and had BIS gear what's the point in playing lol the idea of transfers is dumb makes the server pointless.

I don't know why we have servers like this anymore.

[bashemz]

so is basically everyone supporting this server's thread in the guild that transferred over here and just giving false advertisement about "starting" here and how great the server is? not trolling or flaming or anything, just want to figure out if its actual new people playing here or not that didn't transfer with as said above max level/gear

[eternalriver]

Well that explains everything, from what I gathered on the p99 post they were just some ex-P02 staff that left and were trying yet again to piece together a EQMac-style server, seems instead they're just a guild-only sandbox server that left P02.

No wonder they want anyone outside of their inner core to transfer, even if it's simply because they just are wearing P99 velious rags better than what they had on P02. This is their space space where all content is nerf and no serious competition can roam. Three box all luclin content wearing all cloth.

Why couldn't all of this been mentioned in the first place? I hate wasting my time.

[Splose]

so is basically everyone supporting this server's thread in the guild that transferred over here and just giving false advertisement about "starting" here and how great the server is? not trolling or flaming or anything, just want to figure out if its actual new people playing here or not that didn't transfer with as said above max level/gear

After seeing all this I decided to try it for myself.

Don't know about everyone posting in the thread just shilling for the server but I'd be inclined to say most are since they all have 1-2 posts and they read like fake testimonials. Their website, at least their front page, is directly ripped from another server's website as mentioned above. I can also confirm most of their population is AFK and sitting in BiS gear.

The main reason I'm making this post is that this server is touted as having a "vibrant community" when in reality the above posts are pretty spot on. If you're not in the clique of players the server was made for you won't really experience that.

Overall I'm pretty disappointed. I defended this server in the early posts of this thread, but a lot of the posts made by their staff are disingenuous at best and straight up lies at the worst. There's no problem in making a server for your guild/friends/whoever but having all your friends write bullshit shill posts and labeling anyone who calls you out a troll or p99 player is pretty lame.

[sunbeam]

I really don't know squat about this server, because I haven't made a char there.

But chief all the post counts on this sudden spurt of negative posts are suspiciously low.

It's... it's... as if someone got their jimmies rustled.

That said, just as someone eyeballing the setup, some of it seems a little odd. Character transfers - eh, it can help get a server going with upper levels to start getting yaks and whatnot in circulation, but given the nature of EMU servers no limitations is kind of crazy.

I mentioned earlier in this thread that I had a mage with ALL the PoP era AA anyone would ever want. Literally everything in the class, archetype, whatever the other one was, and all the general anyone could want. Now they said level 60, so I have no idea what happens in that case.

I have Vulak's Robe (Darkness?), or something from Aten Ha Ra, or from Xegony - I literally can't remember. Along with things from GoD that are better than Time Gear.

And that isn't unbalancing? And lots of other people have the same story. Apparently the transfers end this month, so I dunno. Make more sense to have everyone come on board bare, with no AA, max level 60 if you ask me. And I also would not allow mages to know Manifest Orb. That would be plenty to kickstart the whole thing.

And this is a boxing server. I've come to hate MQ, but I have to admit after trying to schlep chars around Trakanon's Teeth using /follow, if you are going to box MQ is a must (well unless you can summon your other char).

[eldarian]

Your feedback is Always welcome Sunbeam but our community enjoys our server. So like a lot of servers out there, not every server is meant for everyone. It would be a bit foolish to transfer a character in past our current Era, thats just not going to happen. Any ways thanks for checking out our server.

Anubis

[AlmostUnreal32]

checked out this server last week after being approached by someone on the Project 2002 server via tells, who asked me to come give it a try. My first impressions:

- Character Transfers are a terrible idea, since you can not only transfer NO TRADE items, but any item you want, which leads to people transferring multiple same items on all of their different characters. As a result of that, there is practically no economy, and there was already big controversy about people doctoring up their character export files. Also, it leads to people not experiencing the (mostly broken) content from level 1 to 59.

- Tons of inaccurate data and other problems. Many of which have been reported, and have been shrugged off with reasons like 'working as intended'. They recently announced a new term called 'time touched' which basically is a universal excuse for leaving broken content (spawn times, wrong stats on NPC, wrong drop rates etc) unchanged

- Super low population. The only reason you see the amount of positive testimonials here is that every single person who plays there is shilling for the server here on the eqemu forums

- Front page, bug report templates and many other things are directly ripped off from the server I usually play on (project 2002). Furthermore, they didn't even proof read it or remove the information which is incorrect (compare http://p2002.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3215&p=17331 http://p2002.com/ etc)

- Patch notes appear to be written by a person with the maturity level of an 8 year old - Which goes hand in hand with their questionable 'fixes' to raid content and questionable 'non fixes' to everything that is broken

- The people who run the server were run off their old server by another guild, after having failed to compete and beat simple Luclin encounters. As a result, the content on GoT was immediately nerfed down to a level that makes it beatable by the people who failed it on the other server. Don't expect this server to be at all challenging.

- Server runs on an almost unmodified version of the eqemu codebase, same goes for the database which is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies, as anyone, who has hosted his own server before, knows. When people point out these inaccuracies, or point out non era specific features that completely change the game, those things are being sold as deliberate QoL features. When in reality, most stuff remains unchanged because the developers are either too lazy or too incompetent to fix/change them.

- There are better servers out there for the same content and/or client. Vegarlson's Asylum (https://www.vegarlson-server.org/index.php?topic=165.0), Project 2002 (http://p2002.com/), TAKproject (https://www.takproject.net/), etc, with more skilled and dedicated developers who actually want to recreate original EQ mechanics, and have a population of more than 30 to 50 total players.

Bottom Line: I will check this server out again in a half a year. But the fact that with the server being in its current state, they are already moving from alpha to beta, that is a really bad sign for the future. Wish the people the best of luck but the server (at least in it's current iteration) is not for me.

Im sorry to hear that Lance :(

[Felouire]

I played here a few days and learned a few things 90% of the server are all friends from another server and won't really offer help unless you know someone.

This is simply not true. If you make it known you are looking for help we have some of the most helpful people in the EQEMU community. We have a post on our server forums to contact people if they are on as well and they will drop what they are doing to help those that need it. I seriously doubt you were exiled like this.

Only reason this server has a high pop 30-60 people are because they keep toons logged in to make it seem popular.

The fact of the matter is you dont know what people are doing. You honestly dont. Can I tell you this isnt happening? No i cant. But i really doubt people would leave their toons on all day to boost server numbers. We really have better things to do with our time.

Some people are vary rude asked for buffs one day in ooc and was told to *shut it*

I think your reality is seriously messed up if you think this would even be allowed to talk to someone like this on our server.

was trying to find out info on the server as the site does not really specify what this server is about and was told to * play and find out for myself* putting it nicely With this.

Seeing as THIS is our home page i think your trolling at this point.

http://gatesoftime.com/

Everyone was already 60. 3 days after server came out and had BIS gear what's the point in playing lol the idea of transfers is dumb makes the server pointless.

Most of our players are most definitely 60 absolutely. A few top raiders definitely have BIS gear but not all completely geared but thats again because we transferred from another server. That server was p2002. If you have a problem with items gained from P2002 I think you should be posting on their post not ours.

[Felouire]

so is basically everyone supporting this server's thread in the guild that transferred over here and just giving false advertisement about "starting" here and how great the server is? not trolling or flaming or anything, just want to figure out if its actual new people playing here or not that didn't transfer with as said above max level/gear

The server is pretty new and we have members from multiple guilds and multiple servers popping up daily on our server. A lot of us are indeed from Noble Heroes on P2002 but this server is just barely in its infancy. You will see bugs you will see stuff that staff needs to fix but again new server comes with new problems. I hope you try us out if you get the chance!

[Felouire]

- Character Transfers are a terrible idea, since you can not only transfer NO TRADE items, but any item you want, which leads to people transferring multiple same items on all of their different characters. As a result of that, there is practically no economy, and there was already big controversy about people doctoring up their character export files. Also, it leads to people not experiencing the (mostly broken) content from level 1 to 59.

I can definitely respect your opinon on this. Thank you!

- Tons of inaccurate data and other problems. Many of which have been reported, and have been shrugged off with reasons like 'working as intended'. They recently announced a new term called 'time touched' which basically is a universal excuse for leaving broken content (spawn times, wrong stats on NPC, wrong drop rates etc) unchanged

Many have been reported? I think our bug forums are maybe a page or two long and quests have zero reported. Remember, this is a brand new server. There WILL be bugs and there WILL be problems. Yes, there have been situations that have been adressed as QOL and working which include tradeskill window working as originally intended instead of point and click like p2002 but thats what the server wants. I think its unfair to tell a brand new server it has a ton of inaccurate data and other problems and personally feels like an attack rather than criticism.

- Super low population. The only reason you see the amount of positive testimonials here is that every single person who plays there is shilling for the server here on the eqemu forums

Super new server and Pretty sure every server does this and its encouraged....by every server.

- Front page, bug report templates and many other things are directly ripped off from the server I usually play on (project 2002). Furthermore, they didn't even proof read it or remove the information which is incorrect (compare http://p2002.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3215&p=17331 http://p2002.com/ etc)

Sure, P2002 had a great format for their bug reports and their front page for quick info. I think the team did a great job to create a quick page to say, "Hey! This is what this is! Come play!" and we all applaud them for their work on creating a great template for bug reports. We wanted to continue this great work with our server and seeing as we are coming from a similar fomat not only server atmosphere but server info i wouldnt see why this would be a surprise at all. As far as it not being proof read and having inaccurate info with no examples being given i again feel like this is more an attack than criticism.

- Patch notes appear to be written by a person with the maturity level of an 8 year old

i again feel like this is more an attack than criticism.

Which goes hand in hand with their questionable 'fixes' to raid content and questionable 'non fixes' to everything that is broken

Give me an example please and submit a bug report! :)

- The people who run the server were run off their old server by another guild, after having failed to compete and beat simple Luclin encounters. As a result, the content on GoT was immediately nerfed down to a level that makes it beatable by the people who failed it on the other server. Don't expect this server to be at all challenging.

The people and guild frankly who were "run off" had issues with the current establishment and decided we wanted to create a different atmosphere server. Did we create a big firestorm leaving the server? No, we actually communicated this with GM's consistently and there has been a zero tolerance policy on our server that we will not be "server bashing" I hope you respect that and continue this on your own posts and server.

- Server runs on an almost unmodified version of the eqemu codebase, same goes for the database which is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies, as anyone, who has hosted his own server before, knows. When people point out these inaccuracies, or point out non era specific features that completely change the game, those things are being sold as deliberate QoL features. When in reality, most stuff remains unchanged because the developers are either too lazy or too incompetent to fix/change them.

Again, NEW server man. yes most of its unmodified because....its new. To also go as far as saying the developers are too lazy or incompetant feels AGAIN! like an attack rather than criticism.

- There are better servers out there for the same content and/or client. Vegarlson's Asylum (https://www.vegarlson-server.org/index.php?topic=165.0), Project 2002 (http://p2002.com/), TAKproject (https://www.takproject.net/), etc, with more skilled and dedicated developers who actually want to recreate original EQ mechanics, and have a population of more than 30 to 50 total players.

There are absolutely better servers. We are new developers and want to create a fantastic community. I feel like you are constantly attacking the server and are looking to place blame or create a firestorm.

Bottom Line: I will check this server out again in a half a year. But the fact that with the server being in its current state, they are already moving from alpha to beta, that is a really bad sign for the future. Wish the people the best of luck but the server (at least in it's current iteration) is not for me.

Bottom Line: I hope you do check us out again in 6 months but the fact that you are judging a server on its current state when its brand new and consistently attacking its staff as stated in almost ALL of your points is a new low. I wish you the best of luck with your server choice and hope we can continue are strive for a great server!

[zeonick]

So, I am not involved with the development of the server in anyway, but I did transfer over from p02 with the guild Noble Heros.

Yes, the community is 95% made up of those who transferred from p02, so you will see a lot of AAing/raiding at level 60. That's just the reality right now. That doesn't mean we won't be welcoming and helpful to new players. In fact, please feel free to send me a message if you need help with ANYTHING! I love helping new players.

Also, people have mentioned nerfed content. Raid content here is fully unnerfed and requires a raid force (someone mentioned raiding as a trio in cloth, this is pure slander, that person has never raided here). Some encounters are currently needing work, but this server is new, lots of things need a little work(and will be fixed promptly).

I don't think any of the posts on here are trying to be misleading - the server does have a vibrant community, because it is primarily populated by our guild, which does have a great community! If you are on the "outside looking in" you may not see that, so I for one will be doing my best to be inclusive and helpful to new players, and I know my guild mates share that sentiment.

I could go on and on addressing the points people have brought up, but I wont. Come check the server out if you are at all interested, but know you will see high level characters. This isn't a "fresh launch" server like Agnarr or anything. Having said that, please feel free to reach out to me if you would like assistance starting out!

EDIT: First post, wooo! Haven't posted here since making my p99 character years and years ago, but feel free to check me out on p02/GoT forums to see that I am active in my community.
EDIT2: oops, this wasn't the account I made my p99 characters on. Oh well :D

[TheRealTombs]

Iance (Ikubi) do not post here if all you are going to do is lie and attack people. I'm not sure why you are so upset about us (Noble Heroes) leaving P02 to come to a new server but you are clearly personally hurt by it. I would argue you point by point like Felouire did but it is pointless because I know people like you, and people like you are always right.

[Vack]

Thanks to all the people who are trying the server. We know we aren't for everybody and we're quite okay with that. We do allow three boxing's but don't allow mq.

and with the number of responses we have gotten it seems we may have struck a chord with a few people. so we welcome you to try now or in 6 months or in two years and we look forward to having fun with you on our server.

And if you're not going to play here that's okay too there are lots of great servers for you to play on. And we absolutely wish you the very best.

[burkedad]

Nothing what Ikubi or mjbcb0717 was untrue. Keep on shilling for your server bros. You even ask people to shill for it in your patch notes... LOL.

http://www.gatesoftime.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&p=864#p864
Noteworthy: We've garnered quite a bit of attention on a post over on the EQEmulator forums--please add your comments

[Cominon]

Wow! We seem to have struck a nerve with some people. This post will be 3 weeks old tomorrow and it already has 50+ replies!

I also transferred over with Noble Heroes from P2002. We left that server due to reasons we are not stating as we do not want to trash them or cause any drama. I enjoyed my time there, but it was time to leave. We had a whole guild think this same thing. It is really amazing that us leaving the server would cause you so much frustration. Shouldn't there be more content/targets open for you now that we aren't doing them? You should be happy!

As far as this server goes, I think it is really funny (and in a way flattering to those who started it) that it is barely a month old and is already being compared to servers that are years old. Yes, we players that transferred want to promote it and see it grow. Why wouldn't we want more people to play with? Like I said, it is a MONTH old. We are trying to get more people to try it out. No one is making anyone play here. If you don't like it, you don't have to play here. It is ok! If you do want to give it an honest try, feel free to reach out to anyone in Noble Heroes for any help. I am sure they will be glad to, or, at least, point you towards someone that is able to.

[TheRealTombs]

Nothing what Ikubi or mjbcb0717 was untrue. Keep on shilling for your server bros. You even ask people to shill for it in your patch notes... LOL.

http://www.gatesoftime.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&p=864#p864
Noteworthy: We've garnered quite a bit of attention on a post over on the EQEmulator forums--please add your comments

Yes, how dare we try to grow the server we play on by saying positive things about it.

[Splose]

Someone pls respond about the ripped website.. It's not even just the layout of the front page your whole Welcome To/The Vision is almost word for word a ripoff as well.

[titofuentes]

I'm fairly new to the server. I played on p99 and p2002 at various times but RL always takes precedence. I just went and looked at the welcome to pages for p2002 and gates of time. They are similar but nowhere near close to word for word. Whoever thinks that might need to look into reading comprehension or glasses. SMH

[jhiller]

I'm fairly new to the server. I played on p99 and p2002 at various times but RL always takes precedence. I just went and looked at the welcome to pages for p2002 and gates of time. They are similar but nowhere near close to word for word. Whoever thinks that might need to look into reading comprehension or glasses. SMH

Really? Reading comprehension or glasses huh? Blatant rip-off. So lets see the order of events here. So p2002 takes the code from TakProject, rebrands it their own and there was a ton of crap over that. Now you guys take the frontpage of p2002 and rebrand it as yours. Yeah, you can say what you want but at least 30% of the page is verbatim word for word. Bring it up in something like BeyondCompare and you can see the similar wording. So now someone has stolen something from p2002. I see a trend. Hey there is nothing wrong with using something with permissions but did the server op ask? According to the post on gatesoftime, Lance was quite pissed about you guys taking his frontpage.

Hey everyone is using the hard work of the developers here, Akkadius, KLS, Mack all put hard work in but you had better not start saying you wrote all of this. People probably would not mind if you emailed them and say "Hey can I use this?". But taking it without asking them because you are pissed, that is just not right. Oh and do not mind changing it at this point, believe me it is cached everywhere and easily retrievable.

[A_Large_Bat]

So is this server based on the TAKP Code? After reading this forum + reading your home page I am confused. It says EQMac Emu source but it says they are using RoF2? Or is it just using the TAKP Base Database like P2002 is?

Are you revamping each quest like TAKP/P2002 are from classic plus, or just starting from Luclin?

If you are doing Luclin + are you offering /betabuff style toons for people who do not have any good emulated toons in this era to migrate that way we can be in the "starting" era?

Is AoE handled like P99 with limited targets or can we use unlimited targets? Is Low HP Target Agro AoE'n possible?

Is /shield in game? (these questions are to help decided what trio I would roll based on server allowed abiltities)

Is Manaburn limited to a single wizard at a time, or can I play with a friend and box a fleet of wizards? (obviously not past the 3 box limit).

Do rangers do appropriate double damage on non-rooted targets?

3 box limit, will you allow a 4th box for a Bazaar Mule?

[Splose]

I'm fairly new to the server. I played on p99 and p2002 at various times but RL always takes precedence. I just went and looked at the welcome to pages for p2002 and gates of time. They are similar but nowhere near close to word for word. Whoever thinks that might need to look into reading comprehension or glasses. SMH

Just got back from my reading comprehension class, my teacher said its a ripoff. The things I outlined here aren't even everything, if you read through them side-by-side you can find a few more things completely ripped or just have one word changed here or there. I just decided to stop since you're an obvious shill.

http://i.imgur.com/ndrkwFC.png

[Kingly_Krab]

Due to the posts turning to pissing contests and bashing, the thread has been locked. Feel free to make another.