UltimateEQ - Progression Server With Custom Content

[Shodai82]

I'm happy to officially announce UltimateEQ even though we have been up for a good week now, testing away. There is already a healthy group of folks playing, and we'd like to invite many more to come. Without further ado, a rundown of features:


Main Feature Rundown

-Max Level: 70
-Players: 1-4 (3 per IP Address Max)
-Raids: Tuned and on a 1-hour respawn timer.
-XP: Greatly increased while still retaining a sense of progression.
-Progression: Traditional through POP.
-Custom Progression Quest: Quests for each era, through POP.
-4 Tiers of Custom Loot: Purchasable via currency earned each time you kill mobs. The currency you get depends on the level of the mob.
-Custom End-Game: Hand-crafted instances available after POP. They come with scaling monsters based on your Ultimate Rank, custom events, and great loot.
-Custom Crafting: Forge will make you Ultimate Weapons and Armor.
-Gambler: Reroll your custom end-game items for even better ones...or lose them completely...
-Uber Bosses: Turn in custom currency (Ultimate Tokens) dropped within the end-game to spawn the most powerful mobs on the server. Amazing loot, but you will want to bring some friends!
-Treasure Goblins: Rumor has it they carry a lot of coin and famous old-world loot.
-Classes: All are tuned and powerful! No flavor of the month here.
-Custom Augments: Epic --> Epic Augment for those who like doing the epic questline, and others via custom currency.
-Tons of unique (and often powerful) clickies that are always usable from inventory, which makes for some very interesting class -> non-class spell interactions.
-MQ: We don't mind track, but warp abuse is a bad idea!
-Regen: Fast HP/Mana/End regen on rested state.
-Client: Should work fine with all EQ clients.
-Conveniences: Custom translocator, cash for AA vendor, race changer, buffer, spell trainer (spells/discs/etc are also auto-learned in most cases).


Philosophy

Progression without pain, but with a sense of accomplishment is our keystone.

We have fond memories of servers like Imperium, Addicted Dads, and Leetsauce. Our hope is that this server incorporates some of the things we liked in those, along with our own twist. The custom content should keep folks coming back for a long time, and we will continually add additional instances for that. The custom gear should make you feel powerful and make things fun. Little touches like treasure goblins will keep the mood light.


Contact

Forum: ultimateeq.com
Discord: http://discord.gg/QyEq5hG

[Maze_EQ]

Good dev.

He listens and fixes stuff.

I rarely speak fondly of anyone....

[Kingly_Krab]

Good dev.

He listens and fixes stuff.

I rarely speak fondly of anyone....
This is true, I've spoke with the Developer too, he seems to have a good head on his shoulders. Definitely a server worth looking in to.

[Akkadius]

Nice to see some driven new blood around here!

[Maze_EQ]

Nice to see some driven new blood around here!

Whats wrong?

Are you already getting tired of me? :(

[Sturm]

I'll pop in to say hi one day Crank.
Happy Adventuring!

[Shodai82]

Updated Discord Link: https://discord.gg/HMp5cR

[Kingly_Krab]

You’ll have to make a new invite link, the one you posted already expired. When you make an invite link there’s an option to make it a non-expiring invite link. Should solve having to post new links.

[Shodai82]

Just an update - A massive amount of custom content has been added since this initial post. We have been averaging 40-50 folks most nights, with spikes higher. We are always looking for more!

[Adol77]

Have been enjoying the server since it started. The developer (Shodai) puts a ton of time and effort into the server, and is receptive to player feedback. The raid content so far is balanced around 4-6 toons and is fun and rewarding. I would highly recommend checking it out!

[lgsource1]

Seems like a fun concept and the developer seems like a good dude. Developers that dont implode and delete their servers after a few months seem to be more and more rare.

[Aonelyn]

This server is dope. The progression speed feels perfect, not too fast and not too slow. Friendly community and the staff is constantly making balancing corrections as well as new content. I've been around the eqemu community for over 10 years and this server is up there with the best! Let's make them Green!

[Andercross]

Great server, great response to the very few bugs we've seen. New content has been coming out that has actual challenge. Some drop rate increases in the lower tier have been implemented recently, so it's a great time to join and get caught up with folks. Community seems great in helping answer questions.

Hope you come check it out. If you do and end up with any questions, ooc will definitely help out - or send me a tell on Sally/Silly/Punk/Random.

-Funk

[Shodai82]

We now have, in addition to our base progression, 7 Ultimate Progression zones (Ultimate Sleeper's Tomb and Ubers launched this week). Each of this zones have 25-100 unique loot drops each, many new spells, and so forth. It's been a really eventful couple of months and I would encourage those interested to come take a look.

I have also worked quite a lot on quality of life changes, smoothed out progression, and updated class gaps - they have gone over extremely well. If you are interested in playing, by all means come visit us or check the forum at http://ultimateeq.freeforums.net/. You can also view all the content updates that have been made since I started logging them (there is a lot!) in the changelog section of the forum.

[lgsource1]

Come join the fun! (we have pancakes)..

[iweh]

This Is a great server, I've only been playing a couple of weeks but have just broken into Ultimate ToV. It's easy to start out and challenging and rewarding progression.

I havent had issues finding a group to run around with when content gets abit hard for my Dual box Pally/Monk, and the veteran players are always willing to help. If your looking for a friendly community and a server with active dev's this is a good place to call home. I'm personally looking forward to spending many more hours playing this server!!

Hope to see many more people to enjoy UltimateEQ adventures with!

Sandai/Palitox

[duromax]

Been playing for a couple weeks and I absolutely love this server. The devs are active and the community is really friendly. Progression is just grindy enough without being too intense and end game content is really fun.

Having a blast so far !
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Kallad / Bouffetouffe

[gpofbr]

It's a fun server well thought out and well executed. Although it's custom it has an old school feel. I particularly enjoyed the ultimate starter zones of upper guk, lower guk and Seb. That brought back some memories.

[Shodai82]

Another update was released-The latest progression tier has 3 new zones: Ultimate Blackburrow, Ultimate Solusek A, and Ultimate Mistmoore. Another round of 40 new spells, armor sets, focus, augments, and fun events are now available!

[Shodai82]

The server has been updated again with the next content release - Ultimate Zone: The Hole!

[P1xt]

Unlike a lot of other players, I haven't been playing on Emu servers for the past decade. My memories of EQ are over a decade old, because I've not been playing on live either. I did pop in one one of the live progression servers a year or so ago but it was pretty 'meh', my idea of recapturing the good ole days doesn't involve an 'us or them' battle to 'win the game'.

Over the past few months I've tried a few emu servers. TAKP is awesome and felt like I was right back in the day. Classless was a good idea, but there just seemed like there was, for lack of a better word, a 'meanness' to the community that was, well, off-putting. RebuildEQ was a fantastic idea (I played here the longest) but they sort of fail at 'truth in advertising' - pretty much across the board, the 'rebuild' is centered around the core philosophy of nerfing the ability to solo in order to encourage grouping which pretty much just feels like a gut punch on a server where the typical population is 1-6.

So I tried UltimateEQ

My first thought was 'this is going to get old quick', because within an hour of logging in I was blazing through kurns like a hot knife through butter, collecting tokens, getting gear - and omg the gear - better stats at level 10 than I ever had at max level back in the day. An hour in and I'm thinking 'sure this was fun as ****, but the fun can't possibly last'.

I was wrong.

Sure you're mowing stuff down and getting your tokens and getting your T1 gear in no time - and feeling a bit of both 'this is badass, I am badass' and 'well, this isn't really classic classic, if I can just mow through this, what is there left'.

I'll tell you what's left - tiering up, maxing out your lowbie gear then going for T2 gear, then T3 - progression quests that send you out to kill the big baddies from each expansion through PoP. I haven't got to them yet, but after PoP there are 'ultimate' zones (I believe beginning with Crushbone).

And, even though the gear flows freely and the early game just flies by - by the time you get to progression, it is challenging, and for all the non-classic gear you're wearing you actually have to put your classic hat on and play well and with strategy and THAT was what, for me, brought me right back to the Everquest I am so nostalgic for.

You can two box. But, you don't have to.

You can use MQ2/warp through the early content (but have to cut out the warping and actually fight your way in once you get to PoP progression and beyond).

The community is fantastic. People are actually nice, for no reason, other than that it's the norm on the server.

The GM is fantastic - imagine a server where not only does the GM respond promptly and in good spirits to bug reports, but where he also tells the community in advance what he is planning next for the server and then actually schedules releases warning everyone in advance when a patch is going in or the server's going to get a reboot.

UltimateEQ is a fantastic server, with a great GM, a wonderful community - and yeah, shit's not classic, but somehow I just don't care. This is fun.

[Ridler]

Great server to play, played on a few emu's and find this one the best so far. 2 toon max is nice for boxing and lots of people willing to help with progression if you get stuck. Great Dev that answers questions quickly and always smashing out bugs.

[Kingly_Krab]

I’m glad to finally see constructive feedback. The pessimism and satire gets old. Great server you have going here, keep it going and who knows, you could be a “gold” server in a couple years.

[bardkelgar]

Lots of content and a GM who actively works with players to make the server better.

[mjbcb0717]

It’s an awesome server! Not one of them hold your hand servers where loots easy to obtain and you’ll clear it in a week. This server offers a big challenge but is duo/solo friendly (some stuff may require a group in the ultimate zones) tons of custom loot and spells. You’ll be spending a lot of time here for sure. It took me awhile to get into the ultimate zones had to do the dreaded VT key for two toons so that took a good bit of time. Still having fun here so I encourage everyone to check it out for sure!

[Grolm]

Very fun server, enjoying an awesome and helpful player base. Things are getting tuned and adjusted everyday by Shodai to make things fun. Shodai listens and is very helpful himself. Would loved to see this server on preferred list.

[Hiing]

A+ Server.

Great content, fast paced, great community, and very active and responsive developer.

This server needs to be on the preferred list.

[ward3]

I agree with P1xt's comment above. I thought this server would get old quickly, but I keep finding myself wanting to logon and play here.

[Shodai82]

Next tier launched yesterday - The Ultimate Tower of Frozen Shadow. Tons of new spells, gear, quests, and fun clickies for starters!

[Raenar]

Consistent new content, the dev actually listens and adds new things every class feels solid no other server has been able to hold my interest this well in years. Just can't get enough

[Jysin]

Been playing here for months and running a few characters with (mostly) max gear. The content is amazingly balanced and there is a curve in progression that is tuned just right. Shodai is one of the most driven GMs I have seen in an Emu. Just when you are finishing up whatever Tier you are in, he seems to be announcing all new content!

Class balance is good. The Dev has, on multiple occasions, set aside future content work to address class issues. Never seems to take him more than a couple days. The pace of development and content here is staggering.

Well deserving of Green status!

[Shodai82]

The next release happens tonight...Ultimate Veeshan's Peak! This will be the newest challenge (tiered) zone. Tons of new spells, gear, custom focus, and custom clickies to be brief. This will be my biggest update ever, and probably will need to sleep for a week after go-live.

[tako_EQ]

server is pretty fun, gms on server are really helpful and server population is actually good for an emu

however

there isnt much thought that goes into progression, it is pretty quick and nothing custom, just multiplication of numbers for damage you do and damage you take. i got bored pretty fast, but if you are really casual and like doing original content just with bigger numbers, you will enjoy your time here

[Shodai82]

I responded to a question about the server on the General forum that I figured was worth x-posting. It gives a pretty good overview of what you can expect from the server as it currently exists:

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showpost.php?p=260252&postcount=3

[Seipherwood]

Interesting server to play on.
Gambling for every upgrade to armor is a little annoying at times, but its fun to go through progression.

[Theido78]

Really enjoying this server. Great people willing to help and so much content. Come see what you're missing!

[jonnyx3]

What I would say to a new player on this server:

Roll a SK or Pally.

Caster classes are a joke unless you have a lot of help. They are barely a duo partner.

This is a far more hard core server than it describes.

[lgsource1]

Not sure i agree with you. At what point do you think other classes and casters are no good? Mages seem really good right now. I dont have a high level necro or wiz though. Ranger seems to be fine with a healer.

[mjbcb0717]

casters are not all to strong early game my mage struggled in the ultimates till i got the new pet and he was stacked in AA/gear + boxed cleric...yet i would see a SK/pally pull 7-8 mobs and have no problem were as i got smacked if i had more then 2.

but they get really good later just have to play it out i guess.

[tako_EQ]

casters hard to balance and usually ignored on server like this because of the 2box limit, it forces everyone into tank+healer, and so nobody plays through the game normally as a caster, but they will PL an alt caster up after the fact

[Shodai82]

Just an FYI the latest update has been released, Ultimate OOT.

-Bunches of new spells, gear, augments, and so forth in the latest tier.
-Ultimate Weapon 2.0 is in with a custom world quest.
-A new Uber boss event has been added.

Biggest update to date!

[lgsource1]

This server is fantastic. Lots of people willing to help and the content and class design are great. Shodai managed to make some pretty awesome custom spells for different classes once you get into custom content.

If you like custom servers (I've tried them all) you'll feel like you found your new home if you give this a shot. Also if you need a hand getting started or once you get to ultimates give me a shout (Xayn).

[Shodai82]

Halloween has come to UltimateEQ.

-A new ultimate zone has been added (Unrest) for progression. Tons of new gear, weapon ornaments, player illusions, pet illusions, fun potions, and much more holiday themed drops are now available.

-I have also created two customized versions of unrest for levels with great loot, consumables, ornaments, and more!

[Emoo]

This server is great, and was really fun while leveling with so much content to learn. I hit a wall though when you have you get the sebilis key (not too bad since I was ranger) and worse the VP key just to get past tier 2. The VP key has a 9 part subquest to get. Then you have to get the Vex Thall key for later tier. I'm bummed because there is so much content here and it looks so cool, but I just go dead on the inside thinking about traveling to a bunch of different zones with grey mobs tracking down pieces of a key just to advance. With all the content on the server it seems like such an artificial block.

[lgsource1]

I love this server too and am a fellow ranger here. Just push through the keys its worth doing..VT key drop rates are really high and you can just /target and warp to the NPC's so its really not bad. Once you get through the key and have a few ultimate flags you can flag the other alts on your account with ease so you only have to do it once. If you need a hand let me know!

Xayn

[Shodai82]

Big doins' today.

-The new Talent System has been pushed out. If you are familiar with Diablo 2 style skill/talent progress you will feel right at home.

-The next zone in Ultimate progression has been released, Ultimate Plane of Fear.

-The server has been migrated to a brand new datacenter & machine which is far more powerful and will be able to support hundreds of players without breaking a sweat.

[Shodai82]

A new guild lobby system has been implemented. Say goodbye to the guild lobby and say hello to MPG!

[Jahosphat]

Server is the best... double true.

[Zeeber]

Best server I have played on in a long time

[Llars]

Excellent server. Just the right amount of challenge. I can't recommend this server enough.

[Shodai82]

Ultimate Velketor's Lair has been released, and each new class has received 4-6 new talents with the latest update! I've also introduced a new Trait system that further modifies player talents.

[shadeknight]

One of the best servers out there. Content every few months, bug fixes, a helpful community, and it's not an inflated population by armies of one.

[Shodai82]

How about some fun videos that put the Ultimate in UltimateEQ:

One of my favorite spells ever: Summon Death Gate (SK):
https://youtu.be/O7wy0yHLaNk

Want to have any weapon model in the game? No problem just work with your Transmogrification Assistant:
https://youtu.be/9ODRPIMvzic

Have an identity crisis? Consult your Plastic Surgeon:
https://youtu.be/JNO0KkIP3NE

Want to travel in style? Make friends with a mage:
https://youtu.be/LNXL7reDN_8

[spiritchaser]

That Summon Death Gate is that a custom made cast ? I never played an sk on daybreak servers but that looks quite interesting.

[Shodai82]

Most stuff on the server is custom made once you hit Ultimate progression, yes.

[otter620]

Rangers get BEARS!!!

https://youtu.be/MJS8jtCnL9o

[otter620]

Tour through the main hubs

https://youtu.be/1gNQZ_K5VCg

[Shodai82]

UltimateEQ now has an official website and the old proboards forum will be soon retired.

You can visit the official site here: ultimateeq.com

[pharone1]

Most stuff on the server is custom made once you hit Ultimate progression, yes.

That summon death gate is awesome.

You should add a .1% chance that a Innoruuk pops out of it, tells you that you are not worthy, and kills you for laughs.

[Shodai82]

That's an insanely good idea. Going in my next update.

[pharone1]

That summon death gate is awesome.

You should add a .1% chance that a Innoruuk pops out of it, tells you that you are not worthy, and kills you for laughs.

Or, a snowbunny hops out of it, and the player sees the emote, "... you hear Innoruuk's voice in your head saying, 'We are a little low on demons right now. All I can afford to send you is this rabbit, but he does have a snaggle tooth and a bad attitude. Enjoy!"

[Uleat]

Links to websites that contain download links to copyrighted material are not permitted on this website per Article 1 of the forum rules.

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showpost.php?p=174637&postcount=1


We can't control what other websites do..but, the success of this project relies heavily on that principle.

[Evernothing]

I am considering rolling up here today.

Recommended to take Pally/SK and Shaman/Cleric as per most duo servers?

Or are other classes tuned enough to duo odd pairings?

[Shodai82]

All classes are viable. I would suggest joining discord and asking around there for suggestions.

[Shodai82]

The final tier of demigod progression has launched!

[Shodai82]

Hardcore Progression has now launched on UltimateEQ. For those interested in a more old-school feel from the servers' early days, this is for you. There are a ton of new features associated with this, including free trade of items, leaderboards, and much more.

I've also added Allaclone & Magelo for those that like that kinda thing!

[Jezril]

Thinking about trying this out tonight...see you boiz

[Shodai82]

By popular demand I've increased the max player IP cap from 2 to 3.

[Tarheelz2]

Great server

[Maze_EQ]

Awesome server by an awesome developer.

[Shodai82]

I have spent the last 3.5 months adding tons of new content to the test server, including a brand new tier with 5 new zones. The patch notes are...extensible.

Anyways, looking to update the live server one week from today, so if you have any activities to wrap up before the new tier, now is the time. Or, if you want to view all the updates, you can do so blow. One word of caution, it's a long read!

http://ultimateeq.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=164&p=253#p253

Update coming August 10th to live!

[Shodai82]

God Tier has been released.

-2 new zones were opened, with 3 more coming in the next few days as people progress.
-175 new spells have been introduced, each one has associated spell scripts and are very intricate and tuned.
-Each class now has an additional 10-15 talents available and 4 trait items.
-Tons of other new great stuff has been added based on prior post.

[Movement]

God Tier has been released.

-2 new zones were opened, with 3 more coming in the next few days as people progress.
-175 new spells have been introduced, each one has associated spell scripts and are very intricate and tuned.
-Each class now has an additional 10-15 talents available and 4 trait items.
-Tons of other new great stuff has been added based on prior post.

Few things...

Lots of the spells are bugged. For instance, the necro "health to mana line" KILLS the necro because the values are based off of old values where you had inflated hitpoints.

Mage rod of transvergence does 5 million damage to anyone who uses it, killing them.

Most of the GOD TIER items and drops have borked stats, like cant even aug them. Most of the gear that drops is cloth and the droprates for cloth in relation to leather, chain, and plate are very disproportionally aligned - you basically only get cloth.

Paladins and rangers are about to get nerfed. Apparently because at 75 they are supposedly OP, where I am getting reports that SK's are actually the OP ones and getting BUFFED. The tester for the server, his main is an SK - so take that for what its worth.

Some of the zones in god tier like kurns crash if you pull too many mobs. Also progression mobs are locked behind an arbitrary long spawn time. You can get a boss spawner for plat or money (which I dont recommend doing either - everyone ive talked to that bought it, wish they hadn't because theres things about it that isnt readily known that they dont like - like it being only used once per 30 mins, and it doesnt work in all zones, only a select few - and not the zones you really really need it in, and it only spawns static mobs..etc) but its useless for the aforementioned reasons.

I have been and others have been having issues with the client locking up or just getting dropped (Linkdead) from the server at weird intervals for seemingly no reason, and when you go linkdead it takes the server a full 10 minutes to 'kick you', so if you go linkdead, you're effectively locked out of playing for 10 minutes. I have not had this issue with other servers. I thought it was just me, but ive talked to about 5 people who said they had the same issue. Using the same client and patcher and files the server recommends using also. Have also tried other versions of the client with same results.

A lot of issues with classes that need to be addressed and fixed are overlooked. Lots of in game text is not correct, for instance theres a pally talent that lays down a consecration and its supposed to do 100k damage every 2 seconds, but instead it does 15k damage... Trust me when you grind the tokens to get this stuff and it doesnt work as advertised its very frustrating.

Theres a plethora of other issues with this server that I dont think I can think of right off the bat right now, but these are the few glaring ones. This is a decent server but its marred and plagued by the issues ive raised and until those issues get addressed, im going to advise people to pass this server up.

I thought this was a good server, and at first when I started playing it was. When I was a noob and hadnt discovered how borked some things are and how obviously biased the devs and testers are FOR and AGAINST some classes, it was an awesome server. But as such things, as you play longer you find things out and realize the grass isnt always greener on the other side. :mad:

[shadeknight]

Big ol salt from the guy above. Unfortunately, he had to make up stuff to try and trash the server.

The god armor isn't auggable on purpose. The etherforged stuff that is. You get the gear, as I recall from when I was last on, by earning enough points via killing. What drops are spells, spell-granting items (ether), and items to level up to 75.

Kurns crashing is known, and its a little hard to fix I imagine when its caused by mass pulling. There's also the known issue of lockups/LD people being screwed, but Shodai (afaik) can't do much about that.

Most progression mobs have been dropped to, what, an hour at max respawn rate. That's not arbitrarily long. 2hrs for some god-tier specific named, but there's very good reason behind that. There was a guy complaining about Xalgoz' spawn rate/drop rate, and Shodai looked into it - and fixed the drop rate of a specific item. Big thinks. Beyond like a handful of things, most are on an hour AT MOST timer. An hour is nothing compared to real EQ wait times.

The class stuff isn't overlooked, I wager. I've looked in the suggestions part of the Discord (more active than the forums) and shodai either addressed that he's fixing it or what's going on with it. For example, Stoned & Oog pointed out a healing issue. Shodai looked into it. Same with mitigation problems. If its brought up then he looks into it - but it's also likely that there's a lot for him to do between bug fixes, class tweaks, and preparing the next shard of content. It's not exactly easy doing this sort of work.

I, on the other hand, won't tell people to pass it up. Because while there -are- issues, they are not as horrible as this person above is making them to be. Shodai & Enine aren't as biased as this person makes it out to be - but bear in mind: The guy above may be someone who arrogantly proclaimed that the server was going "suffer" unless his suggestions were implemented.

Btw: there are multiple testers. Stoned, Oogmog, Enine (Dev, but still), Tupp, and Iserak are a few I know of. Some of them play multiple classes, and helped with the God stuff - and still do to this day.

[Movement]

Big ol salt from the guy above. Unfortunately, he had to make up stuff to try and trash the server.

The god armor isn't auggable on purpose. The etherforged stuff that is. You get the gear, as I recall from when I was last on, by earning enough points via killing. What drops are spells, spell-granting items (ether), and items to level up to 75.

Kurns crashing is known, and its a little hard to fix I imagine when its caused by mass pulling. There's also the known issue of lockups/LD people being screwed, but Shodai (afaik) can't do much about that.

Most progression mobs have been dropped to, what, an hour at max respawn rate. That's not arbitrarily long. 2hrs for some god-tier specific named, but there's very good reason behind that. There was a guy complaining about Xalgoz' spawn rate/drop rate, and Shodai looked into it - and fixed the drop rate of a specific item. Big thinks. Beyond like a handful of things, most are on an hour AT MOST timer. An hour is nothing compared to real EQ wait times.

The class stuff isn't overlooked, I wager. I've looked in the suggestions part of the Discord (more active than the forums) and shodai either addressed that he's fixing it or what's going on with it. For example, Stoned & Oog pointed out a healing issue. Shodai looked into it. Same with mitigation problems. If its brought up then he looks into it - but it's also likely that there's a lot for him to do between bug fixes, class tweaks, and preparing the next shard of content. It's not exactly easy doing this sort of work.

I, on the other hand, won't tell people to pass it up. Because while there -are- issues, they are not as horrible as this person above is making them to be. Shodai & Enine aren't as biased as this person makes it out to be - but bear in mind: The guy above may be someone who arrogantly proclaimed that the server was going "suffer" unless his suggestions were implemented.

Btw: there are multiple testers. Stoned, Oogmog, Enine (Dev, but still), Tupp, and Iserak are a few I know of. Some of them play multiple classes, and helped with the God stuff - and still do to this day.

It's your word against mine. Only proof of truth will be people logging on and seeing im not lying. I am not concerned at all about this. I dont appreciate you calling me a liar when not only I have complained about the things above, other people have too. But go ahead and keep on white-knighting. Truth will out.

Edit: Also, what exactly did I make up?

[shadeknight]

You exaggerated the class stuff. If that was true, then Shodai wouldn't be working to fix issues with the healers. Or mitigation issues that cropped up with warriors.

You exaggerated / lied about how there's arbitrary timers on respawns. Xalgoz, for example, is on a 10 minute (give or take) respawn with it changing between ph and xalgoz. Someone mentioned the sword drop rate was absurd, and Shodai upped the drop rate. However, the respawn timers beyond that are hardly arbitrary when an hour flies by pretty quickly. Megalodon? That's needed and Shodai explained he can't do much about it.

Your exaggeration about the drop rates was laughable - considering in MY experience, I had more leather and chain repeats than I did plate. This was in PoFear. That's not a server problem - that's just shit RNG for you.

The kurn issue is known, but that was for -mass- pulling the zone and so far? It seems to be warrior based. There's nothing reported (which, y'know, is half the issue if people don't speak up) about other classes having issues.

So far, I've scrolled up - no one mentioned the necro line of spells. The only thing necro-related mentioned was god-tier necro spells doing a wee bit too much damage. The mage mod rod has recently been fixed.

No one has any reason to take you seriously if you're Dread1313 - a guy who had his head so far up his ass as to believe that his suggestions were going to save the server - no questions asked. If that's not you, then I apologize - but your issues are either personal or a load of crocodile shit.

For example, the ranger nerf? Needed. There was some serious overtuning, and Shodai agreed. Paladins? They can snooze through god content more or less. Tweaks were needed. SKs? SKs have mana cost issues, low damage in some areas, and weren't as OP as you made it out to be. Trust me, I actually played one in God content.

[Huppy]

Few things...

Lots of the spells are bugged.

I don't see any bug reports on their forums ;)

http://ultimateeq.com/phpbb3/index.php?sid=1f0508311fb996bde706b31bf37d922f

[Shodai82]

I want everyone to have fun and enjoy the server, after all that's why I created it. I'm truly sorry your experience wasn't. It's not a good feeling to wake up and read this kinda thing I can tell you that.

FWIW, I do my best to tweak and fix things and always keep a running list. Sometimes I can squash things super fast, sometimes it takes a bit longer given my RL obligations, and sometimes I just don't gel with feedback and need to stay within the bounds I've created for myself.

Also FYI, anything and everything that gets reported and/or updated almost always originates in the suggestions/feedback channel on discord.

[Huppy]

I do my best to tweak and fix things and always keep a running list.

Ya, I wouldn't let "one" negative post get to you. Your server already has an abundance of respect for the work you put in, as well as positive feedback. I threw in my little sarcasm to his post, because people seem to come here and post about bugs (or complain), but I've always been an advocate of "don't do dirty laundry in public", and get it worked out with server devs. Some players get disgruntled and impatient, but think you're able to sleep and work at the same time. ;)

[Movement]

You exaggerated the class stuff. If that was true, then Shodai wouldn't be working to fix issues with the healers. Or mitigation issues that cropped up with warriors.

Where did I exaggerate about class stuff? I noted that pallies are getting nerfed, thats factual. I noted that rangers are getting nerfed, also factual. I made comments about how broken some spells are - also factual. I mean I can provide screenshots if you really need me to, but at this point - is that really necessary?

You exaggerated / lied about how there's arbitrary timers on respawns. Xalgoz, for example, is on a 10 minute (give or take) respawn with it changing between ph and xalgoz. Someone mentioned the sword drop rate was absurd, and Shodai upped the drop rate. However, the respawn timers beyond that are hardly arbitrary when an hour flies by pretty quickly.

I was explaining that the spawn timers cannot be circumvented by the use of the boss spawner. The boss spawner is basically useless because it cant be used in the old world and anywhere past Velketors (demigod version). So have it? Just to spawn OOT bosses? Sorry but that doesn't warrant grinding 17 and a half million plat imho, and EVERYONE i talked to complained about the same thing and they told me they wish they had known about these things and the fact that its a 30 min timer. This is a factual statement. Not exaggerating.

Megalodon? That's needed and Shodai explained he can't do much about it.

What exactly is needed about locking out megalodon for 1 hour? When you can instance Veeshan and farm till your eyes bleed but megalodon is not instanced? Lower the timer or make it an instance. Ive also talked to other people about this and they agree that 1 hour lockout after a mob is killed 5 mins after entering is silly and un-needed. I mean I understand giving undergeared or unbuffed people enough time to kill him in case it fails, but ive literally never seen anyone complain or mention (except the one guy on the forums a while back) about killing megalodon. The "waiting in line" issue is what needs to be addressed.

Your exaggeration about the drop rates was laughable - considering in MY experience, I had more leather and chain repeats than I did plate. This was in PoFear. That's not a server problem - that's just shit RNG for you.

I wasnt talking about fear. I was talking about GOD TIER drops. Pretty sure I outlined that in my previous post. Since you only can resort to insults, I will respond by pointing out your reading comprehension skills are severely lacking.

The kurn issue is known, but that was for -mass- pulling the zone and so far? It seems to be warrior based. There's nothing reported (which, y'know, is half the issue if people don't speak up) about other classes having issues.

The zone crashing isnt just in Kurn's its pretty widely known that this also happens in OOT and Fear, but it seems to be based around mass pulling. Which is somewhat understandable. This hasnt happened in Velks and other zones like Unrest as well as others. Also a factual statement, not exaggerating.

So far, I've scrolled up - no one mentioned the necro line of spells..

I just did.

No one has any reason to take you seriously if you're Dread1313 - a guy who had his head so far up his ass as to believe that his suggestions were going to save the server - no questions asked. If that's not you, then I apologize - but your issues are either personal or a load of crocodile shit.

I dont know who this "Dread1313" is who has chapped your ass or offended you like this, but its no reason for you to take it out on me. My first post didnt even attack you, or anyone. I was just leaving negative feedback. I dont know who the hell you are, or think you are - that gives you the right to attack me like this, but it sounds like its not Dread1313 who has his head shoved up his ass, whoever he is. Are you trying to out him so he will get banned or something? Does he even still play? Maybe he just was ticked off like me (like several others I know) and left with parting thoughts and you couldnt handle the negative feedback or criticism, you know - kinda like how you are showing on here? If you (not you specifically) are going to host a private server for people to play - you need to be able to handle negative feedback or criticism every once in a while because you aren't gonna please everyone. Everyone is going to have a different view of whats acceptable or not. 95% of the people will just quietly log off and never log back on again without saying a word, but those 5% vocal minority feel like they have something to say. Thats just a fact of life, and if you can't accept that - well you're gonna have it rough. Resorting to personal insults, namecalling, and personal attacks just shows that I am right and maybe Dread1313 was as well.

For example, the ranger nerf? Needed. There was some serious overtuning, and Shodai agreed. Paladins? They can snooze through god content more or less. Tweaks were needed. SKs? SKs have mana cost issues, low damage in some areas, and weren't as OP as you made it out to be. Trust me, I actually played one in God content.

Regarding SK's, I had someone else tell me different. That person is also in God content and he said he watched a SK do exactly what you said pallys do. So... /shrug?

[shadeknight]

I'll concede on the namecalling being too far. I apologize.

My question now is: Why wasn't any of this raised on the Discord? Or the forums? I scrolled up pretty far myself, and don't see anyone having this much of a fuss over everything you said.

[Shodai82]

Movement who are you in-game and discord please? I will reach out to you but if you are not the indicated user I have no way to know who you are.

[Splose]

hey guys.. remember the time you didn't pay anything to play on this server?

[Movement]

I have donated.

[Huppy]

I have donated.

Movement who are you in-game and discord please? I will reach out to you but if you are not the indicated user I have no way to know who you are.

Movement - Your constructive/negative feedback is not the real issue here. It's more about you being so anonymously reluctant to connect with Shodai about your concerns, which is why anyone would interpret your feedback as a simple troll, rather than a legitimate concern about a server.

not only I have complained about the things above, other people have too.

I poked around on the server discord channel and nobody seems to know anything about your concerns, or who you are. Your issues have been isolated to these (eqemu) forums only.
Since you claim to have donated, then it would be easy for you to private message Shodai and let him know who you are, and get things hashed out with you. Consider yourself lucky to run into a server dev that is willing to do that with their players.
Every server out there has bugs. Even after being active for a few years, it's ongoing work, but can't be done over night. (donations do not expedite your needs) The simplest way to help ? - Communication !!

[Splose]

I have donated.

You didn't have to.. Servers free.

He said he'd talk to you but you don't want that just more attention it seems. People like you make server ops burn out.

[Maze_EQ]

Ermagerd 1 thing didn't work.

I didn't submit a bug report, or tell anyone it didn't work, or even give feedback on how it could be improved.

Muh time and dollhairs been affected, server op bad.

Back when I was playing, Shodai would fix any issue that arose in less than an hour in most cases as life allowed.

To say everything is broken is a huge statement.

Learn to provide feedback, Shodai is a baller for doing all of this in his free time.

If you are unhappy, I'm sure he'll refund your donation, and you can move onto building your own vision, with no bugs and perfect content.

<3

[atrayas]

I have known Shodai for some time. He was one of my main guys back when I ran Imperium for bug testing and the sort. Fast forward to him opening his own server and he is as stand up as they come. Fixes reported bugs quickly and spends a considerable amount of his free time working on a project for all to enjoy.

I think most players fail to understand that most server operators do this as a hobby or just have a passion for the game itself, but also maintain real life obligations like work, family, time for themselves, etc etc...Like splose said above, it is people like you that burn server operators out due to the fact that we can never please everyone, and when we fail to give everyone what they want all we get is negativity which impacts the morale of the server operator to the point that we just throw in the towel and move on with our lives.

My advice, enjoy what is offered, give good constructive feedback and just be happy that there are people out there keeping a 20 year old game alive for you guys to enjoy.

[Movement]

Ermagerd 1 thing didn't work.

I didn't submit a bug report, or tell anyone it didn't work, or even give feedback on how it could be improved.

Muh time and dollhairs been affected, server op bad.

Back when I was playing, Shodai would fix any issue that arose in less than an hour in most cases as life allowed.

To say everything is broken is a huge statement.

Learn to provide feedback, Shodai is a baller for doing all of this in his free time.

If you are unhappy, I'm sure he'll refund your donation, and you can move onto building your own vision, with no bugs and perfect content.

<3

You know what maze? You are a fucking asshole. You come into my post and flame me and talk shit to me while you are talking shit to Kinglycrab over here: http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41696

Need to:


A. Fix your damn code.
B. Fix your damn host.

Server unplayable due to 20kms ping.

And here: http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41696&page=3

I feel this is going to be a Kimura.

Up, raving about content.

Down a week later.

To which he responded that you were caughton his server AFK MACROING. Look bro, I know you are salty cause you got caught doing something you werent supposed to be doing and breaking the rules, and trying to cop out by saying "well everyone else in T10 was doing it..", and then giving him shit about HIS server and then coming here giving me shit because I am giving negative feedback to Shodai and trying to tell him what he needs to do to save his server. Yeah, that just shows me what kind of individual you are. Before you flame me or someone else again, why not taking a hard look in the mirror. Dont attack me again. Welcome to ignore asshole.

[Movement]

I have known Shodai for some time. He was one of my main guys back when I ran Imperium for bug testing and the sort. Fast forward to him opening his own server and he is as stand up as they come. Fixes reported bugs quickly and spends a considerable amount of his free time working on a project for all to enjoy.

I think most players fail to understand that most server operators do this as a hobby or just have a passion for the game itself, but also maintain real life obligations like work, family, time for themselves, etc etc...Like splose said above, it is people like you that burn server operators out due to the fact that we can never please everyone, and when we fail to give everyone what they want all we get is negativity which impacts the morale of the server operator to the point that we just throw in the towel and move on with our lives.

My advice, enjoy what is offered, give good constructive feedback and just be happy that there are people out there keeping a 20 year old game alive for you guys to enjoy.

I never said Shodai was a bad guy. I know people do this shit on their own time and as a hobby. I made my own server and had to learn everything with some hand helping from the community a few years ago and when I realized how much of a HUGE time sink it was, i gave up. So dont pretend I dont know what it takes to run a successful server, it takes time, dedication and mountains of patience. You dont even know me. Your assumption that I dont know what kind of efforts Shodai has put into his server are totally false.

The reason I donated was because I saw how largely successful Shodai's efforts were and how much work he and his team had put into it.

The reason I was so passionate in the concerns I raised is because I fell in love with the server and wanted it to continue being successful.

People here attack me like I am making baseless accusations or making shit up when in fact ive talked to people multiple times and raised concerns multiple times and not a single thing I asked for has been fixed, at least as far as I know.

Necromancers still kill themselves for 1 million damage in one tick from lich form.

My clients still lock up and go LD from time to time, as with almost everyone ive played with (in and out of group).

Kurns still crashes when wizards are present.

Im not making shit up and I dont appreciate people flaming me for raising valid concerns on here. I am not attacking anyone personally but I am getting attacked. Yeah, thats gonna make people want to play on this server.

I feel like I am being ganged up on. What would you do if you felt the same way?

Like I said, I never said Shodai was an asshole or a bad person - I DID say that I feel like he listens to other people specifically instead of everyone without bias.

And there is no point in Shodai and me talking because I already tried that route and it failed.

I love how people just assume that I am a piece of shit who just wants attention on here and I havent went through the proper channels or anything first..

Thanks guys for attacking me.

My advice, enjoy what is offered, give good constructive feedback and just be happy that there are people out there keeping a 20 year old game alive for you guys to enjoy.

So giving negative feedback is not welcome or wanted. Got it.

[Movement]

You didn't have to.. Servers free.

He said he'd talk to you but you don't want that just more attention it seems. People like you make server ops burn out.

See my response at bottom.
Btw people like you make people not want to complain and just quit without giving feedback or a reason why so the server owner never knows why people wont play his server.

See? I can attack people too unprovoked.

[Huppy]

Talk about a bowel Movement....
Look buddy, now you're just being plain stupid. You wrote out 3 big chapters this morning all about how the world is out to get you, but no matter how you're interpreting what people are trying to say to you, nobody was attacking you or ganging up on you. You're hanging out in a community that involves collaborative communication for anything to get done in a constructive way, but you've made it quite obvious, you're not interested in going that route. Don't expect anyone to cooperate with you until you become a little more reasonable. Even Maze was trying to give you good advice, but you don't want to listen to anyone. I can almost guarantee, this is about as far as you're going to get with your issues in that frame of mind.

You know what maze? You are a fucking asshole. You come into my post and flame me and talk shit to me while you are talking shit to Kinglycrab

I am not attacking anyone personally but I am getting attacked. Yeah, thats gonna make people want to play on this server.....

I feel like I am being ganged up on. What would you do if you felt the same way?...

Thanks guys for attacking me.....



Btw people like you make people not want to complain and just quit without giving feedback or a reason why so the server owner never knows why people wont play his server.

See? I can attack people too unprovoked.

[lgsource1]

Can someone please lock this thread..

[chrsschb]

Can someone please lock this thread..

Why? The server owner isn't doing anything wrong.

[Sturm]

Honest feedback met with hostility from other players. It's great you guys are passionate about the server, but I don't see why you feel the need to lash out on a dude for expressing his opinion's and observations.
Feedback is just that, feedback.
Server Dev's/Owner's can choose to act upon that feedback or ignore it depending on their personal vision for their server.
I can't speak for Shodai of course, but I would assume like me he appreciates all forms of feedback and carefully weighs his decisions based on his own criteria.
I didn't read anything in Movements original post that I would consider a personal attack on anyone. Unlike what he got in return for his honest opinions and feedback about a server he did enjoy.

Ah well, there's no such thing as bad publicity after-all. Cool server Shodai, I have enjoyed the bit of time I spent playing there.

[Maze_EQ]

You know what maze? You are a fucking asshole. You come into my post and flame me and talk shit to me while you are talking shit to Kinglycrab over here: http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41696



And here: http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41696&page=3



To which he responded that you were caughton his server AFK MACROING. Look bro, I know you are salty cause you got caught doing something you werent supposed to be doing and breaking the rules, and trying to cop out by saying "well everyone else in T10 was doing it..", and then giving him shit about HIS server and then coming here giving me shit because I am giving negative feedback to Shodai and trying to tell him what he needs to do to save his server. Yeah, that just shows me what kind of individual you are. Before you flame me or someone else again, why not taking a hard look in the mirror. Dont attack me again. Welcome to ignore asshole.

Dang, hurt your damn feelings that you searched for almost 2 year old posts!

Kingly and I are friends bud, everything said on the forum was said directly to him.

But it was true, he fixed his "god damn code".

Go take a stock version of PEQ and play your own server. Keep bitchin'

[Shodai82]

I've implemented a new form of progression called Transmuting. It's a really massive update, but essentially you can take items throughout the world and break them down into materials which can then be used to craft all kinds of useful items and clickies. A full list of the current transmute items and a brief overview of the system can be found here:

http://ultimateeq.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=178&p=268#p268

I've also updated end-game melee & caster damage, done quite a bit of cleanup, and much more. All is listed in the post above.

[lgsource1]

Looks awesome - Your server is amazing sir! I think its time blow the dust off my toons.

[Shodai82]

Sounds good!

FYI I added a DPS parser in the Guild Lobby - He will send you to a parsing zone and record all top parses for everyone to see. Pretty fun to watch the leaderboard.

I've also done a significant tuning of all end-game classes and zones FYI.

[Shodai82]

I've just released Hardcore Season 2 for those interested. It will run until May 1st.