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Old 10-12-2009, 11:11 PM
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Yeah, if anything, it is the opposite of what you may think as far as SOE is concerned.

I am sure SOE is at least as organized as PEQ is in that they should have every single revision of Server Code they have ever created as well as every version of the Database they have ever ran. In addition, I am sure they have backups of the source for every Client version they have ever built, which is one up on what we have.

Even if they didn't have access to that stuff for some odd reason (who knows, it is SOE afterall lol), I am 100% certain they would never use an EQEmu based source code to run any of their servers. Even at our best, we would still never have everything 100% functional and set perfectly as they could do easily given that they have direct access to the their own code, formulas, database, and so-on. So, I think SOE would have very little if nothing to gain from EQC.

You mentioned them not having anything to gain from EQEmu due to it mirroring Live, but that isn't really true either. Even though one of the main goals of the EQEmu project is to be able to emulate EQLive, that is not the only thing we allow in our source. We have many customized features that SOE could implement to improve EQLive right now. I think it is commonly accepted that the relatively new Merc system on EQLive is a derivative of the BOT system from EQEmu, since we had them first.

We have quite a few nice features that I think EQLive could make nice use of. I will be laughing if I ever see Say Links in EQLive as that will be 100% proof that they follow our work. But their are quite a few other great features like armor tinting for NPCs from the database (vs having to equip items on them), tons of special script commands, and even dozens of awesome ideas from the custom servers out there for content, rewards, and events.

I think SOE would be missing out on utilizing a nice resource if they aren't taking advantage of seeing what EQEmu and the servers here have to offer. Personally, I bet that is one of the reasons why they haven't pushed to shut down EQEmu servers in quite a while; they realize that they have more to gain from it than they have to lose. At least that is what I hope :P They essentially have a huge team of dozens of people all doing creative work for them free of charge!
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