For real?

daerath · #1 02-07-2011, 06:53 PM

Yes, it's the real deal. The Emu is not 100% current with live EQ. The server I spend my time on (Irreverent Server) is only up to Gates of Discord, but that's around the time I quit so it feels like "home". That said, I'm not sure what the exact state of the Emu is with respect to Omens of War and the later expansions and features, so it could be that GoD or OoW is as far as things have progressed.

Sony doesn't seem to care much, probably because all Emu servers are free and it's not like everyone here would go back to live EQ if their servers shut down. It's just not worth their time.

Servers are stable, instances work, etc. There are some bugs, but they get fixed over time.

It's possible someone here remembers that name, but I have yet to run across anyone I knew from live. That said, if Lymm, Metabolics, Aandien, Velamon, and a host of other folks from Clan of Unity, Sign of One, Night Eternal, Nightbane, Paralax, or Elemental Dawn are kicking it around on here I'd be happy to see them again. =)

Expletus · #2 02-07-2011, 06:59 PM

It's real. You have two types of servers (for the most part), Live and custom. They are clearly defined in their title and most have a website you can look up their rule set at.

Fulcrum · #3 02-07-2011, 07:22 PM

Yep, it's definitely for real. Free and all.

Lotta good folks in the community, too.

Solter · #4 02-07-2011, 07:44 PM

Man this is super "cool." I'll spend some time reading up on this but there's a lot of info to cover. The worst part about EQ when I quit wasn't so much the program or code, it was finding a freaking group. Soloing sucks. It's a great game but ya' need other peeps to play with.
I've seen 3 different versions of EQ that are acceptable to play on these servers. Titanium, SoF and one other I forget. Is any obne of these better overall? Or maybe one may be better for a particular server. I'm not sure how this is set up so maybe one person set up a server to work with Titanium and another server works best with SoF etc. I'm just trying to figure out which program I should spend time and money trying to acquire.
Thanks for the replies to my post. Hope to see you "in-game" soon....

daerath · #5 02-07-2011, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Solter

Man this is super "cool." I'll spend some time reading up on this but there's a lot of info to cover. The worst part about EQ when I quit wasn't so much the program or code, it was finding a freaking group. Soloing sucks. It's a great game but ya' need other peeps to play with.
I've seen 3 different versions of EQ that are acceptable to play on these servers. Titanium, SoF and one other I forget. Is any obne of these better overall? Or maybe one may be better for a particular server. I'm not sure how this is set up so maybe one person set up a server to work with Titanium and another server works best with SoF etc. I'm just trying to figure out which program I should spend time and money trying to acquire.
Thanks for the replies to my post. Hope to see you "in-game" soon....

Some use the SoD client, and many use Titanium. I think Titanium works on all of them, but the server's description will tell you if you should be on a specific version or not.

For example, on Irreverent, Titanium is the preferred client. You can use other versions, but there are some incompatibilities depending on the zone (e.g. Plane of Sky, East & West Commonlands vs. The Commonlands, etc.)

If you're looking to buy one, I'd go with Titanium.

**trevius** · #6 02-08-2011, 04:39 AM

Titanium is the best client to use if you plan to play on servers like Project 1999 that don't support the newer clients, but most servers do support them. I would not recommend the SoF client, as it is a little unstable. Personally, my favorite client is the SoD one from Steam (or Underfoot if you can get the needed files to copy over for it). For servers that support them, the SoD client is really great. It has tons of extra features and supports far more content than Titanium does. Plus, SoD is more compatible with newer multi-core CPUs, which makes the setup easier if you have a multi-core CPU.

Some servers have SoD content available (like my server, Storm Haven), and without SoD, you will not be able to experience that content. You can still progress well enough on Titanium, but you will be missing out on a lot of cool content for SoF+ clients.

The getting started guide here has more information on the supported clients:

http://www.eqemulator.org/wiki/wikka...akka=PlayGuide

And you can click the View links on the server list page here for details on each server:

http://www.eqemulator.org/index.php?pageid=serverlist