What is eqemu?

[Jackal]

Hello all. So what I really want to know is, what is eqemu? Does it let you get anyhting you want? Is it run off of regular eq's servers? Please help me out.
~Jackal

[Trumpcard]

http://eqemu.sourceforge.net/shawn31...ments/faq.html

basically, eqemu is the game Everquest without any support by SOE or paid administration, but rather your fellow players. what that means is while you can bend and break the rules almost exclusively, but there is little content and even less support. most servers are EXTREMELY unstable and crash often (even more often than on Sony's servers). not all zones work (this seems to depend upon the server and the mod running it), and the ones that do are usually devoid of any npcs to fight (while there are exceptions, it's usually an empty world). so don't expect to get the same playing experience as the legit version of EQ, with all the quests and dynamic content. and since GMS in EQEmu are even more rare than GMs in legit EQ, you're basically on your own as far as technical problems.

The strong point of EQemu is the Magelo item database feature, where you can find an item, then summon said item based on its Magelo number. This is why the majority of players use EQEmu, to create their "dream" uber toons, forever playing with the numbers to create the perfect PC. While some server mods are working to make EQEmu more than twinking out dream toons, at this point that is about all that can be said for it. It IS very helpful in learning about other classes which you've never played ingame, and you CAN see zones and items you'll never ever get to see in legit Everquest.

[Nira]

Sorry to tell you Raguel, but your wrong. :P

There were 2 attempts so far at making legit servers. Winters Roar, which was very well done and had great GM support, but is now closed. :(

The other is image's GuildWars Server. It is 100% legit, and has a feature that Sony doesn't have...GuildWars. Guildwars is were guilds get to take over and control cities, you can attack other guilds as in pvp and then take over the city they control. The server is very stable, IMO, and has great GM support (IRC is the place to be if you need help). It is currently down however due to people using exploits. While it is down, the server is being upgraded to stop exploiting, minor bug issues are being addressed, and quests / more items are being added. O yea, the server is fully populated also.

I assume that the servers you have been playing on Raguel are the ones that people themselves host. Most people don't have the time and talent to get a true server up, so it is just a #summonitem #level server. Guildwars and the other green servers are dev run servers. Since they are coding the emulator, they know what they are doing. So don't critique all the servers with a generalized statement, there are great servers out there!

Show a little more respect too, its free! :twisted:

you're behind on the times my friend.

guild wars is down indefinitely. namely because of exploiters.

and as of right now, the only servers that are up and running are both legit servers, which is really stupid. if i want to play on a "legit" server, i'll go do it on the servers i've paid for, not here where there's more bugs, less dynamic content and even stupider GMs (not all, but many).


and they have a LONG way to go to make a true "legit" server. and i can assure you once #summonitem is taken away NO ONE will fool with eqemu.

[devn00b]

k 1st. as a SysOp of guildwars (and the db man) the server isnt down forever. just till we get some things ironed out.

As for no one fooling with legit servers you tell that to the 798 chars that we have registered on Guildwars. Compare that # to the # of chars on a non legit server, please i dare you. they wont even come close. The people have spoken and the Vast majority want legit.

If you want a #summonitem server feel free to download EQEMU and start your own server and let peeps #summonitem. Feel free to download one of the databases and fix it to yer liking.

Dont come here pissing and moaning because you are too lazy to setup a server yerself and do the work to make it good.

As for long way to go to make it legit, i dont think so. With the guildwars server a vast majority of the people leveled up the right way w/o cheating.

now look here, i'm NOT pissing and moaning. i'm just pointing out that EQEmu is NOT Everquest and it will be a very long time before it even begins to become so. and i can tell you this, when #summonitem is taken out, as it should be on a "legit" server, so will your 797 registered players..........

[Nira]

now look here, i'm NOT pissing and moaning. i'm just pointing out that EQEmu is NOT Everquest and it will be a very long time before it even begins to become so. and i can tell you this, when #summonitem is taken out, as it should be on a "legit" server, so will your 797 registered players..........

You are pissing and moaning. We know that EQEmu isn't Everquest, as it shouldn't be. Your wrong with your facts also, Guildwars doesn't have #summonitem. I suggest you make sure you have your facts straight before you start flaming this project.

if i want to play on a "legit" server, i'll go do it on the servers i've paid for, not here where there's more bugs, less dynamic content and even stupider GMs (not all, but many).

Please, go play on the servers you have paid for. This is free, it is an awesome project, it has the potential for infinite dynamic content, and the GM's are very helpful.

I hope you consider that this is a free game to play, the dev's put there own money into hosting this site, hosting servers, and their time to making it better. If I were running this site, you would be banned for being an ungrateful dick. Amen!

EDIT: After reading your other posts Raguel, I see you are here for the wrong reasons (at least what I think are the wrong reasons). You are using this to #level 65 and #summonitems just to have an uber toon to walk around with. Most here are looking for other a free Everquest, or an Everquest where content can be changed. You have the right to your own opinion, but so do I. Don't take my post very personally, I love this project and lash out at those who critizice its few faults.

[DeletedUser]

We have 5160 characters on Foreverhacking right now (As of 1:44pm CST On Feb 28, 2003). It just depends how long your system has been up on how many characters you have. Back when Hogiebane was around (which Foreverhacking is running on the same hardware now btw), I had 10000+ characters on the server.

I for one, dont have time to GM a server, that is why I handed the administration off to someone else for Foreverhacking. I just maintain the network and hardware, and keep my status 255 account anonymous so I don't have to answer "Can I be a GM?".

You have to remember, someone is paying for this. It has been great the last 2 months, I have broken even on the hosting fees and new server hardware costs, because of you guys. I thank you for that. Now, with a new job coming up, we should be on the way to easy gliding unless someone makes something that pisses Sony off to make them come after me (again).

With enough skill on your part, you can make eqemu into anything you want it to be. With the new quest system, and the guildwars mod, we will have a very nice server coming up soon (again) and will probably be a better place to truely play everquest instead of playing evercamp. That's just my 2 cents worth.

[Windcatcher]

They came after you before? What caused it? What happened?

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Please, go play on the servers you have paid for. This is free, it is an awesome project, it has the potential for infinite dynamic content, and the GM's are very helpful.

1). yes, it has potential, but it has a VERY long way to go
2). only a FEW gms are very helpful. the MAJORITY of gms i've had to deal with merely sit around summoning GM items for their friends and themselves, and either completely ignore requests for assistance or (and this seems to be a favorite expression here....) piss and moan about having to do "their job". I don't play at peak hours, so I hardly ever even see a GM, let alone any dynamic quests or GM events (vary rarely when the server ops are on they will spawn a mob or two and notify the players in /broadcast). so normally if a character gets stuck in a zone, i simply have to reroll, or otherwise wait five or six hours for a GM to log on who may or may not help me.

as for the comment about me just wanting to walk around with an uber 65 toon, YOU"RE MISSING THE POINT ENTIRELY. MANY eqemu users do so simply to take advantage of the item database, in order to compare and contrast available gear for different classes. and while there are some who simply want to be "the best", i am not one of them. there's no point in that mentality, when everyone around you is just as "uber" as you. we're simply checking out available options, we have no interest in levelling up a character. again, there's a time and place for that. However, when we're stuck at level one, with no mobs to fight, the point of even using the emulator is moot (now that most practical high level gear has level restrictions). and personally, i have NO interest in walking around wearing GM only items or hacked items with 1 million to all stats....

as for having "legit" servers, i think this is a marvelous idea. however, until there is CONTENT, just like in the live EQ game, it's foolish. until newbie zones are populated with mobs on ALL databases, it's foolish. until ALL spells work as they should with the effects they should have, it's foolish. until ALL zones work are are as stable as sony's live servers, it's foolish.

don't get me wrong, i have nothing against legit play. i applaud it. but one has to ask oneself just how "legit" the play is when they're wearing SS armor and epic(s) at level 1.....and yes i know not all servers have the #summonitem command, but the majority of them do.

my ONLY point in posting initially was to explain to the poster what eqemu is. and i think i did just fine. eqemu is a TOOL, not a substitution. perhaps someday it will be a substituion, but until then it is my OPINION that we shouldn't try to turn it into "legit" everquest. note the word OPINION.

i am not here to belittle those who play on legit servers. i understand why you're there. i understand why you do it. no doubt i will eventually do the same thing. but not until the db and world content more closely resembles Everquest. until then, i will use it to learn about classes, their spells, and their equipment. while it's getting harder and harder to do this because most of the stable servers have moved to "legit" play, this is what i plan to continue to do.