Klamath, check pm's please bro.

Seriously, I'm all over this server when it's released. If properly run, I'm absolutely donating to keep it up. I've been waiting for something like this to pop up for years.

Psyched!

All beta's are closed for the moment due to an error we got due to a new patch we are trying to get back upto speed so should'nt be long.

Klamath, is there a place we can post questions about the server? Do you have boards or do you want us to ask specific questions in this thread?

I'm going to go ahead and ask them here since there doesn't seem to be another place and this is as good as any~

Some of these questions may seem obvious, but I have played on almost every EQemu PVP server out there, and these are all things I have seen changed or broken on PVP servers before.

Every one of these questions will help people determine what class they will be playing and if they will be boxing (assuming its allowed). I have personally wasted too much time leveling classes on servers without knowing that certain key class elements/spells or class-effecting game mechanics had been changed or removed. I know these are a lot of questions but a lot of people are looking forward to your server and I, for one, do not want to waste a bunch of time once the server opens finding out all these things when it is too late :)

1. You stated that the only spells that will be in game are those in classic EQ. How will we obtain these spells? If it is through normal classic means (i.e. buying them as opposed to a spell distributer NPC) how will you deal with the classic spells that are not normally on vendors (quest or research only), such as Ice Comet?

2. Do debuff spells, such as Tashani, Malo, etc., do 1.5X the normal debuff effect, like in Live PVP?

3. Do damage spells do 66% damage in PVP, and if so does this include DoTs?

4. When Kunark opens are Kunark era spells going to become avaiable?

5. Has melee damage been altered at all, or is it the same as Live?

6. Is there a group experience modifier (bonus) that is different from Live?

7. Are all classic EQ item drops/named mobs in game? I.e. does the Foreman Tunic drop off the Foreman in sola, do GEBs drop of ELord in solb, GBS off Pyzgin, etc?

8. Specifically, are Jboots in game? (not asking how you get them if you want to keep it under wraps, just asking if they are obtainable)

9. Are there any tradeskills functioning, specifically jewelcraft? And if not is there a vendor where we can buy stat jewelry that we would normally be able to buy off players?

10. Are the planes going to be open and populated?

Again, I know these are a lot of questions, but each one has an impact on exactly how the server should be approached when it opens.

Thanks in advance.

We have got forums but the site won't be given untill beta is finish.

1. You stated that the only spells that will be in game are those in classic EQ. How will we obtain these spells? If it is through normal classic means (i.e. buying them as opposed to a spell distributer NPC) how will you deal with the classic spells that are not normally on vendors (quest or research only), such as Ice Comet?

All spells are buyable from a spell npc for your class. no quest for them not untill kunark is open.

2. Do debuff spells, such as Tashani, Malo, etc., do 1.5X the normal debuff effect, like in Live PVP?

Yes.

3. Do damage spells do 66% damage in PVP, and if so does this include DoTs?

Damage will do 58% in pvp. includeing dots.

4. When Kunark opens are Kunark era spells going to become avaiable?

No not untill we raise the level to 55 or 60.

5. Has melee damage been altered at all, or is it the same as Live?

Melee damage not altered but its not the same as other eqemu's damage.

6. Is there a group experience modifier (bonus) that is different from Live?

No group bonus at this time.

7. Are all classic EQ item drops/named mobs in game? I.e. does the Foreman Tunic drop off the Foreman in sola, do GEBs drop of ELord in solb, GBS off Pyzgin, etc?

I can't say there all in there no. but GEBS GBS do drop of the correct mobs.

8. Specifically, are Jboots in game? (not asking how you get them if you want to keep it under wraps, just asking if they are obtainable)

Custom Quest for these are in but not questable untill you got ally faction. all i will say.


9. Are there any tradeskills functioning, specifically jewelcraft? And if not is there a vendor where we can buy stat jewelry that we would normally be able to buy off players?

They are being worked on. not far away now.

10. Are the planes going to be open and populated?

Planes will never be added to the server ever.

Dear God I can't wait for this server.

Will there be any other high level zones other than solb / perma ? I am curious where the high level gear will be since there is no planes... I realize that you probably dont want to reveal to much about the server in this aspect, but id just like to know if there will be much high level content ?

my bad i thought he was on about Planes of powers. Pofear/Pohate will be open but a 0.6% drop chance out of 40 NPC killed. But Pofear won't be like other eqemu servers where u can go in with 2 people and farm the whole lot you will need atleast 2 groups maybe 3 and a full raid force for cazic.

i cant wait for this server damn!!! any expectations when it should be open?

Not sure if this is still the plan, but...

Hey all, I've been out of the EQ scene for a while, and I wanna start playing again. I use to play on Rallos Zek the classic PvP server back in 99'. I saw your server "The Last Stand" and it caught my interest. I'm not the only one, I have about 5 other people who would possibly join too. I know one of the main factors to having a good server is having a good population. So I could help advertise and get some more people to play on this server, but I'm not sure how much your server can handle. My friends and I are really excited for this server, we're practically counting down the days (August 1st). I'd love to revisit my classic EQ days again, so if there is any info/updates you can give me please do. PM me, for my email and such. Thanks.

We have hit a snag with the timers for pvp events and the overall events what are men't to start on there own at points durting the days/weeks and months we are on the case.

I will be taking questions on EQEMU irc for the next 3 hours from now. in channel #TLS. Thanks

Just a basic update.

The server beta's are over.

1. The PvP rules are 1 item loot including all money they have on them. You won't be allowed to loot weps or range. We have questable bags where you can place your items in if your getting pked normal bags can be opened on your death and looted out off.

You can only quest 1 bag witch is 8 slot so you cannot bag everything. so there is allways a reward for the person killing you. Main bosses can drop item bags for you witch come in 10 slot bags.


We have aimed for a later date sorry people. There is a few exploits and some little bugs. we are working around the clock trying to sort these out theres allways 2 people on 24/7 trying to crack the case.

We are not going to open untill we have got to the bottom of these exploits. a nice person from the beta tester pointed these out to us and they are on the mend.

If we did open the server on the first of august there might be still a few exploits so we wanna make sure we get rid of everything that gives the player the advantage.

The eta is now the 4th of august friday. at 5 EST. The website and info will be given out on the 3rd of august thursday.

thanks for your time klamath.

Would the contents of your database work with PEQ's? Would you be comfortable sharing? Your server sounds amazing, but I see a lot of potential for people who might not want PVP content or want to play extra expansions. From what I know, PEQ doesn't have a whole lot of quest or faction content. It seems like you guys should collaborate.

Best of luck with the server. I can't wait to join up!

Not sharing the database at this time. We have only done old zones and kunark. If and when the server dies the database will be come open to the highest people in eqemu if they can do anything with the 2.

sounds very wise to have it closed untill you guys figure out all glitches/hax that are usable, wouldnt want this great server ending up like most of others, aka warsaint and hes crew running around with MQ ruining the time for everybody!

Finally got EQ to work, so I guess I'm just going to wait for August 4th to come around. Just curious, are there any updates on what the UI is going to look like?

Hmm. its not classic ui because thats nearly impossible. :o

As we draw closer to the opening of the server, and after talking with some people a few more important questions came up.

1. First, just to get clarification, for spells like Ice Comet, Lich, Bond of Death, Life Leech and many of the Necro pet spells, which were previously research/quest only- you said they would be in game, but have they been put on normal spell vendors in cities? We just want to confirm that they are in fact available from a vendor.

2. The only available Mage pet spells for many of the mid-levels were on a vendor in OOT... Is this still the only place to get them, and do the boats work, or is there some other way to get to the vendor in oot for these spells?

3. Ice Comet. It is extremely important for wizards that this spell is done right because, lets face it, without IC wizzies in vanilla EQ are little more than Mages without pets. Additionally, IC has been majorly tweaked numerous times in both Live and on emu servers. At this point its hard to know exactly what you are going to get with IC, or if its even worth playing a wiz. In order to figure this out, can you tell us:

A. How much does IC do pve and pvp?
B. What is the mana cost and cast time?
C. Is there a -10 to the resist modifier like on live?

Again, I only single this spell out because it is such a contentious and unpredictable spell on every server, and there is no way to determine what you are going to get without hearing it straight up from the guy running things :)

4. You mentioned that Jboots were a custom quest. Are there other custom quests, and are there custom mobs and items, or is it mainly exactly like EQ circa 1999?

5. I think you mentioned that you removed all spells for the early levels that came after original EQ, (for example the lvl 44 Shaman spell Stoicism, or the lvl 37 Druid spell Ro's Firey Sundering), is this correct? Are there any plans to implement them at a later time?

6. In Live Wizards have a natural % chance to crit with thier DD spells, is this on your server as well?

Thanks for all your patience and taking the time to answer all of our questions. Just think of all these detailed questions as proof of how much we are looking forward to your server opening ;)


Dionysus

hmm, looks like somebody wants to play a wizard :) must be nice to 2 shot people :)

Good Wizard one shot. :D

4th still going to be the opening day?

WTB website to read up on and info on how to get to the server since this will be my frist eqemu experiene. Also, how many people are you expecting?

Also, if I want to double box, will I need more than one set of CD keys for more than one account?

The 4th is still the planned date we going full out trying to get everything done please bare with us as everything is a bit chaotic atm.

Our website is currently offline atm don't know why we are looking into it.

If anyone wants to run a basic forum watch untill ours is back up feel welcome to.

To answer question's from early post here they are.


As we draw closer to the opening of the server, and after talking with some people a few more important questions came up.

1. First, just to get clarification, for spells like Ice Comet, Lich, Bond of Death, Life Leech and many of the Necro pet spells, which were previously research/quest only- you said they would be in game, but have they been put on normal spell vendors in cities? We just want to confirm that they are in fact available from a vendor.

Damage on all these as been reduce in damage by alot doing 58% in total damage on any player doing a full 100% on a npc. and i can say they are avilable but where you got to find your self.

2. The only available Mage pet spells for many of the mid-levels were on a vendor in OOT... Is this still the only place to get them, and do the boats work, or is there some other way to get to the vendor in oot for these spells?

All dark races of mages will be able to buy there pets from mermaid island. at night time only. Light classes will be able to buy there pets and high level spells from willow wisp island.

3. Ice Comet. It is extremely important for wizards that this spell is done right because, lets face it, without IC wizzies in vanilla EQ are little more than Mages without pets. Additionally, IC has been majorly tweaked numerous times in both Live and on emu servers. At this point its hard to know exactly what you are going to get with IC, or if its even worth playing a wiz. In order to figure this out, can you tell us:

Ice comet will do 810 max in pvp and will be very hard to resist at level 50 1010 in pve.

A. How much does IC do pve and pvp?
B. What is the mana cost and cast time? Ice comet is a special spell so it will take 400 mana.
C. Is there a -10 to the resist modifier like on l ive?

Again, I only single this spell out because it is such a contentious and unpredictable spell on every server, and there is no way to determine what you are going to get without hearing it straight up from the guy running things

4. You mentioned that Jboots were a custom quest. Are there other custom quests, and are there custom mobs and items, or is it mainly exactly like EQ circa 1999?

Jboots is the only custom quest atm. but it will be alot of time befor someone picks up a pair of these.

5. I think you mentioned that you removed all spells for the early levels that came after original EQ, (for example the lvl 44 Shaman spell Stoicism, or the lvl 37 Druid spell Ro's Firey Sundering), is this correct? Are there any plans to implement them at a later time?

We will maybe plant the later spells during the kunark era if we come to that.

6. In Live Wizards have a natural % chance to crit with thier DD spells, is this on your server as well?

Wizards will have a 2% crit chance over all classes.

XebeknSZ ---- Also, if I want to double box, will I need more than one set of CD keys for more than one account? So far based on the server overall you will be able to 2 box untill we see fit to cancel any second account.

XebeknSZ i don't know how many people this server will pick up due to the slow leveling or unless your a pvp fan.

Server specs are as follows duel pent 4 4.2 gig 500 gig harddrive 3gig ddr2 ram. 100 meg connection will handle around 1000 people but we have plans for a pve version of the server.

Any questions please reply to this thread thanks.

I've got a forum set up for you if you'd like it. Total clean install, all yours. PM me.

Thanks Klamath, you continue to impress with your willingness to take the time to answer player questions. I can't wait till 5pm tomorrow ;)

thanks to wolverine we have a temp forum space where the files for the server will be post if ours is not up in time please goto http://laststand.wlvrn.com and make an account thanks. you can talk on there now a full list of updates will go on soon thanks.

Just wanted to let everyone know that we are still taking member applications for The Wind Below, a power-guild on The Last Stand. We are power-gamers who come from pvp backgrounds, in both Live EQ and from Guild Wars in EQ Emu. Our core members are from guilds that dominated the last two Guild Wars and we plan to dominate this server as well.

Get in now while its still easy and we have room. We are taking apps from any classes, but we are specifically looking for Druids and Enchanters.

www.thewindbelow.proboards85.com

Post an app in the Recruitment section. If you are accepted we will give you access to the members section where you can get up to speed on our leveling plans.

Dionysus

Dominated? You mean zerged into the ground right

Sounds like somebody was on the losing team~

Losing? We fought two zerg groups in NK, when I left two hours later i had like +25 kills and no deaths, plus a nice bundle of pvp points


Double HT the enchanter and suddenly whirl + melee zerg not so ez huh



Server went down the day I finally got the beat stick though :(
I need to dig up that ss of james yelling .G HELP! just before the you have slain james message.

Yeah... well I am not sure who you, or this James person is, but you must be talking about a different server or a different GW. Either way I am sure you did very well ;)

Weren't you on 3.0 guildwars? I remember your name.

James was in Lost Legacy

this box sounds cool i will be playing

is 5 O clock where are the fiiles ;)

bare with us a few problems.

Go make a coffee or something the main coder is finishing something up.

An error as came up transfering stuff from our private test server to the live server we are trying to fix it fast as possible.

Hey Klamath, I know you are going as fast as you can, but can you give us even a general time frame? Are we looking at 30 minutes, or more like 4 hours. Just so we know if we should be sitting waiting or we can go do something else for a bit)