Vallon Zek / Tallon Zek EverQuest Classic PvP - With Fresh Lemon Scent!
Vallon Zek / Tallon Zek EverQuest Classic PvP This server has been up now for almost 2 years. After a lot of testing, tweaking, balancing and bug fixes, we have recently relaunched the server with EverQuest Classic only. Here is what w have to offer: The Vallon Zek / Tallon Zek Emu Server is a Legit PvP server. You can NOT use any # GM commands to get around game dynamics (such as #zone, or #summonitem). The server currently offers content from Original EQ, with Ruins of Kunark and Scars of Velious coming soon on a Progression format. There is no Plane of Knowledge or any other content from beyond the Velious expansion. This is simply because we do not want that content on the server. We have built this server with simplicity in mind. Don't expect a ton of customizations, though there will be some. This server will not be some unholy mutant baby spawned by WoW and Vanguard. We built this server to be EverQuest as we remember it, and we will do our best to keep with this mentality. We don't plan on putting in a PvP points system ( we have tried this before ), creating zones from scratch, or totally rewriting the loot tables. After all, if we have to give you points and gear for killing each other, you'd have more fun playing on a semi-legit bluebie EMU server (god knows there are enough of them out there). That being said, VZ/TZ is the most Live-Like Classic Server out there today! Our website is www.pwnedemu.com Take a look and we hope to see you on the server! The PvP Rules are as follows:
The PvP Rewards are as follows: If you are victorious in PvP, you may:
We have reworked many of the zones and loot tables (such as Temple of Cazic-Thule, Nektulos, Lavastorm, Mistmoore etc) back to their original states. This does not mean the every item will be un-nerfed or put back into the game, but many have been. I've gotten this question more than probably any other, so I'm going to post it here too. Server Hardware Information:
Everyone wants to know if leveling is too hard, or if leveling is too easy. Leveling on EQLive can be excrutiating, and even if you're a hardcore old school PvP junkie, you're still not going to destroy anyone at level 7, so XP rates affect everyone. Rather than putting an overall XP modifier on the server, we have set "HotSpot" zones. These zones have increased xp rates, so if you are leveling up in them, you will do so faster than normal. We chose this option for two reasons: * We don't want the game to be so easy that there's no feeling of accomplishment for leveling up (*cough* World of Warcraft) * Since the Everquest world is pretty damn big (even when it's capped at Velious), the HotSpot zones should increase the population for these zones, which should increase the likelihood for PvP encounters, and keep things interesting. *The current HotSpot zones are Dungeons. Log on, have fun, and let us know what you think. |
THE RULES General Rules 1. Anyone selling or auctioning items, characters or accounts for the purpose of monetary gain will be banned and your characters deleted. 2. Also anyone found to have purchased items, characters or accounts through monetary transfer will have their accounts and the acquired items, characters or accounts banned and deleted. 3. Anyone found duplicating items will be banned and characters deleted. 4. Anyone found accepting duplicated items will be dealt with on a individual basis, the items will be deleted from your account. This can result up to a ban from the server. We do research to determine if you knew that the item you received was legitimate or not. And if you lose an item because it was duped, it will not be reimbursed, regardless if you knew the items origin. 5. This server and staff do not benefit from any type of monetary gain nor will the players of this server under any circumstances. These rules have been put in place to protect the staff, server and players. 6. You, the player, are responsible for your own corpse recovery. CRs are one of the many challenges that you will encounter within the world that is EverQuest. If you let your corpse rot/decay, the staff will NOT restore your corpse for you. 7. It is MANDATORY that anyone who plays on this VZ/TZ Server needs to update their spells_us.txt with the file provided on these boards. You must download the new spell file PERIODICALLY for any spell updates or changes. If you do not download this spell file you will be treated the same way as if you are caught hacking or using MQ and similar punishments will be dealt out. 8. The Staff will not change your name, race, or class after you have created your character, so do not ask. Whichever name you choose will be the name you keep until the end of days, so please choose wisely. 9. You are only allowed to 2-box (meaning you can only run 2 accounts at the same time). 3-boxing and 4-boxing and so on, are not permitted. you can have as many accounts as you want to create, but are only allowed to play on two accounts at the same time. Violating this rule will get you banned . 10. Guides and GMs are NOT required to respond to a /tell from a player. sometimes they are working on out of game stuff, or are simply AFK. if you need staff assistance, use /petition (if you log off, make sure to re-petition when you log back in, just in case a staff member tried to reach you while you were offline). Item Reimbursement • Items that have been deleted on accident will not be reimbursed. • Items that were deleted due to insufficient space in inventory will not be reimbursed. Only you are responsible to make sure you have enough space for the items you are about to receive, not the GM's. • Quests that are not marked completed will not be given item reimbursement if the NPC eats your item on hand in. Quest hand in's that are not verified are "at your own risk". You can ask a GM, or check the message board to see if a Quest is completed and verified. • Items that were deleted due to server side error will be reimbursed after an investigation by the staff to ensure no fraudulent claims are granted. Please note, it’s not a fast or easy process to review logs for items, and if The Staff learns a player has made a false claim, or that a player has lied about lost items, that player will be banned, end of story. Guilds • New guilds can be created by using /petition and requesting a guild be created. • Guild leaders are held responsible for the actions of their members and officers. Do not recruit players that you cannot control, or that you know are cheating/hacking/exploiting, because if caught, the entire guild can be punished depending on the incident. Hacking/Exploiting Hacking: Users from this point forward will be banned permanently if being found using 3rd party programs such as MQ or other software to gain abilities or undesirable effects to the server. There is a ZERO TOLERANCE policy in effect on this. Exploiting: • Do not attack mobs through walls. • Do not exploit AE/rain spell targeting, do not rain zonelines. • Do not crash zones intentionally. we now have ways to log what causes zone crashes. if any players are found intentionally crashing zones they will be banned. • If you think what you are doing or someone else is doing may be considered an exploit report it right away in a petition. • Attacking mobs that do not attack back is considered an exploit and can warrant a ban. • Failure to stop and report exploits can result in account banning and/or deletion. • If you find a bug/exploit, report it right away. Exploiting something over and over and then deciding to report it later is another offense that can warrant a ban. PVP Rules Causing XP Loss: The Staff strongly supports and encourages the use of PvP by guilds to enact their wishes throughout the world, but only PvP that is within the rule-set of this server. Intentionally causing experience (or a PvE) death to a player, or utilizing and/or manipulating NPCs/Mobs to cause intentional damage and/or death to a player is AGAINST the rules. All players need to know that attacking a raid party while they are engaged on a raid mob is NOT against the rules, however, as soon as a player brings NPCs/Mobs into that PvP encounter they are breaking the rules, and can be banned for such actions. Exploitation: Using a bug/exploit or a "loophole" to gain an advantage is considered exploiting. Exploitation in any form is against our rules, but exploitation with the intent to gain a PvP/PvE advantage (including but not limited to Zone Crashing) is something we have very little mercy for. If you think that something you are doing could be considered an exploit, just ask (before you do it). No Character Crashing/Raining or AEing Zone Lines: Don't crash other peoples clients, simple as that. Do NOT AE/Rain the zonelines. If you do this intentionally, you will most definitely be banned. (To clarify; this does not mean zone lines are "safe" areas, there are no safe areas here. for example; you are not allowed to camp a zoneline and just rain the first random person to pop. Or if your sitting in a place like Plane of Fear camping the zone in spot, and an enemy zones in, you are not allowed to instantly rain him, because crashing clients while they're loading causes much bigger issues than you having to wait a couple seconds to nuke someone, and you will receive a more harsh penalty. We also understand that things can get wild in the heat of the moment; so lets say that two groups are about to PvP, groupA is in DreadLands at the karnor zone in, and groupB is in Karnor at entrance. GroupA zones in, legit PvP begins, and during the fight a couple of groupA start zoning back to DL. Obviously the PvP will continue in DreadLands, and while this is still considered AE/Raining a zone line if your using AE/Rains in the PvP, you will not be punished as severely if the staff rules that it wasn't intentional. Note* Spells like Stun, Mez, and Blind are all acceptable at zonelines because they can not kill a player and crash that player's client while its loading. If you don't understand something feel free to ask a staff member to clarify it, ignorance is not a valid excuse to avoid following these rules. Re: Bind Camping: Bind Camping is illegal for ANY reason within any of the City Zones within the world. if you happen to kill a character in a city zone which he happens to be bound in, you may not camp him, or request that he camp and/or leave the zone. You can loot his coin but then you must move on. We do not care how badly you wish to “lock down” Grobb, Neriak, or any other city. Bind Camping is legal in any zone that is NOT a City zone. If you happen to kill a player in a non-City Zone which he happens to be bound in, you may camp him. You can offer LnS if you wish, but you are also free to bind camp the player. Bind Camping in City Zones can and will get you banned from the server, so if you're unsure about something simply ask a Staff member, because we are here to help you, the player, have an enjoyable time while playing on this server. (To clarify some things, you must be killed more than once for it to be considered CAMPING your bind point. Also, being killed at your bind does NOT mean you are now safe from PvP, it just means that same person cannot kill you repeatedly, but other people may stumble upon you. If guilds and/or groups abuse this to try and Bind Camp in a City Zone, everyone involved will receive a minimum 3 day Ban from the server, there will be no more warnings for Bind Camping within City Zones. However on the other side, if a player chooses to Bind himself outside of a City Zone, he is “flagging” himself for Bind Camping, and that player can then be Bind Camped.) City Zones: Oggok Grobb Neriak Freeport Paineel (only within the actual City!) Erudin Qeynos Halas Rivervale Kaladim Kelethin Felwithe Ak’Anon Cabilis Surefall Glade Accountability: Our server is a Guild vs. Guild server, and as such a Guild (or alliance of guilds) can be punished for the actions of its members. The basic message here is for guild leaders to keep a leash on some of the more colorful members. We understand that some times a guild leader will honestly not be aware of the situation, and we have tools at our disposal to determine if that's the issue. Lying to a staff member will result in an account ban. Our staff is here to help the community enjoy their time here, please don't waste our time with false claims, or blatant lies. The General Rule: Our staff is here to protect the growth of the server. If a staff member tells you to do something, just do it. You have the right to give your perception and opinion of events, but you are not allowed to be disrespectful to our staff. If you have a problem with a member of our staff don’t take it up with them, send me a PM and I will handle it. If you make a mistake, try and make it right. If you need Staff assistance to help make the situation right, let us know because we are here to help. Remember, taking advantage of a bad situation that you have caused (even if on accident) is just as bad as doing it on purpose in the first place and will be treated as such. Respect (Re... spect.... walk.... are you talking to me?!) Respect to the staff is mandatory for anyone who plays on the server. Players must realize that staff members are normal people like yourselves with actual jobs/lives, and not paid Customer Service Representatives. We are not your therapists or babysitters. We do not want to hear how unfair something is, or how biased/tyrannical/terrible we are. We do not want to hear your armchair dictating of "what needs to be changed next" when you're clueless about our source code. You are always welcome to provide feedback or state your opinion, but must do so in a reasonable and respectful manner. If you disrespect the staff or act like a pain in the ass, you will be banned. |
You guys have a great large group of folks that play and a wonderful place to relive a close to classic EQ. I would have kept playing if PvP was for me but it isn't for me. I hope you guys continue do well. Grats on the new server hardware! :D
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************************************ Re: Bind Camping: Bind Camping is illegal for ANY reason within any of the City Zones within the world. if you happen to kill a character in a city zone which he happens to be bound in, you may not camp him, or request that he camp and/or leave the zone. You can loot his coin but then you must move on. We do not care how badly you wish to |
cc camping
this is just a joke and if you complain about it on the forum they will BANN YOU
Its 24/7 CC camping INSIDE CITYS at your bind from same peps They are using tracking mq like hell, YOU CANT HIDE FROM ANY CLASSES resist hack is another stuff they use The only thing you cant do is training that is something that will get you banned but everything else is gappening 24/7 what ever they say. //Someone who just get banned for taking this up, had been cc camped for 2 houers from same person in rivervale and NOTHING Happened |
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Bring a cup next time champ and try not to spaz out on our staff when you die in a video game. |
And if Trevis deletes the above message, can you please at least address the 'resist hacks' thing, if my above message is fine then go ahead and delete this one. I have a hard time gauging when I am being too dickish on the forums for your taste, so my posts end up in the recycle bin :(
Thanks pal, Null |
well he asked u to leave , u didnt leave there for u paid the price. Its kinda like rl only, wanna advoid the hassle log off or leave the zone.
And if u know anything Rivervale n Surfall are most popular towns on vtz. Just think while u was here posting that think about bind camping not beening true. You could have zoned out , hide behind a tree n med up. As for hacking , i highly doubt that. If there are the GM`s will get em. The GMs on vtz are some of the best i seen around , active with there server and always on the watch....shit it looks like they follow fish bait around. We all know about Tyen past......./instant camp in fear *sigh* dam kids. DEAL WITH IT! ITS PVP NOT PVE! |
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"""""""" Our CCing at bind (bind camping) rule is so that you dont get chain killed at your bind over and over again" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no problem with getting killed of different players but now we talking about 1 Person...................who cc me for more then 2 houers and every time I sit down he hitted me again to like 5% HP and every time I get more then 50% he started to hit me or kill me again soo if that isnt CC what is it then????????????????? or did different guild have diff rules on the server???? //litensup HFL Druid |
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You wanted to buff and med up before you camped out, if you would have just camped out (with your gear mind you) then there wouldn't be a problem here at all. |
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You were given the option by your killer, either camp our or leave the zone. You chose neither, and instead spent the time you should have been spending getting your shit and leaving, or camping out...not on trying to buff and med to full. Hes not going to let you do that, because there is nothing in our rules stopping you from just attacking him again once you are all ready. |
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Bind Camping:
Bind Camping is illegal for ANY reason within any of the City Zones within the world. if you happen to kill a character in a city zone which he happens to be bound in, you may not camp him, or request that he camp and/or leave the zone. You can loot his coin but then you must move on. We do not care how badly you wish to “lock down” Grobb, Neriak, or any other city.[/QUOTE] ************************************************** ************************************************** ************************************ So what is this for Rules then? If I follow this I can sit on my ass and drink Tea in Rivervale if I like and NO ONE can kill me more then 2-3 times or threath me to leave the zon because they dont like im sitting there. But like I sad earlier some OLD peps can do what they wont and all newbie like me most accept it or take the shit since rules only afflict newbies not old players/friends to you or??? //litensup HFL Druid |
konke67 is correct on some points like the bind camping in city, the GMs are not that hard on this rule.
i have seen sevral ppl bind camping others in city and killing ppl over and over again and no one have done anything about it and the one that have CC someone in a city will run around free with out any bann. And about the resist hack, if im not fully wrong that alot of stats incl resist client side? was along time i checked over EQEmu files and other stuff, nowdays i just play for fun. But if im not fully wrong then changing your Stats/resist would work client side, i dont know how this server is setup and how it handel things and how things is handel nowdays, but this wasent the point anyway. The point is about corpse camping/bind camping someone in city even that is against the rules is something that alot of ppl do and i know alot of ppl do petition about this and complaining about they are getting bind/corspe camped in citys. All other things on the server is working great and the GMs is doing a amazing work and very good and respons alot faster then from Live servers and they are doing this for free. Not to say something bad about the GMs or the work, im just saying that the bindcamping rule isent working great and should be changed or do something about, rest of the stuff on the server is great, except that if you ask something in OOC alot of ppl will call you bad things and other stuff and tell you to use google or other thing, so if you are new a tip dont ask stuff in OOC then you will just be spammed with bad words and language from other players in OOC. |
Take this as you wish. This is merely my interpretation of what I have read here.
It does seem you are not following your own rules. If this is the correct wording of the rule: Bind Camping: Bind Camping is illegal for ANY reason within any of the City Zones within the world. if you happen to kill a character in a city zone which he happens to be bound in, you may not camp him, or request that he camp and/or leave the zone. You can loot his coin but then you must move on. We do not care how badly you wish to "lock down” Grobb, Neriak, or any other city. Then it's the person who did the killing that has to move on. It specifically states that person can not request the victim camp or leave the zone. However, then this is said: Quote:
I agree with Dr. Spike that the rule either needs to be changed or enforced as it is. You can not expect a player to react well when you will not enforce the rules as they are written. |
While far from eloquently stated by other posters in this thread, the rule on bind-camping is NOT enforced.
Depending on the major guild, each has chosen a particular City Zone and claimed it as their own. Once you are of PvP age (40+) it is unsafe to enter most of the major cities unless you belong to the particular guild who owns it. While I have not had an encounter with a GM regarding this, I have been harassed to the point of logging off just trying to get my corpse and GTFO. |
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OFC Im complaining since Im lvl 18 druid HFL and RIVERVALE IS MY HOME
and the rules say ****Bind Camping is illegal for ANY reason within any of the City Zones within the world. if you happen to kill a character in a city zone which he happens to be bound in, you may not camp him, or request that he camp and/or leave the zone. You can loot his coin but then you must move on. We do not care how badly you wish to “lock down” Grobb, Neriak, or any other city**** I understand that lvl 50 peps are hating each other and kill each other but CC some low lvl in there home city is just rude. I know that GM are doing there best and cant be online 24/7 but when something like this is coming up I expect them to do something else then just saying you are at wrong place at wrong time, loot up and run out of zon and camp. But like Dr.Spike saying most of the GMs are doing a super jobb and should have all credit for the work and 50% of the people are good and doing there best to help all newbies but we still have this other people who destroying the games for all other and I think you should do something about them if you wont your server too grow since they are forcing people away from a god server as it is normal time (when US is sleeping) I like the games and maybee I will give the server a shoot again in some weeks when I have calm down, but now I will try some other server for awail. //Litensup Druid lvl 18 HFL |
If the killer did not move on, as stated in the rule, then he is not following it regardless of how quickly he kills. From the way you choose to enforce the rule, it clearly needs to be rewritten.
One additional note, 20 minutes is not a terribly long time. It is short enough that just a handful of players could effectively lock down a city, even if they did "move on" and then come back 10 minutes later. I only note this because it seems to defeat the intent of the rule. However, it is your server and your choice how you choose to run it. I would suggest you be more tolerant of someone who is annoyed by the lack of enforcement of the rule as it is written. I know I would have been irritated by the differences between the enforcement and the written rule. Again, just my views. Take them or leave them as you choose. |
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maybee he killed me every 20 min but he hitted me so i wasnt able to get hp/mana, loook up your loggfiles and you will see that he hitted me atleast once every 1-3 min in 2 houers when I was at more then 50% hp, then he hitted me back to like 5-10% or even close to 0-2% EVERY TIME he didnt killed me. Soo why not write in the Rules that it is ok to hit someone as soon as he try to sit down and when he get some HP back as long as you dont kill him more then once every 20 min. Just be a pain in the ass and hit people at there bindpoint but dont kill them just hit them low on hp and never give them a chance to get any mana soo they can defend them self just be a rude ashole since that is ok. he was runintg around me all the time and looked at me soo he know that I was sitting there and trying to med up and then loog out since I clearly told him that 10+ times too -------- //litensup DRUID HFL lvl 18 |
wow.. just wow.
ok first of all, Bind Camping is not Corpse Camping. secondly, and this is for everyone, its not Camping your bind spot until you are killed more than one time. if it only happens once its something we call PvP, google it. also, anyone that claims the VZ/TZ staff does not equally enforce these rules may have a learning disability and/or is allergic to /petition. had they ever tried to Petition with actual details, even just the name of the BCer, (and not with /petition omgz0r helpzz naow!!) then we could have checked the logs and if verified, the player would get punished if it is indeed BCing. its truly that easy and does not need to be witnessed. however, insta-crying on any/all forums you can register on will never help you more than using /petition or sending a PM via our own forums. your claims that BCing goes unpunished are flat out absurd since i am regularly banning players for just this thing, however, they all knew how to use /petition correctly. is the rule perfect? no. are we aware of that, yes. However, perfect or not they are the posted rules for the server and will be followed by all players. 2 months ago there were ZERO pvp rules on the server, so i think we can both agree that this is better than nothing. we are working on something that will eliminate BRing as well as something enforceable regarding BCing without the GMs having to babysit the players 24hrs a day, as soon as its finished, the Rules will be changed and again will be enforced equally among all players in the community. Quote:
in the future, if u have a problem handle it in a respectful manner and i am 100% positive that one of our many staff members (Null, Searyx, Gronkus, Keegan, Zues, Sirken, Noble, Dritz) will get back in to in a reasonable amount of time. i understand that you play during prime euro hours so its generally very late in the USA, however thats why the BC rule is set up the way it is... so we can catch and punish the rule breakers without having to babysit anyone or be there to witness the BCing. Believe it or not, we (the staff) actually want the players to have a fun and enjoyable time on our server, and when players break our very very simple rules we do take action right away, because as much as it pisses you off, i think it pisses off the staff even more. its alot like spitting in our faces when a player is breaking the rules, and yea, we do not enjoy that at all. if you have any other questions or concerns feel free to PM me on the VZTZ forums because i dont check this site as often as i should. <3 Sirken |
Resist hacks, hah, that's pretty good.
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Thanks for the reply, Sirken.
I think a number of us newer players, just from the "tone" of the server and VT/TZ forums, likely felt calling veterans on their rule-breaking wouldn't be addressed or at the very least would be unwelcomed. It's frustrating to be completely screwed with during your first week on a new server where you know few people. I'll give it another whirl now. |
please do, and like i said, if you have any problems at all (problems with players, or with staff members) all you need to do is send me a PM on our own forums at http://forums.pwnedemu.com/
all matters are handled privately, meaning i will never reveal the names of the players that contact me, so do it with full confidence. at the very least you'll get a staff member to break down and explain whatever he finds out as opposed to starting off by putting the staff on the defense right away. i hope to see you in game, Have fun and good luck ! |
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