Yes, this topic has been discussed a million times on these forums, but Angelox is right, almost anything is possible even if people say that it is not and that has been proven multiple times in the emu lately. I know that every since FNW gave up on getting Anniversary to work with the emulator, everyone has just said that there will probably never be an update to the client version of EQEmu. I hope to personally prove that wrong very soon if/when I finalize SoF enough for it to be fully playable
Before, I was one of the people just spitting out the same thing I had heard time and time again that there would most likely not be anymore updates due to the massive work required to do it. Eventually, I learned enough where I thought I would attempt to see how far I could get on updating it myself. I failed ALOT and am still not done, but am getting very close to having a playable SoF client for EQEmu.
My point is that it seems like everyone (myself included) has just accepted the state of the Login Server as our fate and spits out the same thing over and over that there isn't anything we can do about it. The fact is that I don't know anyone who has actually even tried to do anything about it, or even discuss it with Rogean or doodman assuming they could maybe be contacted on the IRC channels. Until I hear it from them directly, or at least someone I trust to provide accurate information, I don't know if I can believe that it would be impossible to get this issue resolved.
All of the time that has been wasted due to the Login Server is just ridiculous. As I said, it was one thing when it was only down on occasion, but it is to the point where it is well beyond being a minor nuisance or inconvenience. I have no doubt that we are losing players almost every time that it goes down.
I hope this is not coming off as me being upset about the issue. I am not upset, I just think we need to take a different approach with it. Instead of passively just accepting the way that the Login Server has been acting up, I think it is time to take action. I know that work has already begun on making an alternate Login Server of some sort. I am sure that the source of that one won't be open source either. It is just disappointing that it comes to needing to re-invent the wheel. The current Login Server code is perfectly fine. I believe the only issue is with the configuration of the host server it is on. This whole issue could have possibly been resolve long long ago by just having someone that is actively involved in the project managing the server and getting it configured properly.
When things come to push and shove, stuff gets done, and it is already past that point IMO. I am sure it is only a matter of time until we have an alternative to the current Login Server. I just wish that Rogean and doodman would realize how dire the situation is and maybe lend a hand in resolving the issues with the current Login Server. I don't blame them for the current state of things and I think we are lucky that they have kept everything running as well as it still does even though they aren't involved in the project at all anymore.
Maybe the new Login Server will be done around the same time I get SoF done, and eqemu will be more popular than ever
<--- I'm an optimist after-all!