i see what your thinking with your idea but i was not really thinking of going that extreme, just updating the database so that the high level mobs are one groupable, of coarse i know i could simply just up the gear to more hp's instead of changing the boss mobs drastically but also have the instanced and the trigered spawns more doable for one group, i am not really interested in taking the entire content away from the game like your idea suggested or changing the regular mobs for progression reasons, but possibly make key progressions a little easier but keep the content there, and that would be all accross the board, of coarse i think it would be simply adjusting the db through mysql. i was also thinking about creating a thread that i would post those updates as i go so people could mimic what i do if they like it. it would give people the ability to share thier efforts with others to create a good one groupable server so they can have fun in a raid enviroment but a one groupable raid enviroment, not a huge raid everytime you want to go do something. low populated servers could run into this problem. but if you have a group base and friends that want to get together and plan raids as free time permits, which i would like to do for my brother and i because we box 6 computers usually when we play (3 computers each) it eliminates the need for a bot army to raid. and it could also open up indepent guild enviroments but instead of guilds it is more like a 6+ team under a banner. don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with the big guild enviroment but with all the boss's and thier timer lockouts in place it is still first come first serve but people can take the game at thier own pace and not feel the need to rush at a fast eq pace to keep up with everyone else. i always found that grind with live an annoying problem, the grind being time constraints and not being able to raid every night. the problem with soloable servers i see is that the challenge is not there and with god servers(gm abilities) are.... you rush through all the content but get bored easily and then go play another game.
with groupable end content that is still challenging people have the ability to still experience it with a team of friends. i know i am new but i hope nobody thinks i am critical.... i just see the pluses with a groupable enviroment, everbody is different with thier needs.
but i do think that making custom addons as far as zones/spells/mobs and content are also the way to go to create a better game or enhance. not everything needs to be from Live, i have high hopes that is the direction eqemu and the databases will take once things are close to or like Live standards. i know some are customizing zones now. i am just wondering if it is better to create new zones and have a download section for people to update thier servers.
lol see i also have been thinking about this for awhile
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