Velious Launch (Tradeable Loot, Perma un-nerfed legacy items, 3 box, progression)

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The EQ Archives server (https://eqarchives.com) is launching the next expansion Velious on Oct 28.

Server Status

• Guilds are currently raiding in Veeshan's Peak.

• Most current raids are open server US time zones into VP

• Imperium - a Euro based raid guild is currently the single largest raid guild on the server.

• Login directly or via TAKP server list.

• Highly engaged Discord community - https://discord.gg/5UcHRZGV

Ruleset

• Progression server based on the TAKP source code.

• New expansions released 6 months after select raid targets in the current expansion have been defeated.

• World configuration (rules, quests, spawn rates, drop rates) follows TAKP database.

• Goal is era accuracy (exceptions noted in custom changes section below)

• Firiona Vie (FV)-style loot rules (also known as Free Trade)

• 3 box limit.

• Player vs Environment (PVE)

• Significant exp boost for 4, 5 & 6 person groups.

Custom Changes to from EQ Era

• /ooc and /auction are server-wide

• Class and Race-based exp penalties have been removed in favor of the January 14, 2001 (Velious Era) producer's letter changes described by Gordon Wrinn

• Miragul's Highway is implemented

• Pre-nerf legacy Items remain in game permanently at adjusted rarity

• Keyrings are enabled

Our goal is to have an enjoyable playing and raiding experience along with understanding that people may not have the same amount of free time available that we had in the early 2000s. Along those lines we also want loot to be more accessible. The server is managed by a group that has been playing EQ and EQ emulators together since Everquest Beta thus we highly value the social aspects of grouping and raiding.

Most recently prior to that we played on P99 and then supported dev efforts with the Firiona Vie Project before starting work on our own server and launching it a few years ago. We were nearly complete with Kunark when TAKP/Quarm dbs were released which greatly sped up our timeline for going live. This server was re-launched in August 2023 with the TAKP database. The EQA world server was joined to the TAKP loginserver (neighboring with TAKP and Project Quarm) on November 27, 2023. We are now here to stay and looking forward to building our community.