CKE PVE EQ CLASSIC server...

[sdtuasrt, MD]

The problem really isn't editing the database. I have virtually nothing to due until the Fall Semester starts, and from the work I'd done on a previous, aborted attempt at a Classic Server (what I was working on before I found Jenco's), I could sanatise about 1 zone an hour (remove non-classic spawns and loot, balance drop rates, etc.) There are something like 50 zones in classic EQ, so that'd be about 6 or 7 days working 8 hours a day on it. Going through the quests and sorting out what is classic and what isn't would be annoying, but also easily doable -- it's just a large volume of tedium.

[edit]As I forgot to say, the problem is really obtaining hosting. I have an old desktop that I could put MySQL, Perl, and EQEmu on -- however I live in a residence with a roommate, and I don't think our cable connexion could handle more than a dozen or so players at once, and probably not more than half a dozen without tanking our outbound connexion.

[Throttle]

I'd help in any way I can if it results in a functional server. Do we have anyone dedicated enough to run it and, you know, keep doing so? Tantalar said he wanted to host a server, but since he knows nothing about it and has never done so before, I think we should try for a better solution first. I can barely run two instances of EQ on this piece of junk laptop, unfortunately. The best solution would be a commercial server line, but that costs money and stuff.

[aendain]

I would be more than willing to work with sdtuarst on the database. I have a lot of info stored in my head about the way things were back then, and we could cut it into shape very quickly.

I have no advice for hosting a server though, If Tantalar has the physical means to do it, then I'm sure we can get it running.

[Xzerion19]

I stumbled across a new server called complexity that lists as being a classic progression. Seems very similar to Jencos....keep me in the loop with what you guys do though.

Xz

[Manix25]

I ran across that server too,and yes it does seem very very "similar"to Jencos CKV.A little too similar maybe?

[tryfaen]

Originally Posted by Manix25

I ran across that server too,and yes it does seem very very "similar"to Jencos CKV.A little too similar maybe?

It looks like someone heard the pleas from so many people to have a classic progression server and decided to step up to the plate.

[Throttle]

Does it have a website?

[swank nightmare]

Complexity is really rough right now. Your toon doesn't start with a weapon or food, no quest, including turning in you letter to your guildmaster is working. It may turn the corner, but it's a lot further away than Jenco's was.

I like the ideas and would be willing to help out in any way I can.

[Xzerion19]

http://complexity.net78.net/