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Rezjunkie · #1 08-13-2011, 02:55 AM

thanks for the advice, but what exactly is an EZ / KMRA server ?

So what's the scoop on P1999, PEQ and EQTitan ? From what I have gathered from the little reading I have done, those 3 seem to be what I'm looking for...( true to live exp ) ...kudos to the custom server designers, but if I'm going to play with the wife I had probably better stick to what I know, and that's "live" eq.... I do however, hope to play some custom eq on my own.
Thanks guys

**trevius** · #2 08-14-2011, 07:30 PM

As I mentioned in my first post, P99 is for Kunark and Classic EQ only. If you want a really oldschool experience then it is for you. PEQ is the best option for playing a live-like server. I wouldn't recommend EQTitan as they are almost an exact copy of PEQ, but have only been around a fraction of the time PEQ has and is also made up mostly of 18 boxers from what I have heard.

KMRA is a custom server that is currently out of commission due to technical difficulties. EZ is another custom server not too unlike some of the other custom servers. It has the biggest population of the custom servers. It has been a while since I last played there, but it wasn't the most family friendly. Depending on the age of your kid, you might want to consider disabling OOC for them.

Soulcold · #3 08-14-2011, 11:08 PM

KMRA - Fairly old EQEmu server with quite a bit of custom content. Some of it has of course gotten broken and buggy over the years. It's not the most solo-friendly server, and classes aren't exactly balanced right now. Also VERY grindy, as in it takes a week to get anything significant done at the high end. Not that it matters since it's out of commission atm as Trev said.

EZ - Don't let the name fool you from what I've heard. It starts out fairly easy, but I've heard becomes quite a challenge at the later tiers.

Stormhaven - One of the better servers out there, I started playing on it when it first came out (Haven't really messed around on it in a year or so). Has plenty of custom content, and a seperate set for those who are on (SoF?)+. Titanium clients also work very well on there, of course.

Hidden Forest - Decent server with quite a bit of custom content. Fairly challenging at times when soloing, although bots help with that a bit. I tried their alternate progression path and didn't exactly like it, I found it a bit... grindy to be honest.

Hope that helped you out a little bit ^_^

LostInTheWoods · #4 08-15-2011, 11:40 AM

Just play around each server and see what you like, its all free so test as many servers as you want and pick what type of custom (or non-custom) play you like. I've been around the emulator for a few years (contrary to what my join date says) and the best way is to find out yourself how you like the server. Though its not a bad idea to listen to some reviews of the other posters

Also having different clients (i.e Titanium vs. SoF+) can affect your choice because while some servers have content in post titanium zones, others only use titanium zones for their server.

P.S. EZ from what I hear stands for Enhanced Zones and does not mean easy.

bowmaster · #5 08-15-2011, 12:57 PM

theres also EQ ressucution

Which is Similar to EZ server , but different zones , same content easier, and the stuff arnt as much of a grind to get ,

Folkar_Cazic · #6 08-15-2011, 03:46 PM

Lots of great suggestions for servers to play on. Project 1999 is a fun server, and feels true to the original experience. You do have to submit a request on their forums to have an exception to their IP policy, which limits you initially to on account only. Their policy against multi-boxing is pretty strict.

That being said, I am also looking for a server and plan to try out a few of them that have been listed. I'm mostly looking for a server similar to P1999, but that allows multi-boxing and/or GM commands. Mostly I just want to run around the world once in a while remembering better times of gaming and record some in-game footage.

**trevius** · #7 08-15-2011, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LostInTheWoods

P.S. EZ from what I hear stands for Enhanced Zones and does not mean easy.

LOL, I have seen that mentioned on EZ forums as well. I think a random person made that up and now it's spreading. Haven't ever seen anything from Hunter confirming that, and I am positive that EZ server stood for "easy server" when he created the server. It would be 1 thing if Hunter actually said that it stood for Enhanced Zones now, but I find it funny how people believe anything they read from random people on forums :P

bowmaster · #8 08-16-2011, 10:10 AM

if u have played on EZ , hunter hasnt made it easy , at some point , quite early on , you need do a do a quest , with 16 items , and each item can take upto 20hours etc ,. plus most content isnt do able unless thers like a full group atealst

**trevius** · #9 08-16-2011, 10:34 AM

Yeah, I know it isn't easy, but the difficulty of the server isn't what I was debating. I was just saying that the EZ in the name represents "easy", or at least it did at one point as far as I have known. Though I guess only Hunter could say for sure.

I haven't really played on the current EZ server, but my characters were some of the top ones on the original EZ server before the wipe almost 4 years ago when everything was lost. The hardest quest I did there was the LDoN quests where you turn in 4 of neck/ring/earring/belt and it upgrades it to the next level. Then, you turn in 4 of the next level to go up to the next level. I think it did that something like 10 or 12 times, so you basically had to turn in around 12000 items even when farming the highest possible ones which were level 6 IIRC. They weren't stackable either and you had to zone to another zone to do the turn-ins, so it was pretty rough lol. It was an insane quest and I completed it just before the wipe happened. It turned out OK though, because that is what convinced me to go full time with developing Storm Haven