New progression server - Gnomish Proving Grounds

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Hi there. I am just doing a little shout out for my new server, Gnomish Proving Grounds.

It is a progression server currently in the original era. I plan to let it get to Velious and linger there for a while. Once Velious is defeated, based on server sentiment, we will start over or maybe add Luclin if people can't give up their chars or maybe just Luclin AA. We absolutely under no circumstances will go beyond PoP and if people eventually beat Quarm (or sandbag), the server will reset.

It has increased exp to help move things along, but not cheapen the experience. To keep up with the increased exp, I have doubled the drops across the board. So if you would have 1 FBSS drop originally, now you would have 2. This should help equip people at an appropriate pace. I have also added minor stats to cloth and ringmail (average of +2 for each item, usually +1 to 2 different stats). Ringmail and cloth drops off of newbie mobs.

I have set god loot drops to be in line with original eq (for now, given that we are in original era).

Once people are ready to go to the planes, they will be required to use my custom spells file. For those of you who are apt with reading the spells file, I request that you not reveal the difference. I would like it to be a surprise at least in the beginning.


If the server becomes more popular I am prepared to build a dedicated server and get increased bandwidth - so don't worry about it getting laggy. At this time I am not accepting donations. If this changes, I will keep all donations on public record along with all expenses that have been incurred. Donations will not be for profit and I will not accept them if none are needed. There will be no favors for donors at this time.