Nuhvohk
Member
1 month is still better than the 1 week it usually takes TLE.
They could also implement the level gating mechanic they're doing for the Beta in the Live version, if they want the server to progress even more slowly.
Origins: Can we get a non-rushed TLE this time, please?
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They could also implement the level gating mechanic they're doing for the Beta in the Live version, if they want the server to progress even more slowly.
Zenji
Active member
Vanilla WoW originally lasted over 2 years. So ya it makes sense for it to last 1 year on their classic servers.
There is no world where EQ2 vanilla (Shattered Lands) should ever last 1 year.
If this is a genuine classic eq2 experience, 6 months would be fine (maybe 8 months if no XP potions). Much more than that is silly.
Mountbatten
Member
Honestly, I've thought the same thing, and the more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea. I'm acutely aware that I'm well and truly in a minority there, though.
Bekkr
Member
Yeah, same here. Feeling like you're playing catch up due to work or RL commitments or whatever can be frustrating (it caused me to lose all enthusiasm for Varsoon late last year) and something like this would definitely ameliorate that. But I also understand that most folks likely wouldn't enjoy it and it would end up having a negative effect on player retention.
It's a risky bet, in a world where everything is done to move quickly, where the pleasure is no longer in contemplation, Where scroller is king, in any cultural field . Eq2 did not escape it .
Yet the idea is pleasant ,
But this raises questions. Will there be enough players to join in this dance?
Often veteran players, knowing the game by heart, even more than their designers .
Without new blood, without advertising to get them there, wouldn't it be a slow server, simply thanks to mathematically slowed progression?
From my point of view it is not the server that should be slower, more this or that, to make the experience better.
Advertise, bring in a real flow of new players, ready to contemplate your world.
This is one of the keys to the cog.
Playing only between veterans, slowed down or not, the discovery is far behind us.
There are too few new players .
A little more advertising, more visibility, it's so simple these days, would already be a step towards more interesting servers .
Mountbatten
Member
1.5x-2x speed would be satisfactory to almost the entire audience. It's not too long to burnout the super-players but plenty of time for everyone to enjoy the content.
Also content drops could be sprinkled in as they were originally, unless there were none? I didn't get to experience the original EQ2 and the TLEs are too fast paced for me to really see much, but I assume there were multiple raid tiers of content no?
TheGreatGatsby
Member
The "content drops" came in the form of the two adventure packs, Bloodline Chronicles and Splitpaw Saga. There weren't additional raid tiers "added" to the game (in t5).
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ah, well I hope they find a happy medium because I'm looking forward to it enough that I'm gonna play on test just so I don't feel too green when it comes out, with only one tier of content I can definitely understand it being difficult to balance experienced vs casual gameplay
Venser
Member
between xpack unlocks? like you want to play in an era longer than the era actually existed? like DoF was OG 5 months, you want a few years of that?
Kenn
Member
A least a year for every expansion. That gives players like me time to do all the stuff before next expansion. Others will still play, and bigger hype for every expansion. Blast through really fast and reset is not much fun. Give players time to enjoy the content.
Bekkr
Member
I'm deep in the minority when it comes to my favorite expacs (they rank in the order of release, best to worst), so I actually agree with you that unlocks are always too short, but there's no way the above is true.
Any server that had unlocks of a year or more would be ghost towns by probably 4 or 5 months in, sadly.
Almost everyone seems to agree that DoF was terrible (even though it wasn't!) and folks are always itching for KoS to drop from about week 3 or 4.
Lateana
Older than Dirt, Playing EQII since 2004
I just hope we don't get the Great Epidemic again 
And hopefully we won't get the original guild system where only the top 12 officers could earn status. I think both of those were gone by 2006 though. At least we know there won't be sub-combines for crafting!
And hopefully we won't get the original guild system where only the top 12 officers could earn status. I think both of those were gone by 2006 though. At least we know there won't be sub-combines for crafting!
Venser
Member
I still have zero idea why you'd run something like DoF which at original launch was out for 5 months before KoS for 1 year.
Kenn
Member
DoF has the peacock line and a lot of stuff to do in the tower.
Zenji
Active member
DoF was fine at 5 months when it came out 20 years ago. It does not need to be longer now.
Just curious, about how many hours a week were you playing on average when you said you ran out of time to do stuff?