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New EverQuest progression server coming this March

by Jef Reahard on Jan 10th 2011 12:00PM

Fantasy, EverQuest, MMO Industry, News Items

Yearning for the good ol' days of corpse runs, mob trains, and grinding your eyeballs out on the EverQuest leveling curve? You're in luck, as SOE is gearing up for a brand-new progression server for its long-running fantasy opus.

Beginning in March, EQ fans will have their own personal time machine, and the dial will be set circa 1999. The new server will be time-locked, meaning that EQ's laundry list of expansion content will make its way onto the shard on pre-determined dates (as opposed to being linked to player content completion). While details are somewhat sketchy at the moment, SOE has thrown up a forum thread and invited fans to join in christening the new shard.

Head over to the official EQ website for more details and the official name list.

Source: EverQuest website
More coverage: Server name thread

Tags: eq, everquest, expansion-unlocks, fantasy, grind, new-server, new-shard, progression-server, server-name, soe, Sony-Online-Entertainment

Reader Comments (18)

Ugh. This is going to result in even louder screams in CoH, GW, SWG and other games with a vocal "New stuff ruined the game!" crowd that seem to pretty much want to roll their games back to launch... So annoying.

@The Ogre you are correct sir.. WHERES THE SWG ROLLBACK?!?!?! WTF *RANT*

Oh lordy.

This might be kinda cool, I'll have to wait it out and see what else they say about it before I'm totally committed.

Now, if they could do the same for EQ2!

Might have to re-sub to EQLive for a while. See if my undying love for the evercrack results in some state of bliss or agony.

wwww0000000ttttt!!!!!!1111

Vanguard rollback please!!!! Want group pvp back!!!

I hope they don't go so far back that there isn't a task system & quest log.

One thing I don't miss about classic EQ is writing down quest details and NPC names on a piece paper to keep track of what to do.

/loc /loc /loc /loc /loc /loc

@InventionExchange

I dunno man, this is something i cherish when looking back at my time in EQ. I remember flipping through a binder of maps and feeling really connected with the world because i had a tangible map that was otherwise unavailable in game.

The same goes for UO's cloth map - i'd give a pretty penny if i could find my original copy.

@Gaulroth:

I understand the feeling, believe me, but this is the 21st - all of that data, if not provided by the game, will be ripped and posted to a strat site (wiki or otherwise) within a week.

Haha.
Shout for SoW and /dragcorpse like err'day.

I was looking for one of these 8 months ago, beyond hyped.

Until I found a progression style solo server. That was some of the most fun i've had in forever. farming ntov for loot solo on the 1 hour respawn bosses so I could get geared up for luclin junk, ect.

EQ does this fairly often. Whats new this time out is the timeline being fixed. Its usually tied to clearing end content. Its not a return to the original, just locks on the zones. So current engine, UI, QoL... etc. Which depending on the schedule could be fun because normal progression servers cap out real fast due to how to put it nicely... no life 24/7 raid guilds just ploughing through content for the 1000th time.

Holy CRAP! A 1999 server?!!! If that's true, I'm there!

Just out of curiosity, why don't they do this for SWG? I don't play the game and probably wouldn't even if they did do this, but it just seems like it'd make a lot of fans happy. Meh, sounds cool though.

@PrimeSynergy I don't think I've met a Galaxies player that isn't still bitter about the NGE patch. EQers seem to be holding on to nostalgia more than the bitter hatred that some of the major SWG changes evoked.

Not going to even come close to nostalgic gameplay. Boats, revamped zones (they won't roll these back) and a slew of other problems just like the other progression server will plague this one.

There is another alternative, and it kicks booty. I'll remain there as opposed to shelling out $15 a month for a half assed effort on SOE's part.

New EverQuest progression server coming this March

Reader Comments (18)

Posted: Jan 10th 2011 12:05PM The Ogre said

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