More EQ Progression Server Details

SOE released more details about the new EQ progression server.  First, the details for those who don’t want to read:

• Launches February 15th
• Server is named Fippy Darkpaw
• There will be challenges that need to be defeated to unlock the next expansion, and when completed there will be a grace period before voting will begin for the next expansion.  Once a vote starts, players on the server will be able to vote on whether the next expansion should be released.
• Grace period is 90 days before voting for Kunark starts, and 60 days for each expansion thereafter.
• No Defiant armor, no hotzones.
• All stat effecting Station Cash items will not be purchaseable
• Tradeskills will be limited to the recipes that are available at a current expansion

While I am excited for this server to launch, some things definitely don’t seem right about this.

First of all, the voting system sounds very risky.  Couldn’t the server just stay in a perpetual state where no expansions are released because the ultra-casual players vote it that way?  What kind of checks will be put in place to prevent people from starting new characters on the server just to partake and throw the vote?  

In addition, 90 days stuck in EQ Classic sounds like it could be hell.  There really isn’t THAT much to do in pre-Kunark EQ…I am not sure that this will hold my interest beyond the first day much less three months.

What are your thoughts?  Are you going to play the Fippy Darkpaw server in two weeks?

2 February 2011 ·

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