Would you like to see an alternative entirely to T10? What would that challenge look like to you (Again, a previous tier style? Dungeon crawl?)

I think having an alternate T10 for INSTANCING, would be cool....maybe use a different zone or something would be cool. Allow the current version to stand (if you wish) for those few crazy guys who enjoy open raids.....or alllow guild instancing of the same zone (one guild instance per guild) so that fellow guildies could group up in a raid? The one thing i didnt like about T10 (other than traps and broken mechanics) was the way it was 100% different than the prior server culture for instancing and being self sufficient. As I don't play well with others....

I undertsnad that the current T10 is VERY heavy on server resources....don't know what all could be done to cut down on that.  Heard mention of reducing mob movement or overall # of mobs in the zone. Keep the difficulty where it is though!

I also REALLY like the story line that Rent wrote for the T10 expedition! I think it would be awesome (cause we have some really creative minds on this server) to come up with story lines for new content....kinda immerse you into the environment. That was the first time since live their was a backstory to what you were doing in ANY zone on this server. 

What do you like about gear progression upgrades and what would you like to see more of.


I would also like to see UW augs for slots 3 type 28 and slot 5 type 30(on a warrior) and slot 2 type 27 slot 5 type 30 (on a bard) slot 3 type 28 and slot 5 type 30 (on a pally)...those are some examples...but you cant fill every slot currently on any toon with an UW for some reason.

I like the idea of gearing in t10 BUT I would like to have it setup so that you could do all 3 faction types ( I thought that was a new and exciting idea Hate put in for gearing up)...for example: Orc armor is nice for the hp factor but it limits you on offensive/defensive mods (caster vs. healer mods)...so a paladin would want the orc faction for the hp's but make it so he/she could (after completing a full set of orc gear) continue on with the gnoll or sarnak faction for that mod...would take twice as long to finish content but with nice gains for those individuals willing to put in the time....I think having that kind of gear setup in the future would extend the life of each new zone as well. Instead of steam roll "x" content now wait for new content to come out.

I would like to see some of the old items get some love (Scepter of Time for example)

How about something new in the line of waist/shoulders/etc (thinking along lines of EoBA/SoA.....

As far as new tiers: Some of the newer content in EQ was kinda cool (think Brell's Rest and whatever zone had those ant-men in it)

How about custom items for each class?  Some kind of awesome bard mask with clicky illussion that gives some kind of awesome buff (just as a thought for each class...kinda like mage is good for "xyz" so give him/her "abc" item that is mage'ish type item...etc etc...I think warriors have been shown a lot of love but some of the other classes have been pushed aside)

See if anything can be done to make rangers/beastlords a viable class...I know I deleted my ranger because he was just a waste of a toon (IMO! So don't all you ranja lovers start hating on me...well more than you already do lol)

I like dungeon crawls as well....like first time in HHK when a goblin jumped out at me and scared the crap out of me lol...Miss those feelings.

Please whatever you do, don't make traps that spawn more mobs! I have said it before but that is a cheap way to make content "challenging" and takes ZERO thought.

I will agree that ROA, shield and UW on the main tank aren't optional in T10, but if alts are around 500 ROA they survive decently and if you have the mass rez item you can just rez in your gimps as they die to rampages or use range tactics to keep them from splatting.

I have found that if you have IG pet and all toons max SoA through T9...they wont splat on AoE rampage.....high RoA's help but other than Ray all other toons are between RoA 500 and 750. I don't think I would waste my time w/o IG pet at bare minimum on alts though or you will be rezzing toons all day long....and that gets old FAST!

Getting to character select but toons are crashing on entering world 

Laggy and seeing zone disconnects (have seen last few days as well) but has been very laggy for a few days 

I got one....T10. Completely unimpressive dps last parse. I think if I unbenched any of my team when I return this week it'd be the SK.

I deleted my t10 ranja....he was just a waste of space
 

Quick everyone make a ranja they is leet 

More than a few players who attended the betas expressed concerns on this very point, but his goal was for players who had spent years waiting for a new tier to still be challenged.

I remember the beta testing of T10....I also remember the people expressing concerns...the difficulty of the zone is not a problem....I applaud how hard the mobs hit (hate the traps though as i think that is a sorry way to introduce difficulty) the only issue with T10 currently is the poor zone mechanics...and on a personal level the PB kill #'s....oh yeah and traps (to a lesser degree).

It is empty because the zone mechanics are fucked up....mob triggers don't make sense....I know what spawns a few named mobs but from what I understand the surface of the zone hasn't even been dented. I like how hard the mobs hit, etc. keeps scrubs at bay but a lot of people get in there, hit that wall, and then decide it is too hard and quit.....this is not meant to be read as nerf the zone and make it easier though! I am hopeful that one day soon Akka/Rent will get in there and unscrew the zone mechanics so that things make better sense. the only orc named i was ever able to get in there was the Thundermaker and he seemed to be triggered off Stormcallers and trash mobs...a metric shit ton of trash.....the mini named didnt seem to do anything at all.....the epic quest for that zone is kinda retarded on the PB kill quest #'s...if anything was going to be nerfed then i would say nerf that and fix the zone mechanics

My personal thought is to lower the kill count on PB's to 100 (just like the # of weapon turn ins)

Have you changed the ip address in MQ2Eqbc.ini?

Use your true local ip address , ie 192.168.xxx.xxx, not 127.0.0.1, i think its a win10 thing, and dosent like it
assuming your are using win 10, but i always use the true ip anyway

Hope it Helps

How do you find and use "your true local ip address"? the 127.0.0.1 in mq2eqbc.ini is the same on both builds and works on one but not the other, which seems odd to me that that could be the problem.....

Here is a custom ROF2 MQ2 build based off MQ2Emulator.net source code. There are some minor modifications to the build to allow 3rd party plugins. (Yes, MQ2MTest is included)

It should have all the standard plugins included in MQ2Emulator's release, though I have tested nearly none of them. Please let me know if you have issues only present on this build.

I believe everything else is standard except for MQ2MoveUtils, which should behave almost identically to the versions you are used to. It will also run a little smoother in zones like T5 than you're probably used to...

www.houseofstrix.com/mike/MQ2EmuROF2_Blarr040916.zip

Many thanks to Dimur for helping test.

Downloaded this so i could try to use the MQ2MTest.dll to help run more than 12 toons on one computer....but I can't get the MQ2 to load through or connect to the EQBC server...the settings are all the same (right click>properties>Windows XP service pack 3>Run as Admin box checked) but it wont load in....I get a message on character select talking about recent changes to the MQ2 build, not sure if this is what is keeping it from loading in....the RoF2 MQ2 build i downloaded from the linked site works 100% but wont allow the MQ2MTest.dll to function (when you click on the client's screen it stays black) figured downloading this might allow it to work....any tips?

  Any player that does even a modicum of research on the wiki will realize the grind that is in store for them, and that they will need to box and gear multiple characters to advance. 

That is giving people a BIG benefit.  New players, from my experience of reading /ooc, do not bother to read the wiki.  How many times a day to you see questions asked in /ooc that were EASILY answered if some lazy schmuck would just take the time to read the frigging wiki? A LOT!