I had some people ask for links to the UI that I'm using.  If you're running a "modern" version of MQ ("MQNext"), then you can use /lua scripts to enhance some of your visuals!

For peer/bot management, I use https://github.com/andude2/EZBots, which is a lua script that you'll need to run on all your toons.  This wil give you a nice visual of all your characters, and is customizable for your tastes/preferences.

For hotbuttons, I use https://github.com/DerpleMQ2/buttonmaster, which lets you build basically an infinite number of hot buttons, that you can customize as much as you want.  For example, you can have 1 hotbutton that will either mount, or dismount, depending on the context.  (If you're mounted, it dismounts, if you're not mounted, it mounts!)

For Buffs, I use https://github.com/brainiac/Alphabuff, which gives you a nice sortable list of buffs!

For inventory management, https://github.com/andude2/EZInventory. which takes a moment to load up, but once running you'll never notice in the background.  It'll run on all peers, and you can see/track their inventory accordingly.

[Enter the Realms of Nightmares]

Enter the Realms of Nightmares

"Many have entered… few returned with their minds intact. Will YOU be among the survivors?"

Halloween Events - ALL ZONES ACTIVE
Loot  -  DOUBLED FOR LIMITED TIME
Exp -  DOUBLED FOR LIMITED TIME
Rallos Zek Event  - Do You Dare To Dream?
EXCLUSIVE REWARDS & TIME-LIMITED VENDORS AVAILABLE NOW!

==▶ WATCH THE EPIC TRAILER ◀==

Step beyond the boundaries of reality and into realms where nightmares take form and time itself bends to malevolent will. Face places so sinister, so dark, that the very fabric of reality frays, and the dreams of mortals manifest as deadly challenges.



THREE of EZ Server's most spine-chilling Halloween zones await those brave enough to face ultimate terror and claim LEGENDARY rewards!



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Thule Dream (Fear Itself)



Level 79+ HEROES ONLY

Enter the domain of Cazic Thule himself, where reality frays and your mortal nightmares manifest as deadly foes, waiting to twist your perception.  A domain that brings your childhood toys, nostalgic memories, and the very fabric of language to heel so that even the most stout are tested and pitted against their own resolve.  Each time you successfully put a dream back in its place, a Dream Token will get you one step closer to legendary rewards.

KAEL-DIFFICULTY TUNED - Only the strongest will survive
Dream Shard Currency System - Unlock exclusive vendor rewards
REVOLUTIONARY NIGHTMARE MECHANICS - Never before seen on EZ Server!
EXCLUSIVE CLASS-SPECIFIC QUEST REWARDS - Tailor your power to your calling
NOSTALGIC BOSS ENCOUNTERS - Legendary foes return with devastating new power
GAME-CHANGING LOOT - Brain of Cazic Thule, Thule's Prayer Rug, Nocturnia's Wand of Death & MORE!
LEGENDARY BOSS ENCOUNTERS - Face Cazic Thule himself, the terrifying Dracoliche, and the fearsome Denizens of Fear (Dread, Fright, Terror)





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Hills of Shade - TIME RIFT CHAOS



Level 72+ TIME WARRIORS

Gamble with time, as you're thrown back into history.  Battle your way through increasing energies that can spawn powerful enemies.  Go toe to toe with The Beyonder, douse your rage against the Fire Beast, or negotiate your success with The Peacekeeper.  Each one builds to a culmination as you collect keystones to unlock a portal to slam The World Devourer back to where he came from.  Are you brave enough to save Norrath?

DOUBLE/TRIPLE LOOT TOKENS - Multiply your rewards instantly
GAMBLE WITH FOXY FOX - Risk it all for Foxy's exclusive augments
LEGENDARY WEAPON MASTERS - Hillard offers weapon quests for the brave
EPIC CHAIN BOSS SYSTEM - Each kill spawns deadlier enemies from fallen corpses!  
KEYSTONE HUNT CHALLENGE - Collect ALL 6 keystones to unlock the ultimate encounter  
FACE MAGORIAN WORLD DEVOURER - The ultimate time-bending boss awaits the worthy  
EXCLUSIVE REWARDS - Innoruuk's Dissimulation, Time Rift Power Generator, Zone-Pull Spears & Epic Mounts!

Are you brave enough?  /say increase aggro range  to test your grit and determination!
(This will extend the normal aggro range, increasing the number of nightmares chasing you!)

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Housegarden - FAMILIAR HUNTING GROUNDS

HALLOWEEN FAMILIAR PARADISE - Hunt for the most powerful companions in EZ!  
BOSS CHAIN MAYHEM - From Cazic Thule to the legendary Diablo himself  
CANDY EXCHANGE SYSTEM - Trade sweets for Halloween tokens with Snow Nose  
GRAVEDIGGER'S TREASURE - Collect mystical tools for the Graveyard Keeper  
TIER 3-9.5 FAMILIARS AVAILABLE - From 10k HP Cazic Thule to 200k HP Angryface!  
PREMIUM REWARDS - Voice of Cazic Thule, Charm Prism Upgrades, Group Vitality & More!

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EXCLUSIVE REWARDS & LEGENDARY LOOT

TIER 9.5 FAMILIARS - The most powerful companions in all of Norrath!
CLASS-SPECIFIC REWARDS - Perfectly tailored gear for YOUR playstyle!  
GAME-CHANGING ARTIFACTS - Transform your character's power forever!
EXCLUSIVE VENDOR GEAR - Limited-time offers you won't find anywhere else!
TIME-SENSITIVE QUEST CHAINS - Miss them now, and you'll be dreaming of them indefinitely!
LEGENDARY EXAMPLES -Brain of Cazic Thule (game-breaking intelligence boost),
                             Innoruuk's Dissimulation (ultimate deception item), Zone-Pull Spears (clear entire zones instantly!)

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PRECISION BOSS TUNING - Perfect challenge-to-reward balance achieved  
BRAND NEW TIME-LIMITED VENDOR GEAR - Get it now or lose it forever  
MASSIVELY EXPANDED Hills of Shade questlines - More content, more rewards  
SECRET ENCOUNTERS using Dream Currency - Hidden bosses with exclusive loot  
ENHANCED GAMBLING SYSTEMS - Better odds, bigger rewards  
BOOSTED DROP RATES - Halloween event means DOUBLE everything!

 



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Are you ready to confront your deepest fears, master time itself, and claim the most powerful familiars in existence?

The darkness awaits those bold enough to enter... and WEALTHY enough to leave with legendary treasures!

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DOUBLE XP & LOOT ACTIVE NOW!
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It's not called EZ Server because it's easy.  
It's called EZ Server because of the Extended Zones of Nightmare and Terror...  
Where LEGENDS are forged and FORTUNES are won!

The clock is ticking. The veil is thinning. The rewards are MASSIVE.  
Log in NOW... before the greatest loot in EZ Server history vanishes forever!

JOIN THE ELITE. CLAIM YOUR DESTINY. BECOME A LEGEND.

Do you have what it takes to join the ranks of EZ Server's most powerful heroes?

Like instancing is staying open longer than it should?

Nah, instances are still expiring like they should, but the corpses inside the instance aren't "rotting" and disappearing like they should.  Left a corpse in an Unrest instance 12+ hours ago, logged in today and the corpse is still there.

[when it's available]

I've sat on this for a couple of days, as I'm not entirely sure that I'm qualified to respond.  I'm not in T11 yet.  I'm not even in T7 yet (almost!).  However, you do ask about things on the server that could be addressed.  I'm sure you've heard everything across the spectrum, and I wasn't going to respond at all.  Then this morning a comment was made in Discord about old content "never being more trivial" in light of current knowledge of the game and server and the availability of end game buffs.  As a new-ish player to this server, who has committed a not so trivial amount of time to "only" be T6, I almost walked away from EZ.  And that's coming from someone who has enjoyed the server and what it has had to offer.  The previous content is not trivial, nor is it not without its faults.

Wings offers a great advantage when it's available.  Even with that advantage, T3/T4 you're stuck waiting on token drops and chance drops for characters to gear up and move forward.  I don't have the creative brain to suggest a solution, but at some point there's a tipping point where you've "finished" the content and it's punitive to farm the tokens and then have to kill the same NPC 100+ times to get one, singular drop.  That's AFTER you've geared 11 other characters fully, with (I wasn't counting) how many other kills along the way.  While it's effective at "slowing down" the (apparently trivial) progression through the game, it's also somewhat...unvaried and uninspired.

You've heard plenty on T5.  I actually enjoyed T5 and found it a refreshing change in pace from the tedium of T3/T4.  It's by far a more enjoyable Tier than T6.  However, it leads me to the next point - box/bot management.  EZ Server promotes itself as a "Solo boxing server."  The wiki says "12 and beyond," but we all know that people are easily running 18.  Mage group CoTH is broken, making moving characters around in large zones extremely tedious.  For the most part, MQ handles this fairly easily.  Occasionally you'll end up with a zone that has broken navmeshes, like Illsalin/Abyss, where you can easily spend several months playing.  Without a better bot management system, you're stuck tabbing across 12+ screens trying to move characters "up" over a ledge to get them in line with your primary driver.  In game there does exist a mechanic to do this, but it's locked behind a paywall that is reserved for a select few that have been with the server for a period of time, or those who happen to catch a donation window that appears as elusive as the random named(s) in T5.  I do not fault bringing down the donation system.  However, with group CoTH broken, and no other way at lower tiers to solve this...it's a simple QoL fix that could be adjusted.

Looking forward, I agree with what's previously been said - bane weapons as a whole become a nuisance for a boxing server.   Having to keep track of 12+ characters, who has what equipped for which NPC "type" and then switching back, swapping out epic augs along the way, we'd spend more time managing equipment than we would playing the content.  Perhaps that's the goal, but if so...it seems less engaging than what I've experienced so far!

I always find the comments/emotes/NPC interactions to be entertaining.  Please continue them.  As a Type A personality, I know that I could never come up with that level of engagement, so it's fun to see (even the names, like the bosses in T5, were amusing to me).  While I don't catch the "lore" behind each tier that I've gone through, I do randomly see the text and get a chuckle the break up the monotony.

Sorry for the gripes - I meant this more as an encouragement that the content itself as presented IS in fact fun and engaging.  Each tier has presented new and unique opportunities.  Always fun to see some new stuff, and play along with new people.  

Guild Leader: (Linamas)
Guild Name: (Gathered Might)

Thank you kindly, EZ Admins!

Linamas