i didn't read past page 3 if i rehashed anyone else ideas i am sorry.

I am trying to think of a long tern solution. Long term UW is too complicated to keep in the game as it and keep scaling with new content. i dont like the idea of farming triviall content for 100's of hours to make a single item, that changes breaking new content. my best idea to not make the effort of everyone who completed the UW a waste is the following:

What ever the current UW max is make that the CAP for now on.

convert the UW  in to UA (Ultimate Augment), it would be forced on next upgrade or could be anytime if you dont want to upgrade it anymore.

make the UA have high damage, HP and heroic resists. it would be better than any current aug by a decent margin

Once the UW/UA is MAX level give those people free upgrades for their UA for like 5-10 tiers keep it at like double-triple NS damage.

eventually UW can die off.  it will be easier for the people running the server to balance. the UW is a hot topic. it needs a concrete solution to end the constant talk about it. once it is converted to an augment it would be best for warriors, other classes still see a nice gain from it. people that already have them will still have their damage and survivability greatly boosted. It would just less appealing for non-tanks going forward.

i like to add, i dont have a UW and never intended to farm one. i have a lot of respect for the people who put in the time, effort and/or money in to it. i just know hunter had a vision for the UW, he created it and later expressed regret for making it. i dont want to take anything away from the people who made it, i just feel it should be phased out long term.

i am a casual

UW has never been an option to me in my mind. i wouldn't mind bleeding edge content require UW. please dont make UW a requirement for zone X if zone X is not the current top tier zone.

i know people put a lot of time in to their UW and i respect that. It is hard to balance around it. i am glad i only play the game. i don't have to program it to make everyone happy.

game breaking > UW > Epic

i dont think anything should be unlimited. Increase the cap in private zones. just because you can clear a entire zone in one pull doesn't mean you should.  farming sucks but, it is part of the game. increase it up to like 100. i would even do that in increments.



tweaking drop rates should be done small increments not double or triples.  i dont think anyone has quit over HoH tokens for example. increase the drop rate 20-30% and see how things go mixed with  higher mob pull rate. it will increase number total tokens per hour like 50%. please please please small tweaks. 


AFK check is just a good idea.  adjust it sure. get rid of it no.

i hope the new admins remember, people will always ask for more than they need. keep the server on a logical path with it's history in mind. lets not use this event to change the server to some other vision.

I am just shocked. While I didn't talk to hunter more than once or twice I observed his leadership of the server. He is a man that eared great respect from his peers.   The server will never be the same. Chances are he didn't even know me but, I considered him a friend. I know he sacarficed a lot of time for ezserver. More than most of us will ever know. He did it because he loved it and he wanted to create something for others to enjoy. For that, I will never forget him.

My heart goes out to his family. Good by friend. You will be missed.

just checking double loot will be between 20th and 25th?

i want to ask because i rarely get to play during double loot and i just might have a chance to if it is from 20th to 25th.

click start, in the search box type msconfig press enter. it will load system configuration, click on the startup tab and uncheck items as needed, apply , reboot and see if worked.

ops spelled it wrong, hardforum.com

ATI cards 5xxx series can support 3 monitors on one video card so no need to go dual cards if want 3 monitors just get the right card could save you money.

i have a gtx460 and 6 boxing it barley puts any strain on the card. the card can down clock like cpu's when not maxed out and it gpu isn't even at full speed and sits under 50% gpu load. imo eq boxing is all about ram and having the cpu power. todays video cards so such overkill for eq.

for a budget if you have a micro center near you. ( in store only deal )
http://www.microcenter.com/specials/promotions/0810_AMDbundle.html

basically get a micro atx msi mobo and get a Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition , they have a very high chance of unlocking from dual core to quadcore and that mobo support that function to unlock it. i picked up, one unlocked to quadcore and OC to 3.6 ghz with cheap 15$ cooler. i spent more on the ram then the mobo , cpu and cooler.   got a killer second system for 250$ just popped in a old 500 gig hd and 8800gt in had sitting around.


if you go with something else the i7's are beast for boxing, quadcore with HT ( HT lets 1 core handle 2 application threads so when you look at task manager you see 8 cpu's ) for normal things is overkill but for multiboxing they are amazing.


for hardware info check out hardfoum.com, other people basically ask your same question almost daily and other pick a bunch of parts out and other critique their builds so you can see why this or that is better.  i been building my own system for 14-15 years and i started with this website learning about hardware.

warrior can proc 2x on one hit. on low level mobs i have missed yet proced twice and killed the mob. pally get self proc buff that doesn't seem to interfere with epic proc.

would be nice if people just used /auc to sell things instead of /ooc.

Vrexx your best bet is to stick to custom zones, you get amazing gear and it will help you progress faster. you can explore when you get max level and better gear.

http://isboxer.com/index.php/guides/

for character setup http://isboxer.com/index.php/guides/11-overview-videos

those videos are open to everyone. i just mainly watched those do and quick setup and i was running in no time, i spent hours dealing with the crashing issues but i found out it was linked to the custom resolution it sets with titanium. took hours of trying one thing at a time to figure it out lol but the core stuff if all right in those videos.  might have to pause them every 15 seconds to follow along. i just used the wizard to setup team then followed the videos for the rest.


i made sure it i could get it to work before i paid for it.

there is a 7 day free trial of isboxer. i love it. dont think i would ever box with out. i just followed the videos on their site to set it up, had one issue with EQ crashing after the first box loaded but i found starting with a fresh eqclient.ini and not letting isboxer change my resolution it worked fine. it seems like titanium client does like custom resolution in windowed mode.

ouch, i feel for ya casters.

later steve always enjoyed your posts and comments in game.