EverQuest: Project Quarm Q&A Kunark Edition with Secrets & Ailia

[@williamrussell83]

Thanks to everyone who made Quarm possible. I've been having a blast and can't get enough of classic all over again. You all are so awesome. 🙂

[@SadGruffman]

Thanks!

[@LevelUpLarry]

Thank you SO much! ❤️

[@MichaelLuckhardt]

LEVEL UP LARRY, You're wearing my shirt yoooo! Thank you!

[@LevelUpLarry]

Heck yeah, dude! I wear these shirts A LOT. Looking forward to your future projects! :)

[@forgottenhelm1299]

Where do I get a shirt??

[@wiouxev]

Secrets tangent about TLP and the recognition of having a version of EQ for everyone out there - really illustrated the overall true love for the game. Really reinforces the passion Secrets obviously has. How cool is it that, 20+ years later, EQ not only lives on but is actively being "worked on" in various ways and people still enjoying all of it? Insane. Great stuff! Larry - excellent host, as always my man!

[@secretsvods]

Thanks! Yeah, it's super important to have something for everyone. I imagine a future where we can have all sorts of types of MMOs - not just types of EverQuest - and still have them thrive. If Fortnite can hold millions of people's interest who tolerate a game, imagine what happens when they also love and enjoy the game we're all playing together. It's going to be a fun time for the broader games industry, too.

[@itsallaboutthatbass8558]

He’s been such a great member to the community. Quarm is exactly what a lot of us wanted.

[@phatasticpat5374]

Been hoping for this to drop.

[@pscottnelson]

Great discussion! Subbed! And joking aside, barbs maybe shouldn't be paladins but dark elves should be! Joking not aside (well, half), gnome monks would have been epic. And don't know why humans can't be shamans, BSTs, and berserkers.

[@secretsvods]

I'd rather see Dark Elf Rangers sooner!

[@wiouxev]

Monks would be a no go flat out for any race that doesn't have the animations built in, which I imagine just leaves human and iksar :D

[@secretsvods]

Animations exist for any humanoid biped race. Vah shir, Ogres, gnomes, trolls, dwarves and halflings are considered 'monstrous' races and don't have the animation set. Some NPCs - like Erudite Guards / Merchants, or Qeynos Citizens or Guards - can actually flying kick!

[@pscottnelson]

@@wiouxev I was referring to the old legend that gnomes were originally going to have monks but they scrapped it at some point. Don't know if it's true, but there's an old screen that was floating around back in the day. I think with the early development toon graphics. May still have it someplace, actually.

[@PAWiley]

I used to daydream about being a gnome monk 25 years ago. /sigh Bout to start playing again, think I’ll make my necro a gnome

[@la_kooljgaming]

where do you get this addon at?

[@HoopleBogart]

I have people skills! I am GOOD with PEOPLE! 😡

[@secretsvods]

Don't JUMP to CONCLUSIONS!

[@SwishEQ]

1:03:28 👏

[@adaml2987]

no maps, no maps!

[@adaml2987]

also, halfling warrior is the only true way

[@GSZRealEstate]

I’m fine with maps, just no GPS on them. That’s what kills the immersive feeling of the world. You end up just staring at a dot on a map instead of paying attention to land marks and actually learning to navigate the zone.

[@mahande88]

​@@GSZRealEstate That just means that the OG players like me have an advantage. Pinpoint accuracy in Gfay, no trails needed.

[@MiguelPerez-ld9nd]

IKSAR RANGER

[@Movtail]

Feels like a 6 month cycle would feel better, 9 months feels so long. Guess i can take a few months off in btwn expansions

[@secretsvods]

That's the idea :)

[@Elderos5]

I believe the intent is to allow those who can not or do not grind the opportunity to catch up before moving on to the next expansion. I don't normally grind as fast as possible because I like to enjoy the journey, I also have a busy life too. I've played on a number of TLP servers and I always end up quiting, sooner than later because by the time I get to the content of expansion A, expansion B just drops and no one is around in the areas I am currently trying to get into. So, it's back to a solo game.

[@anotheryoutubed]

What a wuuuuumun.

[@nineinchnailzPSN]

I'm not investing my time into a server where the rules are subject to the whims of any individual.

[@secretsvods]

That's your decision. I strongly wanted to create a server that I'd enjoy. If you don't want that, then so be it. I'd argue, though, that ultimately every single creative product at some point is owned by an individual or corporation controlled by a group of individuals. In my experience, development-by-committee for free projects results in stressed out developers and bickering. So I cut that out by making what I want.

[@GSZRealEstate]

😢😢 Can I have your stuff?

[@fatguylittlestream]

You are missing out, great server, their decisions have smoothed out what would be a cumbersome game because of it's age. Together with the Zeal mod this is perfect EQ IMO.

[@AppliedLogic.]

@@secretsvods I wanted to just speak on the xp/race penalty. The main reason for it is the hp regen, but the hp regen is capped and becomes far less meaningful at the game goes on past kunark but the penalty is forever. Essentially punishing your forever for a quickly diminishing benefit, in the end it's a massive punishment for a minimum gain in the long run. It would be nice to remove the xp punishment around Velious or if possible at level 60 so the penalty is removed as the meaningfulness of the benefits are at their most diminished.