Zeb Server - EQ Emulator

The next phase of the server-wide item revamp is in! This patch balances all weapons 1-70 (through Kael). Every weapon was adjusted, some more than others. For the most part the weapons were a lot easier to balance. Mostly just fine tuning but there were a few overpowered and a lot of underpowered weapons. The up in the underpowered weapons should give players more options in every zone. Almost forgot to mention, the patch also includes balancing to shields, wands, and bows through the same range.

Epic 1.0 Fine Tuning:
Damage/Delay ratios were adjusted but not by much. The HP/Mana on these epics were cut down a little bit. The 1.0’s should still last you a bunch of levels but not to the 1.5 like some classes were experiencing. Also new weapon models have been put in for the 1.0’s, the old ones were sort of a place holder until I could find some more appropriate ones. Most players will welcome the change. Another large change is that the epic 1.0’s will center around 1 weapon. Some classes got 2 or more. I’m going to “break” the other weapons if you have them already (bad stats). This should make item progression more fun for those classes since you will still have an offhand to fill.

The first phase of the server-wide item balance has gone in. This covers all non-weapon items from 1-70 (through Kael). The weapon balance for the same level range is almost done and you should see a post for that in the next few days. Also epic 1.0’s are going to get a rehaul in the weapon balance (including different graphics).

There are over 1000 items that have been modified in today’s patch. This should readjust everything about the 1-70 game. Every new zone you go to you will see your equipment improve. Hard to get equipment from one zone  isn’t replaced immediately with the next zones garbage, difficult to obtain loot will stay with you through a few, or a lot, of zones. This patch completely eliminates overpowered items, loot tables, and entire zones (coughrunnyeyecough).

Notable Changes:
Stats (str, wis, ect.) have been mostly scaled throughout the item tables. No more maxing stats in your 30’s.
AC has been a big problem and that has been adjusted to increase as you level. It was pretty wacked before.
HP/Mana have been very carefully scaled, they are the most important!
The biggest nerf was Kael armor sets, they are more in-line with the zone and level range now.
The biggest buff was fungus grove, actually better than the guk armor you got 15 levels ago!

I’ve finally finished the item balancing for 1-70, which excludes everything after Kael. It might not seem like much but I’ve been dealing with over a thousand custom items in just this chunk. I’ve gone through 65 pages of tables and made changes to all but a handful of items. The next step is getting these into the computer so I can patch them in all at once. There may be a few items of concern here or there that I missed but I think I did a pretty good job.

This has taken me longer than expected, pending boredom, the patch should be coming in the next week or two. This should increase the quality of the game as players level 1-70. As always and promised as I get closer to my goal for the server I’ll continue to increase the experience gain as well.

Thanks for playing!

Hey guys sorry for the downtime while I was gone I walked into a lake with my phone in my pocket and the friend who was going to reboot the server didn’t want to mess with it without me being able to talk him through it. I was a little annoyed with some posts in the forums for two reasons. 1) Please remember to post complications of any kind with the server in the It’s Broken forum and more importantly 2) not most but a few players have forgotten that I do this as a hobby and for my own enjoyment.

Server development wise I’m still pushing forward. It’s slowed down recently I started a co-op full time yesterday and I’m still trying to adjust to waking up at 5:30AM and the 1 hour 15 minute commute I’ll be doing for the next two and a half months.

Since my in-game time will suffer a bit from this I’m going to try to help everyone out. If you have a deleted item or broken quest or any of the standard stuff please report it in the It’s Broken forum, detail your problem, and suggest a time/day that I can meet you online between 5:30 and 10PM EST (weekdays). I check the forums all the time and I’ll let you know if I can make it or when I can make it on to help with specific needs like that. Hopefully that will help everyone out, I feel like it is more than reasonable. Ice comet ya’ later!

The mancation will officially commence at 4:00pm EST.

The server is being watched over by a friend. I will be back on Sunday!