FAQ

When designing this server, multiple factors were taken into account, some of which were contradictory. The server aims to provide players with a high degree of autonomy, allowing them to choose their party composition and targets freely. The focus is not on reaching the maximum level as quickly as possible. The game and its encounters should be enjoyable and replayable, without becoming too easy over time. Players should be able to make progress independently, but also be encouraged to collaborate and progress together. Additionally, "alt" characters should serve a meaningful purpose. 

Your initial level cap is 52. To raise that to 55, you need to complete Tier 1, either in group or solo instances. Group: defeat Lady Vox, the Ghoul Lord and Lord Nagafen in an instanced zone and hail the progression Spirit that spawn upon their defeat. When soloing, defeat GrimClaw and Alizewusaur.

Some players play only 6 on purpose because they prefer it, it's an extra challenge or it just feel better for them. Multiple players have made it to Tier 8 and beyond. Wutz is currently in Tier 10 with this 6-box team.

Group/Raid content up to and including Velious is tuned for 6. Beyond that, it's tuned for 9. However, with the Aura of Might, smaller groups, such as a team of 6, get a buff that makes their overall strength comparable to 9. There are some none-EQ-Might specific progression zones that do not support the Aura of Might. These zones will be very hard to beat with 6. These zones are:

• Plane of Fire (can be bypassed by buying the Globe of Dancing Flame from Adrienne with Tokens of Legendary Might)

• Uqua (can be bypassed by buying the Fragment of the High Temple from Adrienne)

• Ikkinz Raid series (can be bypassed by doing the alternate route: Yxtta; or buying the Sliver of the High Temple from Adrienne)

• Txevu (can be bypassed by buying the Jade Inlaid Key from Adrienne -> Access to instanced Txevu)

• Anguish (currently optional for progression)

If you want to play a single group and be as strong and independent as possible. The following group setup should work to get you through almost everything except what's mentioned above:

• Warrior

• Cleric

• Shaman (can cast various buffs, such as Savagery, Wunshi, Sloth and Champion using artifacts)

• Bard (can cast KEI and haste using artifacts)

• Monk (has a buffed Aura, can cast DI using artifact)

• DPS class of your choice. A save choice is Berserker (buffed aura, easy to automate, also easy 2.0). But Rogue, Ranger, Beastlord are very solid picks too. Wizard and Necromancers will struggle a bit with mana before they reach 60 and have solid gear.

Extensive player written Guide by Wutz for 6-boxers on EQ Might.

Tokens of Might can drop from most named. Low level named have a chance of 1-3% of dropping Token of Might. Higher level named, and particularly fabled, have a much higher chance of dropping. The highest chance comes from chests. Small treasure chests drop 1 to 5 Tokens of Might. Larger treasure chests can drop more.

Tokens of Epic Might are gained in the same way, they are just rarer and drop mainly from high level fabled, progression bosses and chests.

Here is an example if you do an Innoruuk instance:

• Innoruuk himself has a 75% chance of dropping a Token of Might and a 10% chance of dropping a Token of Epic Might.

• Depending on the mode you are in, a number of chests will spawn.

Trivial

• • no chests

Easy

• • 1x Small Amber Treasure Chest (2 Tokens of Might, 30% chance for a Token of Epic Might)

Medium

• • 1x Small Topaz Treasure Chest (3 Tokens of Might, 40% chance for a Token of Epic Might)

  • 1x Small Jasper Treasure Chest (2 Tokens of Might, 20% chance for a Token of Epic Might)

Hard

• • 1x Sapphire Treasure Chest (4 Tokens of Might, 60% chance for a Token of Epic Might, 2% chance for Token of Legendary Might)

  • 1x Small Topaz Treasure Chest

  • x Hard Mode Treasure Chest (5% chance for Token of Legendary Might)

There are intermediate modes, like Easy+ or Normal-, which are not documented above.

Chests also contain additional items, particularly the Hard Mode Chest always contains an Invaluable Coin for faction with Merchants of Might.

The concept of Might puts a party's power within a bandwidth. That is the main driver to un-trivialize content. You will not be able to engage Lady Vox or Lord Nagafen with a level 65 character. Every (instanced) encounter should therefore always be non-trivial. As consequence, for now, there are no lockouts. You can do your favourite encounter back-to-back if you wish to do so.

Might on the otherhand, can be a hindrance at times. E.g., when you want to do a certain target and your party's might doesn't fit in the given bandwidth. That may be particularly true if you team up with someone and you combined Might is too high to get the chest reward. However, you can always do the instances without the chest rewards.

Might may also appear confusing at first, specially if you don't like numbers. The server greeter can tell you your party's might. The Might-Table gives some examples for standard party sizes.

The minimum Might is a hard limit and should stop people from wasting their own time in an instance that is out of their league.

The suggested Might is a soft limit. However, the more you exceed it, the lesser the reward. If you exceed it substantially (over 250%), it will count as trivial, and there won't be any chest reward. You still receive the progression flag. You cannot request an instance if you exceed its suggested Might by more than 400%.

Also note, the level minimum for instances are hard limits.

The server's hardware is a dedicated i7 laptop with 4 cores. running Windows 10. In case of power outage, the battery lasts for 8-9 hours. It's got a 1000/100 MB/s cable Internet connection, also with battery backup for several hours. The server is located near Zurich, Switzerland. You can expect the following minimum pings (ms):

Europe: Brussels 21, Lisbon 44, London 20, Madrid 31, Milan 5, Munich 12, Paris 21, Stockholm 29, Vienna 19 

Americas: Atlanta 107, Boston 105, Buenos Aires 258, Chicago 109, Columbus 131, Los Angeles 166, Montreal 99, New York 90, Toronto 111, Vancouver 148

Rest of the world: Cairo 49, Dubai 141, Hong Kong 255, New Delhi 160, Shanghai 265, Sydney 263, Tokyo 216, Tunis 33

Wifi and particularly mobile internet providers add an additional delay. A ping of over 60 ms is noticable. With a ping over 150 ms, the Internet "feels slow". However, the ping in EverQuest is not as critical as in other games such as racing or shooter games.

Availability (July 4, 2022 to August 12, 2023)

Uptime 580320 minutes (99.96%)

Scheduled maintenance: 260 minutes (0.04%)

Unexpected downtime: 0 minutes (0.00%)

Casters benefit from various settings:

• Mana regeneration from items cap is 60.

• Spell power from items cap is raised to 1500. Spell power increases the direct damage spells by about 20% of the spell power. It has no impact on damage over time spells.

• Enchanter's aura adds spell and dot critical chance (8% for the 66 aura), as well as mana regen.

• Enchanter's have custom illusion spells, which give extra damage (similar to bard) to selected elemental types (fire or magic).

• There are various custom items with click-effects, such as direct damage, damage over time or mana flare.

• There are various custom, necromancer-only items with out-of-era damage over time focus effects.

• Pets of all levels are boosted. High level pets with 45 pet power focus do up to 1k dps (Beastlord, Necromancer, Magianan Fire pet).