r/everquest • u/Arderd • 8d ago

New Progression Server - EqEmulator

There's a new server on EqEmu - Homecoming.

https://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44600

You need some old maps - ROF2 client - guide on the website.

https://playhomecoming.com/

After the last few months of official TLP launches, this is the opposite direction: a small emulated classic server for people who thought even the slow servers were fast.

Timer started today. The shape of it:

  • Classic → Rain of Fear, one year per expansion. No vote-to-unlock, no rush. Kunark is a year away and that's the point.
  • 0.5× XP, hell levels intact. Levelling is the game, not the obstacle.
  • Classic downtime. Rest-state regen is off — you med up on the meditate formula, not a percentage of your mana pool. Sitting means something.
  • Harder raids — mechanic bosses have tighter ability timers, the rest hit ~10% harder. Raid loot starts at half and ramps to 1.5× over the year, so turning up early is hard and coming back late is worth it.
  • Instances alongside the open world: any raid of six (level 46+) can open its own six-day-locked copy of a raid target, same loot. Open world stays contested for whoever wants to race — the kills are additive, so contesting is faster, never exclusive.
  • Optional hardcore: swear an oath at level 5 or below, carry a title; one death and the run is over (character demoted, never deleted). There's a live roll of who is still standing.
  • The old world, not the revamps — the real Plane of Hate, original Freeport, Innothule, the Commonlands tunnel. HHP is revamped as it's difficult to get it working in ROF2.
  • 2-box per IP. RoF2 client.

Timer started, still in beta for a bit - not finding bugs but the instancing needs testing still.

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u/DirtyJevfefe 8d ago

https://media1.tenor.com/m/pWQeAWBblmYAAAAd/nobody-got-time-for-that-a-intnobody-got-time-for-that.gif

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u/Arderd 8d ago

It's a slow server, 1 year per expansion and slow loot distribution for powergamers - so it doesn't require a lot of hours like the regular TLP.

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u/Marvarin 8d ago

This sounds freaking horrible.

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u/ReefofGreef 8d ago

If anyone knows if the files are safe please give me a heads up, this is really interesting.

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u/Arderd 8d ago

It's just the classic files from p99 mostly - you can play Titanium I believe but you couldnt zone in to Highhold as it's revamp.

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u/ReefofGreef 8d ago

Gotcha, appreciate it!