EverQuest Opens Two New Time-Locked Progression Servers In May
EverQuest executive producer Jen Chan marks the fantasy MMORPG’s 23rd anniversary with a new Producer’s Letter where she looks back at the long-running game’s past and outlines their plans for the future.
“It's been 23 years since this grand journey called EverQuest was launched, and I'd like to take a moment to pause and reflect on all the things we've accomplished together. We've defeated powerful foes and we've brought balance; we've traversed, explored, and collected experiences during 28 expansions in which we traveled to the moon, assaulted the gods across their planes, met with beings of alternate realities, and defended against the chaos of Discord.”
“We've also had our fair share of tribulations through the friends we've lost and the heartache we've borne. Through it all, you showed up and met the call. Ultimately, and possibly most importantly, we've found family. So, thank you for being an integral part of us and a part of Clan Darkpaw.”
In her letter, Chan announces the opening of two new time-locked progression servers in May: Vaniki and Yelinak. Vaniki is a level-locked progression server while Yelinak will follow a more traditional ruleset similar to the Mangler progression server. Both servers will be opening their doors on May 25th at 12:00pm PDT.
“Vaniki will open with Gates of Discord available and a level cap of 40. Then, over time, we will unlock new level caps along with the new expansions. In general, expansions will open when the level cap is 10 levels below the original level cap of the expansions. In many cases, this will cause multiple expansions to unlock on the same day. Once level 60 is reached, the next level change is eight weeks later if more than one expansion opens, and four weeks if only one expansion opens.”
The team over at Darkpaw Games will also be kicking off the second part of the Anniversary Event on April 12th and will also be adding new Classic Achievements later this month. May will see a rework of the Mercenary Rank system and the start of the new Tempest Festival Event while June will mark the merging of the Phinigel and Miragul servers to Vox.
You can read through the full Producer’s Letter on the EverQuest official site.
