Havent played since eq2 went f2p, I think ill have a progression guild when I come back friday, but was wondering how the pvp server was holding up? the concept seemed super interesting, but havent seen alot of people talk about it.
There is no PvP server at the moment. The last one got wiped but will be reopened in mid July. It is a good time for returning PvP player to restart on a level playing field.
Bear in mind that the Nagafen of today bears little resemblance to its namesake of old. The new one is temporary, with complete wipes of characters and progress every 3 months. It is also Free for All PvP with friendly fire fully enabled except for whomever you're teamed with at the moment: It's not factional (Freeps vs Qeynosians with Exiles) like Old Nagafen was. Mind your AoE casts around guildies! You can only roll one character on New Nagafen per account-- to increase sub money (New Nagafen is subscription only). There are no Battlegrounds and no PvP gear, nor will there ever be: The dev team is much too small to support two different types of gear. Don't bother even asking about that; the answer has been, is and always will be "No." There are XP pots in the cash shop, so after the first week, there is zero PvP in any tier except cap. Subsequently, nothing sells on the broker (and nothing is there to purchase) from any tier but cap, either. Gear stats and drops are pretty FUBAR'd, crafted gear quality-wise is at the bottom of the heap--little better than junk-- and the server closes in 3 months anyway, so why bother crafting either way? Oh, and the few players that stuck around after the light-server-load launch spent their time farming PvP kills off alts and guildies (the leaderboards back this, with top "killers" having hundreds of kills but only 20-ish victims total, ha ha) and selling/buying kills for leaderboard fame over /shout in zones, especially Enchanted Lands. The devs don't seem to be budging on any of these implementations, much to the chagrin of Old Nagafen's player base. Enjoy your temporary stay on the Seasonal Free for All open PvP server that will end in 3 months.
All of this 100% Not remotely sure what crowd they are catering to. All of us that played pvp when it launched? Not really at all. New people? Why would someone, with all the pvp choices out there in a myriad of styles choose to plunk down money on a 14 year old game. And people farming each other...yeah the core returning players are the worst of what the original Naggy pvp server had to offer. No thanks. Oh and the infamous Russians haha
