The Goal of the Server

We don't want to reduce participation in other venues on Antonia Bayle in EQ2; we want everyone to spend time with the community and support them!

We also want to continue the great roleplaying and shows at the Maidens' Fancy on Thursday nights, on the AB server, in EQ2, at 8 p.m./5 p.m., and keep the wonderful stories and shows going. Please drop by and see a show! Join RPLFG for the location announcements and venue!

The Maiden's Fancy is more than an EQ2 guild; it is a gaming community. We have amazing players and storytellers here! Why not have another place to share in? I promised Kurzou this would not take away from our fun with the community and the Fancy. Our shows, stories, and all the fun we have are still in EQ2! This is a game to play instead of "other games" which we often play alone.

So, why start a Conan Exiles server set 500 years in the future of a ruined world of EverQuest 2?

Storytelling

From a storytelling perspective, where players can explore their DM and storyteller sides, this is a wonderful place. We can explore end-of-the-world themes, the new forms of the classic gods, a ruined world, and feelings of loss and survival in a harsh landscape. We can create unique characters and customize them, and take them through stories in a sandbox where we can find their futures. While Conan Exiles has very few quests and storylines to speak of, it is up to the players to tell them together.

We can bring our EverQuest experience and lore knowledge into the game, using it to help our characters explore. Since this is a meld with the Conan universe, alliances have been made between gods, some may go by different names, and the nature of the greater powers has changed. Some of the races are gone, and we need to deal with that loss. While the world has lost so much, it is up to those who remain to rebuild and make the world what it once was, and what it should be.

Also, we can explore stories and themes here that will make it back into our characters in EverQuest 2. We never want to abandon the more community-supporting side of the Maidens' Fancy gaming community, as our friends there are just as important as the new home. This is a server for our gaming community to share.

Cooperative Sandbox Play

Instead of playing alone in sandbox and survival games like Minecraft and others, we have created our own place to explore, build, and survive. Also, the time you spend in ARPGs could be spent here, too, and you could level up your character to an insane degree, as we allow progression to level 600 through mods. There are epic and legendary-level crafting lines. There are over a dozen expansions to explore. You can build a city with thralls. There is a high-level game here, with higher-level games on top.

Also, we have character customization and outfits that rival games like Second Life, so we can craft some really unique characters. We can make new races and write lore for them, like Desert Elves! Whatever you want, this is both a sandbox in progression play and storytelling. Enough time has passed, and the world has changed so much that it has created all sorts of wild stuff.

The level of crafting progression and farming here exceeds many ARPGs when you get past the starter areas. To make the good stuff, we will need to form groups, set up camps, and get out there.

Challenge

The server difficulty is set to high, so we will need to work together and help each other. We are not in easy mode, and this helps us need each other. I don't want a creative mode server where all the fights are easy, we can solo until endgame, and nobody feels like they need anyone else. Like EQ1, there should be a challenge to this world, but we should have a chance if we work together and learn the game.

If it is too hard, I can always make adjustments! Communication is key!

But I want people to need each other. We need our scavengers, armor crafters, bow makers, weapons smiths, and even our cooks and farmers! If you take on a role, you should feel needed. One of the worst trends in modern MMOs is logging on, realizing nobody needs you, and logging off after you solo a few monsters with basic equipment and getting bored because the game is so easy.

EQ1's higher challenge level and the game's need for people to work together are my design goals for the server's settings. We should feel like the world is dangerous, and we are asking others to log on and help us. This builds a community.

Compared to Other Servers?

I asked my AI to rate my work, and it said we have over 1,000 hours of progress, just in crafting. This is an S+ Tier pack for a small group of friends. There are Godlike levels of customization, and the configuration is a near-perfect, launch-ready masterpiece.

In RP and Immersion, we rate a 10/10!

For progression, we rate a 9.8/10!

For group play, a 10/10!

For stability and performance, a 9.5/10, but Funcom spent all last year patching the game, so the stability has drastically improved. I used my AI to sort my mod list, look for missing dependencies, and point out conflicts; it found none.

This is a God-Tier RP server.

Another Game to Play Together

But hype and AI-fluff aside, this is a place where we can play dress-up, survive, fight, and craft better weapons and gear. We can rely on our friends to make better items for us. People can specialize as builders, farmers, scavengers, warriors, casters, armor makers, weapons crafters, and many other specialties. We can have alts for RP!

But this server is for you.

I wrote some lore to get us started and to bridge the gap between the Conan Exiles lore and EQ2 lore, and there are many areas where they overlap. Most of it is up to all of you in the end, but this can get us started on our own ideas. Perhaps the gods of each world were so weak they made alliances, or perhaps Set is Innoruuk by another name. Do the gods wear many masks, with one people calling them one thing, and another group calling them another? Are the lost gods "whispers on the wind?" What happened to the missing races?

It is all up to you.

This is a place for your stories.

Maybe you can write one about your character here and tell it on the stage at the Fancy! Who knows?

This is your place to play with however you want.