[MUD-Dev] premium servers

[Christopher Allen]

"Matt Mihaly" <the_logos at achaea.com>

> Most of you have probably seen this, but:

>   http://legends.everquest.station.sony.com/showcase/dynamic.jsp

> (Premium Everquest server).

Full text of the $39.95 a month premium Everquest:

EQ Legends

Make your mark on EverQuest! Sony Online Entertainment is proud to
offer a unique and rewarding opportunity for EverQuest players: the
EverQuest Legends Service. Are you ready for a new, more dynamic
EverQuest experience? Are you prepared to take on exciting new
challenges, discover unknown treasures, become a hero of Legendary
proportions? To find out more, take our guided tour of all the new
features we're preparing for EverQuest Legends, then reserve your
spot today!

Character Pages

EverQuest Legends players will have a whole new way to show off
their characters and equipment - personal character pages! Part of
the Legends web site, each player character will have a personal
homepage featuring all the character's statistics and items. This
character page will be updated daily by the EverQuest Legends
server, so you have more time to compare and share your
accomplishments with your friends and even the entire EverQuest
Community. Also included is a personal journal in which you'll be
able to record achievements and victories in the world of Norrath,
open quests, accomplishments, future wants, current friends and
enemies, and share your adventures with others. You control what is
and isn't noted here, so be creative.

Dynamic Server

EverQuest Legends is an exclusive server, with a limited population
of players able to participate in the new, more dynamic world. Our
dedicated team of Customer Service & Development staff will not only
be providing in-game support to our Legends players, but also
running new quests and adventures for players of all levels to
participate in. While you may not see a GM at every log in, with
dynamic content ongoing throughout each day, you are sure to be
caught up in the weave of stories and events. Orcs invading
Freeport? Gnolls rampaging through the Karanas? Or maybe a new
dragon emerges from his ages-old slumber to ravage the
countryside. In addition, be the first to take part in special
Historical Quests, where you'll be able to interact with key
personalities in the world of Norrath and participate in truly
momentous events. Whatever the quest, whatever the event, danger and
adventure await you in the EverQuest Legends Service.

Legendary Items

In EverQuest Legends, truly unique and awesome new equipment will be
introduced prior to their release on our other servers. Be the first
to find the War Helm of the Undead Buccaneer, or the Spectral Ring
of Might, and discover the dangers that must be faced in order to
wield these mysterious new items. Some of these Legendary items will
even be named after the first player who discovers them. There is no
telling what the Legends Team will come up with, or where these
items will be discovered, but rest assured that there will be loads
of new great new items showing up on EQ Legends first.

Calendar of Events

With all this great stuff going on, you're going to need a way of
keeping track of it all. That's where the Legends Calendar comes
into play. This web-based calendar will be kept up to date by the
Legends Team, and will let you know who, when, where, and what is
going on server-wide. You'll be able to organize and list your own
events for other Legends players to see, or search through the
listings to find other exciting, player-run events to participate
in.

Interactive Maps

New dynamic maps help chart the travels of your character with step
by step tracking of your progress through the world of Norrath and
beyond.  Quickly find which zone your character is bound in, and
which zones you have or haven't visited. As these maps progress,
more detail and dynamic features will be added to assist your
exploration of Norrath.

Tales of Adventure

Ever wanted to take a stab at chronicling your adventure? The Tales
of Adventure will feature the best stories submitted by Legends
players, prominently displayed for the whole world to marvel in your
glorious deeds! A lasting legacy and homage to your characters'
adventures, we'll be posting everything from the short story to the
grand epic in the Tales of Adventure.

Guild Halls

Membership to the Legends Service will provide you a one stop
website for all of your Guild needs. This new service includes a
guild calendar, message board, member roster, and pages to post
guild news, the guild history, and more! Everything you need to
manage your Guild and its activities. Setting up that next Plane
raid? Or perhaps just organizing a Guild wedding, the Guild Hall
will give you the flexibility and tools that you deserve.

Rules & Regulations

Once the new Legends server is live, the EverQuest Legends service
will be available to you from the moment you complete the sign-up
process!  You may immediately log in, create a new character and
begin a journey to forge your own Legend! You will also have access
to the many features from the new EverQuest Legends website!

This first open signup for the Legends Service is capped at 8,000
subscribers. Given the current size of the EverQuest game world and
our experience with subscriber to online player ratios, we feel that
this per server number will lend itself to a healthy community, with
an average online player count in the 2,300-2,400 range. Our target
is a game environment that neither suffers from an empty,
under-crowded feel where grouping is difficult, nor a cramped,
overrun setting. Should our best guesswork not hold true, we have
hardware standing by to ensure a great gaming experience.

As a value-added service to the EverQuest Legends service, you may
choose to move up to eight (8) of your existing characters on a
single account, with their items, from any existing server to an
EverQuest Legends server. (Customers who wish to move characters
from more than one existing account may accomplish this by using the
character move service to consolidate their characters to one
account and then upgrade that account, or by upgrading each account
individually.)

All terms and conditions of the EverQuest User Agreement and
Software License (EUASL) and the Rules of Conduct found on
www.everquest.com apply to any transfer or attempted transfer of
characters. You will not be allowed to transfer any characters from
an account that is not yours and that was not originally registered
by you.

Guidelines and Restrictions

A total of 8 characters may be moved.

If you are planning on moving characters to a Legends server, please
keep in mind that you can only view 8 characters on an
account. Should you initially create one or more characters on the
server and then move 8 you will not see all of your characters. All
characters will be there, sorted alphabetically, but you will need
to delete one or more of your characters to allow the others to show
up. Should this suggestion seem confusing, please contact us in game
via /petition or the Legends website contact form and we will be
happy to explain this more thoroughly.

Charges will be made directly to your credit card on file.

No refunds will be permitted once your request to upgrade is
approved and processed. If you change your mind about subscribing to
the EverQuest Legends service, you may cancel your billing and will
be able to play on both standard EverQuest servers and EverQuest
Legends servers until your subscription period ends at which time
you will be given the opportunity to re-subscribe to the standard
EverQuest service. In this event, characters that were moved to a
Legends server will be moved back to their respective server(s).

All approved requests will be processed when as soon as
possible. SOE reserves the right to deny any attempted request to
transfer in its sole and absolute discretion.

Your subscription to the EverQuest Legends service entitles you to
play on any and all EverQuest Legends servers, though your
characters may only be moved once.

If you wish to move characters between Legends servers, you may do
so once per six months.

There are no discounts for multiple accounts subscribed to the
EverQuest Legends service.

Character names are not guaranteed on a move to the EverQuest
Legends service. Names will be on a first come, first served
basis. Those who sign up for the service first will have their name
reserved for them. If the name you have chosen is already taken, an
X will be appended to the first name and you may /petition in-game
for a new name.

Sign Up

Make sure to check back on Monday, February 4, 2002 to reserve your
spot on the Legends server. Space is limited, and reservations will
be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. For just $39.95
per month, a price that includes your current EQ subscription, you
have the opportunity to make your mark on EverQuest!


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