The least classic thing about p99

[Doil_Boil]

Is the lighting. Make everyone blind again. It’s more fun that way.

[Pringles]

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=278925
https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=261746
https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=301867
https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179088
https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=307661
https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=286757

PBAOE 25 limit

should cover most of it

[Erati]

Certain npcs shouldn't display their loot, I'm looking at you Keldor Dek Torek !!!!

https://i.imgur.com/XaWUEEt.png

[kaev]

Wrong! Utterly and completely wrong! The least classic thing about p1999 is we don't have a bulletin board like alt.games.everquest frequented by approx 2% of the population of the game yet chock full of know-it-alls, oh wai-

[Pringles]

Wrong! Utterly and completely wrong! The least classic thing about p1999 is we don't have a bulletin board like alt.games.everquest frequented by approx 2% of the population of the game yet chock full of know-it-alls, oh wai-

Belated welcome to the 2%


o/

[Quizlop]

Weapon swing fatigue doesn't exist.
Spell scribe and memorize times are too fast.
OOT boats are totally wrong.
Mouse scroll to 3rd person shouldn't exist.

[Nixtar]

wow, p99 isn't 100% classic. must enlighten everyone.

[Bboboo]

moving to 1999

[Nexii]

The last classic thing about P99 is the lack of RP/cyber

[d3r14k]

The last classic thing about P99 is the lack of RP/cyber

Agree. Along the same lines, there aren't enough naked wood elves and half elves begging for plat in the EC tunnel. It seemed like there was always someone doing this on Druzzil Ro in 1999 / 2000.

It was one of you heathens, I know it.

[shuklak]

Least classic thing is not being forced off the computer by family or phone line.

[Jauna]

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[Phenyl]

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existence is pain

[Tethler]

Least classic thing is not having my mom tell me to go do the dishes while attempting drag my groups corpses in Seb and taking a literal 20 min afk while they all wait at zonin.

[Pyrion]

The least classic thing with the most impact is the slow expansion pace. Don't misunderstand me, i am not critical about it. This server is a work of passion and i appreciate that. But it is a big difference to classic times leading to a totally different player community.

That doesn't have to be a bad thing, but it's surely very different than it was in classic times.

[ScaringChildren]

The last classic thing about P99 is the lack of RP/cyber

I will cyber with anyone for 20p a minute.

Hot and horny female woodelves are standing by ;)

[Tethler]

I will cyber with anyone for 20p a minute.

Hot and horny female woodelves are standing by ;)

What's your stripper name...err.. cyber name?

[Nexii]

20p a minute is kinda low. You can make the same hourly at most camps (1.2k/hour)

I'm thinking somewhere around 10k an hour. Rates varying on race and fetishes/kinks to play out. This is the real purpose of my erotica writings, btw. It gives an advertising sample

[d3r14k]

I thought Dino said 20pp AN HOUR at first and was immediately thinking of ways to exploit his time. These below rates seem pretty good for in era 1999 industry standard. They make 20pp a minute seem reasonable.

https://i.imgur.com/BMs8lEb.jpg

It's Jedi lines only for me, kiddos.

... How did I get like this? I didn't used to be this way. I was a respectable wood elf once.

https://i.imgur.com/Duo2QVt.jpg

[ScaringChildren]

20p a minute is kinda low. You can make the same hourly at most camps (1.2k/hour)

I'm thinking somewhere around 10k an hour. Rates varying on race and fetishes/kinks to play out. This is the real purpose of my erotica writings, btw. It gives an advertising sample

I'm the McDonald's version of a Cyber Service™.

I'm the person you call when you need to drive-thru for a quickie.

I don't always give you extra napkins and my attention to detail is lacking, but I get the job done.

An escort service for the everyday nerd.

[ScaringChildren]

What's your stripper name...err.. cyber name?

A'lexus Treetickler

[Nexii]

Yea I'd rather go more for upscale/exclusive. After getting a taste of Sirken, I'm aiming more for the 1% of neckbeards. It's the Rustle way - work smarter not harder.

Nexii Vanadis: A professional dominatrix who caters custom RP content to her clients needs. Most any fetish will be explored or discussed. Typical sessions would be 1-3 hours in my private Neriak dungeon. Evening or weekend long sessions may be considered for special clients. Other locales may be considered if transportation (DaP) costs are provided.

[ScaringChildren]

Yea I'd rather go more for upscale/exclusive. After getting a taste of Sirken, I'm aiming more for the 1% of neckbeards. It's the Rustle way - work smarter not harder.

Nexii Vanadis: A professional dominatrix who caters custom RP content to her clients needs. Most any fetish will be explored or discussed. Typical sessions would be 1-3 hours in my private Neriak dungeon. Evening or weekend long sessions may be considered for special clients. Other locales may be considered if transportation (DaP) costs are provided.

I'd have a cigarette hanging out of my mouth, with faded tattoos on my tits, and I'd have to rail a few lines of roxies before and after we cybered.

Then I'd ask you to call a Dial-A-Port for me and have them drop me off at Waffle House behind Kaladim.

[Yasi]

I'd say the least classic thing is the community. 20 years of internet have spoiled everyone using it. In 1999, ppl respected each other and treated each other like they would in real life. 20 years of online anonymity have turned majority of internet users into selfish, pixel-obessed fucktards.

[kaev]

I'd say the least classic thing is the community. 20 years of internet have spoiled everyone using it. In 1999, ppl respected each other and treated each other like they would in real life. 20 years of online anonymity have turned majority of internet users into selfish, pixel-obessed fucktards.

Nah. It's more prevalent now, what with all the youngsters grew up anonymously online, first as EQ gained popularity and then the huge crush who jumped aboard the WoWwagon. But UO had a fair few selfish fucktards before EQ even entered beta. The seeds were always there, waiting for the fertilizer.

[Danth]

But UO had a fair few selfish fucktards before EQ even entered beta.

There's the understatement of the day. Ultima was a haven for little psychopaths-in-training. It remains one of the absolute worst communities I've ever seen in an online game. EQ was a safe haven in comparison, which probably accounted for much of its relative popularity.

Danth

[Nexii]

I'd say the least classic thing is the community. 20 years of internet have spoiled everyone using it. In 1999, ppl respected each other and treated each other like they would in real life. 20 years of online anonymity have turned majority of internet users into selfish, pixel-obessed fucktards.

I'd say there's a few other reasons too.

One, that as players have figured out EQ more they don't need to get along with others quite as much as back then. It's easier to small group or solo these days especially with gear inflation.

Two, that the very high population of P99 leads to a much more cutthroat environment of competition. Not just raiding but all camps/spawns. I'd favor a softer ruleset but it'd be hard to enforce fairly in practice.

[Cecily]

Population is fine. It just shouldn’t be all 60s. 8 years, far far far longer than these expansions were intended to last in a mmo with a poorly designed economy doesn’t help matters. Although, I hope this helps.

[Dolalin]

1 year between patches, obvs.

[XeroKill]

1 year between patches, obvs.

A year!? Woohoo! Are they shortening the patch cycle?

[ScaringChildren]

Playing the game on modern computers

[mumpz]

definitely discord. bat phones before discord were tough.

[Pindrought]

The fact that mobs can lose aggro on you and reset if you run too far.

[Rygar]

The fact that mobs can lose aggro on you and reset if you run too far.

You were just unaware of this being possible while you played, that's all. We weren't all meta junkies back in the day knowing every nuance of game mechanics.

Evidence for it is completely undeniable.

[Pindrought]

You were just unaware of this being possible while you played, that's all. We weren't all meta junkies back in the day knowing every nuance of game mechanics.

Evidence for it is completely undeniable.

Do you have any links to evidence of this?

[loramin]

Do you have any links to evidence of this?

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155722

[aaezil]

Least classic thing is prolly the wiki. First couple xpacs most of the population was running around clueless trying to learn the zones

[Pindrought]

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155722

Nice ty I didn't know about that.

[Daallee]

Least classic thing is prolly the wiki. First couple xpacs most of the population was running around clueless trying to learn the zones

You're not serious, though. The wiki isn't integrated into the server and you aren't forced to use it. At worst, you're suffering from others' use of the wiki and them having access to knowledge that they didn't otherwise earn.

[loramin]

You're not serious, though. The wiki isn't integrated into the server and you aren't forced to use it. At worst, you're suffering from others' use of the wiki and them having access to knowledge that they didn't otherwise earn.

He didn't say the wiki was killing his mom, he just said it wasn't classic.

That's debatable though, because between Allakhazam, Caster's Realm, and at least one or two other sites I'm forgetting since it's been so long, PLUS the specific info sites (the class forum, EQ Traders Corner, EQ Atlas, etc.) most of what's in the wiki was available.

But at the same time, A) it wasn't all in one convenient location, and B) all of that info wasn't available right away, it took time after each expansion came out for people to figure things out and post them to the web.

[aaezil]

Having played since launch i will say 90% of info on the wiki was unavaiable to most users

[aaezil]

Iirc it wasnt till PoP ish era that wiki style sites were well stocked with game data

[ScaringChildren]

Iirc it wasnt till PoP ish era that wiki style sites were well stocked with game data

I remember using Alakazam around Kunark, I think.

[kaev]

Iirc it wasnt till PoP ish era that wiki style sites were well stocked with game data

There were bulletin boards with crafting and class-specific info pre-Kunark.

EQ Traders was a resource during kunark.

The original Paladins of Norrath board was quite active while the Fiery Avenger quest (the proto epic quest) was being worked out early in Kunark.

The old-style newsgroup alt.games.everquest had quite a few bits of information (and a fair few bits of mis-information too) from early on, but you had to read thru a lot of chaff to find the good stuff.

[Qtip]

I used Everlore right around kunark launch.

[Pyrrhica]

There were a lot of websites with good info and really great message boards back then. Allak, Safehouse, Druids Grove, etc. I remember following massive threads trying to crowdsource the original epic quests. You certainly had to dig for info as it wasn't all neat, tidy and quickly available like the wiki, but it was out there. True nerds had a trusty three ring binder with printed out spell lists and quest notes at the ready.

[Pringles]

Alla has been up since late 1999 so wiki type sources are nothing new.

[Asteria]

There were a lot of websites with good info and really great message boards back then. Allak, Safehouse, Druids Grove, etc. I remember following massive threads trying to crowdsource the original epic quests. You certainly had to dig for info as it wasn't all neat, tidy and quickly available like the wiki, but it was out there. True nerds had a trusty three ring binder with printed out spell lists and quest notes at the ready.

This is very accurate. Back in my golden 80s - just like it was yesterday.😊

[dcrag]

Furor's 'blog' or whatever you wanna call it with those crap forums attached had an unreal amount of information for the average person, just not everyone read it at first.

[dcrag]

There were a lot of websites with good info and really great message boards back then. Allak, Safehouse, Druids Grove, etc. I remember following massive threads trying to crowdsource the original epic quests. You certainly had to dig for info as it wasn't all neat, tidy and quickly available like the wiki, but it was out there. True nerds had a trusty three ring binder with printed out spell lists and quest notes at the ready.

Magetower, Necrotalk, Monkly business, the list is pretty endless. If you needed to know something about your class you could find it. I specifically remember raster being completely layed out very early in Kunark.

[Muggens]

My buds in forsaken realm knew everything about EQ I just asked them. Thott didnt get gnome mask.

[Doil_Boil]

Magetower, Necrotalk, Monkly business, the list is pretty endless. If you needed to know something about your class you could find it. I specifically remember raster being completely layed out very early in Kunark.

Except half the information was incorrect and it was all poorly compiled. Definitely left a lot of mystery to the game.

[Bisonzabi]

The least classic thing is that the P99 mods haven't searched around outside the forums or servers to find erotic fanfiction of a player and outright banned him like Verant did in 2000 or w/e.

Also nobody is playing on dialup with a 15" crt win 98 voodoo 2 pc.

[Bisonzabi]

Least classic thing is prolly the wiki. First couple xpacs most of the population was running around clueless trying to learn the zones

I'm pretty sure most that are posting here don't even need the wiki in the first place and know most of the game in the back of their head. Also there was a shit ton of guides out there within weeks or even days for much of the content back then too such as Allakhazam's. It's just a lot easier now due to shit like wikia's to act as defacto hubs for P99 in particular.

[kaev]

The least classic thing is that the P99 mods haven't searched around outside the forums or servers to find erotic fanfiction of a player and outright banned him like Verant did in 2000 or w/e.

Also nobody is playing on dialup with a 15" crt win 98 voodoo 2 pc.

dialup + 17" CRT + Win95 + voodoo banshee

[Bbeta]

Is the lighting. Make everyone blind again. It’s more fun that way.

to fix this i play using a DVI connection (hdmi seems pasty) and keeping my Gamma in the client at 21 - i literally can not see in the dark as a human with no light source or serpent sight etc. getting from Everfrost to black burrow on a barbarian is really hard and scary

[azeth]

I specifically remember raster being completely layed out very early in Kunark.

What as laid about about the Raster camp?

"Wait, don't leave" ?

[Asteria]

What as laid about about the Raster camp?

"Wait, don't leave" ?

"Your parents will think you have a hard drugs habit by the time you get Raster idol."

[Bisonzabi]

I usually just blast a pocket laser into my eyes and lose my eye sight for a short while to get me that true "I can't see shit" experience. Get on my level.