Does that guy play p99?

[Jibartik]

"Those guys are like EQ special forces."

Heard on mischief this weekend. :cool:

[Jimjam]

Special alright.

[Baler]

There have been many crews who got the job done in an effective manner.

[Jibartik]

Special alright.

:o

[Nocht]

17th Armored Poop Sock Division.

[Bardp1999]

https://i.imgur.com/uih9vix.jpg

[Mblake1981]

Remember seeing computer text fonts, sometimes selectable like in EQ, in your Windows computer games?

#before360
#beforeXbox

My rant is completely nerdy but honest.

[Baler]

so far only the handicapped have replied to this thread. I'm just saying.

[Mblake1981]

I'm no exception here. Just sayin.

[Baler]

I'm no exception here. Just sayin.

https://www.project1999.com/forums/image.php?u=164388&dateline=1622064071

[Jibartik]

https://i.imgur.com/KYCGuM9.png

[RevSaber]

If you were on mischief, you heard "yeah that morons from p99" but got gassed up and heard a compliment

[RecondoJoe]

P99 is a lot easier to play than TLP. A lot of things that are broken OP on P99 have long since been removed from the game on TLP.

Need plat on P99? Just go farm Halfling Guards or Treants. On TLP the Halflings respawn so slow that it's a terrible way to farm $$$ and the Treants aren't a static spawn, and are really hard to find.

300% ZEMs means you get blazing experience most of your career, and players only do the same exact camps over and over again to the point where the leveling system almost runs like clock-work.

The play-style in TLP requires you to be a lot more active than P99. P99 is very slow-paced and like as a Cleric I literally just buff people once an hour, and toss out a heal ever so often, rarely having any mana issues or much to think about.

On TLP I'm constantly OOM and as a Cleric I die more than anyone else in the group. This is the opposite of P99 where Clerics almost never die. On P99 if I get aggro, I just divine barrier, and immediately drop all aggro. Train? Face-tank the mobs while your team mates run away, giving them a head start, and then divine barrier, the mobs will then chase your team mates while you load gate and med. About 10 seconds later drop the barrier and gate.

This does not work on TLP because the mobs aren't morons. When you need Divine Barrier you almost never have enough mana to cast it, and if you do get it off, you can only keep it up for a second because if you wait too long someone in your group will die. Players require a lot more heals to stay alive. But unlike on P99, these mobs aren't idiots, so when you drop barrier, they immediately turn and try to finish you off.

And another thing, like using gate to escape bad situations almost never works on TLP. I'm a level 50 Cleric with better gear than I had on P99 and I died in Runnyeye last night to level 25 mobs because I couldn't cast an AOE or gate with them beating me up. On P99 my level 50 Cleric in patchwork easily solo'd the entire zone without a care in the world.

It's weird though, like Clerics in Guk still feel immensely more powerful on TLP than they do on P99 because they dramatically reduced the cost of your anti-undead spells and gave Clerics bane-strike.

But nah, P99 is for sure the easier version of the game. Part of why I made a Cleric on TLP is I love the laid back, slow paced play-style... on TLP this is not the case, I feel like I'm working my ass off compared to other classes. On P99 if you don't have buffs, it's because I'm bad. On TLP if you don't have buffs, look at my fucking mana bar, you idiot. Do you think I have enough mana to buff anyone who's not a tank??

[DeathsSilkyMist]

P99 is a lot easier to play than TLP. A lot of things that are broken OP on P99 have long since been removed from the game on TLP.

Need plat on P99? Just go farm Halfling Guards or Treants. On TLP the Halflings respawn so slow that it's a terrible way to farm $$$ and the Treants aren't a static spawn, and are really hard to find.

300% ZEMs means you get blazing experience most of your career, and players only do the same exact camps over and over again to the point where the leveling system almost runs like clock-work.

The play-style in TLP requires you to be a lot more active than P99. P99 is very slow-paced and like as a Cleric I literally just buff people once an hour, and toss out a heal ever so often, rarely having any mana issues or much to think about.

On TLP I'm constantly OOM and as a Cleric I die more than anyone else in the group. This is the opposite of P99 where Clerics almost never die. On P99 if I get aggro, I just divine barrier, and immediately drop all aggro. Train? Face-tank the mobs while your team mates run away, giving them a head start, and then divine barrier, the mobs will then chase your team mates while you load gate and med. About 10 seconds later drop the barrier and gate.

This does not work on TLP because the mobs aren't morons. When you need Divine Barrier you almost never have enough mana to cast it, and if you do get it off, you can only keep it up for a second because if you wait too long someone in your group will die. Players require a lot more heals to stay alive. But unlike on P99, these mobs aren't idiots, so when you drop barrier, they immediately turn and try to finish you off.

And another thing, like using gate to escape bad situations almost never works on TLP. I'm a level 50 Cleric with better gear than I had on P99 and I died in Runnyeye last night to level 25 mobs because I couldn't cast an AOE or gate with them beating me up. On P99 my level 50 Cleric in patchwork easily solo'd the entire zone without a care in the world.

It's weird though, like Clerics in Guk still feel immensely more powerful on TLP than they do on P99 because they dramatically reduced the cost of your anti-undead spells and gave Clerics bane-strike.

But nah, P99 is for sure the easier version of the game. Part of why I made a Cleric on TLP is I love the laid back, slow paced play-style... on TLP this is not the case, I feel like I'm working my ass off compared to other classes. On P99 if you don't have buffs, it's because I'm bad. On TLP if you don't have buffs, look at my fucking mana bar, you idiot. Do you think I have enough mana to buff anyone who's not a tank??

Not sure which TLP you are playing. It is super easy mode on TLP. Just buy a pre nerf fungi staff (Theres a ton of em) and some JBoots with a few Krono. The mana regen rate is already faster than P99 and there are clarity potions, so casters just blaze through kunark and Velious. Way easier than P99.

[RecondoJoe]

Not sure which TLP you are playing. It is super easy mode on TLP. Just buy a pre nerf fungi staff (Theres a ton of em) and some JBoots with a few Krono. The mana regen rate is already faster than P99 and there are clarity potions, so casters just blaze through kunark and Velious. Way easier than P99.

I'm talking about the TLP that is in classic. You're probably talking about The Serpent Shrine or some other weird shit I've never even played before.

Solo'ing feels utterly fruitless on TLP, even if you are the most solo-friendly class like Necro it feels like you are absolutely gimping yourself by solo'ing. Mana regen is faster because combat is faster.

[starkind]

If you solo on tlp people just ks you lol.

[Jibartik]

P99 is a lot easier to play than TLP. A lot of things that are broken OP on P99 have long since been removed from the game on TLP.

Need plat on P99? Just go farm Halfling Guards or Treants. On TLP the Halflings respawn so slow that it's a terrible way to farm $$$ and the Treants aren't a static spawn, and are really hard to find.

300% ZEMs means you get blazing experience most of your career, and players only do the same exact camps over and over again to the point where the leveling system almost runs like clock-work.

The play-style in TLP requires you to be a lot more active than P99. P99 is very slow-paced and like as a Cleric I literally just buff people once an hour, and toss out a heal ever so often, rarely having any mana issues or much to think about.

On TLP I'm constantly OOM and as a Cleric I die more than anyone else in the group. This is the opposite of P99 where Clerics almost never die. On P99 if I get aggro, I just divine barrier, and immediately drop all aggro. Train? Face-tank the mobs while your team mates run away, giving them a head start, and then divine barrier, the mobs will then chase your team mates while you load gate and med. About 10 seconds later drop the barrier and gate.

This does not work on TLP because the mobs aren't morons. When you need Divine Barrier you almost never have enough mana to cast it, and if you do get it off, you can only keep it up for a second because if you wait too long someone in your group will die. Players require a lot more heals to stay alive. But unlike on P99, these mobs aren't idiots, so when you drop barrier, they immediately turn and try to finish you off.

And another thing, like using gate to escape bad situations almost never works on TLP. I'm a level 50 Cleric with better gear than I had on P99 and I died in Runnyeye last night to level 25 mobs because I couldn't cast an AOE or gate with them beating me up. On P99 my level 50 Cleric in patchwork easily solo'd the entire zone without a care in the world.

It's weird though, like Clerics in Guk still feel immensely more powerful on TLP than they do on P99 because they dramatically reduced the cost of your anti-undead spells and gave Clerics bane-strike.

But nah, P99 is for sure the easier version of the game. Part of why I made a Cleric on TLP is I love the laid back, slow paced play-style... on TLP this is not the case, I feel like I'm working my ass off compared to other classes. On P99 if you don't have buffs, it's because I'm bad. On TLP if you don't have buffs, look at my fucking mana bar, you idiot. Do you think I have enough mana to buff anyone who's not a tank??

That's weird, I had the opposite experience.

I had 400 plat at level 3 and was level 28 in 2 days and the first time I had to sit down to meditate was around level 20.

[Jibartik]

Oh yea I was level 20 at the end of day 2.

[Synphul]

I've got a cleric and shadowknight leveled to 60 on Aradune and can confirm it is ez mode. I don't think I've even logged in since the 2nd toon hit 60 cuz it's meh.

[OuterChimp]

I can bench 185!

[DeathsSilkyMist]

I'm talking about the TLP that is in classic. You're probably talking about The Serpent Shrine or some other weird shit I've never even played before.

Solo'ing feels utterly fruitless on TLP, even if you are the most solo-friendly class like Necro it feels like you are absolutely gimping yourself by solo'ing. Mana regen is faster because combat is faster.

This was on Aradune the week Kunark dropped. Within a week the market was flooded with pre nerf fungi staffs because of seblis zone instancing, and TLP servers don't remove limited content very quickly. It is up for weeks instead of the classic timeline of one week. I bought a pre nerf fungi staff for like 2 krono.

I do agree the faster mana regen makes combat faster, which is probably why you are oom more often. But faster combat means faster leveling, which is another thing that makes TLP easier. Honestly even at level 37 on TLP I don't bother with resing because it is pretty quick to just make up the xp due to the fungi staff regen and faster mana regen/clarity pots.

[starkind]

I've got a cleric and shadowknight leveled to 60 on Aradune and can confirm it is ez mode. I don't think I've even logged in since the 2nd toon hit 60 cuz it's meh.

try getting to 65 an beating GoD in a few weeks )

[Jibartik]

oh is that what it is faster mana regen?

I was gonna say I didnt even meditate until level 23

I was like wtf is this counterstrike WOOO LOOT PINYATAS!

faster mana regen makes the game a cake walk, not harder haha

[Synphul]

try getting to 65 an beating GoD in a few weeks )

I don't even know what expansion they are on now. I think last I logged in was before SoL release a few months ago.

[Jibartik]

can confirm I look like a tard trying to get flame lick to pull agro :(

[starkind]

still pretty easy to die go roll an untwinked froglok and dont use a merc

[Jibartik]

I enjoyed the counterstrique quest.

I was soloing yellow nameds in kerra as a ranger at 22 it was super fun.

[starkind]

just wait till u hit lvl 95 :p

[Jibartik]

On live I was that level casting arch of arrows for like 20k damage on sitting casters on zek but I dont remember it being this easy I think that's because I went to seal training camp here though.

[RecondoJoe]

faster mana regen makes the game a cake walk, not harder haha

IDK about all that, it's really hard to compare this to P99

On P99 Green during classic to get through level 45 you got a case of beer and spent 30 hours at Kobold Royals waiting 20 minutes at a time for more mobs to spawn. On TLP at level 45 you sit at BNB, pull all of Kobold Royals, clear all of BNB, and start pulling Imps and Fire Giants. All at once. This is the actual standard. I find myself constantly OOM and hoping no one notices that I let Resist Magic run off the tank and that he might get stunned by a Sonic bat and wipe. I just don't have the mana to re-buff, but if we stop to med we may lose a mob to a competing group.

Is this easier? IMHO no. Not even close. Me and my tanks regularly die. I don't think I've ever died at Kobold Royals son P99.

Now you could make the argument that you can just buy Krono, and that is true, but again, there are two types of players in this world. People who buy Krono, and those of us who do not need to. I did the math on it this morning and realized I'm making about as much money playing EverQuest as I make crypto mining.

[Ratchet51]

On live I was that level casting arch of arrows for like 20k damage on sitting casters on zek but I dont remember it being this easy I think that's because I went to seal training camp here though.

You're in ST? Gross.

[Mblake1981]

IDK about all that, it's really hard to compare this to P99

On P99 Green during classic to get through level 45 you got a case of beer and spent 30 hours at Kobold Royals waiting 20 minutes at a time for more mobs to spawn. On TLP at level 45 you sit at BNB, pull all of Kobold Royals, clear all of BNB, and start pulling Imps and Fire Giants. All at once. This is the actual standard. I find myself constantly OOM and hoping no one notices that I let Resist Magic run off the tank and that he might get stunned by a Sonic bat and wipe. I just don't have the mana to re-buff, but if we stop to med we may lose a mob to a competing group.

Is this easier? IMHO no. Not even close. Me and my tanks regularly die. I don't think I've ever died at Kobold Royals son P99.

Now you could make the argument that you can just buy Krono, and that is true, but again, there are two types of players in this world. People who buy Krono, and those of us who do not need to. I did the math on it this morning and realized I'm making about as much money playing EverQuest as I make crypto mining.

I remember playing in 2000 on my Gateway. :o

I don't recognize anything here besides that. It's all social media and weirdness at this point.

[RecondoJoe]

I remember playing in 2000 on my Gateway. :o

I don't recognize anything here besides that. It's all social media and weirdness at this point.

There's so many things about real EverQuest that will never be replicated, likely in any other game, unless they find a way to prioritize socializing as much as grinding.

I remember playing EverQuest for years and my goal was never "let me log in and grind as much exp as humanly possible for the next 8 hours." I logged on and went in adventures, found other players to hang out with, no one knew anything, so you would see groups set up in the weirdest places, and Qeynos felt like a real social hub.

[Nirgon]

You're in ST? Gross.

They're talented, fun, driven people. Why is that gross?

[RecondoJoe]

They're talented, fun, driven people. Why is that gross?

They were usually the least toxic people on P99 in my experience.

People have no idea how terrible the P99 experience would actually be if Black Lotus or Kingdom ran the show

[Lune]

All I can say is thank god for TLP as containment server for recondojoe

[RecondoJoe]

I was probably the most positive member on P99 realistically. I spent the last month on the game power leveling complete strangers because there was nothing else to do. I can honestly say I never sold a single item. I gave Thick Banded Belts away to new players when they were a $5,000 platinum item and highly sought after because it was one of the only items a Level 50 Cleric could camp. Teleported and ran many great distances to resurrect complete strangers -- never once took a "tip." This is the type of person I am by default.

My "bad reputation" literally stems from me calling out how toxic Black Lotus and key members of Kingdom (Jumjumshot, Caroll anyone?) publicly. Something that everyone else lacks the moral character and backbone to do. Everyone else just hates in silence, complaining in whispers. Not me. I'm not that kind of guy. I consider what I do to be a public service.

[Mblake1981]

EQ Binders

Purchased my first printer just to start mine.

https://twitter.com/MarinoV1/status/1107047567479562240
https://twitter.com/daveypitts/status/1087930240079482881
https://twitter.com/LizExMachina/status/1391881595133509636
https://twitter.com/Iordbecca/status/1040782846129057792
https://twitter.com/preyformary/status/1245174903038332929

[Fammaden]

I kept my binder for years, it was a cloth zip up one and all the maps were in plastic sleeves. Kinda wish I'd kept it now even if it seems pointless with the EQAtlas all being uploaded to the wiki.

It annoys me when people sometimes edit shit into the old EQAtlas flavor text zone descriptions. I guess many don't know that its a piece of history or understand the appeal of that sort of description, they just want raw details like most modern MMO's.

[Synphul]

I don't think I've ever died at Kobold Royals son P99.

That just shows you weren't playing during the Abacab/Raren era of P99.

[Mblake1981]

I kept my binder for years, it was a cloth zip up one and all the maps were in plastic sleeves. Kinda wish I'd kept it now even if it seems pointless with the EQAtlas all being uploaded to the wiki.

It annoys me when people sometimes edit shit into the old EQAtlas flavor text zone descriptions. I guess many don't know that its a piece of history or understand the appeal of that sort of description, they just want raw details like most modern MMO's.

I kept mine until I lost it in a move, along with tossing out all my old big boxes. Didn't seen important anymore and life as changing. I wish I had mine still, with all my old scribbles left intact. A forgotten testament to how cool original EQ was.

Wiki is convenience, which is the big motivator today.

[Jimjam]

I kept mine until I lost it in a move, along with tossing out all my old big boxes. Didn't seen important anymore and life as changing. I wish I had mine still, with all my old scribbles left intact. A forgotten testament to how cool original EQ was.

Wiki is convenience, which is the big motivator today.

Gotta make sure when i dedicate 21 years to a computer game I do so efficiently. Don’t want to be wasting my time.

[Mblake1981]

Min/Max my time wasting so I don't waste it.

[Jibartik]

I deleted over 1000 screenshots from 99 because I was so angry at how much of my life the game stole

big regrets since I just handed it the second half of my life it seems.

[Mblake1981]

A game can't steal something you give it freely.

[Ratchet51]

They're talented, fun, driven people. Why is that gross?

Talented at what? LawyerQuest and suffocating competition by absorbing all the other guild's good players? They also don't seem like the most "fun" group of people to hang around with considering their racist past, but to each their own.

[Boptop]

I deleted over 1000 screenshots from 99 because I was so angry at how much of my life the game stole

big regrets since I just handed it the second half of my life it seems.

The land of Norrath can be a sweet escape during tough times.

[Bhairava]

this begs the question,