Drops it and don't merge with blue.

This exactly. Is the only logical solution.

Merging w/ blue sounds like a horrible idea.

Manastone, etc existed in the classic timeline, thus it will exist on green. Even if this poll turned out to be 100% against them existing on green, Rogean is trying to create an accurate classic everquest server, your opinion doesn't matter.

I think some of these items should just be made no drop.

Classic everquest

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Duping items was also classic everquest.

So were a lot of things no one is asking to see return to P99. Nightblindness, book medding, full screen UI, no windowed mode, lack of mouse wheel camera scroll. We accept the lack of these things as part of P99 because the experience is close enough and because it adds to the game in a way that probably should have always been possible.

The ability to experience a simulacrum of classic everquest will still exist if the guise/MS etc nerfs are retroactive. The people who want to enjoy a classic server will be able to do so without them.

The only players really affected much by it will be pixel crazed fiends unable to get a fix of power, profit, and monopolizing content. Helping to reduce the possibility for toxic anti-social behavior over camps because of an arbitrary nerf timeline should be a greater goal than blindly following the classic era patch schedule.

There would be plenty of other high value items to camp anyway. I'd be much more concerned about availability of FBSS for melee than manastones or guises, but at least we know that FBSS will exist forever and while it might be on permafarm it won't be the same mad rush to get as many as possible into the fewest amount of greedy hands while the inevitable clock is ticking.

It’s called a change in culture and it takes time. Give credit to the culture for shunning the status quo. Braknar is part of the culture.

Of course it should drop. If it didn't what is even the point of playing? May as well make AK47s and rocket launchers drop if you're going to remove classic loot just because you think someone camping something is going to impact your life in any meaningful way.

As I said in another thread, I gave away in /ooc a guise during the Kunark launch event in Toxxulia. No one knows it happened. No one cares. I have no idea who - if anyone - looted it or if it simply rotted and it's made no impact in anyone's entire life even if someone did loot it. THAT is how important these special items you people claim with no basis other than your own prejudice and selfish desires are going to ruin green are to the universe. Not at all. Not special at all.

Also for anyone considering blue's lifespan (postmortem) and post-green (after assimilation) well.. you're delusional and wasting whatever brainpower you might have. When green launches blue is officially dead. Just like red was after a few days. Your pixels will effectively be worth less than dogshit when green launches, and likewise when green assimilates all our pixels are trash. Enjoy the experience, not the grind.

I'm sure there are a plenty of "normal"/decent people who missed out on a lot of these things the first time around in EQ, and the second time around on P99.