Whole lot of bad games out there too brimming with DLC, catering to kids that can barely walk yet and the ever unfortunate "season pass".

Nothing wrong with paying to play, but why is there never an option to have a flat subscription and keep everyone on the same playing field? EQ was good for that in classic times.

For me, it was an initial dissatisfaction with WoW. I sought something deeper, more RPG. First, I went to a dozen other MMO games, trying to make it work. Then, I went to some older MMO games, Lineage, EQ2, etc. those were all bastardized as well.

Finally I gave EQ1 a try. After level 12 or so, in the first few hours, I had an entire set of great gear. Uninstalled.

When even the original EQ didn't work, I sought out emulated content.

The reasons I did so last are

Fewer people: big problem for MMO games
Often illegal: I stopped pirating a while back, this seemed similar
Annoying install: even EQ 1 was easier to install
Insecure payment: always knew I'd donate, I might be outdated on this
Unstable existence: don't want my character deleted
Frequent silly features: engine access often begets arrogance toward mechanics

You make good points but totally off on this one. Your character will never be deleted, and is always able to be restored if you decide to quit and delete all your characters one day.

We have people that ragequit after a death and let 100K+ worth of items and epics rot only to come back years later and have corpse fully restored.

I think he meant when server itself shuts down cause owner lost interest, which is common among other Emu servers, but there are few that been around for over 5-10 years like SH or THF.

But what if there is an adult who owns their own business and makes stupid amounts of money and chooses to spend 12 hours a day on their super gaming PC playing P99 and have friends text them on their expensive smart phone to play with them?

I guess I never was an adult.

Probably don't see as many people because they can't log in due to server issues.

Truly your mother is a living Saint. :cool: God bless her. Bows head in respect. :D

I just stumbled on this yesterday.. If I had know this was here I would have been on years ago.

Not sure tbh, I think the availability of other games is playing a huge role here