I tried to like it... I really tried...advice?
 

I was so excited upon hearing about proj1999 through a random reddit post a few months ago.

I've been lvl 31 for 2 months now and can't muster the will to log back on. I really got back into EQ when i found out about this server, played a lot and then really lost heart out when I figured out everyone had millions of plat and just solo'd to 60 with a fungi tunic.

Everything I missed about EQ...the community, keeping up your reputation to get groups and make friends, trying hard to get rare items, and end game content... oh man how disappointed was I when i heard that it is all dominated by one guild so I didnt really have the option to jump into a naggy raid and fulfill my nostalgia....though I did learn the term "poop socking' which is fantastic.

Really wishing there was a server like this with a good pop but wasn't so old that everyone has 5 lvl 60's with millions of plat so I could be on the same level as others or at least somewhere close.


Are there any other severs out like this? I'm pretty sure this is my only real option but I'd love to hear if there is.


Spare me the "don't like it leave" or "don't be a cry baby" posts. I'm fully aware of the sentiments of the poop sock posse that frequents this message board.

don't like it? leave. don't be a cry baby.

If I believed everything every loser on this server ever said, I would quit too. Why quit before you even really try to get what you want?

Theres a new sleeper server post somewhere maybe that would make u happier? Im sure theres several lowly characters around

There's the sleeper (epicemu.com) and EQClassic (eqclassic.org). However, Sleeper is horribly un-classic and EQClassic isn't even in Alpha testing yet, so you'll have to wait. There is a Live option, but that goes up through PoP, and that is EQMac (eqmac.com). P99/R99 is not all trash, and there is lots to be done outside the raid scene. Do not be lazy and wait for groups, be proactive and make your own. You'd be amazed what you can accomplish if you put your mind to it.

Well, it's funny you comment this because you are one of the reasons I started feeling this way Guido.

I duo'd with your Necro killing Aviaks. Very friendly btw not blaming you for anything.

However, it seemed to put me in the mindset that even if I grind out for the next few months and level to 60 I still won't be 1/50th as elite as most of the people playing this game due to the fact that I'm coming in so late. And what's the point of playing everquest if you cant show off a little.

When I started playing again I had such a nostalgia burst, my biggest motivation was leveling to 50 so I could kill Nafagen again. I get on these forums and read about how pretty much everything is perma-camped and there is really no room for casual players end game at all.

Hey, maybe I am mistaken but that's the perspective I have gained this far and it's holding me back.

I realize I do kind of sound like a bitch, but it is what it is.

If you don't enjoy it, don't play. Seems like there are a lot of you out there more concerned about items and lvl 60 as opposed to enjoying the game with other like minded people. A lot of you are more concerned about what you dont have, as opposed to enjoying the game. Get a guild, make some friends, have some laughs. Ive been playing a year and a half and don't have a lvl 60, or a fungi, or millions of plat, hell I dont even have thousands of plat at this time. But the journey has been fun.

oh, and well played.

/shrug

Not everyone can be the 1% I guess =P if you need to be to be happy, I don't know what to tell ya!

I wasn't for a long time.

Nobody can level your characters for you. Groups in the 30s arent easy, just today someone else a few threads down was saying his monk couldn't get a group started.

Are you a healing class? We may have just killed 2 birds with one stone...could be the start of something awesome, PM the guy and find out when he plays, or do you want me to do that for you? :p