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NachtMystium 08-30-2020 12:27 AM

Remove the wiki to promote in-game interaction
 
I think it would add to the classic experience to remove the wiki.

The P99 wiki is a modern crutch to this 20 year old game and it only takes away from the immersion. Removing the wiki would create incentive on people to seek in-game answers and conversation and also creates room for people to make their own websites.

I'm sure someone would make a custom website that may replace the wiki eventually but dang wouldn't it be so much nicer without it? I think this is why alot of the groups / zones become silent, there's no real wonder or reason to engage in chat with other players besides friendly banter which the majority dont really care about.

Link to an original live everquest website I used to check out during middle school that is still up: http://www.angelfire.com/games2/ashnight/main.html

cd288 08-30-2020 12:37 AM

Yeah cause there were never online resources through Velious *eyeroll*

Feracitus 08-30-2020 12:43 AM

this is a battle that was lost a long time ago bro!

NachtMystium 08-30-2020 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by cd288 (Post 3176132)
Yeah cause there were never online resources through Velious *eyeroll*

that's exactly my point, online resources but not to the extent of the wiki we have now

NachtMystium 08-30-2020 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Feracitus (Post 3176135)
this is a battle that was lost a long time ago bro!

:(

Nuggie 08-30-2020 01:18 AM

I'm not against the goal you're trying to achieve, but another would just pop up somewhere else.

DMN 08-30-2020 01:23 AM

I think without a wiki you'd probably lose about 90% of any true noobs to EQ... and there still are quite few curious people from later MMO genre's checking it out. Of course we know this is a silly question because a different site would be up -- prolly a complete copy paste of the wiki maybe ven in another wiki. heh

Skarne 08-30-2020 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by NachtMystium (Post 3176131)
I think it would add to the classic experience to remove the wiki.

The P99 wiki is a modern crutch to this 20 year old game and it only takes away from the immersion. Removing the wiki would create incentive on people to seek in-game answers and conversation and also creates room for people to make their own websites.

I'm sure someone would make a custom website that may replace the wiki eventually but dang wouldn't it be so much nicer without it? I think this is why alot of the groups / zones become silent, there's no real wonder or reason to engage in chat with other players besides friendly banter which the majority dont really care about.

Link to an original live everquest website I used to check out during middle school that is still up: http://www.angelfire.com/games2/ashnight/main.html

Thanks a ton for that link!! So cool that page is still up.

Castle2.0 08-30-2020 01:38 AM

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Removing the wiki would create incentive on people to seek in-game answers and conversation and also creates room for people to make their own websites.
Incorrect, this will simply encourage someone to host an exact copy of the wiki. I would wager platinum to copper that someone has a copy on their computer somewhere.

Sorry, your idea won't create the outcome you think it will, but there are a near infinite number of ways to increase in-game interactions.

I put on an epic newbie quest once where I gave away a Box of Abu-kar when a newbie completed an "epic" (for their level) quest.

If you want to see more of this in-game, you gotta put in the work. We need addition, not subtraction.

Jibartik 08-30-2020 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by NachtMystium (Post 3176138)
:(

i feel u bro

but yeah there's nothing you can do, this is just the natural reality of a game that at one point felt infinite but turns out like everything else, isnt. I wonder if the universe is?

edit:

dat link is great.

drools in elvish:

https://i.imgur.com/2qeJC3i.png


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