I've only been playing for like 6 months, but here are my impressions:
The raid scene got kinda messed up with some hardcore players really curbstomping pretty much all of the other guilds on the server, resulting in one guild getting 90%+ of the raid mob kills. In the recent weeks, much discussion and compromise has taken place to work things out, yet maintain a reasonably "classic" feel.
Premium items do not cost from 20k-80kpp. Premium items cost from 100k-500kpp. It is really absurd, actually. How I (and many other like me) am supposed to start on this server without any help, yet manage to accrue half a million platinum in order to be competitive with other level 60's is ludicrous. I've been saving up since I started, i'm level 41 now, and I can *almost* afford one pair of Golden Efreeti Boots for 5k -- but that is like ALL of my money. Something seems askew.... However, on the lower/mid-end, prices seem relatively fair and negotiable (and dare i say even cheap, sometimes!) and you shouldnt have any problems gearing up a toon with decent enough equipment to get you through your 30's and 40's.
The grouping/levelling scene is where this server truly shines. Crushbone, Befallen, Mistmoore, Unrest, Guk... they are all exactly as you remember: groups looking for favored classes, and players fighting the same mobs from 1999. Yes, there are a lot of twinks, but twinking is classic as hell!
My journey... My adventure from level 1 to level 41 was everything and more that I ever hoped this Project 1999 server would be. In fact, if I get to the end-game and realize it's all drama and favoritism, I'm just going to start a new class from the ground up and experience the part of this game I love the most - the actual playing!
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