Guard camping (aside from the ones at the gates of newbie areas) was seriously good for the game. It made high level players and low level players interact and it made the world feel more alive.
In 2011 when I was leveling my Enchanter on Steamfont guards/NPC's here on p99, they felt exactly as they should be - the two guards at the city gate and the one guard a bit up the path were mega-buffed, but the two guards on the other side of the mountain were killable. I would constantly talk with the low level players in the zone when I was medding and they could earn money by running over to me and taking all of my copper/silver/gold to the bank for plat, which they would get to keep some of.
That kind of stuff is exactly the essence of classic EQ.
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