[mickey182]

I do think there's a difference in economies, twinking/gearing, and high end (ie raid). Otherwise I think it's essentially classic.

Here's the core of it: if you played red originally, then red 99 is pretty classic. If you played blue originally, then red 99 in NO way resembles classic (because there wasn't much pvp on blue).

As for a solution: continue pushing through velious, until all (or most) of the fixes and changes are in place. Then restart server (with wipe) and either run it progression or 'as is' with full content through velious. Either way the removal of the top heavy, exploit leveled, and gear surplus will result in a return to purely classic.

Stepping back from that a bit you can voluntarily choose not to twink. I almost never twinked on live, which is what made me love the game. Likewise I don't twink here, and find it just as fun.

Not to poke the bear, but frankly there's an argument for loosening the no-box rule as well...part of what twinking is about is a need to be superman (via gear) to play solo. Let people be their own group and you alleviate the need for gear (somewhat), and weaken the hold of the economy. Just saying.