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Originally Posted by mokfarg
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I wonder if over time Project 1999's player base have changed. I imagine the demise of the MAC EQ server has had an influence since it stopped at PoP. Those folks have probably reluctantly made a home here but wish for their old server back.
I remember when this server was first released a similar poll had completely different results. I recall Velious being the leader.
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Determining the pinnacle of Everquest is not the same thing as "Should p1999 go up to POP instead of Velious?" That's a whole different question. I much value p1999 up to Velious more than p1999 up to POP. It makes it far more .... distinctive. And yet if I have to determine the time when I think Everquest was at its peak and perhaps the most enjoyable for
everybody, I'd answer POP.
A lot of people say it should include Ykesha for the map upgrade or OOW for the casual raiding or whatnot, but honeslty when I answered POP none of that was on my mind. Ykesha wasn't on my radar; map doesn't matter to me anyway. OOW and GOD are just weird to me and always felt.... the beginning of the time when everything hit like a truck. There was time early on in EQ when you didn't just get flattened like a pancake if you weren't a tank. It progressed to the point where only a few hits will kill you - like the past several years. What about LDON? I think the reason players liked it was because there wasn't as much camping in one place and also because they didn't have to compete over spawns with other players. And yet I still prefer the open world without the instances, despite the competition over spawns. I just seems more social. I understand though that there's a lot of camping in Everquest. I've never liked camping at a safe spot for hours either, but I don't think LDON is the solution I want in an open world.
I do think the first 20 or 25 levels in Everquest are a very good experience. I think it slowly deteriorates after that, as the game offers less and less and becomes more of a grind. Like one person here said, it was at its pinnacle when it wasn't a job. It was at its pinnacle for me when it was about joining pickup groups, making friends, finding new zones, delving into a dark dungeon, showing my ranger skills. It was at its worst when my mind was centered on "Ok I'm 69.2 and I want 70. My HP is X and I want Y. I need to grind X more hours in zone Z."