PoT was fantastic because it allowed a hub for all group-making and raid-prep.
I really hate group-making in this era of the game. You can /ooc LFG in KC or Seb... or you can put up LFG. But getting a tell for a Seb group when youre in KC and aren't a porter, is lame. Sure... I would love a Sebilis group, but that actually means I have to spend like 30 minutes running from KC -> DL -> FV -> SoNH -> FoB -> EJ -> TT -> Seb. By the time I'm arrived maybe the group has broken up or lost a crucial member, or wiped. Then I am stuck in Seb for awhile.
Whereas during PoP, I would say LFG in PoTranq if nothing, would check the zones applicable to my level. At 50ish, I'd check PoJ, PoN, PoI, and PoD. Each zone contained atleast a group. At high 50-low 60s PoV had a few groups and PoS usually had a group doing giants or frogs.
I can't say enough good stuff about PoP. I really can't think about any of its failures other than the alpha-flagging system without the level-barrier of entry for higher planes. Once they added that, it was damn near perfect. Raiding, Grouping, Soloing... the spell system, the AAs added, the tradeskills, the quests added in PoK and PoT.
The central hub of PoK and PoT really increased player interaction rather than decreased it. You were all pushed together into those zones depending on level, and would interact and group far more with randoms.
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