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Originally Posted by Master Roshi
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the only thing that needs to be classic is the content imo. I'm not saying give us mercs, as that was a huge game breaking change, but adding shared banks and /lfg menu couldnt hurt this server. Keeping in globally known negative aspects of the game simply because SoE made the mistake and took +/-1 year to correct it is pretty ridiculous.
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Not really, but if you're going on majority consensus, maybe, but p1999 isn't the majority. Even if you gave a vote, I think a number of the old features on p1999 would remain. That's because this isn't the EQ live population. If the Eq live population were here on p1999, they'd riot until it was shutdown.
It depends on the feature too. The problem is a lot of people on p1999 are not here just to play in the old content. You can do that on live and also get all the new features. Many people here are here either because it's free or
because they like it. I think ti's 50/50. In terms of mechanics differences, some people like corpse runs and others don't. Some like there're no mercs or no POK portals or no luclin models or no boxing or whatever. Me, I liked the old eq gameplay on p1999. Yes, corpse runs, reduced functionality in-game maps (i hate the gps super maps like in EQ2), coin weight and an abundance of other differences. I'm not sure if it's those gameplay features you're referencing, but I'd imagine you don't like em. I have news for you: some people do.
I quit p1999 a few years ago, but not because of corpse runs or no in-game radar. I started playing on Wurm Online. And wouldn't you know it, it has corpse runs. For the first few years I was on there, there were no in-game maps. Items had weight and dropped on your corpse. No easy travel - not that I'm against that. I played on the PVP server which was FFA with limited protection by guards. Long story short, Wurm Online is more hardcore than EQ was, just with a lot more sandbox and better gfx. Anyway, EQ was also getting old. I mean, I remember telling myself "Gee, I need to move on. I can't be watching Fippy getting killed for the rest of my life."
I played on live last year. It's fun. For anyone who just wnats content, go to live. It's even free. There're downside to free accounts, but they don't really appear until 80+, but they're not game over if you're persistent. You can go up to 95 I think. The test server USED to be free, but I don't think it's anymore. The only other thing to mention is it'll be hard to find groups below lvl ~90. Yet most players are boxing and/or using mercs. If you're a player which wants to exclusivley play in old content and
you want people to play with, you'll have to join a progression guild or play on one of hte progression servers. This is another case where p1999 has a advantage.
Yet with Eq live you're always going to find the same thing: a mediocre game. And that's true no matter what you're looking for. A lot of people only stay (or stayed) on live because of friends and nostalgia. That and it can be a big jump to move to another MMO after you're entrenched. Ya, it's easy to get into a modern MMO, but it still requires effort. For some people, especially busy people, they just stick with whatever they're used to.