I just don't see Ragefire and P99 as competitive. P99 captures classic EQ to a wonderful degree, and is great for those of us who miss it and those who don't want to play past Classic (no luclin and beyond). As I'm sure has been mentioned a hundred times in this thread, Ragefire is not a classic server. It's just a chance to play through all the expansions (not just through velious) as current content again with all the current-day perks and patches in place. Many people prefer this, especially newer gamers who didn't experience classic EQ and would be disillusioned by all the inconveniences that make it so classic.
All the various patches over the years being in place makes it a completely different game from P99. I'm playing a ranger (with a sham box) because it's actually a fairly good class with all the melee buffs, no xp penalty, better spells (can you say panic animals in vanilla/kunark!?), and it'll just get better and better as the expansions unlock. Ranger has always been my favorite class, but I just haven't been able to bring myself to roll one on P99 due to so much going against it.
I'll be playing both servers actively to get my fix of both.
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