I agree with the other people asking "Why would you want more people?" If it's worth camping, or raiding, it's perma camped. Blue seems overcrowded which is why I enjoy playing on red sometimes.
But to add to the discussion..
My RL friend who have played eq with me on live are more interested in WoW still. And we played back in 2004 so we were dealing with PoP which to them, the classic doesnt compare. (Yes I know you classic nuts are saying "Good we dont want them here!").
I have shown other friends, who enjoy MMOs, p99 and the graphics make them laugh out loud and then ask "Why would you enjoy this?"
Plus, combat in video games has become so fast paced that EQ is like watching a japanese RPG fight while you have games like WoW where you can cast 20million spells in a second.
When I played live, I got to kill every god in PoP except for Quirm. I eventually became bored because I was 14 at the time and going into high school and I wanted a chance to lose my virginity. I felt accomplished what I got to do with my guild during PoP that it felt right to quit when I did.
Why did I come back? Because I never explored the old worlds including kunark and velious. I was pampered with plane of knowlegde. As a dark elf shadow knight, I never had to worry about being a evil race with PoK. There was so much pampering that I knew I missed out of immersion (yes Im a dork, thats why Im here, I would roleplay if people actually did that in a mmoRPg). So here I am killing gnolls for the first time and seeing a EC tunnel full of people. Its a huge change that I love and wish I joined this server years ago.
Normal people who never played EQ in the first place wont have reasons like this to come to a ridiculously old outdated mmo.
And oh ya, downloading titanium was very scare for a non torrent user like myself. I am computer savvy enough to do torrents but ALOT of other people wont be comfortable enough. Like my buddies who play WoW would never be able to figure out how to install even if they were giving a step by step guide with pictures.
How did I even find out about p99? By playing live f2p for a week and reading in general chat about p99. Took me 6months after thinking about p99 to join only because I was bored with all the other video games I had and wanted a nostalgic experience.
My god did it work. I never want to leave again. It was like playing EQ for the first time again. And this is knowing I will NEVER BE ABLE TO RAID EVERVEEVVEVRVEVR R R E R R R EVEVEVREVER EVER EVER EVER. I did have goals to koll dragons on this server but the forums have told me to forget my dreams and conform.
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