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Economy is insane - Honestly. Rings that should cost 50pp cost 5000pp. Rogues and Shaman twinks running around with epics at level 30, lol. The list goes on. It's like a giant MOUNTAIN of plat that is unobtainable by most new players without extreme time investments or hand-outs.
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welcome to classic Everquest. Those twinks you see didn't start their characters and get the gear over night. They spent months and years getting it, helping out their friends and guild mates to get there too. Some prices are insane, but this is people's over-adherence to the prices these items sold back in live pre-2001.
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Not newbie friendly - This may seem like a contradiction but the reality is... as a new player (not to EQ, but to P99) you're at an insane disadvantage on Red, and a complete meltdown scenario on Blue. Want to raid? Forget it. You never will. Want to kill mad bosses for loot? Not a chance. Want your epic? Unless you can buy it, tough cookies.
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This is not true. Yes, I've been in arguments over camp getting mad, or making other people mad. It would be a lie to say this game can't be immensely frustrating. Overall, the community has very supportive people who enjoy to play the game as much as you do. I started in January and by late February early March I was able to start raiding. Start networking with people, join a guild. This is a social game that cannot be done at all with out actually interacting with people.
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Sometimes feels overcrowded - While it's great to have a thriving robust community, it's wicked crowded sometimes. So crowded, that in almost every newbie zone, someone is quad kiting guards, camping guards, etc.
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Gotta learn how to hustle and get your own groups going. There are many populated zones where people sit and wait in line to join a group, but there are a lot of empty dungeons that people don't travel because of the work required to do so. Again, this is a social game, you have to talk to people, be afraid of rejection and get things going. YES it can be annoying, sometimes I spent an hour or two (or more!) to get a group going and find an open camp, but this is classic Everquest, you can't get anything out of it that you don't put the time to do it. It definitely isn't EZquest.
/endpileonrant