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Originally Posted by phacemeltar
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ironic that a post made by a new player complaining about how the server sucks, gets flooded by the types that make the server a sucky place.
some people think everquest is a social club where showing off your pixels equates to real-life cool factor. though i dont personally mind this perspective, i can see how frustrating it must be for a new (or even casual) player. post-20s is no place for a casual player without some farming, purchased gear is expected.. not to mention handed out very liberally by members of the immense raid-scene.
laying waste to crushbone in seb gear might be fun and pleasing to the nostalgia-seekers but for those looking for a classic approach, i can see how the current state of the community could be a turn-off.
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I don't buy this.
Someone new to P99 is probably a total EQ noob. They won't spend their time being jealous that they don't have a fungi tunic, cause they won't even know wtf it is. They won't spend their time wondering who snuck those couple orcs out of their camp in CB cause they don't even know their way around the zone. They will be busy enough trying to figure out all the old, goofy mechanics and exploring places they haven't seen and coping with all that to be butthurt about twinks or PLers.
And someone coming to P99 to casually revisit classic EQ and relive the nostalgic glory days? Well if that's what they are here for, they'll just /boggle when they see people twinked with hundreds of thousands of plat and /boggle at people doing crazy stuff that wasn't common back in the day, etc. Then they'll keep playing casually and having fun doing it.
Also, the game is not full of mega twinks. You people who go on and on about it must not have played from scratch recently, because like 3/4 of the people you run into are poors. They are players in their teens using stuff that people handout in EC cause it's easier than trying to sell a 25gp weapon, killing dervs, wearing leather scraps or free banded, etc. They're people who freak out when you hit them with a clarity or something because it actually makes a huge difference for them cause they don't actually know every tiny little detail about EQ mechanics and the best spots to level. Etc. Most twinks are reasonable twinks... a caster with 195 int instead of 140, or a warrior with a couple weapons that proc early but only cost a couple k total, etc. People running around with 40% haste and fungi and velious droppable raid weapons are few and far between... and sometimes even when you do see one, they're up for grouping anyways, rather than stealing all yer mobs.