Yeah I don't think anything is gonna change, nor should it - the current server rules are as true to the spirit of this as they can possibly be under a volunteer staff. Those GMs earned a living to enforce rules.
And keep in mind, rules like that didn't exist in a vacuum - P99 is a distant echo of PvE culture on live EQ, distorted to the point of near unrecognizability. People paid money to play EQ back then. Times were simpler; MMOs were new and exciting and players were wide-eyed and humble. The game was a much more serious investment, and as a result people were much more willing to find something else to do in the game instead of breathe down another group's neck like a bunch of pixel-starved dildos. That shit still happened, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't the near-given that it is on P99.
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