I don't have disdain for P99 players. The server/content leads to long time P99ers having certain strengths and certain weaknesses. I'm just speaking to what those are.
P99 players are very good was using P99 game mechanics to single pull mobs without traditional FD splitting and offtanking. This was illuminated by the standard VP pull methods for 3+ years, the ToV CotH and footrace pulls, and their current chain-link pulls. They're also pretty good at utilizing every clicky available to extend the ability beyond class lines. Though this is largely made possible due to a bloated economy of 7 years in 2 expansions and no real platinum sinks except Tink bags and very few quests like Jboots/Lodi Shield/Epics. I don't think guilds on a Re-99 server will as easily burn through Prayers of Life and Puppet String charges though.
P99 players however are not great at crawling through content and dealing with split priorities like multiple trash mobs in camp. Often times due to the server they don't have time due to neckbeard competition and just have to faceroll train through stuff rather than split/break/clear areas. Especially in more difficult zones like ST, NToV, etc. They also don't have any encounters that punish zerging in the way Shei Vinitras, Ring of Vulak and later mobs like Carprin Cycle, Vishimtar, etc. punish deaths. Some of these in era require you be flawless and don't eat unnecessary deaths. For example Naethyn's 150 man Zerg would get punished hard during the carrion waves.
Also I played on Al'Kabor. Raided everything from Kael - PoTime and even got to experience the OP Quarm that only Afterlife, Township Rebellion and Temerity had the joy of looking at and realizing "18 second unresistable Stun, who the fuck thought this was a good idea". I've done Vulak Ring successfully about 10 times. Wiped to many different points in the ring and had much fun with it. That being said, once Luclin raids are available I don't blame guilds for rarely going back to NToV again. Fairly shitty zone outside of Vulak ring.
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