Zek boxes are like an arcade game and the imbalances are insane. You have to learn an entire new system and there are weird quarks that only the hardcore Zek players know and take advantage of. There are small windows that the top players are ahead where they rack up enough PvP points from 1 shotting people that make it impossible for anyone else to catch up for the rest of the season.
If you can get ahead of the general population you rack up the PvP points with no effort because there are items that allow stupid things like Paladins being able to 1 round people. It is why every bracket the server loses guilds because there is no chance for anyone behind the curve. Each new bracket and introduction of broken items only the top 50% of players can get ends up cutting the population in half. The game becomes a race to custom PvE or exploit broken mechanics instead of anything that resembles EQ.
The devs over there would make great moderators but they are awful at developing and decision making. The stubbornness of project 1999 to not chase every gimmick or request of the population is annoying at times but also a saving grace. Dev/Image implement things certain groups of people cry about wanting with little to no testing.
Those devs need to start up a server with classic rules and stay away from their creative bullshit because they are awful at it.
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