I decided to give TAKP a try to mix up the insanity that is raiding on P99.... here's my take:
The community is very helpful to new players - I had three people find me and run items to me to help out my n00bie grind in Field of Bone. A wu's trance stick is a game changer for a L6 monk.
Plane of Knowledge is amazing - (Trainers / Spells / Banks / Portals all in one zone) yeah, not classic, whatever.....it's nice to be able to port without having to find a wizard or druid. It definitely shrinks the world, but no less so than having a pocket porter. It's nice to know my spells are in one building and not spread out all over the place. It also allowed me to make characters of different races (IKS / HEF) and play together starting at level 1.
Bazaar - I've only been twice and it appears there isn't a ton for sale. I'm sure this is due to population, but i was able to find a cheap haste item
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] It's weird running through a deserted EC tunnel.....
Low pop has it's advantages - I decided to give TOFS a try with my trio and took the raft from NRO to iceclad ocean. When i pull up to the docks, Stormfeather is up and circling the mountain. I call in a guy i barely knew and he helped me kill it. I'm pumped at this point. Then he tells me Lodi was on track ....so he calls in a few more reinforcements and we take down Lodi and i get a map AND they give me a ring. WHAT LUCK?!? He helps me with the Tizmak part and i pick up my 3rd map piece.....still waiting on the dire wolf, but soon !!!
I was also allowed to loot an Aegis of Ice off Dain for my cleric.
It's a different experience then P99, but it is nice to know a lot of the content isn't locked behind neckbeard FTE'ers and the people are more focused on conquering content then Conquering each other.
The dev team on both P99 and TAKP are incredible people. I can't thank you guys enough for the experience you've provided for us.
P99 will always be home and i'll continue to play here, but TAKP will definitely get a lot of my time going forward.