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Originally Posted by kotton05
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Hello reoccurring thread that will never happen
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I do agree, unfortunately. I started back messing around on P99 this week after nearly a year away. I went to the Coirnav TLP server last year when it dropped in March. Have kept up on raid content, but got bored during non-raid times due to the abysmal rate of exp there [I have two raid geared 60s there, but the rate of progress makes you not wanna level a crew of alts.] Then went to live and leveled to 90, then recently rolled on Phinigel when mercenaries became available.. went to 60 and grinded about 50 AAs before I realized I'd rather spend my non-raid hours here.
I love this project. The community is outstanding, A+ and cannot be matched, but the incentive to remain is so poor. This coming from someone who has been here since shortly after launch in 2009. The raid scene here is absolutely atrocious compared to any EQ server. It's 2019. The idea that the only thing to do these days is batphone fuckin' Kunark and Velious mobs is laughable. I've done it multiple times here and its no more fun than it ever was. The level of support that P99 receives deserves something better than the absurd high-end game that's present. Talented dev crew, a hungry player base.. make it great. I think launching that mythic Green server would take pressure of the idea of custom content, but for years I have wanted to see these guys do something more. Having spent countless hours over the last year experiencing EQ beyond Velious its beyond me why there is such a level of hatred for the path the development took. EQ became a much, much better game than it was through Velious. The quality of life changes weren't some kind of EQ killer, they embraced and improved the game in most every way. That said, I know there is some irrational aversion to taking any steps in that direction. So take P99 in a direction that doesn't include that stuff. There are hundreds if not thousands of excellent recommendations that have been presented that would in no way break that classic mold.
Side note, I saw a thread in one of these forums that basically asked GMs to remove themselves from raid policing. If nothing else is done, then at least do that. It is not and was never a GM role, and it ruins the experience once you are sitting at level 60. I cannot believe that staff has wasted countless hours over the years only to make everyone's raid experience less fun and less classic. GTFO with that.