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Old 09-29-2019, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Thomacles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
That train departed long ago. Classic was abandoned for the reasons I stated earlier. Loot on drag, no item links, etc etc. But, I understand your viewpoint.
Such a typically ignorant response ... I want to get mad, but it's better to educate than get mad at ignorance [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

P99 has never "abandoned" classic-ness . When the wiki works, you can find an entire page of unclassic stuff (the "Non-Classic Compendium") ... but along with that list, you'll also find an explanation for why each thing is.

There are literally just two things that are pure developer fiat: the direction of the boats in OOT (the original directions made no sense, world-wise), and the Siren's Grotto camp/glitch bug (it was used far more on live than recharging ever was, but the devs unclassically "fix" it here). For those two things, you can rail as much as you want against for R&N for being hypocrites.

For everything else though ... if it's unclassic, it's unclassic because it has to be. Either it's impossible to recreate classic because no one knows for sure what some aspect of classic was like, so the staff do their best (eg. drop rates of stuff, exactly where every mob spawns and how many per zone, etc.) ... or it's impossible because of a technical limitation like the Titanium client.

But again, except for boats and Siren's Grotto, nothing here is done unclassically by choice.
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