You know times are desperate when were right back to the forums...
Well I don't post much or ever so I don't expect any klout on my opinion. I was addicted af to EQ, WOW, EVE online and roughly any other major mmo thats come out in the past 20 years. I should have failed school cause of EQ which should have taught me somthing.. it did not... fast forward, were all here. (watch everyone scrutinize my education now)
Now im 35, my second son was just born 4 months ago, I have a good full time job with a wife and two kids, i'm not 16 with endless supply of doritos, coca cola, and free time. Is it that bad to presume others are in somewhat the same boat? Is this just not a game for people like me anymore? How did I do it on Blue? (questionable answer) This is my problem now, and its because of the choices i've made, not the mechanics on green.
But I just dont feel that spark. And I agree with the comments from Deathryda, Roth and Pharmakos, there's something core to this server that feels wrong. Maybe it was seeing people go spawn crazy for decaying skeletons, or sitting for 3 hours in groups like people say not really gaining any xp cause nobody really knows what their doing...(I guess we forgot?). Something is different now that what it was 20 years ago. No its not the UI, its not the lists. I cant put my finger on it though I will admit the moment I saw that broadcast from Rogean asking if we wanted two green servers my answer was an overwhelming YES in my head. I remember my classic experience being grinding, long, but Fun. There wasn't an overwhelming amount of people who either knew EVERYTHING about the game, or almost nothing. Ive asked in groups a few times what everyone thinks will happen when we all try to go to MM, HH, or wherever 20-30, I usually get told don't bother it will be packed... Spread out, go find areas that arn't packed... and that's great, if you have the time, and know those places, are connected like 1/3 the population in some secret p1999 underground, or u just lucked out and got in., but I wont be, I don't have any chance at that, and that and many other places I will probably miss out on is why this classic experience is different for me. I spent weeks scrutinizing what class I should play... I want to group, but with my schedule I never got many groups in blue so I doubt Id be getting them on green.
Like others have talked about for months people have been practicing making classic chars, they've been planning, schemeing, I did too... but for the reasons above, I just cant devote the same time as the guy who quit his job divorced his wife waved bye to his kids and sits on a bucket with pizza pops beside him.... I cant compete with that and Im happy for that.
So I cutting this crap short cause its more than yall want to read anyway. I hope in a few months things have settled. Dont judge me, I love p1999, Green and Blue. I loved my last three years on blue with Kittens I could not have asked for a better Everquest experience. I am donating $15 a month for P1999 and will for years to come just as if I was paying for a subscription like WOW because I feel it is an amazing thing, I still dream of having my kids come camp Udogs in Velks with me someday tho they will probably think its really lame.
So in ending, Thank you to the people who dare not love this experience, we need to be free thinkers. Thank you most of all to the devs. You have created something amazing. I hope someday my own life circumstances will allow me to enjoy this world you've created. Were not going anywhere o7
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