[Talislor]

One last time, thanks everyone for your participation. I think we’ve gathered enough information on this topic to say there is no consensus, there is insufficient motivation, and there is doubt that the volunteer staff could pull it off (not that I wouldn’t be willing to help). Kindly remember that I’m just a new guy asking questions and try not to hold any grudges. XD

@kul69: You’re right that P99 isn’t classic EQ, but the market placement creates that illusion. I think this is confusing because sometimes you see great efforts going into the facsimile, but it’s missing a lot of important details. More focus on player experiences with the special encounters is the one single area I would have chosen for improvement.

@Ekl_Mortain: Meta gaming only speaks to the amazing possibilities of the open world game-play found in EverQuest. I like meta gaming, especially the halfling runs. However, when a single group can solo a dragon it kinda ruins the lore (among other things). I used to read all of it back in 1999. The lore is rather brilliant.

@Endonde: I don’t want to detail too much on how you could raise the difficulty of the special encounters, but my preference would be to add more randomized behaviors and eliminate predictability. I think this would be effective in increasing the required raid size without complicating gear requirements. This approach could also be an effective countermeasure to thwart certain Gina triggers.

@derpcake2: I think you’ve mis-characterized my intent.

Thanks again everyone. I’m pretty much done with this thread. I appreciate all the replies though.