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Originally Posted by heartbrand
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I think a lot of people love the concept of PvP contesting for spawns and raids but then when they actually see what PvP really is like (being ganked mid PvE fight, training, dispelling mobs or raid interference, people camping countless alts for long battles of attrition that involve hugging zone lines etc.,) they check out.
The other part is just how incredibly annoying dying in EQ can be. World PvP in WoW, back when it was a thing, was fine because you had a skirmish where the worst case scenario was a bad run back to your body. Dying on red99 can literally involve you being SOL for hours until someone can summon your corpse if it’s particular bad. That makes it exciting but also creates an atmosphere where most people are terrified to engage in PvP unless the outcome is certain. This then in turn leads to most people joining a single “Zerg” guild for protection and success. Perhaps a well executed teams server with sufficient population would solve this but I think it would require some non classic changes to how raid mobs are handled. As long as the model is classic 5-7 day spawns where winner takes all and you can sit there and shut a raid down for hours, people will get burnt out and most will take the path of least resistance.
Anyways my elf novel is done now.
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Good read, your sentiment is accurate. Real EQ is almost too inconvenient outside of those needing a feeling of nostalgia for 6 hrs, then we tend to move on. Or find easier ways to fix that nostalgia. (This is the appeal of other servers that allow boxing, fast exp gain, boosts to 55, live and it's gearing in later expansions to re-live older content to some extent, etc).
I think this box is what it was meant to be, and that isn't the most popular thing out there because most people are returning to EQ to get the epics and NTOV and legacy loot they didn't get in 2001.
The server (current) is viable for RP PvP and twink battles, but not gonna be what people expect PvP to be by todays contemporary standards.
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated HB.