I think people forget (or just don't know) that when this stuff first came out on live, there wasn't an extensive Wikipedia about the game and 15 years + worth of player experience. No one knew exactly how to do the epics or even how to start them, and those that did certainly weren't running around screaming from a mountain top about how to do it all, (at least on pvp anyway) they had to discover it all for themselves. That is the biggest difference between live back then and p99 and other servers now. Everything is known nowadays, there are no surprises, or even a challenge to find out how to do something. You can just Wikipedia / ask people in game and know everything you need in minutes. Newer servers will never be able to replicate that initial wonder of live, simply because it's an old game that has been solidly nerded for over 20 years now.
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