I agree with most of you pals. I think to a certain degree all of us came here because of the nostalgia. I certainly did. I thought and was told by the website it was strictly a classic EQ emu when TZ/VZ was around.
Honestly though, most players just wanted Kunark or Velious expansions to be out already. The game becomes so much more dynamic in those expansions for PvP, and the zones and raid encounters get pretty crazy (mass/ grp PvP is awesome). Sony developers essentially didn't care about PvP, so with each expansion different strengths and weaknesses presented themselves, creating these divides between classes. Most developers don't have the experience of playing every class so it's hard to make a newer, fresher balance based on the errors of Sony's past.
Someone always will complain. I think some things should be left alone in classic EQ. I could go either way with resists. On one side, classic EQ made debuffs more viable tools for the classes that had them. TZ/VZ was in a situation where debuffs were almost wholly unnecessary. But melee was completely OP too, so trying to use debuffs was a life or death situation a lot of the time.
I actually enjoy the slow exp rates on PvP servers. There's some good PvP at low levels, and maybe even the chance to make a little money on the side. Some things probably should be left alone. One big thing on the emulated PvP servers was that there was no economy. No one trades, no one buys from others. Guild PvP was fun, but really just ignoring better rulesets.
No matter how red you think you are, there has to be some kind of sociability or common ground (an economy) between players. We've got the flame fests n' shit, but no one takes a break or compromises on a server where you can't afford to stop. P99 is the most successful because it has done the best at creating the old environment we all remember. You can sit at a bank in Kelethin and chill for an hour (probably get PK'd there on a PvP server) but not feel like you've fallen behind. You can get like 6 levels in an hour on PvP servers.
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