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Originally Posted by Wakanda
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My theory is that the direction EQ went with the millions of different expansions that came out doesn't really appeal to veterans of the game, or younger / newer players. And P99 it just too difficult to install for the average normie. Game itself is possibly too difficult to play if you aren't familiar with it? IDEK.
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All of these are also valid contributing factors, by the way. Part of P99's appeal to me is the fixed era. Every commercial MMO-RPG I ever liked eventually morphed into something I disliked due to the gradual patch creep. P99's installation is definitely on the technical side for a generation of players who can't even seem to run their own executables anymore and need a launcher to do everything for them. And EQ, while of only medium overall difficulty, is notoriously frontloaded in its difficulty and newbie-unfriendly. EQ also doesn't have a strong IP to help retain diehard fans like Star Wars or Final Fantasy or D&D or Lord of the Rings or Warcraft or even Ultima have. It didn't have competent management willing to address mistakes and change course like Runescape has. EQ has a lot going against it. I suppose in some sense we're fortunate P99, with its faults, exists at all. There are other games that I liked which are simply gone now, too niche to have even built enough of an audience to get emulators completed.