What killed liveEQ for me as a casual player (especially the second time round starting from scratch) was as a 50ish warrior sitting around Velks in my lowly Cobalt with alts twinked to the nth degree, getting grouped only out of pity.
What was really attractive about the Progression servers is they allowed everyone to start fresh, although IMHO the progression went too fast for casuals/family guilds. P99 captures this as well.
I'd love to see P99 split when Kunark comes out to let the high end guilds run off and have their dramafest on the new content while anyone who wants to hang out and play the Classic content at a slower pace can now have a chance at the end game. Allow character transfers to the new server, rinse and repeat for Velious.
Alternatively, open source the database and custom code immediately prior to each progression (sans account table obviously) and let others host Classic servers and perhaps do char transfers between them. To me a fringe benefit of this would enable more donations, as people would see some benefit even if the devs pulled the plug. P99 Network ftw!
Regards,
Mg
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