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Originally Posted by Slave
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I'm sorry, but on a server like this with no two-boxing, it can only improve character interaction. I interact a lot more in groups than I do shift-upping in EC and asking people how much X item is. If I wasn't in EC, I'd be out playing the GAME.
Saying that it decreases interaction is a totally ridiculous reason to poopoo the bazaar on P99 and if you thought about it for less than a minute you'd see why.
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Ah you assume (too) much. I have thought about it - and for much longer than one minute. Beginning with the obvious decline of EQ (Luclin/PoP eras) and since EQ was dethroned by WoW, and varioius other WoW-clones have come onto the scene, I've thought a lot about how and why original recipe EQ was different (IMO better) than these newer games. There is a concept known as "The Vision (tm)" that encapsulates the philosphy of the original EQ (yes McQuaid is not now what he was, but that is beside the point, and anyway, it wasn't just his vision). There were several important ingredients in the Vision, one of them being the need to encourage group interaction. As I said before, I think the Bazaar goes against this.
You give an example of why YOU - a self confessed grouper - loose time grouping because there is no Bazaar. But not everyone is like you. The need to deal and bargain with sellers and the enforcement of a global gathering spot helps encourage social interaction amongst people who are not heavy groupers to begin with. Granted it is easier and faster to grab something from the Bazaar ... but the success of "The Vision (tm)" is not at all about what is the EASIEST thing for the player. Quite the contrary.
If we want to keep discussing this, we should spawn a separate thread. This is really derailing now.