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Originally Posted by nicemace
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done that, dosent work... you guys who play peak times have it nice and you actually have NO idea how bad it gets during off peak times.
sure when a zone is rammed full during peak you can sit there and spam LFG and something will pop up cause the turnover in a group is generally pretty good, people going having dinner, going to sleep and what not.
in offpeak times youre lucky if you have only one group going in the zone, they are all locked in and just doing their thing.
as i have said, i have spent 10+ hours multiple days where i have been ACTIVELY looking group (doing the / all shit blah blah blah) spamming in zones n shit.
its not viable during offpeak, period.
and this is a perfect example of people being selfish twits. it works all good for them cause they only play when 600 - 700 online. they arent the ones who have to play with 150 - 200.. so they couldnt care less. as long as its good for them they'll just shut everyone else down.
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You're doing it wrong.
Classic Everquest is a game of patience. It's SUPPOSED to be a challenge to find a competent group, advance, and get loot. It's time to take off the diapers, remove the training wheels, stop complaining and learn how to play the game. Join a freaking guild. And if you're already in one, and there's never anyone on, join a bigger guild. Guildies who are never on can't say too much about you doing so.
You're whining about the loss of the ease of grouping as it existed on live in 2006. This isn't Project 2006, it's Project 1999, where finding a group, finding upgrades, and selling your wares is supposed to emulate live in 1999 as much as the mechanics, graphics and content. And Classic Everquest was not a game for whiney people who needed someone else to hold their hand and play the game for them.
Serverwide chat is not going to be reinstated just because you refuse to adapt, do the footwork, make the contacts, establish the rapport, and participate in the same game the majority of us experienced, remember, and are glad to see again.
There is absolutely no reason you can't find a group at any hour of the day, other than you're just not trying hard enough. I understand your hesitation..."what if I go all the way to Guk, spend 2 hours /lfg, finally get in a group that wipes and disbands after 3 pulls, and spend 2 more hours doing a CR?"...Reality check: this occurs thousands of times a day to ALL players, regardless of time zone. That's the challenge of this game. Anyone can log on, push 3 buttons for 6 hours and gain a level. Finding 5 other players who don't suck is the challenge. And it's an even bigger challenge during peak hours. When in a group, you're only as good as the other people in the party.
If you want an easy game, I encourage you to man up, pay the 15 bucks a month, and log into Live. You don't need to find a group there anymore, and you'll be afk selling thousands of plat worth of gear in less than 2 weeks. There is absolutely no challenge left in the live game. That's why server populations are so low. That's why servers are merging. Right now, on the Luclin/Veeshan server, there are less than 1000 characters online. At least 500 of those characters are /afk in the Bazaar. The majority of the at the keyboard players are multi-boxing.
There are more active players on Project1999 at this very moment than there are on any one live server. That should tell you something. We're not here for the ease of play, or the instant gratification of uber gear by level 10 or automatically being level 51. We're here to play Everquest, as it was designed at its inception, where players had to actively research and socialize to advance.
Welcome to Everquest. You're in our world now.