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Originally Posted by Noudess
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All 4 are exploits or bugs. Not even debatable Against intent of developers - hence exploit/bug.
I do not want to change anything that isn't an exploit or bug. If I did, I would not have come to this server. I hate what EQ changed into, which was obvious had you read my entire post. It was novel length because some people don't fathom the idea that EQ itself is an evolution of an existing game. The entire genre would not exist if not for role players.
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Part of the difficultly of the 4 "bugs/exploits" you originally identified were that all of them existed in classic EQ. They were also all used to some extent. However, P99 represents an interesting piece of the EQ pie, most people that pull up the EMU servers are people that want to either relive their uber guild past, achieve an uber status they did not get to experience previously, or just soak up the nostalgia.
Players that come to play on this server have the ability to know every single drop, quest, hotspot, patch deadline well ahead of time. Players can pick out their desired progression and create a plan of attack, if you will, for itemization and leveling. This did not exist back in the 1999-2001 era, everything was fresh and unknown to most of the player base. P99 everything is known, all the "exploits" and "bugs" that existed and were used and kept underground from 1999-2001 are rampant because they are well known now.
Another issue with all this is the length of time between expansions and the lower over all player density. The ratio of mobs/players is much higher than any live server allowing people to level far faster than they did on live. The length of time also allows people to accumulate more wealth, alts, items between expansions resulting in even more issues of overcrowding/farming. On live, the majority of people didn't have time for that, they had to level and explore new areas rather than knowing to go to point A, then B, then C and finishing quests/levels in minutes/hours rather than days/weeks/months.
Regarding the double level = no xp, this would be quickly nullified after level 4 or 5. In terms of efficiency it is counterproductive to have the PL'ee swing on a level 30 mob at level 15, and even then you can pull a level 29 mob for him and he would then get full exp.
Twinking was solved on special rule set servers such as Firiona Vie; however, it was still rampant along with two-boxing on regular servers.
Recharging happened all the time, it was just less known to the general populace; however, everyone knows about it here so it makes it a more widespread issue.
MQing was allowed on live. Having a container combine is a stop gap to MQing issues, such as warrior epic, enchanter epic, Monk RoLC, etc, but those are few and far between. It may violate the spirit of the quest, but it is well within the rules of the game.