I'd like to know what retarded servers some of you guys were playing on back in the day that claim power leveling, MQ, twinking, etc.. didn't exist in classic. I played on Rathe and I(and many others) were doing all of this stuff long before Kunark was released. I played a Druid to 50, quad kiting the watchmen in steamfont I might add, and the first thing I did was camp a ton of items to give to my newbie SK. Gave him a Rubi BP, Mith 2h, TBB, etc.. months and months before we even knew about Kunark. MQ was very popular for doing Sol Ro quests and tons of people were power leveling back in the day as well. Some of the methods have been refined over the years, but using mem blur and damage shields were all very well known.
I'm not saying I was some sort of Elite player, I'm saying that a ton of people were doing it including myself and friends so it wasn't as unknown as some are claming. If you weren't privy to that information at the time then that's fine, but you can't make a blanket statement that since you weren't aware of it then it didn't happen. The reason people don't want devs to fix any of this is because it existed on live. Whether or not it was intended is a completely moot point as the entire goal of this server is to "recreate classic everquest", the devs intent back in the day matters not because they never got around to fixing it till later.
We've had this same discussion countless times over hybrid exp. "But the devs eventually admitted that hybrid penalties were harsh and so they removed them, so why shouldn't we just change it now because it's going to happen eventually?"
Answer: Because it's not classic.
If the devs have decided not to change hybrid penalties yet, even though they know it eventually does get changed, then why would they fix any of the issues being brought up that weren't fixed until post Velious? Doing so opens up a huge can of worms and it's much easier to leave things be.
Most people coming here are doing it for nostalgic purposes. If you start changing a bunch of things that you think should be fixed, then a lot of people won't be happy as it won't be the EQ they remember. Twinking and PLing is fun for a lot of people, so by trying to take it out you're essentially being selfish and ruining others' fun in order to get what you want.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. You start changing a bunch of things based on what "you" believe to be the developers original intent and what you end up with won't be classic everquest, but instead some sort of Frankenstein game that no one can recognize anymore. It's best to leave things as-is, and if you don't like it then try another server.
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