no global ooc in offpeak killed the game - Page 7

Vonblund · #61 06-03-2010, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by eqdruid76 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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.

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Just a question dude,... What is your time zone?

Tseng · #62 06-03-2010, 09:01 AM

Preface: I was not in favor of removing global ooc and would support it coming back.

However, I was grouped from 1AM - 5AM EST last night.

Vonblund · #63 06-03-2010, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Omnimorph [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Or you form your own group.

No you dont ...
Maybe (real example here) because you are a healer and when you do a a /who lfg in your level range you find 3 clerics and 1 druid....

and thats on a good day ... I repeat for those who didn't get it yet ... OFF PEAK, when there are 200 odd players on is NOT the same as peak when there is 500+

Thanks for your attention

Hiragawa · #64 06-03-2010, 09:33 AM

Okay, you know what Von... You keep saying "OFF PEAK, OFF PEAK!" First off, make some friends in off peak hours.

Wanna know what I did during off peak hours back on live? Tradeskills. /gems Played an alt that could solo. You keep arguing that people aren't getting what you're talking about, but it was the same in live. You would roll up about 4am EST trying to find a group, but because there were fewer players, all the groups were full up, and we wound up sitting at a zone line shouting for hours and hours.

Join a larger guild, if you're american off-peak, look into Europa (I know nothing about them, just heard they're a European Time zone guild). And bloody 'ell... It seems you'll be damned to go you of your way and make friends in the time frame that you play. If you can manage that, then maybe when you're online looking for these groups, you'll have two or three people online with you that can group with you.

I've been here about a week now, and I can safely say that if I logged into global chat, I would have said "Well, this isn't what I'm looking for" and logged off.

Vonblund · #65 06-03-2010, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Hiragawa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Okay, you know what Von... You keep saying "OFF PEAK, OFF PEAK!" First off, make some friends in off peak hours.

Wanna know what I did during off peak hours back on live? Tradeskills. /gems Played an alt that could solo. You keep arguing that people aren't getting what you're talking about, but it was the same in live. You would roll up about 4am EST trying to find a group, but because there were fewer players, all the groups were full up, and we wound up sitting at a zone line shouting for hours and hours.

Join a larger guild, if you're american off-peak, look into Europa (I know nothing about them, just heard they're a European Time zone guild). And bloody 'ell... It seems you'll be damned to go you of your way and make friends in the time frame that you play. If you can manage that, then maybe when you're online looking for these groups, you'll have two or three people online with you that can group with you.

I've been here about a week now, and I can safely say that if I logged into global chat, I would have said "Well, this isn't what I'm looking for" and logged off.

I have friends in off peak ,and when they ar eon its great, we own SOLB and pull everything we can think of. Thanks for your suggestion however I would never have thought of it myself.

Now you advertise yourself as having a lvl 5 and a lvl 6... how about you tell us your experience in off peak when you are 30 +?

Hiragawa · #66 06-03-2010, 10:37 AM

Sure Von... when I hit 30+ I'll come back and tell you about it. Because as I said, it's probably going to be tradeskilling and /gems. I went through it on live, and I'm prepared to go through it here.

Vonblund · #67 06-03-2010, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Hiragawa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sure Von... when I hit 30+ I'll come back and tell you about it. Because as I said, it's probably going to be trade skilling and /gems. I went through it on live, and I'm prepared to go through it here.

Ah trade skilling and /gem... yes that's the massively multi-player experience one is looking for here. for sure.
Try again...

Hiragawa · #68 06-03-2010, 10:41 AM

*shrugs* It passes the time while trying to find a group in the off hours. I do like your retort about it though. You make it sound like the only thing to do in Eq is group and grind. Hope you're not using player crafted jewelry, they're not from a 'massively multi-player action' ^.^

YendorLootmonkey · #69 06-03-2010, 10:45 AM

If you can't use the in-game tools like /who all class or /who all LFG or /who all zone and find groups or whatever in off-peak because there's just no one around, not enough players, or whatever... global ooc is not going to fix that.

If off-peak players are looking for more people for their group, they are either going to /who all LFG or not. If they do, and you aren't a member of the class they are looking for in the level range they are looking for, that would not have changed with global ooc on. If they don't, then I guess they didn't need a replacement for their group that bad, and global ooc would not have changed that either.

Players' inability/reluctance to use the LFG flag aside, the only way I can think of that global ooc actually improved the ability of people to find groups was if someone was looking for a particular level/class for a group and you had a different character that fit that and you were interested in logging on and taking them up on their offer. You can't do *that* with the /who commands.

Vonblund · #70 06-03-2010, 10:50 AM

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the only way I can think of that global ooc actually improved the ability of people to find groups was if someone was looking for a particular level/class for a group and you had a different character that fit that and you were interested in logging on and taking them up on their offer. You can't do *that* with the /who commands.

Spot on!... see my previous post about that.
That's just one particular aspect of it.

There is more to it, but I'll let the denial prone peak time players ignore that a bit longer.