Project 2002 Plug

[Shrubwise]

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

You really think it was common for people in 1999 to pay for:

2x PCs (a good enough one to run EQ was at least $1000 back then) +
2 x $50 (EQ installations) +
2x $19.99/month (dial-up connections) +
2x $14.99/month EQ subscriptions (or was it $19.99? I forget, it's been awhile)

... a minimum of $2100 + $70 a month ... back when the standard price of a game was one $50 payment and no monthly fees?

I'm not saying it didn't happen: I've often related how friends of mine would box (in 1999-2001) using each other's accounts (only one person I knew owned two accounts, and he was ... particularly well off) and a computer gaming cybercafe that had both a T1 line and top-of-the-line computers ... but we were far from the norm. If you played back then and actually talked to people in-game you'd know that boxing was definitely uncommon in the classic era.

P.S. Of course other servers aren't "classic-only", but the point is still relevant because even if you want to play Luclin or PoP, your perception of "how EQ should be" was shaped during the classic era. Plus, although it was definitely a lot more common by then, even in PoP boxing still wasn't exactly common.

I think it is hard for most of us, now, to imagine folks paying that much to box back in 1999, because, most of us at the time were in our late childhood/early teens and didn’t have a job, or any money to speak of. Certainly not $1,500.
If you were anything like I was, take into account how addicted and in love with the game you were in 2000. Now imagine that you are an adult with expendable income. Loramin, I’m willing to wager that it was more a more common occurrence than you may think.