Anyone else started EQ in P99?

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Originally Posted by d3r14k [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think where a lot of the P99 elitism comes from is that Live seems like it has driven itself so far from the source.

Ok

Yes, the content is still there, but it's such a deviation from what it used to be. Compound that with the mish-mash of features that came out over however many expansions and it's just a jumble of unplayable nonsense.

"Unplayable nonsense"

I'm sorry, what.

"Unplayable"

...a game that people still play, continue to play, and continue to learn more about to get better at playing...

Is unplayable.

In Live's rush to stay relevant, it tried to take facets from modern MMOs and cram them into EverQuest.

It didn't try, it succeeded at implementing those things.

"cram" has connotations of its own, but the really "bad" stuff that people seem to really dislike around here don't exist on Live, or are entirely optional.

If I wanted to play a modern MMO, I'd play one (but none are very good, which is why I'm here until *cough* Pantheon 2026).

A lot of the vague things people seem to throw out about "modern" MMOs doesn't apply to Live, that I've seen, and a lot of those things are also completely optional.

If you want to run, take a boat, or have a pocket Druid or Wizard to get you around, you can.

I'd also argue that there isn't much adversity left in Live, but I'll concede that I could be wrong there because I haven't played it in ages.

I'm sorry, but what adversity exists on p99 except for starting out with no gear? "Classic" has been catalogued and researched TO DEATH to the point that there's a wiki and also this message board for trivializing anything you're not sure about.

There are things to get you through a lot of levels that don't mean much of anything anymore because the game is focused towards the top end on Live, but good luck not being awful at your class, and even better luck getting into the raid scene.

I just look at it and see it as an abomination

This is the only thing you've said that I can't actually successfully argue against, because it's objective opinion.

You don't like it, and it's fine to say you don't like it, but don't make up justifications out of thin air.

Not liking something is fine. Making things up to rationalize it when it's irrational is not.

It's like you meant to provide an answer for the elitism, and then just...described your own elitism.