Introducing Project 1999: Green

[loramin]

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

There will always be bad guys being disruptive under all rulesets.

This gets back to my original point. You're right that there will always be players who fall under the "Killer" archetype, ie. people that want to play a certain way. But the game decides how those players get to realize those urges.

A good/team-based PvP approach channels such players: they become a part of the game for players on the opposing team to overcome. Also, typically such games ensure a baseline level of fairness: a level 60 in WoW can't show up at the level 1 zones and start killing at will, because the game prevents it.

Without that though, in a free for all system, the natural playstyle such "Killer" players will gravitate towards is "griefing" ... which is no fun for anyone but the griefer.

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

Thanks Loramin, I appreciate the honest reply. I'm also surprised that it's all physically hosted, a rarity these days!

Yeah Rogean is "old school" in many ways, not just when it comes to EQ [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Seriously though, I get the impression he already has a cage in a datacenter for non-P99 reasons (eg. his real business). If said cage happens to have room for a few P99 servers, that's very likely the most cost efficient way to run this place (better than even AWS I'd imagine).