News Flash: PNP isn't classic.

[RecondoJoe]

I think some of you have been playing P99 for so long that you forgot what actual classic was like. 20 years ago, I don't remember there being a system in place that allowed the same group of players to hold camps indefinitely while largely AFK, in a different zone or even offline and asleep. This idea that /lists are moving further away from classic is hogwash.

I've only been playing P99 for about 2-3 months, so my memory of Classic EverQuest is very different from someone who may have spent the last 10 years on Blue. To me a /list is MORE classic than being told I'm simply not allowed to farm content that is trivial to me because someone who is asleep right now has the right to the camp for the unforeseeable future -- and if I should challenge this the way a player traditionally would have 20 years ago -- my account will be banned.

It's really sad too because when the younger generation of WoW players ask me why EverQuest was better than WoW, I always tell them that it's because the game was truly the wild west -- you could do whatever you wanted, but your actions had consequences, and your reputation mattered. In 2020, that's no longer the case.

So no, /lists are not getting further away from classic -- the need for /lists is a direct result of the PNP. Instead of calling people care bears, you need to realize that the system we're playing under right now makes everyone a care bear by default.