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[fastboy21]

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

Ah, I misunderstood your comments as having something to do with the thread they're nested within. My bad.

But yes. The vast majority of the people playing this server and the game in general are older and casual and distracted as hell. Especially in the pub group and leveling scene. I'm definitely saying that it has nothing to do with generation and everything to do with age. You have all the time in the world to fill and spill piss bottles at the keyboard when you're a spry 15-20.. which is the point I was making actually relevant to the thread, lol.

Side note, forming new guild: Fill and Spill. Apply within.

Deep within.

I see your point. And, I have to admit that EQ is a vast game. It is so vast that the experience from one type of player to the next could actually seem like a totally different game.

I have played p99 for a long time...on and off pretty much since launch. I haven't however, been in a PUG group for over two years really. I tend to level solo. If I do group it is with people I've been long time friends with on multiple servers or friends I've made in guilds. If I decide to raid at all --- which I've avoided for years at a time on p99, I usually raid with pretty "hard core" folks. The demographic of the server I see playing like that is extremely skewed.

I would tend to agree that in PUG groups folks are distracted because of age-related responsibilities. So definitely agreement.

When I look at the raid crowd though and the high-end solo'ers I think its a different demographic; I'm not experiencing what the majority of folks might see if they just roll a character on p99 and head out into the newbie yard to begin a new server.

I'd be interested in finding out some data regarding the demographics of p99 --- average age of players (in general, but also raiders vs casuals), average time played per week, etc. I'm entirely speaking on my own experience --- filtered and examined with some intuition and reasoning --- which doesn't really reflect the complete picture in truth.

Thanks for the discussion today and yesterday...actually been very interesting for me.