Y'all have a weird idea of what classic actually was.

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

While the game continue to grow and stuff as more and more people started playing MMO's, the core game degraded and became unrecognizable with Luclin and continued on a downward spiral with each additional expansion.

Posting things like this on a messageboard dedicated to 3 servers created and popular specifically for the purpose of offering the otherwise extinct experience of playing Original - Kunark - Velious everquest with as close to original mechanics as we can muster is ridiculous. Play shards of dalaya, live TLP, or PEQ the grand creation, all great servers that allow you to play non classic everquest.

Coming to the p99 community to ask for post Velious expansions and making a case for them when 100% of the non P99 community is already dedicated to that version of everquest is despicable.

The fact that all the other servers go beyond Velious is evidence enough that the later version of the game is popular.

But it's not popular here.

It's like going to a candlemaking club and telling them how much more efficient and bright an LED lightbulb is. Like...duh? Some people like candles. P99 likes everquest that doesn't go past velious.

The idea that there's some consensus that classic ended with Luclin is nonsense.

You don't get to decide what is/was classic. Neither do the owners of the project - they just get to decide what experience they offer.

Late 2004 was almost simultaneously: 1) the launch of WoW, 2) launch of EQ2, and 3) the shitty and broken OoW expansion (which followed the shitty and broken GoD expansion). That series of events is what I think killed classic EQ.