EverQuest "Next"

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For the reasons others on thread thread already gave ...

There is as much chance of another Led Zeppelin.

Culture and social changes, sad as they are, have dragged gamer expectations into a gutter it won't climb out of. Games are no longer built for the true world simulation concepts of selflessness, social responsibility and danger that EQ was.

The few Golden Era of MMO pillars like EQ will survive ala P99, as an emulated island in time where like-minded folks can still find each other.

Btw, I expect some players from City of Heroes to find their way to P99 as the game is closed down as of 11/30 (I'm sure some already were playing both). Despite it being a very different game overall, its spirit of Golden Era MMO community makes it surprisingly close to P99 - and that is a Big Deal to those losing the game soon, just like it is a Big Deal to why people are playing on P99 to begin with.

Be glad you all have P99, the CoH folks have no alternative except to watch the world go dark in a few days. There are no emulators at all for the game to date.


P.S.> One way you can easily tell that CoH folks are a very similar dedicated bunch to EQ, take a look at some of the videos they have posted trying to either save the game from closing, or to say goodbye. Reminds me of some of the same things posted over the years by the more creative EQ players on Live.

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