What's the reason

[Sear]

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

A lot of people here chiming in who didn't even play classic. The majority of people who play MMO's do so to progress their character. Maxing out your character in classic EQ takes only a couple of weeks if you play hardcore, maybe 2 months max if you play more casually [which people playing a EQ EMU usually don't]. Once people hit that ceiling, the vast majority will stop logging in until there's something new to do, which means the pop will drop like it did last time to the low double digits. A wipe makes it "exciting" for 1 week, maybe 2 weeks tops, until it already becomes very top heavy.

Also everyone will be a bard/druid/shaman/wizard.

Pal, no one gets a Manastone, dragon loot, and Plane of Sky quest armor in one week. I'm not hardcore but it took me months just to hit level 30 here.

I thought the classic progression (vanilla -> Fear/Hate -> Sky) was pretty solid for keeping hardcore players on the hook with new things to do. It's easily the most accessible for casual players.

Not my box to run but if my pop had dipped too much simply because there's a finish line at the end of Velious raiding, I see no better option than just taking the endless loop approach instead of being pressured to feed more expansions to hungry players in a vicious cycle. There's always going to be a lifespan attached to a finite amount of content.

[TacoSmasher]

We really needed another thread like this.

Thanks gzaz, you vertically challenged faggot

[easy_lee]

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

Not my box to run but if my pop had dipped too much simply because there's a finish line at the end of Velious raiding, I see no better option than just taking the endless loop approach instead of being pressured to feed more expansions to hungry players in a vicious cycle. There's always going to be a lifespan attached to a finite amount of content.

This. By playing here instead of on live, we've all already signaled that we want classic content and not the new stuff. Server needs to pick an era and stick with it, reseting based on the classic timeline, in order to be truly authentic.

And classic is the best timeline for us, particularly since this is called Project 1999. It had the least OP gear, the best balance between classes, and a world small enough to find PvP in.

Does anyone really think continuing the current zerg&twink meta is good for the server? I don't think so.

[Huelath]

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

This. By playing here instead of on live, we've all already signaled that we want classic content and not the new stuff. Server needs to pick an era and stick with it, reseting based on the classic timeline, in order to be truly authentic.

And classic is the best timeline for us, particularly since this is called Project 1999. It had the least OP gear, the best balance between classes, and a world small enough to find PvP in.

Does anyone really think continuing the current zerg&twink meta is good for the server? I don't think so.

lol good one

[AzzarTheGod]

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

lol good one

And he shoots a 3 pointer. Swish.

[easy_lee]

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

lol good one

Said it before and I'll say it again. Melees, especially Rogues, have been broken for so long that people think it's normal. Go back to the beginning, when casters could land spells and melee didn't kill them in seconds, and the low T noobs of today think casters are OP.

[AzzarTheGod]

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

Said it before and I'll say it again. Melees, especially Rogues, have been broken for so long that people think it's normal. Go back to the beginning, when casters could land spells and melee didn't kill them in seconds, and the low T noobs of today think casters are OP.

Same as it was in classic. Rogues are classic. You just didn't remember the Kunark and Velious era much.

You want a little more caster balance, get Luclin.