Shadows of Luclin server

[thufir]

Originally Posted by jcr4990 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Explain to me how dealing with an avg DAP porter is any different than if you had to type "/t pokbook can u port me to xyz?" my point pretty much this whole time has been that you're HEAVILY exaggerating the amount of "interaction" involved in the typical port transaction on P99 blue. If you want to argue that like 1% of the time something else happens with DAP that wouldn't happen with an automated port system then so be it. But for some reason you're acting like every time you get a port on P99 its some magical social experience that makes or breaks whether or not this game is any fun at all. I think that's absolutely absurd.

It certainly would be, if anyone was acting that way.

EverQuest is a game about the random stuff that happens at the margins. The core gameplay is fairly dull. You find mobs, you pull them, you kill them.

Unusual events are what cause the magic. Those unusual events are caused by player interactions. Porters are an example of a player interaction that rarely goes weird, but can occasionally. They generate stories, which generate enjoyment that goes above and beyond the core gameplay.

The possibility of that happening, although small, is not "statistically insignificant" to those who care about it. We hear stories of porting gone weird all the time. Sometimes we're even the ones telling those stories. The chance of that is very small, but it drops to 0 if you introduce an automated system. It isn't by any stretch of the imagination the only reason not to go to Luclin/PoP, of course, so don't act like it is. It's just *a* reason.