P99 is a Meritocracy, not a Democracy

[Arvan]

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

What happened to cause subscriptions to begin decreasing in July '03 then permanently continue the trend by the fall of '04?

World of Warcraft released.

Hope this helps.

[Reiwa]

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

World of Warcraft released.

Hope this helps.

beta but yeah. it was a buzz in the eq community at the time.

[Arvan]

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

beta but yeah. it was a buzz in the eq community at the time.

2004 was release right?

[Ennewi]

World of Warcraft
Initial release date
November 23, 2004

Everquest II
Initial release date
November 8, 2004

City of Heroes
Initial release date
April 27, 2004

[Grapeape]

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

Pro Tip: Notice all of those conducting personal attacks...those are the true "toxic" players on this server.

your server is now RnF and your new guild leader is chortles. all of the players here are toxic. hope this helps

[mycoolrausch]

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

Question. How many of you actually played from the start of eq live ? Now how many of you played at least 5 servers? If not you have no clue what went on each server. There were not multiple guilds taking on vox or naggy at the onset of their introduction. There were not multiple guilds engaging fear hate and sky at their inception. There were not multiple guilds doing Kunark dragons Chardonnay king queen vs vp at its release. Insert each new expansion with same results until pop. Most of you talk out of your ass like you are the know all of eq. You are not. At best you were that weekend dnd player who experienced pick up dnd like groups when you played live. Maybe a year 2 or more you started to raid and then you thought you knew it all. You didn’t.

Klazdaxthun

Yes...there weren't multiple guilds standing on top of each other at every raid...that's why p99 has a conundrum that didn't exist in classic, that it's dealing with using content metering in the forms of single FTEs, quakes, lockouts, and drafts. Which is wise. What wasn't wise was deleting ~15% of velious raid content (sleepers) but maybe a custom content zone could replace it someday. Even just that would lighten the guild bottlenecking on quakes substantially.

[Jimjam]

The very worst lifetime classic Everquest addicts were scattered between many servers. Now they are split between the two p1999s, takp and the prog servers.

Plus it is easier to hit top end when you have more than 2 years to do it and a lifetime of knowledge with a lifestyle that has been groomed entirely to fit around EQ.

Too many addicts, not enough servers.

[Croco]

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

The very worst lifetime classic Everquest addicts were scattered between many servers. Now they are split between the two p1999s, takp and the prog servers.

Plus it is easier to hit top end when you have more than 2 years to do it and a lifetime of knowledge with a lifestyle that has been groomed entirely to fit around EQ.

Too many addicts, not enough servers.

Too many addicts, not enough oversite to keep them in line. The state of the server is 100% due to mismanagement by staff/csr.

[Ravager]

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

Too many addicts, not enough oversite to keep them in line. The state of the server is 100% due to mismanagement by staff/csr.

Mismanagement would imply failure of their objectives. Seems like they're managing it exactly as they mean to, whether we like it or not.

[cd288]

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

Too many addicts, not enough oversite to keep them in line. The state of the server is 100% due to mismanagement by staff/csr.

Plays here for over a decade and tells the volunteer staff that they’re mismanaging things after they spent thousands of hours of their own free time and also money so that he can play a game he’s been addicted to for 23 years