Longing for the Old Days of P1999, Yet Grateful for the Journey

[Jimjam]

I went to an iron age village in Wales. It was nice, but they needed to install central heating, plumbing and electrical to the reconstructed houses to appeal to modern audiences.

[Raj]

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

I went to an iron age village in Wales. It was nice, but they needed to install central heating, plumbing and electrical to the reconstructed houses to appeal to modern audiences.

What is this “central heating, plumbing and electrical?” that u were speaking of? I am very hip and modern but could you please share some details my friend?

[Raj]

The incredible repetitions by this poster and intense details of specific mechanics so many times….OP. If you stopped at page 1 I would not be reading at this thread like it is just a thinly veiled advertisement for that other server Quorm by someone whom is simply impersonating to be just a random nostalgic player like most of you and me my friends. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Im afraid OP I am pegging you out to be someone who indeed has a strong vested interest in the successes of Quorm and wants to be stealing players from P99 and possibly has a bone to be chewed against the operators of [I]these[I] classic EQ servers on P99.

[loramin]

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

Im afraid OP I am pegging you out to be someone who indeed has a strong vested interest in the successes of Quorm and wants to be stealing players from P99 and possibly has a bone to be chewed against the operators of [I]these[I] classic EQ servers on P99.

While I agree with your assessment, even a broken clock ...

Originally Posted by IzHaN80 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Back in the day, playing a caster was a lot tougher. On Quarm, for instance, casters faces real challenges, while here you can see Enchanters soloing entire zones with little risk or spellcasters having barely any penalties, they don't get interrupt as often as they should be, etc... Channeling here is a joke.

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[IzHaN80]

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

The incredible repetitions by this poster and intense details of specific mechanics so many times….OP. If you stopped at page 1 I would not be reading at this thread like it is just a thinly veiled advertisement for that other server Quorm by someone whom is simply impersonating to be just a random nostalgic player like most of you and me my friends. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Im afraid OP I am pegging you out to be someone who indeed has a strong vested interest in the successes of Quorm and wants to be stealing players from P99 and possibly has a bone to be chewed against the operators of [I]these[I] classic EQ servers on P99.

Seriously? It’s exactly the opposite of what you just said. I think you didn’t even bother to read what I wrote if you believe I have any interest in seeing P99 die. On the contrary — I believe P99 should finally drop the “classic” excuse for certain changes. There are plenty of things here that are not classic, yet people accept them out of pure convenience — and yes, because it’s hypocritical.

The truth is, many people don’t want change because they’re still tied to the same character they’ve had for years. They’re not interested in new challenges, new competition, or fresh blood. They just log in every day to admire how overstuffed their characters are with gear, then log off and cry for a merge… only to come back and do the exact same thing: running the same farmed-out raids, locking out others from content, while the server continues to sink.

I tried Quarm, just like many from P1999, and the playerbase there keeps growing. But you know what? I still play P1999. The problem is that too many here act like they know everything, but don’t actually read or even try to understand what’s being said.

So let me repeat it again, as many times as it takes: a merge alone will not fix P1999. I wish it could, but it won’t. What we really need are incentives to bring in new players — if you actually want this to remain a living server, and not just a graveyard of old elephants.

TL;DR: I don’t want P99 to die — I want it to evolve. A merge won’t fix anything; it’ll just keep the same old players doing the same old raids. What P99 really needs is a fresh start and incentives for new players, instead of hiding behind the “classic” excuse while the server slowly empties.