p1999 - punishing noobs

[Dantes]

Boohoo. I've been playing here on P99 for about 18 months and I had no idea maps were even in the game until about 30 days ago. I started out as a newb playing a race that was new to me (DE) in a city I am not familiar with. (Neriak) Somehow I managed. Project 1999 wiki, EQvintage.com - both great resources for maps. Re-learning these zones is a lot like riding a bike, you never forget and it all comes back to you.

[Thulack]

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Boohoo. I've been playing here on P99 for about 18 months and I had no idea maps were even in the game until about 30 days ago. I started out as a newb playing a race that was new to me (DE) in a city I am not familiar with. (Neriak) Somehow I managed. Project 1999 wiki, EQvintage.com - both great resources for maps. Re-learning these zones is a lot like riding a bike, you never forget and it all comes back to you.

How you gonna go from Wood Elf on live to Dark Elf?? bah and i use to like you :P

There are many websites to find maps of zones. If you don't know zones by heart there is plenty of places to get maps. people who are complaining can go play on live. It's 100x easier then playing here.

[mwatt]

I guess old habits die hard. Here we are once again second-guessing the steps taken by the devs to make the game more classic. On the plus side, at least this discussion has been a civil one.

I have an opinion about removal of the limited in-game maps, but as a show of dev solidarity I am not going to give it. There are times when mistakes are made or bugs are created - these are great times to speak up about what has been done. As for opining on changes which simply serve to bring the game closer to classic, that seems be a groove that has become too well-worn of late.

If a change is in the offing that makes the server play more like the classic server, I'll withold my opinion until the devs actually ask - which they do indeed do at times, though they rightfully do this before they make a change.

For all you lawer-types that like to point out how X and Y are part of the server code and they are not classic, three things to remember:
1) Not everything is possible.
2) Some things which are possible are not currently practical due to resource and time limitations.
3) There will be a small number of things that the devs will choose to deviate from classic on - very likely only for extremely compelling reasons, as this is anti-thematic. This is their right. It is not open for discusson unless they invite such discussion. The existence of these few purposeful deviations is not license for the peanut gallery to whine when other classic behaviors that are not universally liked, are instituted.