GLOBAL ooc/auction. Poll time.

[Beau]

Ooc/auction has NOTHING to do with the difficulty of finding groups. The server could drop to 100 people tomorrow and it would still have absolutely zero effect on it. Group issues are due to class oversaturation/availabitly, and highly desired exp zones/camps being unavailable due to present groups or farmers. It has zero to do with the use of global chat. If people are depending on ooc/auction for groups thats their own misfortune. My suggestion is if you are really that hard up for exp and typical group targets and assets are unavailble then make an unconventional group and take it to an unconventional spot. Without global /ooc classic servers would have outdoor zones(karanas) populated with pick up groups doing just fine. (reavers/aviaks/gnolls/etc) What /ooc has fostered was the desire to only hunt in zones that are suggested as the most lucrative leaving any sort of classic pick up grouping out. Again, just because you cant find a group in oasis or unrest , or guk or wherever, does not mean you cant put something together and progress.

Classic everquest was not a bunch of EQ experts only farming what they knew from years of experience to be worthwhile. If the argument is to help new people, then help them by letting them enjoy classic everyquest for themselves. Cut the training wheels.