GLOBAL ooc/auction. Poll time.

[Yoite]

we used to have like a sale sunday where most of the server knew that on sunday was the day that most people would be doing the buying and selling and trading. Sure there was still activity throughout the week, but if you were looking for something in particular, you knew come sunday you could find someone selling or trading it.

[Rufus]

I hope they don't remove it, though it seems inevitable at this point...

Everyone talks about this being a "Classic" server, which it obviously is, and Classic was the greatest time I ever had in a video game. But I also remember there being a much larger population that was able to support not only EC-only trading, but support the MANY zones that are going to be completely empty if we get rid of worldwide OOC. The world is going to seem very empty for most of us, UNLIKE in Classic where most zones had at least a few people to interact with.

Additionally, remember that this is NOT Classic. This is a world that is constantly in flux with things changing all the time, i.e. bard songs, items coming in and out, etc. Unless you remember to log on to the forums every time before you play, you will not have any way to be notified of changes to the game. Worldwide OOC serves this purpose.

It will also be much more difficult to put a group together, thus destroying the most fun aspect of the game. Like most of you, I have other obligations in life and cannot spend an hour sitting around waiting for a group to find me. Proactively making a group aware of your existence is a much better way to find a group than sitting in one zone with LFG on. Oftentimes a group won't even try to pick you up if you are a certain distance away.

I loved Classic as much as anyone, but P1999 and Classic are not analogous.

Thanks.

[utenan]

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

I hope they don't remove it, though it seems inevitable at this point...

Everyone talks about this being a "Classic" server, which it obviously is, and Classic was the greatest time I ever had in a video game. But I also remember there being a much larger population that was able to support not only EC-only trading, but support the MANY zones that are going to be completely empty if we get rid of worldwide OOC. The world is going to seem very empty for most of us, UNLIKE in Classic where most zones had at least a few people to interact with.

Additionally, remember that this is NOT Classic. This is a world that is constantly in flux with things changing all the time, i.e. bard songs, items coming in and out, etc. Unless you remember to log on to the forums every time before you play, you will not have any way to be notified of changes to the game. Worldwide OOC serves this purpose.

It will also be much more difficult to put a group together, thus destroying the most fun aspect of the game. Like most of you, I have other obligations in life and cannot spend an hour sitting around waiting for a group to find me. Proactively making a group aware of your existence is a much better way to find a group than sitting in one zone with LFG on. Oftentimes a group won't even try to pick you up if you are a certain distance away.

I loved Classic as much as anyone, but P1999 and Classic are not analogous.

Thanks.

1. Paragraph 1. Why would zones be empty, because global channels are taken out? People who are playing know the game to an extent, empty zones are empty because they suck, like WK or kerra ridge.

2. Paragraph 2. This server, from what I understand, is trying to be as close to clasic as possible. And patches seem to be done almost every week, so once again the 1. reason I see for keeping global channles is that people are lazy, too lazy infact to look at a forum every 7 days.

3. Paragraph 3. The whole " it is difficult to form a group " has been repeatedly disproven, if you want to find a group, you will. I also think that you, personally, don't have the time to play, is also an invalid point, and I do not think that ther server should be compromised because of that. I mean the "classic" server shouldn't be chanegd just be cause your are casual or hardcore.

"Proactively making a group aware of your existence is a much better way to find a group than sitting in one zone with LFG on." First of all, that first option should not even be there. Secondly, Nilbog has stated several times, the function of ooc is not even to look for groups. If you are just sitting in some zone, with /lfg on, then you aren't trying very hard to find a group.

[r0xx0r]

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

"Proactively making a group aware of your existence is a much better way to find a group than sitting in one zone with LFG on." First of all, that first option should not even be there. Secondly, Nilbog has stated several times, the function of ooc is not even to look for groups. If you are just sitting in some zone, with /lfg on, then you aren't trying very hard to find a group.

can i get a amen?