I just want to fish

[SirAlvarex]

When I was younger I was one of the adventurous types. On here I'd agree that the only ones playing are the original 1% (Yes, that term is accurate as to what it was during the 99-02 period that I played). The other 99% either burned out, have died, have grown up, etc and don't want to play an old MMO just for nostalgia.

Or, a lot of them start, get to level 12, see no groups/people telling him/her "Don't play a melee character. Play a caster so you can farm money and your life will be easier". Seeing monks running around in Fungi's probably doesn't help either.

I know I had trouble catching onto the server because a quarter of my groups were "Oh wait, you don't have 20k worth of gear? I'm going to make fun of you for not being a necro/mage".

So yeah, that's why the "1%" (which is now the 90%) negatively affect the population. But that's minor. If there were enough casual players so that "90%" becomes the "1%" again, then it wouldn't be an issue. The only problem is, how the hell do you get enough casual players to play a game that is the equivalent to beating your head against the wall? That I don't have an answer for.

Oh, and the forums. Tons of trolling goes on here.

(Yes, there are tons of nice people on this server. But sometimes all it takes is 2 or 3 experiences with the crappy people to turn off a new "casual" player).

[Flunklesnarkin]

P99 isn't the only game in town.

There are other classic projects out there that will be as classic or even more classic than P99 which are in the works. (not just eqemu projects either)


P99 is sort of a stop gap measure imo. relive semi classic eq.


If you google it you will see other alternatives in the works that have more dev support than here.


I would mention some by name but its a bannable offense (even to mention other specific eqemu projects also)