1hr FTE Lockout should continue running even after the mob dies.

[Daldaen]

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

when you reach this point and have your BiS items you are supposed to go away. You won. It's a time locked server. Leave and free up the high end content for the next person. Beat the game and move on in life.

Well I mean at this point CSG has experienced AoW, Tunare, Vulak, Vyemm, Yelinak, Dain, King Tormax.

I think all the big guilds/alliances on this server have beaten the game. Unless beating the game only counts if you individually have lots of loot to show for it?

[kotton05]

Why would it continue once it's dead? Makes no sense.

[Culkasi]

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

Well I mean at this point CSG has experienced AoW, Tunare, Vulak, Vyemm, Yelinak, Dain, King Tormax.

I think all the big guilds/alliances on this server have beaten the game. Unless beating the game only counts if you individually have lots of loot to show for it?

More and more of us feels this way. If only there was a casual way to continue to experience this content at slow pace, without having to neckbeard to even get a glimpse of it.

[Erati]

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

More and more of us feels this way. If only there was a casual way to continue to experience this content at slow pace, without having to neckbeard to even get a glimpse of it.

get them to reduce variance to 4 hours and get rid of locked encounters

dragon day would get cray cray

[Daldaen]

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

More and more of us feels this way. If only there was a casual way to continue to experience this content at slow pace, without having to neckbeard to even get a glimpse of it.

As long as Sirken and Rogean are at the helm I don't see this being a thing. Maybe if Awakened leaves you could have more of a glimpse if Aftermath wants to continue sharing mobs but I suspect the KT/Eashen/Dozekar/Vulak type mobs they will want an opportunity at every single week.

And as much fun as killing Lord Feshlak is, after a little bit he just becomes the Lord Nagafen or Talendor that you guys have killed more than enough and are ready to move on to bigger and better things.

To be honest I'm really surprised at how long Europa/Omni/Azure Guard have stuck around the server. With how the climate has been for the past 6 years, either the BDA route of going to phinigel to allow instanced raiding at a set schedule or moving to TAKP with an enforced Rotation or P2002 with a lower population.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should leave. But of the EQ servers available to you, this seems to be the one that suits your playstyle/interests the least. Though maybe the 1-box thing is the biggest factor to your member base in which case P99 is the only one with an extreme hardline stance on it.

Maybe I'm just pessimistic but I don't see the change that's necessary for you to enjoy the game at the rate or style you prefer being a reality at any point here. Atleast if the server history is any indication.

[SoekiWiz]

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

More and more of us feels this way. If only there was a casual way to continue to experience this content at slow pace, without having to neckbeard to even get a glimpse of it.

Others have already said it. This server exists. You're not playing on it.

Phinny will allow you to play at a more casual pace and still have access to all the content you want via instancing.

If you played enough to level quickly and begin farming some plat, it should really only cost you 1 month of whatever the subscription fee is to start.

Thereafter, you can buy an in-game currency with platinum from other players that acts as a substitute to paying for a subscription with dollars.

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I hope you don't take this as a knock, I'm just trying to call a spade a spade, but saying that the people on the server who are investing the most time (referred to in your post as "neckbeard" style gameplay) should change their gaming experience to accommodate people who play less than they do, is a very bold statement of entitlement.

It's like doing 40 in the fast lane on the highway and throwing a shitfit when the guy behind you starts honking and riding your ass because you won't let him get around.

Don't like it? Don't use the fast lane!

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I strongly encourage that you at least give an instanced raiding server a shot if you feel this strongly about a level playing field. Right now you're in the sandbox with the other kids who aren't hyper sensitive to you wanting to build a castle in the middle. You're gonna have a bad time, mkay?

[kotton05]

phinny you have to pay and their are ways to pay to win.

I assure you the ones who want to play phinny already jumped ship (looks at BDA)

In the future that server will be dry and everyone will come back to p99

[SoekiWiz]

Originally Posted by kotton05 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

phinny you have to pay and their are ways to pay to win.

I assure you the ones who want to play phinny already jumped ship (looks at BDA)

In the future that server will be dry and everyone will come back to p99

Already mentioned that. I realize my response was a little wordy, but if you read the whole thing, that's addressed.

You pay to win on p99 too. The currency here is time spent.

All I'm saying, is the argument for an "equal pixels for all" arrangement on p99 servers is illogical based on the way the server is designed. It's designed to be competitive. In competition, there are winners and losers.

If you want everyone to get a participation trophy, again, Phinny is a much better alternative.

I'm not knocking either one, I'm simply pointing out the differences.

[Daldaen]

Originally Posted by kotton05 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

phinny you have to pay and their are ways to pay to win.

I assure you the ones who want to play phinny already jumped ship (looks at BDA)

In the future that server will be dry and everyone will come back to p99

You have to pay, yes. If that is a huge impediment to your guild moving over I sort of understand. But for most people who are playing EQ still (in their late 20s-40s) that amount of money isn't really a problem. If you play here you most likely didn't have an issue paying back in 1999...

Pay to win mehhhh. I mean you can pay to get tradeable loot I guess but after Kunark almost everything is No Drop and loot rights aren't commonly found especially for the best stuff. With instanced content there's minimal point since no one can corner the market really.

What I've found on Phinigel is people usually cyclically play on these progression servers. When they release a new one in Classic many people jump on over to that one and repeat.

But that's just one server. There are also others out there that favor a more casual/sharing environment than P99.

Don't get me wrong, P99 does Classic EQ best by far so far as accuracy to the era goes. But that's the journey from 1-59. Once you get to 60 there are better avenues to entertain you if your goal is to raid in EQ. That's a solid chunk of the higher end casual guilds. Already level 60, done all the Kunark, HoTesting and Scout Charissa farming they can do.

[Leiker]

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

Don't get me wrong, P99 does Classic EQ best by far so far as accuracy to the era goes.

Thats why I play here and why I continue to play here.

I think by now, Europa is probably the oldest guild on the server thats still active. Europa was a guild for most of Kunark when the only endgame thing a non-TMO member could hope to do was to clear Hate and Fear. What I am getting at is that Europa was not created as a raidguild. Maybe thats why it continues to exist?

The fact that the raiding scene/endgame is unclassic doesnt matter that much because we've only started endgame raiding slowly with the release of Velious. We have lots of of ground to catch up. AoW, Vulak, Vyemm, ect is something very new for us. We enjoy raiding yes, but we have plenty of people who rarely or never join raids.

Basically, we don't play to raid. I've raided more endgame content in the last couple of months than ever before and its already starting to feel like a chore...but then again, thats EQ for ya [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]