I implore the p99 staff to allow Target Through Nearest NPC on BLUE

[Danth]

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

On that note...

The code for cycling through targets did not exist in any client prior to 2004. Please stop using "I read it in a Usenet group" or "it was bound to tab". It's fake news. The only thing bound to tab was cycle between self and target.

I posted elsewhere but it got lost in the shuffle, but when did names start to "blink" once targeted? I noticed the other day they didn't do that in the old Tutorial, and most probably did not do that in the EQ beta either since the Tutorial.exe was based on that very old code. I have no personal recollection as to when that particular feature was added, but thinking about it....I remember it being really hard to tell what I had targeted if I pulled several things that had the same name. No recollection at all when it changed.

Names DO blink on the standard version of the Trilogy client so it was added early (again the tutorial is a separate .exe) I just don't remember whether it was a beta or an early-launch addition. I am NOT suggesting this for P1999--merely asking for the sake of trivia.

Danth

[Baler]

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

On that note...

The code for cycling through targets did not exist in any client prior to 2004. Please stop using "I read it in a Usenet group" or "it was bound to tab". It's fake news. The only thing bound to tab was cycle between self and target.

#classless

[Sonark]

I think Green will be initially popular, because hey I remember this.

Then the reality of all the things they don't remember being in the game, because they came for the nostalgia and not the actual experience, will come crashing down and they'll never come back.

[Erati]

I await the removal of Item links and the drop shadow on ALL nameplates.

[Deathrydar]

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

I think Green will be initially popular, because hey I remember this.

Then the reality of all the things they don't remember being in the game, because they came for the nostalgia and not the actual experience, will come crashing down and they'll never come back.

People will probably quit once they realize they can't hit the TAB key on their keyboards and cycle thru targets. I mean, that is so inconvenient...

[Daldaen]

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

I await the removal of Item links and the drop shadow on ALL nameplates.

Both of these sound incredible.

I look forward to people typing out the stats on their Dragoon Dirks and Glowing Black Stones in their auctions like the old times.

[Lhord99]

*Sips JumJum Juice*

Maybe this Tab Key dilemma is, like, an awakening that we ALL have too many "targets" in front of us with no simple "push-button solution" to keep them all compartmentalized and focused. Cycling tabs in EQ was giving us that semblance of organization, and, without this feature, we've all been thrust into cognitive dissonance.

Just a thought.

[Wallicker]

Haha enchanters still go it easy with aoe mez and longer duration/mez roots, ya bards however... gotta get the appropriate target in the right order multiple multiple times over the duration of a fight every 3 seconds! No one made a bard that wasn’t up to a challenge though this will just further the gap of the good and bad players on the most technical class in the game cheers!

[Baler]

An immense thank you to the p99 staff for allowing cycle through nearest targets on blue/red. I thoroughly look forward to enjoying the pure classic experience with no out of era QOL during GREEN.

And please note that this is not me stating that blue/red are not classic. Over the years they've been shaped into a as close as possible classic experience during the tip end of the Velious era.

[El-Hefe]

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

I think Green will be initially popular, because hey I remember this.

Then the reality of all the things they don't remember being in the game, because they came for the nostalgia and not the actual experience, will come crashing down and they'll never come back.

Nah, EQ is fun.

I'm sorry that you don't think so.