Why do you play p99

[webrunner5]

I play a lot of here because I am retired, 67 years old, and have the time to do it. I am a alt freak and have 24 of them all geared. About half are twinks now that I have been on here from about mid 2010. Made ,and still do at times, a TON of money with my Druid.

I Love killing Goblins and Skelly's. Hate underwater zones for some reason. Got in a rut on here doing the same sort of fast progression thing that I got bored leveling my alts.

So one day just said I was going to try a lot of new zones good ZeM or not. And to try them on a Ranger. Now you know that is a recipe for disaster, but a REAL challenge for sure. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] To say the least it has been interesting. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I suggest some of you start a new alt and just go to zones maybe you have never even been to or one it has been a long time since being there. Obliviously some classes work out better for that sort of thing than others, but either way, easier mode or holy crap mode, I find it has revived my interest on here. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Arkaan]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I play a lot of here because I am retired, 67 years old, and have the time to do it. I am a alt freak and have 24 of them all geared. About half are twinks now that I have been on here from about mid 2010. Made ,and still do at times, a TON of money with my Druid.

I Love killing Goblins and Skelly's. Hate underwater zones for some reason. Got in a rut on here doing the same sort of fast progression thing that I got bored leveling my alts.

So one day just said I was going to try a lot of new zones good ZeM or not. And to try them on a Ranger. Now you know that is a recipe for disaster, but a REAL challenge for sure. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] To say the least it has been interesting. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I suggest some of you start a new alt and just go to zones maybe you have never even been to or one it has been a long time since being there. Obliviously some classes work out better for that sort of thing than others, but either way, easier mode or holy crap mode, I find it has revived my interest on here. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sounds like me. I rolled a char for each class, each with a different race (except 2 human) and vowed to stay in each races newbie areas or starting zones and branch out from there.

So far I've hit Befallen, OOT, and Kerra Ridge. None of which I have really ever hunted before. Although Kerra Ridge is sort of a curiosity. Noone ever goes there! Only people I saw were just popping in for a quest and then left. I have never seen multiple noobs grouped up in Kerra Ridge ever on here or live lol

[sox7d]

Because every MMO I've tried in the last 5 years consisted of press all your buttons and watch things die while your health an mana never fall below 80% and almost all attempts to actively group with other players have been failures. (BUT U CAN GRUP AT LV 20 IN FFXIV, DO WOW INSTANCE Q, <MMORPG> HAS AWESOME COMBAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WALK OUT OF RANGE OF CHARGE UP ATTAX)

[arsenalpow]

I play because BDA has created a legit online community inside p99. I've met a lot of them irl and we play other games that aren't EQ together. Sometimes EQ is tolerable too.

[ripwind]

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

Quick edit: Qeynos Hills also teaches you about the subtleties of factions. See: Holly Windstalker.

I'd argue that WC has it's own version of that - Kizdean Gix.

One of the biggest mis-cons in the game. To this day I avoid him with my 55 mage due to the constant abuse my human druid and wood elf ranger suffered at his hands.

Other than that, I play to stare at dark elf asses.

[Arkaan]

I play P99 because
A: I like classic EQ
B: It's F2P with no ads and no RMT!!! <-----

I can spend a month getting 1 level if I want to, or take a break and play some old console games and not have to worry about subscriptions.

I like being able to take all the time I want just messing around with factions or simply exploring.

I need to donate though. I know it costs $ to operate these servers. I plan on donating soon.

[Velerin]

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

I just rolled my 3rd character and he popped up in Qeynos. I did a /w and saw 8 players.

That's why I play p99 - Because some awesome people made a classic EQ server and when I get on, there are 8 of you running around, doing chores and talking to stupid merchants & NPC's that are drunk at the docks, picking fights with other drunk NPC's and I know when I set foot in that glorious zone, West Karana - that among all those awesome NPC farmers and barbarians, will be 8 more awesome Hafllings and Wizards running around fighting spiders and lions.

I love Qeynos and the Karanas. Thank you P99 for letting me enjoy it the way it should be, with other Rogues, Bards & Warriors.

I hope you share your awesome love for EQ because for me, sharing classic feels is the best classic feel you can get [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Pretty much the same. EQ really died with PoK since no one ever had to sit in a city anymore. Before I found p1999 I logged onto EQ live after some 10 years or so and everything felt so empty. Logging onto p1999 last year and actually seeing people running around cities won it for me.
Also a huge thing for me is no boxing. All of these people begging for boxing and "its classic". It was a tiny minority of players. With p1999 and free accounts and fast computers, everyone would be boxing every camp available. It would double or triple the amount of content being enveloped my powerleveling. It would greatly reduce the amount of player-player interaction. It would easily ruin the classic experience of the server in no time.

[Arkaan]

Boxxing IMO is just an adaptation for a dying MMO. P99 is thriving and thus there is no need to tolerate boxxing.

[Esheon]

I logged back into eqLive a few months ago... first, I tried my old shaman... went to some newbie zones to buff noobs... empty. Created a new character, went through the tutorial, ended up with better gear than my old shaman had at 40. Discovered mercenaries, made a paladin and wizard 2-box team with a cleric and rogue merc. I blasted through content, and in a day or 2 my level 20 duo had better gear than my shaman was currently wearing, and I had only grouped once (after blind-inviting a guy who was killing the same mobs for what I thought was the same quest). That was enough, I logged out and didn't go back.

A friend clued me in to p99, and when I logged in here I found exactly what I was looking for. People actually GROUP here! Dying actually sets you back (in most other MMOs I use death as a means of quick travel). People have actual conversations! Hell, I spent four hours sitting at the noob lift in GFay buffing noobs and chatting with a shaman that was doing the same thing.

Before this, I was playing SWtOR and duoing instances just to make them challenging. Hell, my Powertech tank there STARTED the game with a pocket healer pet, and my Operative healer went from 50-55 (cap) in a day and a half of fairly casual play. The only chat that happened was fight prep and mid-fight directions, and SWtOR is not alone in that.

So, I guess the tl;dr version of all that is "community".

[Shodo]

Reasons I play:

Classic EQ is more enjoyable than any other MMO I've tried recently, and P99 has the best (and largest) community of all the emu options. Reading RP posts from Juntsie, Filbus and others keeps me hooked aswell ;P

Reason I don't play:

I haven't had internet access for about a month now [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]