That moment when you decided to quit EQ live

[Daldaen]

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

For me it was the Bazaar that was beginning of the end of the game.

Taking away the haggling involved in the EC tunnel was the first step towards dumbing the game down by removing mandatory social interaction.

Planes of Power was another step in that direction. Why get a port from a player when everyone can just click on a book?

The EZ mode mentally only progressed from there. Give me pain, and heartache, and tears... anything over EZ mode.

I hate interacting with half of this server. Luclin/Bazaar was a godsend to not have to deal with resellers, and people who laugh at your prices in an attempt to get you to lower them. PoP was a godsend for noobs traveling so that a druid doesn't not port them because they can't pay 50 plat for a port.

Forced interaction isn't a good thing. Nor is complete solo play.

Allow players to interact as they wish, and choose with whom they interact. Sending a tell to a random druid/wizard for a port isn't any interaction at all. If that druid were a bot you really couldn't tell much of a difference at all. "Port to WC please", druid arrives, invites to group, ports, SoWs, you input coin. Its no different from a robot.