Sincere Question-Will Project 1999 be worth someone's time who has no nostalgic ties?

[curtischoy]

I came for the nostalgia, I stayed for the pixels.

[lland]

As a result of nothing being difficult, nothing is rewarding either.

So true in EQ and in life in general.

[borgy95]

Originally Posted by am0n [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

but you may have less inclination to keep going after dieing, dieing again trying to get back to your corpse, losing your level, and then dieing a third time before finally recovering your stuff (and each of those required 20-30 minute runs just to get back to where you were and costing you another 1-2 hours worth of exp).

This is why the game is worth playing. In my view games that actively screw you over, (you mentioned dark souls) are the bees knees. Stick it out for the first 20levels, i rmbr not having a clue and just asking randoms in games what the hell i should do, after a while it clicked, you will understand and get used to the slower pace. and every 1% of exp you get will become sweet sweet nectar.

[Charlievox]

I like that in EQ its up to you how you get that next level instead of being told by some quest giver, " go to X and kill Zmob until you have collected 7 A's and 5 B's and bring them back to me and I will give you XP and this nice piece of gear, then go talk to W for your next quest!" Rinse, repeat. And everybody follows the same path.
In EQ you can decide to do all the quests or do no quests and just go kill what you need to get materials for your tradeskills. Your path is of your own choosing the game is whatever you decide it will be for you not a planned journey from point to point to point...

[Voland]

If interaction is what you crave, then p99 is absolutely the place to be. It's worth the effort to get things running smoothly and figure the game out.

[b_rob242]

I had a brief (like 2-week) trial with WoW several years ago, and it sucked. That was the extent of my MMO experience prior to a friend turning me on to P99. He helped me get around and power-leveled my original character for a bit. I made an alt and ran around soloing only to find folks out there willing to dote upon a new player with no ties otherwise than that of "paying it forward".
I am nowhere near end-game or on any specific track for such things. I just enjoy being in-game, seeing the characters, trying not to die and helping folks when I can. I usually hang out around West Freeport and bind any folks traveling that way who need it.
I have been playing this since March casually and truly enjoy the community and the game play. I don't need my character to look like he/she is a real living entity, and I never wanted a game to hold my hand and guide me through a quest (like in other modern games - I did try EQ2 after being in P99 for a bit - mistake). I will say, dying after level 10 is heart-wrenching, but the glory of hearing that DING, especially when new abilities/spells become available, is so worth the grind.

In the end, you must choose if it is worth it for you. Neither I nor anyone else can make that decision for you.

My name is Ssessth. I am an Iksar Necro, and I haunt the outskirts of West Freeport.