Question on Phinigel 'classicness' and p99 response

[Evia]

I have a ranger who managed to get dark elf mask and press nerf fungi staff. So some classic elements. Not really classic though over all.

[Man0warr]

They did a pretty good job removing out of era stuff compared to some of the other Progression servers.

They did accidentally leave in some 2003ish Velketors/Dragon Necropolis revamp items in but they got those removed recently after a couple of weeks.

Other than that, haven't seen much that isn't on Project1999 dropping. Outside of Chardok revamp stuff but P99 will get that soon.

[Izmael]

I made a character on Phinigel at launch and played him for a few days.

It's not close to classic at all. Basically they took current live EQ and removed some stuff, such as non-classic zones, mercs.

But the remaining zones aren't classic at all. It's not the same NPC's. The gameplay is different... damage tables, mana/hp regen, relative mob strength, are all very different from classic or p99. Tens or hundreds of little details such as coin weight are different.

You can even parcel stuff around the world. Not sure about boats.

Everything is a lot easier and sucks compared to p99.

[nhdjoseywales]

My Quake Clan leader paid for a few semesters of college RMT'ing early lvl 50's in classic

[Jimjam]

I just remembered something that happened a few years ago today.

Some of my school friends I played EQ with RMTed a bunch of plat onto my shaman and used it to buy my character a horse as a birthday gift. Very kind of them, but I wish they got me a LoY newt [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].

Okay, not classic era, but RMT happened.

[Sodors Finest Poster]

As I see it:

Pros:

- Instances to avoid raid scene
- Better LFG tools (i think?)
- Modern group xp bonuses which makes grouping faster xp than solo/duoing

Cons:

- Luclin models / new zone revamps
- RMT via kronos
- Other non-classic elements

Basically, Phinigel is EQ Lite. Nothing wrong with that if you have limited time and want something easy to play but not at all the classic experience.

Plus, you know once the server progresses past POP the population will tank - much like it did historically.

[Daldaen]

Auto loot system is very nice for being lazy
Auto combine system is very nice for being a lazy tradeskiller

I just didn't like that their EXP code so much favored grouping and penalized soloing.

[Erati]

soloing is a fun way to test the limits of your characters gear, abilities and critical thinking

some of my favorite moments are when I see a named id like to kill in a pretty dangerous spot and you have to analyze how the heck can you not only get to it, but slay the thing without getting yourself a corpse in a hard to recover place

[mr_jon3s]

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

soloing is a fun way to test the limits of your characters gear, abilities and critical thinking

some of my favorite moments are when I see a named id like to kill in a pretty dangerous spot and you have to analyze how the heck can you not only get to it, but slay the thing without getting yourself a corpse in a hard to recover place

You can solo on phinny its just about the same amount of exp as being in a group.

[Laugher]

I liked the amount of fungi tunics drummed up in seemingly no time after kunark, classic was fun but got rough with short tanks and no regen lol. Overall it seems like they've made a better attempt this time around with putting in/taking out proper elements for xpacs, though it's definitely far from classic (esp. W/revamped zones and all)