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Old 11-16-2019, 10:44 AM
Vexenu Vexenu is offline
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Let's assume that only 5% of EQ players back in the day would be considered skilled by modern standards. And then let's assume that on P1999, with the advantage of twenty years of knowledge, 50% of players are skilled (this is being quite generous).

Even with these assumptions, the idea that classic-era players wouldn't have figured out how to exploit charm is preposterous simply due to population numbers.

Classic era active population was approximately 300,000 players.

P1999 active population is approximately 3,000 players.

5% x 300,000 = 15,000 skilled players

50% x 3,000 = 1,500 skilled players

So even if we have 10x the amount of skilled players on P1999 compared to the classic era live servers, the sheer classic population numbers dictate that they had 10x as many skilled players overall.

Also keep in mind that in the classic era EVERY SINGLE CLASS had a dedicated forum/message board where the strategies, spells, abilities, mechanics, etc... of that class were HEAVILY discussed and shared. If Charm had been discovered as OP by even a single skilled player back then, that knowledge would have been discussed exhaustively on the class forums and then spread widely through the entire community.
 


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