I'm out

[magnetaress]

P v P

U can solo play and tab out and if someone dares afk. Drop group and send them to their safe cozy bind to AFK.

[Kraig4600]

100% solo player here. Been playing here for 2 years and I'm almost level 59. I play this game for challenge and entertainment, not to interact with others unless I choose to. I cannot tell you how many times I get unprompted tells, or some jerk trying to steal my camp just because I am solo and unguilded. I rarely reply to tells unless it has a direct correlation to what it is I am doing, aka cc's, etc... when I do its usually some pervert who wants to flirt because I'm playing a female toon. The point is, we aren't all here to be your chatty Kathy, hell Id say most of us are anti-social in some form, yes it's an online game but why does that mean I HAVE to talk to you? Why do I have to take out of my time and explain to you that I am a solo player?

[rewinder47]

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

A big factor we all still play this game is for the social interaction other games don't require. It's perfectly reasonable to be upset and leave if that's not happening.

That's cool, but maybe online games aren't for you if that is the case. Everquest is geared hard towards social interaction in a way that very few other games are, and I have a hard time believing you will find a better experience elsewhere. Maybe some obscure non-F2P game with a small community, if you are really lucky. Most free to play games are full of children and botters, P99 is not. And most paid online games, if they even require interaction with others, have you playing cross-server with randos who you'll never see again and have no incentive to be nice to you.

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by Kraig4600 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

100% solo player here. Been playing here for 2 years and I'm almost level 59. I play this game for challenge and entertainment, not to interact with others unless I choose to. I cannot tell you how many times I get unprompted tells, or some jerk trying to steal my camp just because I am solo and unguilded. I rarely reply to tells unless it has a direct correlation to what it is I am doing, aka cc's, etc... when I do its usually some pervert who wants to flirt because I'm playing a female toon. The point is, we aren't all here to be your chatty Kathy, hell Id say most of us are anti-social in some form, yes it's an online game but why does that mean I HAVE to talk to you? Why do I have to take out of my time and explain to you that I am a solo player?

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[Llanos]

Originally Posted by rewinder47 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's cool, but maybe online games aren't for you if that is the case. Everquest is geared hard towards social interaction in a way that very few other games are, and I have a hard time believing you will find a better experience elsewhere. Maybe some obscure non-F2P game with a small community, if you are really lucky. Most free to play games are full of children and botters, P99 is not. And most paid online games, if they even require interaction with others, have you playing cross-server with randos who you'll never see again and have no incentive to be nice to you.

I love this game. Playing it off and on for 20 years. But I can see his argument. He will probably be back when he realizes this.

[magnetaress]

Last time I did a weekend round of WoW BGs and Arenas it was pretty pointless. Just queue up and watch as 4-5 people on ur team just stand around aimlessly getting owned 1v1.

This game is so much better even if ur by yourself, or like others said a few others doing absolutely nothing. Productive or EXP efficient otherwise.

Part of having a 6 man grp means people can take breaks tho. Sometimes that cleric needs to warm up their legs, can you keep pulling and exping as efficiently if they get up, potty, blow up a hotpocket for 5 minutes? No (I usually offer to drop grp and camp out safely) and let them know i'll either be back in 30 or whatever if this is how it's going down.

Got to love those 16 hr grinds through 53 tho. It happens every once in awhile were everyone is just a machine and they got their gatorade bottles lined up and ready to go. I think a lot of weekend warriors are really dedicated to these grinds but play casual during the normal everyday life focus'd rather than pixel focus'd week.

OP seems like they are a little to invested in 'being #1 at everquest and not ever screwing up ever and doing 1-50 in 2 hrs'.

When u realize u can help absolutely terrible players and wierdos get some enjoyment out of the game without having to tell them when and were to root mobs, u will hit the next level.

[Thulian]

i figured this out before geting to level 10 on blue ( Before red even came out )

if it took you 10 years you are remedial

[xmaerx]

This is where guilds are supposed to come in. Unfortunately, every guild short of like.. three.. are just submission to a ruleset under some arbitrary banner, not a fostered community of any kind. I don't know of a single guild that is actively preening their roster of people who aren't all working towards the same goals.

Not even the one I'm in, so this isn't self-serving.

With that said, it's not self-flagellating either. This game has always encouraged quantity over quality. As such, it is unreasonable to expect guilds to sacrifice the ability of the many for the comfort of the few. No guild out there is willing to kick a third of their roster who haven't committed to similar goals as the majority, because that's not practical. Warm bodies go a long way.

The only way around that is to form new guilds where you can nip the problem in the bud from the start. And when two thirds of the server is in one guild (Looking at you, Seal Team) there just isn't much way to make that happen in any meaningful capacity. That's why I prefer smaller guilds.

Not even digging on them for playing the game the way it was designed, intentionally or otherwise. That's just the reality of the situation.

Might as well all join Seal Team and then create little cliques within. Maybe the GMs can give us sub-guild-tags beneath the other guild tag, into which every character is borne upon creation.

[Thulian]

how is a guild going to help when there is like 1 boss mob a week for 1000 players?

How will you escape the toxicity when you are required to interact with toxic players to accomplish anything?

[Jibartik]

I play super casually and just pug randomly and its fun people are nice and stuff idk.