P99 green launch permanently killed my enthusiasm for everquest

[Bardp1999]

Now that the initial hype is over, try making an alt

I just started a necro earlier this week. Level 14 already and enjoying some P99. EQ 100% what you make of it.

[cannobeers3]

Once you get over the stupid shit that really isn't that great like a manastone, minor regen and trivial illusion, what is left is what you make of it.

Have fun, enjoy yourself and move on.

Anything more or less is just fucking idiotic.

[cd288]

Did you just post this same thing in the subreddit? You need to go outside man

[Man0warr]

It would cause extra CSR work, which is why /list was created. They will develop non-Classic solutions to problems that cause extra volunteer work.

[Tethler]

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

I used to love this server and would play it in between TLP on and off throughout the years. When green released, I was as excited as everyone else and went in fairly hardcore. I actually preferred the corpse runs, the slower exp, the fact that mostly everything was the way I remember it. It felt like being in a time machine.

The problem I think with the green launch is that they did too many experimental changes that made it no longer feel like eq while leaving in too many balance issues. Green server kinda showed me what eq would be like if played by a modern crowd - everything gets solod, everyone fights over the best zones, people ignore half the areas in the game. Everyone was a solo class. I was still fun, but I think it left me disillusioned and sort of erased everything that I had experienced on blue the years prior.

I also think things like the forced lighting(which killed my performance) and the list stuff were terrible changes. Maybe it's better now that it's in kunark but I can't find the desire to come back to p99 anymore.

can i have ur stuff

[Mesocyclone]

how bout for green 2: no legacy items and delete chanters hahaha

[Barik]

Anything past 500 people on a classic server is overkill, especially when everyone knows everything. Delete red, and bring back teal ffs.

[Frug]

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

I used to love this server and would play it in between TLP on and off throughout the years. When green released, I was as excited as everyone else and went in fairly hardcore. I actually preferred the corpse runs, the slower exp, the fact that mostly everything was the way I remember it. It felt like being in a time machine.

The problem I think with the green launch is that they did too many experimental changes that made it no longer feel like eq while leaving in too many balance issues. Green server kinda showed me what eq would be like if played by a modern crowd - everything gets solod, everyone fights over the best zones, people ignore half the areas in the game. Everyone was a solo class. I was still fun, but I think it left me disillusioned and sort of erased everything that I had experienced on blue the years prior.

I also think things like the forced lighting(which killed my performance) and the list stuff were terrible changes. Maybe it's better now that it's in kunark but I can't find the desire to come back to p99 anymore.

You're 100% correct, but the goal here is to make a museum piece of a game, not to make it fun. QOL changes that were actually fun and didn't change the overall experience are dogmatically rejected, because NeCkBeArD tears.

[Jimjam]

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

You're 100% correct, but the goal here is to make a museum piece of a game, not to make it fun. QOL changes that were actually fun and didn't change the overall experience are dogmatically rejected, because NeCkBeArD tears.

Very true, but P1999 is many things to many people. It’s quite wonderful really. Seeing the conflicting agendas and arguments play out is equally fascinating.

[Jimjam]

A lot of dial up connections where i was from would automatically cut out after 2 hours of being connected. Not sure if that was something that happened at all in the US, but yeah it really incentivised keeping sessions to 2hrs or at least scheduling 2hrly breaks!