Doesn't feel like original?

[Treefall]

It's not perfection but it is pretty darn good.

Can't lie, I still go around eqclassic.org every year to see if they've made any progress on the classic client. I am only reminded of this because you bring up the UI. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I remember a time when it was p99 vs eqclassic which would use that old client, but alas I think eqclassic is vaporware.

[Mblake1981]

But yeah the UI being different was due to widescreen monitors, 16:9 aspect ratio aka the living room ratio, becoming standard. Everquest was designed during the era on the left side of this photo, for a standard aspect ratio (4:3/5:4 CRT Monitor) while P99 runs on hardware from the right side of the photo.

Windows Vista, Widescreen TVs/Monitors, Smart Phones, Vista/360 Standards, STEAM taking over. It was the end of the desktop era but it still lives on in RGB-lit racer chair dreams.

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edit: Some might not get the photo.

Left: The founders of Looking Glass Studio back in the 90s, one of them is talking with Chuck Yeager. They were from the MIT-Hacker
ethos of "just making cool stuff" but were not a financially minded group.

Right: Kevin Levin, founder of 2k studios. He was a member of Looking Glass during their dying days. He expresses his love of being there, getting to experience making something just because you thought it was cool. But he was also nervous there and afraid of where his career was going with a company that didn't pay so much attention to the dollars.

He founded the Bioshock series (2K Studios), which was the supposed continuance of the System Shock series (Looking Glass). The series remains the poster-boy of the downgrade experienced during the shift over to the Vista/360 standards being imposed on Windows Desktop Computers. Everything has a price as they say.

[magnetaress]

p99 isnt classic llol it's like 'luclin light' + a bunch of rules lawyering that never existed on classic because gms didnt really get invovled and when they ddid they just suspye veryone for 7 days

[sounion]

well the lawyering rules is more because people have been playing the game for 20+ years and have memorized every pixel and timer so disputes arise more frequently then back in the day. that and content is limited to velious so no new content for our avatars to explore and forget about our past pixel hoggishness

[mycoolrausch]

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

Is it me, or is the UI not at all what it was back in 1999?

thank god

[magnetaress]

P99 is definitely not classic. And velious is a terrible expansion.

[Jibartik]

The fact that people dont pug in that guardians armor zone would indicate magna is right about velious being a terrible expansion.

[Jimjam]

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

The fact that people dont pug in that guardians armor zone would indicate magna is right about velious being a terrible expansion.

Skyshrine should be full of crawling raids of level 40-55 players working on their guardian / sentry armour and rare no drops imo.

[Jibartik]

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

Skyshrine should be full of crawling raids of level 40-55 players working on their guardian / sentry armour and rare no drops imo.

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[Encroaching Death]

The classic stone UI was so good.

I loved the 'face camera' when you inspected your equipped gear