Can we talk about the future of P99?

[Tewaz]

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

A very well written, and well thought out post. Despite the negative responses in this thread these are all very common questions and common talking points in nearly every circle of friends that I have in this game. Everyone is wondering about these issues. And these posters above me can attempt to be jaded and negative, but if you're checking p99 forums, you have interest in the future of this game. I know every time I come here it is for this topic of discussion specifically. The metas suck, the proposed metas dont seem to be working as intended. The only exciting time in this game is quakes and the drafts, which are quake based.

It's just weird because whenever you look at the P99 UN discord, csr is putting a decent a chunk of time responding to people and putting forth somewhat of an effort to manage the game. But it's only for bitchy irrelevantcraid disputes and proposing questionable metas. If you're going to put in time to the game, why not make it good? Events, legacy loot, ban PL and "Vanq".

I personally believe that the fact that timers are so concealed and shrouded in mystery is one of the worst things about the raid scene. 95% of the effort of raiding is getting the timer and waiting the long ass windows. Make it to where if a mob is eligible to be drafted for a quake, the guild that killed it has to post the TOD to the UN discord just like we do at the end of draft. Then we will have competition and races, and people can stream the raid scene. Give people some incentive to not hit 60 and join Riot.

Spawn the warders again. Do a Kerafyrm event. Why the fuck not? Maybe if a guild has no concessions or raid infractions for a certain period of time they get a shot at one of the warders as a reward, or spawn them regularly and raid infractions cause guilds to concede them for x amount of cycles.

I'm just throwing out random shit. I enjoy this game and I do appreciate the staff. Just trying to be positive and throw out some ideas to add to a conversation that I do believe should be had.

A lot of good stuff here.

I am trying to mainly make suggestions about what can be changed without developer feedback. If we are looking at developer changes, holy crap do I have a monster list. Might have to make another thread for that in the future even though it seems to be pointless.

Thanks for the feedback.

[Infectious]

They could add luclin. Skip that and go to pop. Make some custom zones off of Oasis. Paw 2.0. Veksar. Shit even just adding some long ass quest that gives you a chance at some illusions would shake the shit up.

[Jimjam]

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

some custom zones off of Oasis.

That dried river bed that trails from the lake and cuts through the hills on the western zone wall. I so much want want to hike up there, see what there is to find, but where the zoneline should be is just an invisible wall :’(

[Infectious]

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

That dried river bed that trails from the lake and cuts through the hills on the western zone wall. I so much want want to hike up there, see what there is to find, but where the zoneline should be is just an invisible wall :’(

Yup a zone right off there with a bunch of tunnel off it. Fill that it will muddites/goblins. Add some keys to keep people busy. Epic Armour quest line.

[Pint]

They should just allow boxing on blue if they aren't going to dump green in

[enjchanter]

I mean it's a server locked to velious permanently , what are you expecting here
The game is there and it is what it is

You're here playing for free , they owe you nothing

[Snaggles]

We already have the draft, lots of quakes, and a rotating “meta” which apparently is to avoid the allegation of a stale server. I don’t like most of them but they are all different and tend to get player engagement.

People will find p99 or they won’t. Trying to get the word out wouldn’t be a bad idea but in general EQ is an esoteric dinosaur. P99 has its flaws but is still a quality emulator, whether you want to raid, group with some buddies, or solo and never talk to another person.

The issue with a time locked server are all the ones you mentioned. I think it’s a case of taking the good with the bad. Sure, quake more…why not? It’s not going to distribute Vulak loot or beads unless they randomly put that stuff on Vindi or Ayillish. Put some seaworthy planks out there while you are at it. Allow us to make tiny hybrids too.

[Varja]

I think that any news on the status of a merger would be fantastic for the community. Even if it's "No this isn't ever going to happen." Staff initially brought up this concept so I do believe that insight of the issue is somewhat warranted. But any light shed on their thought process would be great.

Is it still on the table for discussion at all? Has it been deemed too much of a logistical issue? Do they want x amount of time for geen to be on velious? Some supposed insiders say that when dark darkpaw took over the EQ ip that they felt that new p99 servers being opened up would hurt tlp subscriptions, so now with no new server opening up, staff is hesitant to do any sort of merger. Is that the case? Is it something to do with hardware? Unlikely. But the fact is that CSR has had this discussion internally and for whatever reason have decided to go silent on the issue but as anyone can see from the forums, the player base is still curious.

Again, I have nothing but appreciation for the p99 staff. No post made here is meant to slander or even disrespect them in any way whatsoever.

[Tewaz]

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

I think that any news on the status of a merger would be fantastic for the community. Even if it's "No this isn't ever going to happen." Staff initially brought up this concept so I do believe that insight of the issue is somewhat warranted. But any light shed on their thought process would be great.

Is it still on the table for discussion at all? Has it been deemed too much of a logistical issue? Do they want x amount of time for geen to be on velious? Some supposed insiders say that when dark darkpaw took over the EQ ip that they felt that new p99 servers being opened up would hurt tlp subscriptions, so now with no new server opening up, staff is hesitant to do any sort of merger. Is that the case? Is it something to do with hardware? Unlikely. But the fact is that CSR has had this discussion internally and for whatever reason have decided to go silent on the issue but as anyone can see from the forums, the player base is still curious.

Again, I have nothing but appreciation for the p99 staff. No post made here is meant to slander or even disrespect them in any way whatsoever.

This is the exact point of the quote: Please communicate the future. If the servers are locked forever in perpetuity, fine, but please let us know this.

[Viscere]

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

This is the exact point of the quote: Please communicate the future. If the servers are locked forever in perpetuity, fine, but please let us know this.

Exactly I feel the lack of communication here is the real issue & making most of the damage