How do you justify not paying for EverQuest?

[NopeNopeNopeNope]

I did pay for EQ when the max level was I believe 110, on two accounts no less, so I believe it was either $20 or $30 a month at that point, for more than a year

Pro’s:

-FV is a cool server. Was fun to be able to farm pp and buy raid gear but had to buy the last “season’s”/tier stuff to avoid paying millions upon millions of pp

- Pet focus earrings were borked at the time so pet classes were borderline gods, so that’s what I played

- I never minded Mercs. I thought they were pretty cool and balanced pretty well. They were almost as good as a well geared player but not quite. Their programming wasn’t bad, for example, if they moved in range of a mob and were getting chunked they would take little side-steps to attempt to get out of range while still fulfilling their roles. And they were always ready and paying attention, unlike myself who was usually stoned trying to multibox 3 screens using alt-tab

Con’s

- Was never a fan of defiant gear. Crazy good stats that completely trivialized the early game and the idea of going for particular stats for particular classes. Why bother when a piece of defiant gear could drop off literally anything and have a fat stack of +all stats and + all resists. It did totally drop off near max level though. If you were near max level in defiant gear you would get clowned on by current content

- Being able to spend money to have permanent clarity and +exp pots from in game shop felt wrong to me

- Multiboxing to do current content wasn’t an option, it was a requirement

- EQ raiding is garbage compared to WoW raiding

- EQ pvp is garbage compared to WoW pvp

- I couldn’t justify spending $30/month for EQ when I could be spending $15/mo for wow

At work that’s all I can comment on atm

[Swish]

Emulated EQ isn't for profit is it? Does supporting P99 streamers count as making P99 more visible?

As for Daybreak I'd rather give a buck to Blizzard and that's saying something.

[Lifebar]

Keep it real with a recurring monthly $9.89 donation to the P99 team.

[Ciderpress]

Who said I justify it? I feel guilty about it all the time, even on an emu like p99 that specifically wants lots of people to play it for free and is sanctioned by the IP owner.

[Tethler]

It's being offered for free, so why is any justification needed for accepting the offer?

[Reiwa]

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It's being offered for free, so why is any justification needed for accepting the offer?

Stealing is wrong

[Ekco]

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

Stealing is wrong

not for software, or bread.

[Tethler]

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

Stealing is wrong

What did I steal? I purchased the game for playing on the live servers. The company managing the IP has given permission for p99 to operate. Using the game I purchased to play on servers sanctioned by the IP holder is stealing?

[Duik]

Someone leaves a chest of draws on their front verge.
Sign says free to good home.
If you take it are you a thief?

[Reiwa]

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

Someone leaves a chest of draws on their front verge.
Sign says free to good home.
If you take it are you a thief?

A coffee shop leaves a pitcher of cream out for its customers.

An Australian bloke follows the Eastern ethic and pours it all into his own container without making a purchase. The cunt then leaves.