Longing for the Old Days of P1999, Yet Grateful for the Journey

[IzHaN80]

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

The incredible repetitions by this poster and intense details of specific mechanics so many times….OP. If you stopped at page 1 I would not be reading at this thread like it is just a thinly veiled advertisement for that other server Quorm by someone whom is simply impersonating to be just a random nostalgic player like most of you and me my friends. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Im afraid OP I am pegging you out to be someone who indeed has a strong vested interest in the successes of Quorm and wants to be stealing players from P99 and possibly has a bone to be chewed against the operators of [I]these[I] classic EQ servers on P99.

Seriously? It’s exactly the opposite of what you just said. I think you didn’t even bother to read what I wrote if you believe I have any interest in seeing P99 die. On the contrary — I believe P99 should finally drop the “classic” excuse for certain changes. There are plenty of things here that are not classic, yet people accept them out of pure convenience — and yes, because it’s hypocritical.

The truth is, many people don’t want change because they’re still tied to the same character they’ve had for years. They’re not interested in new challenges, new competition, or fresh blood. They just log in every day to admire how overstuffed their characters are with gear, then log off and cry for a merge… only to come back and do the exact same thing: running the same farmed-out raids, locking out others from content, while the server continues to sink.

I tried Quarm, just like many from P1999, and the playerbase there keeps growing. But you know what? I still play P1999. The problem is that too many here act like they know everything, but don’t actually read or even try to understand what’s being said.

So let me repeat it again, as many times as it takes: a merge alone will not fix P1999. I wish it could, but it won’t. What we really need are incentives to bring in new players — if you actually want this to remain a living server, and not just a graveyard of old elephants.

TL;DR: I don’t want P99 to die — I want it to evolve. A merge won’t fix anything; it’ll just keep the same old players doing the same old raids. What P99 really needs is a fresh start and incentives for new players, instead of hiding behind the “classic” excuse while the server slowly empties.

[sajbert]

I think there's room for change but the problem with "fixing" negative aspects of a game is that it's easy to miss how they helped make the good aspects better or simply added to the flavor in a way that made it what it is. There is a slope and we've seen game devs slip before.

E.g. I don't think fixing the game camera would hurt the game in any way but instanced raids or rooted dragons could.

[cd288]

OP can get lost.

This entire thread is basically: "Quarm is better than P99 and I want P99 to make changes to be like Quarm."

It's the most nonsensical asinine thread on here in awhile. OP literally has a server that provides what they want. OP, you can go stay on that server and enjoy yourself there. We don't need to change this server to cater to you. The whole point of P99 is it doesn't have the things you're asking for and we're okay with that.

OP's request is like walking into a place that only serves pizza and whining about how they need to serve you a cheeseburger because you like the cheeseburgers from the restaurant down the block.

[IzHaN80]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

OP can get lost.

This entire thread is basically: "Quarm is better than P99 and I want P99 to make changes to be like Quarm."

It's the most nonsensical asinine thread on here in awhile. OP literally has a server that provides what they want. OP, you can go stay on that server and enjoy yourself there. We don't need to change this server to cater to you. The whole point of P99 is it doesn't have the things you're asking for and we're okay with that.

OP's request is like walking into a place that only serves pizza and whining about how they need to serve you a cheeseburger because you like the cheeseburgers from the restaurant down the block.

I see a lot of people just don’t get it… The server is dying because of Quarm, and what I want is for people to finally wake up and stop using “classic” as a convenient excuse. Changes need to be made if we want to bring back all those lost players.

Personally, I still play both Blue and Green with my characters. Why? Because it saddens me to see the place where I grew up slowly dying. And even though I watch people doing the same things as always, then turning around and claiming that a merge would somehow fix everything — it’s frustrating. They don’t see the reality or the seriousness of the situation.

At least I don’t want to see P99 shut down. But what about you? Would you rather cling to “classic” until the server closes, or finally accept some small QoL changes that should’ve been added long ago — fixes to things that were never truly balanced in the first place? Everyone screams “classic,” but Enchanters and spellcasters in general are anything but classic right now.

[cd288]

Originally Posted by IzHaN80 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I see a lot of people just don’t get it… The server is dying because of Quarm, and what I want is for people to finally wake up and stop using “classic” as a convenient excuse. Changes need to be made if we want to bring back all those lost players.

Personally, I still play both Blue and Green with my characters. Why? Because it saddens me to see the place where I grew up slowly dying. And even though I watch people doing the same things as always, then turning around and claiming that a merge would somehow fix everything — it’s frustrating. They don’t see the reality or the seriousness of the situation.

At least I don’t want to see P99 shut down. But what about you? Would you rather cling to “classic” until the server closes, or finally accept some small QoL changes that should’ve been added long ago — fixes to things that were never truly balanced in the first place? Everyone screams “classic,” but Enchanters and spellcasters in general are anything but classic right now.

It's not "dying because of Quarm". It's currently low pop because the server is old and mudflated. You must not have been around pre-Green. We ran this same pop on P99 for years pre-Green. Then when they launched Green it exploded for awhile.

The same thing happens on the TLPs and other emulated servers. The same thing will happen on Quarm eventually. Then when a new server is launched people come back because they like doing a fresh playthrough. If P99 launched Green 2.0 tomorrow there would be close to 2k people playing it.

We don't need your suggested changes. We don't WANT a server with your changes. If we did, guess what we'd be doing: PLAYING ON QUARM.

So take your BS, shove it up your rear end, and go back to your easy server.

[IzHaN80]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's not "dying because of Quarm". It's currently low pop because the server is old and mudflated. You must not have been around pre-Green. We ran this same pop on P99 for years pre-Green. Then when they launched Green it exploded for awhile.

The same thing happens on the TLPs and other emulated servers. The same thing will happen on Quarm eventually. Then when a new server is launched people come back because they like doing a fresh playthrough. If P99 launched Green 2.0 tomorrow there would be close to 2k people playing it.

We don't need your suggested changes. We don't WANT a server with your changes. If we did, guess what we'd be doing: PLAYING ON QUARM.

So take your BS, shove it up your rear end, and go back to your easy server.

You’re so retarded you still haven’t realized that I already mentioned I play on P99 and only tried Quarm when it first launched. But of course, what can we expect from people who don’t even know how to read? Same as those who vote — complete illiterates who are satisfied with whatever they’re given, without a hint of critical thinking.

Look, you can shove your words up your ass, asshole, okay? I’ll keep playing wherever the hell I want, you’re not going to kick me out, you fucking moron.

Besides, Quarm is way harder than P99 — but what can you expect from someone as braindead as you, who never even touched the server? lol

[Ghost_of_Fippy]

Originally Posted by IzHaN80 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There’s a part of me that would love to go back to the days when P1999 was my drug of choice. Exploring the Desert of Ro, one of my favorite places, watching people level up there — veterans and newcomers alike. Wandering through Karana, returning to the roots, seeing the server alive and full of people everywhere… but it’s hard now.

The only change I would like to see on P99 is instanced Raids with 7 day account lockouts. Then everyone will get the chance to see end game content, and not just two large guilds that lock down and monopolize content.

Quarm got this part right.

[Ekco]

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

instanced Raids with 7 day account lockouts. Then everyone will get the chance to see end game content, and not just two large guilds that lock down and monopolize content.

Quarm got this part right.

that's the crux of the whole debate really and there's equally valid schools of thought on it and it's been talked to death

butt the literal stated design was that not everyone would 100% the content, we weren't even suppose to farm named mobs obsessively, not everyone is suppose to have their epic or raid.

the human reaction to want to BiS a character and unrealstically progress in a fantasy world is a flaw with the players, not the video game.

a problem that didn't exist when this was done with a pencil and piece of paper.

[Jimjam]

Why would the server shut down just because it is empty?

[IzHaN80]

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

Why would the server shut down just because it is empty?

What would be the point to keep the server up, costing them money when it has nobody in there to enjoy and play the game?