no global ooc in offpeak killed the game

[Hiragawa]

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

I also think that a lot of us old school eq players have really forgot a lot of the patience factors that existed in classic everquest.

This, this is a big thing. I think my biggest aversion to the global chat channels on a classic server, is what live has become today. Every zone is a ghost town. People just sit in the Guild Lobby and use the channels to find a group, then use one of the many automated porting services to get where the group is going. The only time you see people shouting for a group in a zonewide channel, is when one of the Hotzones is really good, such as Plane of Fire.

And if you do go out and about in the zones on your own, the people you run across are either already grouped because they shouted a bunch in the global chat to find their group and took over the camp etc, or they're boxing/soloing and don't want to be bothered.

There's no patience, there's no social aspect, and if you don't use the global chat to find a group, you'll be damned if you'll get one by going zone to zone.