Potential new player with questions

[DinoTriz]

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

Right before I started on P1999 I made a F2P character on Live, got a few levels, and ran around (i.e. using PoK books) exploring some of the old, now deserted zones. Then I saw Freeport and that was kind of like the last straw for me.

The population here is like a happy medium between the oft-overcrowded zones of classic Live and the ever-deserted zones of present Live. There aren't nearly as many noobs in CB or Blackburrow, and you won't see 100+ people in DL, but as was mentioned above, the population is healthy enough that you should have little trouble finding groups. I haven't grouped since the low 20s, but I leveled up to that point mostly grouping in Blackburrow and Unrest. Each weeknight those zones would often times have 10+ people and finding a group was no problem.

In a way this slightly reduced population from classic Live is actually better because you have more of the zone to yourself. In classic Live, I would join a Blackburrow group and be confined to camping the green room, for example. But on P1999, Blackburrow groups will usually just plow through the whole zone. In Unrest, a main room group can usually kill non-stop instead of sitting around waiting for limited respawns. My main is only 47 and I have been exclusively soloing from 20+, so I can't comment on grouping at higher levels, but I really enjoyed grouping at lower levels here.

Yeah, seeing Freeport was kind of the last straw for me as well. I had a slightly different experience with the F2P Live Everquest though. Sure, the population might be larger but considering the quality of that population, you might as well be playing EQ by your lonesome. Everyone and I do mean everyone is boxing. You don't need to group at all because you're some beast in epic gear (that drops from large rats who give you a bubble of exp per kill), as a level 20-ish Monk, I literally sat in the middle of a yellow-con mob spawn, killing add after add for 20 minutes straight never going below 50% health and gaining about 5 levels in an hour. The Mercs kill the game. Project 1999 is so close to the real thing that it might as well be a time machine. It's amazing. I'm loving it so much.

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

Welcome!

Look for Yardcore if you need to port and bind to get you started.

I don't play that much due to my schedule/family time but feel free to add me as a friend. I can help you as much as I can.

Awesome! I appreciate it! I will definitely do that.

My monk's name is: Enlightenment , for anyone who was curious [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]