I tried to like it... I really tried...advice?

[Briscoe]

So tired of these threads...

[xCry0x]

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

On this same server I successfully organized and led a pick-up Naggy raid. How? Because the elite 1 or 2 guilds that ran the server didn't care about monopolizing ALL of the content. Also there was Velious by the time I was 50 so perhaps that will help in the future.

End of thread.

[arosian]

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

So tired of these threads...

Is it really that hard to ignore them?

[raitheon]

Lawd. The man just wanted some direction. Then again; coming to these boards for advice is probably not the best first move. Hell; i got flamed for saying goodbye to a friend of mine who stopped playing.

I say stick with it. Ignore the trolls and flamers in this thread and do what you want to do. you CAN make it. it WILL be difficult. I think the overwhelming message presented by the other posters, sans self-felating 'must destroy whiny person' persona, is that you have to carve your own bit of nostalgia out of the game.

As for things being classic and not classic - who cares? This is the closest incarnation of EQ there is. You don't need to Pewpsok to be good; you just need to play and better yourself.

I find it funny that the prior post i was in people were talking about 'how can we increase the population of P99?' - I'm pretty sure shouting at a guy looking at advice and allowing new players read said thread probably isn't the best PR.

Hang in there champ, we're all in this together.

[Swish]

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

I played on tarrew-marr. The premier guild was "Engligtned Dark"

This is totally unrelated to the thread, but I'll never forget a guild on my WoW server called <Horde Intelligence> who managed to spell the guild name correctly had a recruit macro riddled with spelling mistakes.

Pointed it out. Still the same later, I don't think they're around anymore... it was a while ago.

That was it. I'm done.

[Genedin]

Raitheon.
I appreciate your response. I knew I was going to get flamed and really tried my best to be objective and state that I was not trying to bash the server at all as I have a lot of respect for what it is.

If there are no other options I do plan to stick with this, I was just asking. Apparently there are some other options but I didn't make this thread to promote them so I won't bring it up.

[Ephirith]

It's so god damn easy to work your way up on this server, I've quit and given away all my shit three fucking times. Sometimes I get tired of the game and I go off and do something else for a while, and I come back and start over fresh both because 1) I'm shamefully addicted and 2) I adore the journey.

Guess what, the server being flooded with plat and high end items also works to lower the barriers to entry. It's much easier to get a fungi tunic here than it was on live if you're savvy about making money. EQ does not hand you shit.

Also, I've done the journey when the server population was around 450 peak, and I've done it when it was closer to 900. Never once did I have considerable difficulty finding groups, even when I did it as a ranger. You make friends, you learn where to go to find people, and you don't have trouble.

It's perfectly fine if you don't like the way the server is, and you have some legitimate complaints, but if all you wanted to do was ask if there is a server offering more of a fresh start, you would have worded your post much differently... basically you did a pretty shit job at being objective.

[mike90]

Hard to sympathize with all the players complaining on here. It feels like they're playing on a different server or something. Since I've started its been a blast and most of the people are amazingly nice that I run into.

I'm only level 14, but I'm already an officer in a guild and have a bunch of friends, and I make new ones almost every time I log on. Thanks to donations from guildies, friends, but mostly complete strangers I have almost a complete set of gear and enough money to buy all my spells, which is a hell of a lot more then my 1st character on live had.

Is my gear elite? Of course not. do i see people with waaaaaay better gear then me every day? You better believe it. but none of that stops me from enjoying the game. Who cares what other people have, and do you think they were just handed that fungi? Why are so many people so upset that people that invested a lot more time and energy at something then they have done have more to show for it? Isn't that how its supposed to work? Just do you and stop worrying about everyone else.

[mike90]

Oh and another thing. all the people complaining about inflation are nutso. Are high end items really expensive? Hell yes, but they were on classic too and most of the complainers are NOT really high level. Low level equipment is dirt cheap. I managed to equip myself and 2 friends for under 500 plat. If you really cant buy gear you need to learn how to farm or learn how to trade and do research on prices to get the best deals.

If you can't manage to do ANY of that then its on you. There's a wiki with prices for just about ever item in the game for gods sake which sure wasn't around in classic.

[Genedin]

im glad you are enjoying it, i hope you continue to do so even through end game.