not a single player has told me to plan on raiding

[Sarius]

The cost of competition is too high for most people. Hopefully a rotation can be worked out amongst guilds for Kunark content once Velious is released. The fact the TMO and FE still get 90% of raid targets after server repops is just sad!

[Lyra]

When I read these threads, I wonder where you were in 1999 because it wasn't playing end game Everquest.

In 1999 end game bosses were only available to the power gamers. I was there. I was an adult.

Since the average age I have encountered on this server is 28, that meant you were 14 in 1999. You may have dropped out of middle school and were playing Everquest 20 hours a day, but I doubt it. Many guilds required members to be adults.

Now if you were playing in 2003, you could kill whatever 1999 bosses you wanted to kill. We are never going to see 2003 EQ on this server.

I love this server and I love the intent. This is called "Project 1999". It's not called "Let everyone experience end game content like it was 1999"

If you want a to kill 1999 content, you can still do that ....for free....on live.

If you want something not offered on this server, the content is open source. Make the game you want.

But...If you want to fight and scratch to kill end game content almost like it was in 1999....this is the place.

almost = Remove the variance. After reading the forums to better understand the history of this server, I still can't understand how Nilbog went along with variance.

For those thinking the removal of variance will allow all of you to kill end game bosses, it won't. But...it will be classic.

As I've said before, these forums are also "classic" and are quite entertaining.

[Droog007]

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

I love this server and I love the intent. This is called "Project 1999". It's not called "Let everyone experience end game content like it was 1999"

I always sortof guessed that the intent of this server was to make the classic content of EQ available for people who missed it, or wished to revisit it.

If that experience MUST include a resident/rotating population of exclusionists who seemingly exist to do nothing but monopolize the same content year after year in order to be accurate ... then we're right on target.

Thanks for informing us - I had no idea you were an authority on the subject.

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

If you want a to kill 1999 content, you can still do that ....for free....on live.

You're welcome to go play for free on live as well. Why do people so enjoy lording over this content for extended periods of time? Aren't you bored yet? What does that say about you?

[Lyra]

Originally Posted by Droog007 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks for informing us - I had no idea you were an authority on the subject.

If I am an authority, it's because I read (research). It's all here for you to read too.

When Nilbog corrects me, I'll stand corrected.

[arsenalpow]

For every person that screams how all the batphoning, shitbaggery, training, dishonorable tactics are classic there is always another person that came from a server with rotations and a sense of decorum when it came to raiding.

The rules are laid in by Rogean, which are then enforced by Sirken & Co. If you don't like the rules find a new sandbox because it ain't changing anytime soon. I'm truly thankful that this server exists and we all know that Bog and Rogean don't hear it enough - and this comes from a person who can't fucking stand the raid rules and the children that currently occupy the scene.

[quido]

does decorum include deliberately training people because you don't like their style, chest?

[maverixdamighty]

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

For every person that screams how all the batphoning, shitbaggery, training, dishonorable tactics are classic there is always another person that came from a server with rotations and a sense of decorum when it came to raiding.

I'd like to see how many servers had enforced rotations versus FFA back on live. I know the two servers I played on were both entirely FFA myself.

As for all the other mess, i recall lots of training but the extent of the batphone for me back in the day was getting an aim message now and then telling me a target was up. We normally just logged on in the afternoon/night checked targets and killed them on a daily basis.

[Lyra]

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

For every person that screams how all the batphoning, shitbaggery, training, dishonorable tactics are classic there is always another person that came from a server with rotations and a sense of decorum when it came to raiding.

Our server did have rotations eventually, but the rotation was shared among the power gaming guilds. Friendlyfamilyguild still wasn't in the rotation.

I don't think you should give up on rotations here.

I'll add too(on my server anyway) power gamers didn't communicate on forums. They communicated in game, because that is where they were when they weren't sleeping.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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

For every person that screams how all the batphoning, shitbaggery, training, dishonorable tactics are classic there is always another person that came from a server with rotations and a sense of decorum when it came to raiding.

if that could become a basic axiom, of these debates, we could cut out a lot of the BS, no? Some servers were more fluid, or cooperative, or just plain chaotic. Others were pioneering the poopsock.

[this user was banned]

I really don't understand peoples' fascination with raiding.

If different facets of MMOs can be related to sex, then raiding is the anal sex of MMOs. It's difficult to get started with it, once you are in (a good raiding guild AKA anus) it gets easier, it's tight at first but just gets easier and routine after you've been doing it for months, you may get some gratification in the form of loot at the end of it all, but there's always someone that is butthurt over your accomplishment.

In conclusion: the OP needs to get laid.