This server is very amazing and yet very disappointing at the same time

[Lazortag]

This is a statistical recreation of classic. Since classic eq required a subscription fee and multiple accounts to multi-box, multi-boxing wasn't as easy. Here you could multi-box entire raids and effectively cock block everyone out of content even moreso than is already done. No thanks.

[Daldaen]

Good luck multi-boxing 24 characters to kill a raid.

[Uteunayr]

I enjoy the heavily classic appeal of this. I left this game for DAoC for a reason. I am only here on EQEmu because this server sends me back to when MMOs actually made me want to maim children out of frustration from dying immediately upon reaching a new spell level and having the new spells taunt you in the spellbook because you can't regem them.

Yeah... It is a pain, but a pain I have missed in SWG, WoW and DAoC.

Edit in: More specific to the purpose of this thread: While I remember some dualboxers, they were few and far between. L2social and don't limit yourself to playing with yourself. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] There are some dungeons I may never step into because I cannot find and get people together, but you know what? Coming back to this after so many years has reminded me of just how much there is left to explore in this game world. So I am fine with it being difficult to fully explore the game world. It keeps a mystique to the game that flying mounts destroy.

[Splorf22]

Daldaen I think part of your problem may be that you play a druid. As an enchanter I used to get a lot more pickup group love.

The problem with P1999 is that it took Verant a while to figure out how to balance their game. As people tried stuff that was more or less overpowered, Verant changed things. By the time everyone realized a L60 wizard had the same sustained dps as a L40 rogue, Wizards had gotten a whole bunch of new toys. But here, we are replicating classic EQ with the knowledge of what works and what doesn't and what classes are over/under powered at which times. Which is why half the server plays Iksar monks, and there are like 3 50+ Half-elf druids.

The other problem with P1999 is that we have a disproportionate number of high level players who play a ton, and a lot of people who willing to devote an absolutely ridiculous amount of time to this game. And without instancing, these people can cockblock everyone else. And this makes me a little sad, but it is the way it is. EQ has a limited supply of high-end raid items and the players get to fight over them (but without interfering with each other! it's weird).

Personally I wouldn't mind changing a few key things, like invis and social aggro, hybrid XP penalties. Reality is enchanters and shaman and monks are too strong, druids and wizards and rangers are too weak. But it is what it is.

[Daldaen]

I think theres only 2 60 half-elf droods :P.


But I don't think boxing should exist because class imbalance exists. I think it should exist because its classic. Much more than things like... people selling accounts for platinum.

[batkiller]

I played Shards of Dalaya a LOT over the last several years. They allow two boxes (but no more!) for anyone who wants to.

Overall I would say that there are pros and cons to it though. It's not as clear cut as most people here seem to think. For example, and advantage is that groups are far easier to get started seeing as you only need to find two other people and you can have a whole group, and then head anywhere you want. Then as more people come along you just ditch the boxes.

I also think it's a lot of fun because you can make characters you wouldn't usually play, just to play them with another character. For example I would never usually play a Wizard but Wiz + Chanter was a really fun combo.

There are downsides though too. It makes everyone more self sufficient, so often people just can't be bothered to group. People often end up being able to do whatever they want with two characters, so just don't *need* a group. They then end up only ever grouping with close friends, or if a really good group is put together. But if they see a group that lacks the perfect holy trinity and an evac, they just aren't interested.

Another issue is that the general skill level of people seems to dip. Playing one character in P99 actually takes quite a lot of skill imo. Especially if you go to dungeons by yourself. You have to actually split mobs and pull carefully and play well. But with two characters you end up with the majority of people playing melee+healer duo's, and they can just send their tank type character in to battle, grabs aggro on 3 mobs and tank n spanks them while their pet healer keeps them alive. It's easy and lazy and the game quickly loses it's excitement and appeal once that starts happening everywhere.

And lastly, the monopolizing of content is a genuine issue. There are some camps in the game which can't be soloed, at least by the average person. But once everyone has multiple accounts, you can hold almost anything by yourself. So the issues you might have seen on the server now with lots of places permanently camped, ends up basically being doubled.

Also eventually you end up with every person having a whole selection of buff bots as their second characters. So every tank shows up to every group with Empower and every cleric has KEI or whatever. So again, it starts eating away at the difficulty of the game.

So yeah, I focused more on the negatives there, but there a pros and cons - not just one or the other. Personally I really don't mind either way. I like soloing and I like 2 boxing, and I am happy with either.

[Safon]

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

Well stated. The whole "monopolizing camp" argument is b.s., when every high end camp is already monopolized by multiple people playing the same account. In classic, there were THOUSANDS of people online per a server. You could walk through guk or sebilis and not a single mob would be up between you and your group. You could find groups with relative ease. Stop pretending like this server is classic. Boxing plz.

Do you ever stop bitching? You are the biggest faggot this server has had in awhile

[Brimacombe]

Is this troll thread still going?

-Brimacombe

[Nirgon]

^ We got a dumb one

[Nirgon]

Originally Posted by Sithel1988 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

actually ive been fighting off the urge to move back to uthgard for awhile. i miss fighting over a little castle. and i heard they made it harder. no npc hasteners anymore and drops have greatly decreased. now classes like runemaster will be liked even more for their speed buffs. and theres always lots of people on. like 600+

600+ during Euro-time.

Pick up some GW2 for yourself.