What would you be ready to pledge to see Luclin/PoP released on p99 ?

[JurisDictum]

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

There's a very real kind of irony with the people that love the original EverQuest trilogy and love to talk about what's classic and what's not and what makes this game what and what doesn't

And at the end of the day they're all self-serving motherfuckers so it's like...k.

Basically they want their sandbox (which is the point of this server to my understanding, so they're not wrong to be here and to want it) and they only want disruptions if they are the ones either benefiting or causing those disruptions.

The outside kind are not the kind that are good.

It's like "I am part of the guild/poop sockers that ruin the high end (the only possible goal for anyone ever because that's literally the point) for everyone else, but godamn if I'm ever going to let the game change or evolve enough where I lose my firm grip on this thing that I don't actually control"

It's like a weird sort of substitute for actually having a life they enjoy. Which is relatable

Godamn these young doctors, is what I'm saying.

If only there was a rational third party that could step and say "lol, no I'm not going to let 10 hardcore guys make it impossible for most the server to ever see a Dragon."

I just wonder why a guy that has nothing to gain from hardcore guilds and doesn't play the game takes a look at the train fest that is NToV and the racing etc..and thinks to themselves "yea that looks classic to me -- this is what I was going for."

I never really been able to figure that out without tin foil hatting myself.

[Sonark]

And to be fairererer, we're all self serving motherfuckers.

[JurisDictum]

Agnarr is really all you need. Its true there is some unclassic stuff there....very little of it impacts PoP or Luclin.

This server is a museum to classic. If they just got rid of the hardcore raid scene, that would be the best thing for p99. But it wont happen.

The server staff never really understood that what they had was a casual server held hostage by a tiny group of fanatics.

At least I had the excuse that TLP basically sucked until Phinny (too many mage bot armies and unclassic shit). I really don't understand why you would want to put a bunch of effort into raiding this server anymore -- even from a fan of classic EQ that spent a ton of time on p99.

[impact]

It seems pretty clear to me, and this poll is showing thus far, that the majority of people's classic experience doesn't rely on end game content. There is a lot of content aside from end game, and chilling with friends playing the game is good enough. To most people, the game is more about friends and people than it is content. Take away the people, and the end game content becomes empty and meaningless, am I wrong? A minority seem to want the majority of people that aren't completely focused on end game to cater to them. Are you upset that casual, non end game players have enough fun without being obsessed with end game?

I played this other game that came out in 1999 called Starsiege Tribes, some might have heard of it. My personal all time favorite game, still play that one too. Back in it's heyday, there were online ladders and leagues that teams would compete in. There was always one team that would dominate the #1 spots on those ladders. It's the way life fucking is. Did teams just quit the server, or demand that special rules or changes be put into place so that one team didn't dominate the top? Fuck no.

In the end, it makes much more sense for the server to be catered to the majority, even if they don't even care about end game, and just want a trilogy experience, than to implement things just for a small minority who are butt hurt because the top is dominated and they can't do anything about it.

[skarlorn]

DBG should just buy p99 then legalize RMT but take 70% of profits.

[Amyas]

Post level 60 exp packs would kinda break the point of p99?

[Naethyn]

Stop at Pop!

[skarlorn]

just had a revolutionnary idea... if they release luclin it could actually be fun.

Grief so hard make the server unplayable. the Paludal Caverns Train wars. Screaming slurs in the bazaar, Dial a Port boycotting the Nexus and putting scouts there so they could monitor who takes nexus ports and then blacklisting those people.

the opportunities here are AMAZING

[Silken]

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

Screaming slurs in the bazaar,

The chat windows in bazaar are irrelevant, as there would no longer be any communication. Most would probably even have their chat windows minimized.

Dial a Port boycotting the Nexus and putting scouts there so they could monitor who takes nexus ports and then blacklisting those people.

With free ports to every continent, I would think that the need for ports would drastically decrease to the point where Dial a Port probably wouldn't be a thing anymore. (I know that when Luclin was introduced on live, people would still pay for ports, but you certainly couldn't make a living of it anymore like you can on P99).

[Silken]

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

DaP is far faster than Luclin era fast travel options. Lol.

Obviously. People would still use druids for porting, I just don't believe that they would enough to sustain an enormous guild full of people, that solely exists to port people.

Not quite the death of Social Life as some people have made it out to be.

It actually was though. I know this because I was actually playing the game when Luclin was released.