Awesome article on Instance Raiding

[Rhambuk]

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

Raiding on live is so much more enjoyable. Everyone is able to raid whatever they are capable of and everyone gets currency every raid to spend on gear. Win/Win in my eyes.

apparently its the worst thing ever because theres no cutthroat competition and shitting in socks.


I'll never understand some people

[cyryllis]

Go play live then. Many of us came to play classic because no instances and the fact that real life time of day matters...unlike all other mmo

[Rhambuk]

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

Go play live then. Many of us came to play classic because no instances and the fact that real life time of day matters...unlike all other mmo

this is nothing like classic, I wouldn't mind" competition" without variance, but the way it is no is nothing even remotely close to live classic.

also Coach mcgurk is one of my favorite characters of all time, 'I got the rubber legs"

[Thulack]

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

this is nothing like classic, I wouldn't mind" competition" without variance, but the way it is no is nothing even remotely close to live classic.

also Coach mcgurk is one of my favorite characters of all time, 'I got the rubber legs"

I played on a server that had rotations up until instancing. The "players" agreed to these rotation and abided by them for YEARS. That is classic to me. I'm sorry some of you never got to enjoy that EQ was really about which was the community and having a good time. Just sucks for the people like me who grew up with this type of EQ.

[Morgander]

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

this is nothing like classic, I wouldn't mind" competition" without variance, but the way it is no is nothing even remotely close to live classic.

also Coach mcgurk is one of my favorite characters of all time, 'I got the rubber legs"

If you want a more classic experience, we need to wipe the server and start over.

For too long did P1999 exist with tons of bugs and non-classic issues/mechanics that just never existed in the original client or on the original servers.

With bugs like invis single pulling and a slew of other issues where people had months or years to sell characters and accounts, and abuse bugs such as the recently noted one where individuals were flooding the economy with platinum that was ill begotten, it's helped to rot the experience in its entirety.

Now that so much has been fixed and with Velious potentially close, this would be the premier time for a wipe.

I've got a lot in stock on this server, with 2 epic chars, 2 60's, a 55 and a 54, fungi, CoF, and a slew of other top end items, but a wipe honestly wouldn't bother me that much.

[Babayaaga]

And yet thousands of players have invested into an environment that emulates a pre-instance MMO gameplay. Instancing solved problems like we are experiencing here with seemingly success and elegance, but it removed one key element that is pumping adrenoline on P99.

I don't believe the true solution to this issue has been invented yet. Most modern game developers since the inception of instancing have adopted it into their games. It is precisely this reason that has created a demand for EMU games like Everquest. Those who experienced it once want to experience it again.

Yet, when there isn't enough content to meet demand, something happens which we are uniquely experiencing to a point of critical mass on P99. Terrible things happen which frustrate both the hosts and the player base to a point where nobody can conclude an agreement that makes sense to all.

Yes, we've seen proposals. Not one has made everyone happy. They all are going to require micromanagement to a point where not a single proposal will play out realistically because they don't factor in change and the ingenuity of the human brain. People will think outside the box and find new ways to "get around" any solution that comes into play. Some suggestions have already been made (establishing sister guilds in different tiers, etc.).

The raw fact remains... there needs to be enough content to satisfy demand (which is a constantly changing variable). Outside of instancing and creating parallel environments to meet population demands... what is there?

[Rhambuk]

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

And yet thousands of players have invested into an environment that emulates a pre-instance MMO gameplay.

Too bad there weren't a few thousand more.

instead we see Millions Paying for instances on wow.

where we have maybe 2k playing here on a free system.

just saying it seems people prefer instances in general.

[Babayaaga]

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

Too bad there weren't a few thousand more.

instead we see Millions Paying for instances on wow.

where we have maybe 2k playing here on a free system.

just saying it seems people prefer instances in general.

I don't think the vast majority of the gaming world knows P99 exists, and live Everquest is a mere shadow of what it once was.

[Rhambuk]

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

I don't think the vast majority of the gaming world knows P99 exists, and live Everquest is a mere shadow of what it once was.

I wouldn't even call it everquest

[whitebandit]

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

I don't think the vast majority of the gaming world knows P99 exists, and live Everquest is a mere shadow of what it once was.

http://youtu.be/vjd74gzMAKU?t=1m46s