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[sirelothar]

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

For my friends who didn't want to hop over to P99 it comes down to lack of access to the Titanium client and one of the dll files getting flagged as a virus.

I also think without a sub fee and being an emu server that may or may not be here in a few years without substantial financial backing as other emus have done scares people off.

A lot of the general complaining about p99 on the daybreak forums about boxing and stopping at velious are the things I enjoy about it. P99 is also the closest experience to the original eq community.

I can see this being a legitimate issue since a lot of people seem to be scared to download torrents. If only there was a way to use the actual EQ client for this server I think the population would be higher.

[wormed]

Can't find Titanium on the internet? Seriously? Damn. I don't understand the adamant refusal to play on p99. That makes no sense to me. Only thing I can think of from my friends is they don't find the game interesting any more or flat out don't want to get addicted to Evercrack again.

[Life617]

I think if they added separate instances like they have on live, p99 would be a much more enjoyable experience for everyone.

[Huggz]

P99 was a "magician run server" too... in case you forgot, go look through threads at the content getting chain-petted.

If they are anything like me, they know that p1999 is stagnant and has spent entirely too long in Kunark (4 years). I server wipe or option to start over on a clean server would be such a breath of fresh air - yes it would eventually return to how it is now but it would be a remarkable breath of fresh air.

p1999 is a fantastic free passtime, but it's a broken server and I don't see why if people are here for the "classic experience" they don't wipe and create that experience again. But I don't think many of the players enjoy the experience of playing the game as a challenge nearly as much as they are addicted to pixels and feeling uber.

I guess I don't understand the fear of wiping a server like this. The platinum dupes, the RMT'ing, the flood of camped items, poopsock lockdown, MQ-everything, PLing taking up space in every single zone... the server is flooded and poses no challenge.

100% more fun after wipe, but people are scared to lose their "investment" (time spent, not invested). Of course that's just how I feel. Give people the chance to play a new class in a new and varied and fun world.

But we have some terms with DBG now and I don't know if we will ever get to see another Classic experience occur. Hopefully those that agree with me will just need to be patient for it.

[wormed]

Originally Posted by Life617 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think if they added separate instances like they have on live, p99 would be a much more enjoyable experience for everyone.

Everyone? You mean like the people who didn't like original Everquest? Cause I sure as hell don't want instances.

[Daldaen]

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

ive read a lot of posts on the daybreak boards from players making comments like "my friends wont play p99" or "my friends refuse to play on p99" or "fuck p99 id never play on that server"

and my question is, why not? what is the reason behind their adamant resentment of P99? i get it if they wanna box or run mq2, but if they want classic everquest, and since we do classic better than anyone else on the internet, why wouldnt they want to play on p99?

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Sirks

1. Distrust of EQEmu servers. Putting time into a game run by private owners who aren't accountable to anyone (not saying it's a bad thing, but as a paying customer you have a bit more weight and reason to complain when stupid things happen)
2. Distrust of going to the pirate lagoon to attain a copy of EQ Titanium. Extreme computer illiterness (making this a word if it's not) and wariness of Trojans/viruses. Call it old grandma complex. Won't open any file cause they all have viruses that steal your identity.
3. Boxing. It's fun. I was boxing on the TAK Project earlier today. I feel I'm able to get a lot more involved in playing when I'm responsible for not only charming, CCing, healing and pulling at the same time. Makes playing a cleric more tolerable as I can tab to my Druid or enchanter and do things there. Especially on raids.
4. Content/Expansions. Luclin/PoP are some of the most well liked/successful expansions EQ had. They balanced so many aspects of the game. AAs brought viability to many classes on raids that lacked it for awhile. It gave purpose to exping once you are max level, instead of encouraging alt #27363. Then there's the raid mechanics; Shei in AR, Emperor in Ssra, EP Gods, PoTime, and several PoP flag raids like Rallos, LMM, Agnarr, Bertox, MB - These events were far more entertaining and engaging than Classic-Velious raid content. Tradeskills became useful in Luclin/PoP. Etc. PoP confirmed best expansion for a large chunk of the EQ population. Knowing it won't be here is a big deterrent for many. Nuke red and make P2002 that goes to PoP. You'd see 2000+ server size I thinks.

[Auvdar]

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

1. Distrust of EQEmu servers. Putting time into a game run by private owners who aren't accountable to anyone (not saying it's a bad thing, but as a paying customer you have a bit more weight and reason to complain when stupid things happen)
2. Distrust of going to the pirate lagoon to attain a copy of EQ Titanium. Extreme computer illiterness (making this a word if it's not) and wariness of Trojans/viruses. Call it old grandma complex. Won't open any file cause they all have viruses that steal your identity.
3. Boxing. It's fun. I was boxing on the TAK Project earlier today. I feel I'm able to get a lot more involved in playing when I'm responsible for not only charming, CCing, healing and pulling at the same time. Makes playing a cleric more tolerable as I can tab to my Druid or enchanter and do things there. Especially on raids.
4. Content/Expansions. Luclin/PoP are some of the most well liked/successful expansions EQ had. They balanced so many aspects of the game. AAs brought viability to many classes on raids that lacked it for awhile. It gave purpose to exping once you are max level, instead of encouraging alt #27363. Then there's the raid mechanics; Shei in AR, Emperor in Ssra, EP Gods, PoTime, and several PoP flag raids like Rallos, LMM, Agnarr, Bertox, MB - These events were far more entertaining and engaging than Classic-Velious raid content. Tradeskills became useful in Luclin/PoP. Etc. PoP confirmed best expansion for a large chunk of the EQ population. Knowing it won't be here is a big deterrent for many. Nuke red and make P2002 that goes to PoP. You'd see 2000+ server size I thinks.

Basically number 4 for a few of my friends. It's nothing against this server, they just like the mechanics EQ live has and want a "fresh start" type of thing. Some people don't like the hard grind that true classic is.

[Rekrul]

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

ive read a lot of posts on the daybreak boards from players making comments like "my friends wont play p99" or "my friends refuse to play on p99" or "fuck p99 id never play on that server"

and my question is, why not? what is the reason behind their adamant resentment of P99? i get it if they wanna box or run mq2, but if they want classic everquest, and since we do classic better than anyone else on the internet, why wouldnt they want to play on p99?

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Sirks

Bc people like maps and shared bank and the idea of a server that just dead stops at velious isn't that appealing to most people.

[slowpoke68]

Live is just a ton easier. There is no comparison in the time you need to spend to level. No corpse runs. Soul binders in every city. Shared bank slots. Casters, pets and monks do tons more damage. More vendor trash to sell at the beginning. Spells more frequently while leveling. The list goes on.

Also, getting the Titanium client might be offputting for some.

[Clark]

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

1. Distrust of EQEmu servers. Putting time into a game run by private owners who aren't accountable to anyone (not saying it's a bad thing, but as a paying customer you have a bit more weight and reason to complain when stupid things happen)
2. Distrust of going to the pirate lagoon to attain a copy of EQ Titanium. Extreme computer illiterness (making this a word if it's not) and wariness of Trojans/viruses. Call it old grandma complex. Won't open any file cause they all have viruses that steal your identity.
3. Boxing. It's fun. I was boxing on the TAK Project earlier today. I feel I'm able to get a lot more involved in playing when I'm responsible for not only charming, CCing, healing and pulling at the same time. Makes playing a cleric more tolerable as I can tab to my Druid or enchanter and do things there. Especially on raids.
4. Content/Expansions. Luclin/PoP are some of the most well liked/successful expansions EQ had. They balanced so many aspects of the game. AAs brought viability to many classes on raids that lacked it for awhile. It gave purpose to exping once you are max level, instead of encouraging alt #27363. Then there's the raid mechanics; Shei in AR, Emperor in Ssra, EP Gods, PoTime, and several PoP flag raids like Rallos, LMM, Agnarr, Bertox, MB - These events were far more entertaining and engaging than Classic-Velious raid content. Tradeskills became useful in Luclin/PoP. Etc. PoP confirmed best expansion for a large chunk of the EQ population. Knowing it won't be here is a big deterrent for many. Nuke red and make P2002 that goes to PoP. You'd see 2000+ server size I thinks.