Message Board Activity - P99 vs Sony

[Naerron]

i agree with trox, thinnk how many people will simply log back in again now that they don't have to pay and not even meaning to get hooked again. I know for 1 i will at least log on one of my old alts to see if anyone i know is still playing and try to bring them to P99 =)

[GETINMYVAN]

Their 'free to play' model is a joke.

4 Classes - Warrior, Wizard, Cleric, Rogue
4 Races - Human, Erudite, Barbarian, Gnome
Coin limitation - 100 plat per level (when items in the bazaar cost thousands of plat)
Customer Service - Knowledge base only. (good luck when you need to petition a GM)
Spells - Rank 1
AA points - Maximum of 250
Shared Bank Slots - 0

Given time maybe they will understand how stupid this system is. If they really want this new business model to succeed they need to make the entire game free to play and offer more useful/cosmetic items through Station Cash. As it is now, it's just going to bring in a massive amount of trolls and griefers that may scare away the current population.

[Faisca]

I got the impression you won't be able to log into your old account in EQ Live unless you re-subscribe. I think the F2P model they announced is meant for new accounts only.

[dikain]

I think that EQ is turning F2P around march or so

[Deadmantis]

The "threat" to P99 population by EQlive going free to play has been brought up before. As others have mentioned in this thread, their F2P model sucks and in order to play your old characters you will need to resubscribe.

Besides all of that, did anyone else get to play there for free when Sony opened it's time locked progression servers, Fippy and Vulak? They tried to put a classic paint job on their milked out cash cow, and bring back old players. It did not work for me. It was there that I heard about P99. I never resubscribed as some others did, I came here instead.

This is as close to classic as you can get, and it really is free to play.

[Nirgon]

Live EQ is v.bad.

Call me insane but I think PoP fit more into EQ than Luclin. Dyes, way high stat inflation and even more AA's being part of the snowball that destroyed the game for me.

[acid_reflux]

Originally Posted by Deadmantis

The "threat" to P99 population by EQlive going free to play has been brought up before. As others have mentioned in this thread, their F2P model sucks and in order to play your old characters you will need to resubscribe.

Besides all of that, did anyone else get to play there for free when Sony opened it's time locked progression servers, Fippy and Vulak? They tried to put a classic paint job on their milked out cash cow, and bring back old players. It did not work for me. It was there that I heard about P99. I never resubscribed as some others did, I came here instead.

This is as close to classic as you can get, and it really is free to play.

The time locked servers sucked badly. I did not enjoy my time there. The low end zones rapidly became ghost towns. People "zerged" through content way too fast. Basically a d2 ladder race to get credit for first completion. Hated it. Ebayed titanium and deleted the live installs.

[Sorrow*qc]

i know a guy who still play, a lot of ppl don't want to quit the game with all the time/marriage/kids/money they invested