Spell Timers Removed

[felixecho]

I get the feeling sometimes that people here really didn't play back in the old days.

It kinda baffles me how there are arguments over the quality of client enhancements being a bad thing, I seem to recall that no one complained about them back in the aught-naughts (2000's).

People did complain about releases of half baked products, content problems, bugs, patches taking forever, servers brought down with too much traffic on an update.

But really, QoL enhancements to the client being bitched about, seriously? I don't recall anything like that ever happening in those days.

I get nostalgia, I am over 40 years old, I totally get that. This place seems more like it's run by 20-something hipsters that are grasping at a past that will ever elude them since they are too young to know better.

I have very serious doubts that true ol' folks run this place, it seems that with age comes the wisdom to know that bullshit should not be tolerated when people are trying to have fun, and SonyEQ produced quite a bit of BS, especially from the mind of BM, who got shit canned, as I recall. (Or left for other projects with a trail of flowers and perfume as well as a parade of virgins throwing rose pedals at his feet, thanking him for such a great game.)

Oh, and didn't anyone see The Guild episodes making fun of SOE? Uh, they were not inaccurate, that place was run by complete idiots for quite a bit of time.... which is why WoW ate their ever-luvin lunch...

/rant

[jcr4990]

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

I get the feeling sometimes that people here really didn't play back in the old days.

It kinda baffles me how there are arguments over the quality of client enhancements being a bad thing, I seem to recall that no one complained about them back in the aught-naughts (2000's).

People did complain about releases of half baked products, content problems, bugs, patches taking forever, servers brought down with too much traffic on an update.

But really, QoL enhancements to the client being bitched about, seriously? I don't recall anything like that ever happening in those days.

I get nostalgia, I am over 40 years old, I totally get that. This place seems more like it's run by 20-something hipsters that are grasping at a past that will ever elude them since they are too young to know better.

I have very serious doubts that true ol' folks run this place, it seems that with age comes the wisdom to know that bullshit should not be tolerated when people are trying to have fun, and SonyEQ produced quite a bit of BS, especially from the mind of BM, who got shit canned, as I recall. (Or left for other projects with a trail of flowers and perfume as well as a parade of virgins throwing rose pedals at his feet, thanking him for such a great game.)

Oh, and didn't anyone see The Guild episodes making fun of SOE? Uh, they were not inaccurate, that place was run by complete idiots for quite a bit of time.... which is why WoW ate their ever-luvin lunch...

/rant

People didn't complain in 1999-2001 cause SoE wasn't REMOVING QoL mechanics in the game they were ADDING them. Duh? The VAST majority of players enjoyed most of the QoL changes. Contrary to popular belief around these parts EQ was thriving and had tons of players (Pre-WoW numbers anyway) all the way through PoP/GoD and arguably even OoW. But ask any "Shit's Classic" neckbeard around here and literally every person stopped playing EQ in Luclin. Simply not true and blows my mind that people could even think it's anything close to true.

[Buellen]

let see:
Research done an proven many times that these "QOL" things you all want where not in during the stated goals of this server.

SO because you all want these "QOL" things , Then the server admins should just change their stated goal for this server.

YEA that makes sense (rolls eyes)

PS

Since so many are fans of these QOL items guess what their is two other server you can play on that have these in. TAK project and Project 2002.

[Daldaen]

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

let see:
Research done an proven many times that this QOL you all want where not in during the stated goals of this server.

SO because you all want these QOL things , Then the server admins should just change their stated goal for this server.

YEA that makes sense (rolls eyes)

PS

Since so many are fans of these QOL items guess what their is two other server you can play on that have these in. TAK project and Project 2002.

TAK has less quality of life things cause it uses a more classic client.

No Scroll Wheel to 3rd, no cycle targets hotkey, no mana in inventory display, no buff timers, no maps, only 1 hotbutton page.

Does have compass though!

Would love if that client were compatible with our code but I'm guessing it isn't.

[Buellen]

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

TAK has less quality of life things cause it uses a more classic client.

No Scroll Wheel to 3rd, no cycle targets hotkey, no mana in inventory display, no buff timers, no maps, only 1 hotbutton page.

Does have compass though!

Would love if that client were compatible with our code but I'm guessing it isn't.

Thanks Dald i stand corrected 8) suggest PEQ server then

[utenan]

I have fun when I play Everquest - Thanks devs!

[DeadlyReza]

Classic

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[Ele]

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

Because not being able to plan for when you'll have to spend your entire mana bar on rebuffing Aego, Focus, etc without a stopwatch is so much fun.

Who said anything about fun? This is classic we're talking about.

[Ele]

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

So, to answer the other thread entitled, "why don't more people play 99?"

Because it's intentionally clunky as shit.

So then why don't more people play live eq with all of the QoL enhancements that have been stripped out of P99?

[Danth]

Man, if folks are this up in arms over buff timers--which don't really matter all that much (oh no, my dexterity dropped)--just imagine the outcry when the devs finally get around to disabling mouse wheel view scrolling.

Enjoy non-classic features while we have them with the understanding that any such features might go bye-bye at any time.

Danth