How do i get my Brother to play Project1999 with me?

[Slave]

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

THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!!
You sound like Uncle Rico reminiscing about the glory days of high school football. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A fair amount of people could prattle off a list similar to yours and not everyone would agree on which of those had the best pvp, especially when nostalgia kicks in. There are just too many variables (most of which don't even have anything to do with the game, but the community you happen to be surrounded by) for everyone to have the same experience. Guess I was talking from a game mechanic standpoint. Vivid memories from rose colored glasses, while certainly enjoyable, are not an accurate measure of reality.

That is exactly why I listed the exact game mechanisms whereby pvp becomes more exciting, more meaningful, and just plain works on multiple levels. If you want to poo-poo, bring some toilet paper next time... this thread is about how to get his brother to play, not to shit on each other's plans.

[Harrison]

WoW PVP is not balanced in my experiences.

It is a constantly evolving and changing landscape of "this class is OP" and then the next patch it makes "that class OP".

Flavor of the month power struggle...not balance.

[formallydickman]

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

WoW PVP is not balanced in my experiences.

It is a constantly evolving and changing landscape of "this class is OP" and then the next patch it makes "that class OP".

Flavor of the month power struggle...not balance.

I agree it had many flaws, I merely said it was head and shoulders above anything in EQ.

[Harrison]

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

I agree it had many flaws, I merely said it was head and shoulders above anything in EQ.

I agree completely.

[Deadmantis]

Tell him that the classic server has a decent population with all types of players from raiders and roleplayers to tradeskillers and questers.

Tell him there are usually players in every zone, and many of these players are helpful and friendly. These people are playing for FREE. I think that makes this a unique community where players are here mainly because they love EQ.

Show him some of the forum posts from here. Some are quite entertaining, and give a little insight as to what the playerbase is like.

If all that fails, go the alcohol route. Get him drunk, install the game for him, fire it up and run thru some of the old zones.

Good luck!

[dallammarr]

Have to agree with what many have said. I also used to play on live with my bro. He got me into it, we both started during Vanilla EQ back in 1999. We went through several different chars until we each settled on a main which for me was a necro and him a mage. We duoed all the time all the way up until about 06 when we lost interest as the more expansions that came degraded EQ more and more. Not to mention at this time I was accepted into Beta for VG. So after him seeing me play VG we both just jumped on that game and played on and off for a few years.

Well we all know what happened to VG. Its still there but its like on life support. I tried to show him P99 and recounted the tales of our Norrathian adventures from long ago.

His response was basically a chuckle and similar to the OP's. After our expirience in VG, he just can't get back into the old antiquated play style of EQ grind with no flying mounts, low end graphics, etc especially with the limited time he has now days.

Basically all you can do is offer, if hes truly interested he will play, otherwise atleast you have your memories.

[mwatt]

The best you can do is make it easy for him to try it, and then drop the subject.

It sounds however, as if he is just not that interested. If he really thinks WoW is better than EQ, then you have no prayer.

[Halfelfbard]

Plat, items, Power level a lil bit....good to go.

Or Twink the hell out of a guy, give it to him...and play side by side.

or..to be a evil bastard. Go on a "trip" i dont really know where but make sure its a hotel with wifi, bring a laptop...and only have Everquest on it, he'll have no choice but to play, with his premade account all set up ya digg?

[karsten]

just apply for an IP exemption and be patient!

--your friend Karsten