"Classic" feeling shifting?

[Daldaen]

Correct!

Just saying it was one of the best changes to come to EQ ever.

[Duncon]

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

When you no longer have to sit trying to sell your junk for hours, and instead can AFK overnight and sell stuff, it is fantastic.

Bazaar would bring so much low-end gear into the system.

I hate EC, I think most folks do, but it is what keeps stuff off the market and makes it viable.

The only drain of wealth from this closed system is the stuff rotting in the banks. If stuff was easy to sell and you didn't have this drain the whole thing would be a complete write off.

[jolanar]

Nobody could ever agree on what it meant to be classic. Ever.

[Itap]

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

Bazaar was one of the best changes possible.

When you no longer have to sit trying to sell your junk for hours, and instead can AFK overnight and sell stuff, it is fantastic.

Bazaar would bring so much low-end gear into the system. Right now, most of those 50-100 plat items I get from level 30-50 areas aren't worth my time selling. Instead I will just vendor or destroy them. Having an avenue to dump them on a trader and AFK and they get magically sold is great.

Plus you don't have to directly deal with people who make lowball offers, people who undercut you or people who resell. Stuff still happens but because you're AFK it's all out of sight and out of mind. You sell it at your listed price or you don't sell it.

Lol, you know how ridiculous this sounds, right? You're playing an MMO, the entire point is to interact with other people. I loved the idea of the bazaar, but it removed the interaction between people entirely. You can compare the bazaar to PoK and the associated books, it removed a part of the game that required you to actually talk to people and have friends.

[jolanar]

Lowballing people who just want to sell their items and get out of EC as soon as possible is one of the things that makes it so great IMO.

[Glenzig]

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

Lol, you know how ridiculous this sounds, right? You're playing an MMO, the entire point is to interact with other people. I loved the idea of the bazaar, but it removed the interaction between people entirely. You can compare the bazaar to PoK and the associated books, it removed a part of the game that required you to actually talk to people and have friends.

Yup.

[Glenzig]

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

Lowballing people who just want to sell their items and get out of EC as soon as possible is one of the things that makes it so great IMO.

I always give in. Cause I can't stand wasting time selling stuff. It is an amazing part of classic eq that no other game has ever been able to reproduce though. So I can't hate it too much.

[Itap]

Some people aren't actually "lowballing" either, they are just extremely poor and are hoping to catch you on a good day. I've sold low level items for a fraction of its worth, just to hopefully help out a struggling new player.

[myriverse]

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

Lol, you know how ridiculous this sounds, right? You're playing an MMO, the entire point is to interact with other people. I loved the idea of the bazaar, but it removed the interaction between people entirely. You can compare the bazaar to PoK and the associated books, it removed a part of the game that required you to actually talk to people and have friends.

Of course, the reason these became necessary was the antisocial.

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

Level 2 Iksars exping in East Commons. Stop it, it's ruining my immersion [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].

Frakking traitorous bastards! FoB >>> EC.

[Daldaen]

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

Lol, you know how ridiculous this sounds, right? You're playing an MMO, the entire point is to interact with other people. I loved the idea of the bazaar, but it removed the interaction between people entirely. You can compare the bazaar to PoK and the associated books, it removed a part of the game that required you to actually talk to people and have friends.

There's one thing asking someone to group, exping or questing with someone.

It's another dealing with:

"That earring for 5k, lol man that's a piece of crap, I'll give you 3k"
"Aww 5k, I really only have 2765 plat, can ya do that?"
"Hey I'll take that earring for 500" - 2 min later - "WTS earring 700"

The same people who hated PoK books are the ones who didn't play porters. I play a 60 druid and 52 wizard. I'm almost never /role on either of them. I get request for pickups in Emerald Jungle or Unrest occasionally. I politely say nope, I'm busy. Most people understand and say thanks anyways. Cool. But sometimes you get the dude offering you 30 plat for the port and complaining when you don't feel compelled to travel 15min across Norrath to port them for less than a hill Giants worth of platinum.

Also PoK book complaining is the dumbest thing in the world on this server. People REGULARLY ask for a port from WC to Lavastorm or EC to SRo. It's 2 fucking zones. Run. But heaven forbid you could click a book and travel yourself. Instead you want to inconvenience someone else, spend their mana and time and quite often not pay them for it.

Don't get me wrong, I do port people, almost never accept plat, and SoW them on their way. The general population of this server however feels entitled to these services and in the same breath they ask for a port with, they will criticizes the very features that unburdened players like myself from providing them.

I don't have any issues porting friends or guildmates. However the "interaction" you refer to from getting a port from a random guy is basically non existent. 95%+ of my ports involve these tells:

"Can I get a port from X to Y"
"Thanks"

Occasionally:

"Sorry corpse run otherwise I'd donate"
Or
"You sure you don't want plat"

Often:

"Can I get a INSERT BUFFS HERE?"

Shit isn't interacting with me at all. You interact more with the guy at the liquor store or the woman at the grocery store scanning your items.

PS - Yes, I am salty of that argument consistently being made on these boards. No one gives a shit about talking to their porter, they just want their port.