New P99 server? PLEASE I WANT CLASSIC

[Necrostoner]

This is so far from classic at this point. We are no longer playing Everquest as we knew it. I was born in 86. I'll never forget the first time I saw Everquest. I started playing in '99. I made a Iksar necro and put all my points into STR and has to reroll at lvl 15. I rolled a wiz. My mom only let me play 1 hour a night. I hit 60 in like 2.5 years.

Can we please get another server that starts from the beginning so we can actually play this classic game the way it was meant to be played?

I made a bard a few weeks ago. Full lambent, full instrument set, nice weps, i've been one-shotting everything. I just want to play like it was back in 99- Level 20's and 30's running around with Fine Steel Long-swords and rusty armor.

Nilbog- Rogean - Sirken - Haynar - Kanras- Alunova - Telin - Aussie - Braknar - Chroma - Leontius - Llandris - Tanthalas

You all know that this version we are playing its not anywhere near classic. PLEASE let us go back to the days where Robe of the Oracle and Stein of Moggok are PIMP AS FUCK! Let us play a more challenging game. All of us. This has widdled down to end game Day After Tomorrow quest!

The market is saturated with Items and spells. Where are the days I could hit a new level and only be able to afford 10-20% of my spells? Every 60 shaman has torpor. The amount of Fungis is insane. level 5 warriors running around in full Cobalt with a Fungi. Gear is so plentiful they dont even use Wurmslayers anymore!

I know you guys were working on a pvp variation. That sounded cool! Bring back classic Blue Everquest! (start at Kunark though!) ;)

Sincerely,

Anyone who actually did and wants to play Classic Everquest.

Thank you!

[lctucker2999]

This is so far from classic at this point. We are no longer playing Everquest as we knew it. I was born in 86. I'll never forget the first time I saw Everquest. I started playing in '99. I made a Iksar necro and put all my points into STR and has to reroll at lvl 15. I rolled a wiz. My mom only let me play 1 hour a night. I hit 60 in like 2.5 years.

Can we please get another server that starts from the beginning so we can actually play this classic game the way it was meant to be played?

I made a bard a few weeks ago. Full lambent, full instrument set, nice weps, i've been one-shotting everything. I just want to play like it was back in 99- Level 20's and 30's running around with Fine Steel Long-swords and rusty armor.

Nilbog- Rogean - Sirken - Haynar - Kanras- Alunova - Telin - Aussie - Braknar - Chroma - Leontius - Llandris - Tanthalas

You all know that this version we are playing its not anywhere near classic. PLEASE let us go back to the days where Robe of the Oracle and Stein of Moggok are PIMP AS FUCK! Let us play a more challenging game. All of us. This has widdled down to end game Day After Tomorrow quest!

The market is saturated with Items and spells. Where are the days I could hit a new level and only be able to afford 10-20% of my spells? Every 60 shaman has torpor. The amount of Fungis is insane. level 5 warriors running around in full Cobalt with a Fungi. Gear is so plentiful they dont even use Wurmslayers anymore!

I know you guys were working on a pvp variation. That sounded cool! Bring back classic Blue Everquest! (start at Kunark though!) ;)

Sincerely,

Anyone who actually did and wants to play Classic Everquest.

Thank you!

Classic, but start at Kunark? Also Kunark was release in 2000 so it would have been at least then when you make your ikky. But I agree with the rest of your post, however it would just turn into the asme thing, neckbears would rush to 50 and farm the crap out of N/V and high value camps (lguk)

[Necrostoner]

<Classic, but start at Kunark?>


It was a joke.

Yeah the Ikky thing. The necro was the first toon I got above level 5 so I guess that was after 2000 lol. But I did start playing in 99.

Yeah, I agree about the neckbeard thing. Maybe this time they can do something about that though. But, there will always be someone willing to donate their lives to something you arent. Just because they get to where they want to be first doesnt mean you are losing.

[citizen1080]

Here's a crazy idea. Don't twink yourself and just play with the drops you get? There is even a whole guild dedicated to this idea.

[Necrostoner]

Whats the point of playing in full rusty if everyone else has Kunark, Planar, TOV gear at lvl 10? The point is classic Citizen1080 not how I gear my character.

[lctucker2999]

<Classic, but start at Kunark?>
But, there will always be someone willing to donate their lives to something you arent. Just because they get to where they want to be first doesnt mean you are losing.
That is totally true, but then I think we get into a discussion about locking down high value camps of which there was previously a thread about that. In theory it would be great if a bunch of nooblets could hit frenzy and get a a couple FBSS's that the melee's would actually use, then move on to another camp leaving it open for the next group. But I think since everyone knows everything about EQ/items/camps that we'll never see true classic. We can't unlearn everything we already know.

Instead of grouping and dungeon crawling for that awesome item, you're basically just grinding out levels and plat to buy stuff instead of adventuring.

[citizen1080]

Whats the point of playing in full rusty if everyone else has Kunark, Planar, TOV gear at lvl 10? The point is classic Citizen1080 not how I gear my character.

Sound liberal logic

[Kesselring]

The biggest classic experience was twinking your character and being able to level quick as hell and not have to group with people.

[Baler]

They can't start a new server till they finish the first one. simple as that.

aka Blue/Red still have content updates to roll out.

[d3r14k]

Whats the point of playing in full rusty if everyone else has Kunark, Planar, TOV gear at lvl 10? The point is classic Citizen1080 not how I gear my character.

Why be concerned with what everyone else has? I played my first character to 40 on this server with crap gear and had a ton of fun.

We are the same age, I was also born in 86 and started in 99 (maybe 2000 after Kunark dropped, I don't remember precisely), and I never got above level 50. I also had a ton of nice / expensive pixels. My point being, I'm not sure your classic experience is the same experience everyone else had.

[jakerees]

My brother got me playing in 2000 right around the time that Kunark dropped and really it isn't classic unless I'm looking over my brothers shoulder while he plays and then I play on my character for awhile and he gives me pointers about where I should go but then I was in high school at the time so I couldn't play as much as he could. When are they going to announce that with the new server they will have someone be your 'brother' and get you hooked on the game but I also want them to mind wipe me so I don't know what to expect like back in 2000 so I can run my troll warrior to Freeport on the suggestion of my brother and get freaked out by the huge spiders in south ro when i'm only level 4 trying to make it through. the giant spiders sometimes ruin the immersion though because of course if you see spiders in real life you realize they can't get that big and you can just step on them and they aren't as big a threat unless they are one of the venomous spiders in the world and you don't see them coming. I guess I would have to agree about not starting in Kunark but I think they shouldn't give in to peer pressure and go all the way to planes of power. Why

[zaneosak]

The first time you play P99 .... it is totally classic. You start a new character, you have 0pp, you have no friends (unless you are starting P99 and have friends who give you shit, i.e. not classic)

Your first character should be total classic experience.... I play my cleric this way. I am lvl 57 after 3 years on this server, I take 4-5month breaks every so often and come back when I Feel like diving back in. My cleric has like 14k plat, missing tons of spells, lucky enough to get some thurg gear out of a kael raid..... then I can twink some other characters if I want, but that toon is classic to a tee.

Just my 2 cents.

[Necrostoner]

Why be concerned with what everyone else has? I played my first character to 40 on this server with crap gear and had a ton of fun.

We are the same age, I was also born in 86 and started in 99 (maybe 2000 after Kunark dropped, I don't remember precisely), and I never got above level 50. I also had a ton of nice / expensive pixels. My point being, I'm not sure your classic experience is the same experience everyone else had.

Its the feel of the gameplay. If you tried to tank Seb king in full rusty you with a cleric in full TOV gear you would have a much different experience than with a tank in full TOV gear and cleric in rusty. Even more so with both players in full rusty. OR in this case everyone in full rusty (the whole group).

But your nice expensive pixels back then were probable FBR/Stein of moggok/Wurmslayer etc not FUNGI tunic, epic, Rod of Annihilation, JBB, Torpor 100% of class spells everytime you hit level, like it is now. right?

I didnt bring this post up to talk about my personal experiences it was a reflection, or how one can just "pretend like it was when it was classic" - When its already supposed to be classic...

[loramin]

Normally I respond to these sorts of posts from new people with a quick explanation of Blue and Green. But after reading that unappreciative entitled whining I think the correct response is simply:

Why be concerned with what everyone else has?

This server took a LOT of work, from a LOT of people. You listed some of them:

Nilbog- Rogean - Sirken - Haynar - Kanras- Alunova - Telin - Aussie - Braknar - Chroma - Leontius - Llandris - Tanthalas

but there have also been lots more who are no longer active. All of them have invested more of their own time making the 100% free server that you get to play on than you have even spent playing on it. But who cares? You can't have exactly what you want, so all those people should build something new for you.

Never mind that Bob told you exactly what you need to do get what you want:

Here's a crazy idea. Don't twink yourself and just play with the drops you get? There is even a whole guild dedicated to this idea.

But no, because someone else has some people have virtual treasures you don't (:eek:) all thirteen current staff members should drop what they are doing and spin up a new server for you. Not because there's anything wrong with the current server, or because you can't play in a classic environment (as Bob even noted, there's an entire large guild of people doing exactly that), or because a "fresh" server will never come. No, you need a new server, and you need it now, because other people have stuff you don't!

GTFO.

[MiRo2]

Server was fun when everyone was praying for bronze drops and rolling on gladius' in unrest on their mains. Server is still fun when 2/3rds of your mistmoore group is wearing a fungi, just in a different way.

I am looking forward to the huge culture shock for the current populace when we get to play on a classic server that both resembles live in mechanics and population level, and the inevitable creative grouping opportunities that result of it.

/shout Lake Rathetear gnolls group now accepting healers for wait list.

[Argh]

Will it be classic when the new server gets to the same point?

[plasma1010]

I just play to play, I have OK gear for my level and everytime I save up a few 100 plat I pretty much blow it on ports. So Im just playing for the adventure, every now and then someone will offer me some old item they had for cheap or free, sometimes it's a little better and I buy it or take it.

I have a few packs full of some looted stuff I try to sell when Im running through EC, but I dont sit in EC I generall send an /auc once or twice while running through the zone and if someone wants to buy I sell., or if I see some gear piece at a price I can afford (which isnt much) Ill buy it.

But at the end of the day Im just hanging out killing stuff, exploring zones and enjoying the gameplay. To the point where I almost ran out of plat buying my level 22 spells.

[Kaino]

Will it be classic when the new server gets to the same point?

well ideally we would be here without the server being ruined by toon sales fueling a toxic raid scene and a million years of kunark so likely yes it would be much closer than what we currently have

if anyone can't compromise what's currently available just wait until what you want is

[Necrostoner]

Loramin its "dont let the door hit you in the vagina on the way out" If your gunna use it at least use it right dude.


IF you honestly thin this server is just fine as it is as "a classic experience" you dont know what the fuck classic was like.

This hit you right in feels huh dude? haha Not afraid to voice my opinion. I feel its not classic and would like a more classic server. You think that makes me entitled and ungrateful? Meh, thats your opinion.

[loramin]

Will it be classic when the new server gets to the same point?

Yes and no. The classic timeline will mean that Kunark only lasts a year (or however long it lasted on live). You won't have everyone and their brother wearing a fungi because there won't even be that many on the entire server when Velious comes out.

But at the same time, this is the P99 crowd. People will be using the commons cap, midnight mallets, OT hammers, etc. as soon as they are released. And the neckbeards of the server will be farming manastones and such the moment it's possible for a human to level to 50 (3 days after launch?). So in that sense the cat is out of the bag and we will never have an experience truly like classic ... unless Pantheon or some other new game provides it.

[aaezil]

join ALS or keep holding your breath

[loramin]

You think that makes me entitled and ungrateful? Meh, thats your opinion.

That is my opinion, and I had no problem sharing with you.

IF you honestly thin this server is just fine as it is as "a classic experience" you dont know what the fuck classic was like.

I never said that. What I said was that you claimed to want one thing: classic EverQuest without the current economy/playerbase with lots of equipment. Bob told you exactly how to get that: join Aud Laud Syne (or however you spell it, I can never remember). People in that guild trade with each other (creating a classic economy) play with each other (no "everyone in my group has a fungi") and otherwise offer exactly what you're looking for.

But instead of saying hey 13 staff members, thanks for making this almost perfectly accurate re-creation of the classic EverQuest mechanics, and thanks Bob for showing me how I can play exactly the game i want to play, you responded with "I must have things the way I want them, which means other people can't have toys that I don't have, so gimme a new server".

Again, GTFO.

[citizen1080]

That is my opinion, and I had no problem sharing with you.



I never said that. What I said was that you claimed to want one thing: classic EverQuest without the current economy/playerbase with lots of equipment. Bob told you exactly how to get that: join Aud Laud Syne (or however you spell it, I can never remember). People in that guild trade with each other (creating a classic economy) play with each other (no "everyone in my group has a fungi") and otherwise offer exactly what you're looking for.

But instead of saying hey 13 staff members, thanks for making this almost perfectly accurate re-creation of the classic EverQuest mechanics, and thanks Bob for showing me how I can play exactly the game i want to play, you responded with "I must have things the way I want them, which means other people can't have toys that I don't have, so gimme a new server".

Again, GTFO.

qft

[plasma1010]

you dont know what the fuck classic was like.

.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_wIOC0x-KQ

[Lulz~Sect]

>mfw you will never play on a fresh p1999 server

😏

[fastboy21]

Why would they restart when they haven't finished p99 yet? The last velious patch isn't out yet...

I mean, OP is right...it assumes that people currently playing are here because they want the "classic experience as it was in classic on live" --- which, you can't really get here any more, at least not fully as the OP points out.

On the other hand, the OP is wrong if he assumes that people are here only because they want the "classic experience as it was in classic on live". People are playing p99 as its own animal now. It isn't classic anymore. It is something else, and many of us are playing here because we enjoy it. By the way, most of my classic desires are still satisfied by p99 even in its off timeline form.

[Issar]

I heard there was a whole lotta whine in this thread, figured I'd bring some cheese... except I ate it on the way other.

[plasma1010]

I heard there was a whole lotta whine in this thread, figured I'd bring some cheese... except I ate it on the way other.

The OP is lactose intolerant.

[Issar]

The OP is lactose intolerant.

More for us!

[Brandonian10]

Wtf is rusty armor?

[citizen1080]

Wtf is rusty armor?

Pretty sure he means Crusty, but is too stoned to put thoughts into words.

[Rivera]

dis dude dumb.

yeah this isn't just like classic EQ, but it's the closest we'll ever have (besides a possible green server way in the future)

there are a few reasons why it will NEVER be like classic EQ again, no matter what the devs do:

all the information is easily accessible on the wiki or forums.

forms of vocal communication that makes communicating in large numbers immensely easier (raids back in the day, woah)

the fact the content is so old and overdone that half the pop knows every little hint and secret, nothing is new anymore.

we're stuck in velious indefinitely (unless the devs get smart and release luclin) leading shit to be majorly poopsocked

it just can't be how you remember it, like all these nerds shitting on the new star wars because they wanted to relive their childhood ;)

[skarlorn]

Play in ALS, don't use voip, live with. Your mom and make her limit your play time and down grade ur internet

[Lulz~Sect]

56kps and play via a pentium 133 MHZ no turbo button

[Nisse]

Go ahead and forget everything you know about EQ too while you're at it, because your knowledge of the game is going to be the largest stumbling point in recreating your "classic experience"

[Erati]

Necrostoner you missed Agnarr which is basically what you wanted without the amazing classic re-creation we have here in terms of out of era abilities/items etc.

It started fresh, classic was quite fun first week not sure where you were otherwise you gotta wait for the new P99 release.

[Danth]

Go ahead and forget everything you know about EQ too while you're at it, because your knowledge of the game is going to be the largest stumbling point in recreating your "classic experience"

The guy thinks people were running around in "full rusty" so I don't think forgetting stuff would be too much of a problem for him.

As pretty well everyone else has also noticed, he mostly comes across as mad that other people have more pixels than he has. The inability to have fun on his own without taking other people's stuff away is a dead giveaway.

Danth

[citizen1080]

The guy thinks people were running around in "full rusty" so I don't think forgetting stuff would be too much of a problem for him.

As pretty well everyone else has also noticed, he mostly comes across as mad that other people have more pixels than he has. The inability to have fun on his own without taking other people's stuff away is a dead giveaway.

Danth

He's most likely on a corner picketing for $15 dollar Mcdonalds wages as we type.

[skarlorn]

We all got trolled btw guys

[Transylvania]

Yep need a CLASSIC new server (blue) with:

1. no nerfed seafuries

2. fix the SRo AC spawn so AC can pop anytime at night (9pm to 7am), not just 9pm
(I've petitioned about this before only to be told I was wrong, lol. )

3. Allow Luclin models - trolls are too damn big (2003 era I still call "classic")

4. the damn compass

[skarlorn]

My brother got me playing in 2000 right around the time that Kunark dropped and really it isn't classic unless I'm looking over my brothers shoulder while he plays and then I play on my character for awhile and he gives me pointers about where I should go but then I was in high school at the time so I couldn't play as much as he could. When are they going to announce that with the new server they will have someone be your 'brother' and get you hooked on the game but I also want them to mind wipe me so I don't know what to expect like back in 2000 so I can run my troll warrior to Freeport on the suggestion of my brother and get freaked out by the huge spiders in south ro when i'm only level 4 trying to make it through. the giant spiders sometimes ruin the immersion though because of course if you see spiders in real life you realize they can't get that big and you can just step on them and they aren't as big a threat unless they are one of the venomous spiders in the world and you don't see them coming. I guess I would have to agree about not starting in Kunark but I think they shouldn't give in to peer pressure and go all the way to planes of power. Why
Holy fuck dude I know exactly what you are talking about

[Foxplay]

a new p99 server would never be anywhere near a true classic experience for one simple reason...

everyone knows nigh everything there is to know about everquest... at least a decent part of the population that plays and would play on such a server know everything about EQ the meta, how to do more with less... big difference in experiance

[Izmael]

Could always have all mobs hit for 4x their normal melee damage.

This would make sure the server isn't flooded by items as risk vs reward would be different (closer to classic actually!).

Also make some key mobs unsoloable (Hadden and such) or simply very rare pop.

Unclassic gameplay changes for a (more) classic experience.

[Izmael]

Could always have all mobs hit for 4x their normal melee damage.

This would make sure the server isn't flooded by items as risk vs reward would be different (closer to classic actually!).

Also make some key mobs unsoloable (Hadden and such) or simply very rare pop.

Unclassic gameplay changes for a (more) classic experience.

Nightmare mode. Call it P99 Black.

[Izmael]

Oh woops.

[Mead]

My brother got me playing in 2000 right around the time that Kunark dropped and really it isn't classic unless I'm looking over my brothers shoulder while he plays and then I play on my character for awhile and he gives me pointers about where I should go but then I was in high school at the time so I couldn't play as much as he could. When are they going to announce that with the new server they will have someone be your 'brother' and get you hooked on the game but I also want them to mind wipe me so I don't know what to expect like back in 2000 so I can run my troll warrior to Freeport on the suggestion of my brother and get freaked out by the huge spiders in south ro when i'm only level 4 trying to make it through. the giant spiders sometimes ruin the immersion though because of course if you see spiders in real life you realize they can't get that big and you can just step on them and they aren't as big a threat unless they are one of the venomous spiders in the world and you don't see them coming. I guess I would have to agree about not starting in Kunark but I think they shouldn't give in to peer pressure and go all the way to planes of power. Why

Circa 2000 I would go over my buddy's house and watch his brother raid while we pounded some brewskis. He had a pimped out wizard I remember thinking was so cool. I was a true noob at that time. He was also inhaling lots of marijuana and opium. In that respect this place has remained pretty classic.

[plasma1010]

It started fresh, classic was quite fun first week not sure where you were otherwise you gotta wait for the new P99 release.

Will there be a new P99 release ?

[d3r14k]

Will there be a new P99 release ?

It is believed by some that there will be a Green / Recycle server released in the next couple years that will be a near-exact replica of the classic timeline and patch releases. This was originally the goal of P99, as Blue and Red are technically test servers to achieve this ultimate goal.

I think they've done a pretty good job, despite all the negativity that people toss around here.

[fadetree]

uh oh OP went dark, entertainment value fading rapidly...

[Ikon]

Problem with the OP's idea is not that its bad its simply that:

1: The same people that think running back and forth on a pathing error to avoid fighting mobs will still be playing.

Green server will screwed pretty quickly just like this one was. Without a classic PnP, without the traditional guild disbands by GM's, without proper banning for repeat stupidity, the server will be just as unpleasant because of a small number of people who like to be knobs.

[plasma1010]

It is believed by some that there will be a Green / Recycle server released in the next couple years that will be a near-exact replica of the classic timeline and patch releases. This was originally the goal of P99, as Blue and Red are technically test servers to achieve this ultimate goal.

I think they've done a pretty good job, despite all the negativity that people toss around here.

Meaning after all the bug corrections / etc. leading into the current, they will basically follow the exact same framework on Green ?

Well is Green going to be PvE or PvP ?

[d3r14k]

Meaning after all the bug corrections / etc. leading into the current, they will basically follow the exact same framework on Green ?

Yep! I believe that's the plan

Well is Green going to be PvE or PvP ?

The general consensus is that it will be PVE.

Disclaimer, I haven't been here very long, but I did look at almost every single post I could get my hands on about a Green server before I downloaded the client, thinking maybe I should wait until it released to start playing. I'm glad I didn't!

Having said that, there are definitely heaps of people who post here who know more about this than I do.

[HippoNipple]

The virgin white knights in this thread are disgusting. Getting mad at some nerd for day dreaming about his EQ wet dream because he isn't paying enough respect to these devs you idolize? Fuck off.

The devs know people want a new server. The only excuse left is the Chardok revamp. We will see if that really is the reason nothing has happened with a new server. If nothing ever happens it is probably because the people in charge don't feel like spending the time on it. Nothing you can do about that.

What is Rogean's reason for making this server in the first place? I would hope it leads to something substantial that he can sell some day or use to help his career. Maybe he is working on a deal from Daybreak, etc. Making big moves for the enjoyment of the player base sounds logical but not if the player base isn't his main concern. If I was him the player base wouldn't be my main concern. I would be happy 1000+ people are logging in and try to get the server as close to classic as I can to try to monetize it some how. It would be nice if Daybreak purchased Project1999 one day and let Rogean run it.

[fadetree]

I think the original 'why' really was just because it is a thing we all loved, and thought should be preserved/recreated. But yeah, it's always good if something that can benefit them personally in some other way comes out of it, they've put a lot of work in. If we had to count on pure altruism in life we'd be in a sorry state.

[d3r14k]

If we had to count on pure altruism in life we'd be in a sorry state.

I'm altruistic in all my endeavors, and I'm very successful. Below is a picture of my house and the computer I use to run P99.

[Lhancelot]

I'm altruistic in all my endeavors, and I'm very successful. Below is a picture of my house and the computer I use to run P99.

I like how you can easily climb up on your roof in the summer time and get a sun tan.

[d3r14k]

I like how you can easily climb up on your roof in the summer time and get a sun tan.

Very kind of you to notice the ladder I installed. It was originally placed there to accommodate Bill the Howler. Bill is a vagabond who screams at birds as they fly by. He's an amazing roommate.

If you look closely, you can see the white bucket which is our communal bathroom. It is simply is leagues better than the socks that are popular with other users here. The bucket also doubles as a transportation device to fetch water from our drinking well.

[Trelaboon]

The problem is, people are way too smart now for this ever to be a truly classic experience. We know that leveling in random spots in Norrath isn't as fast as Unrest and Guk. We know exactly where to farm items, how to work mechanics to our advantage. We know all the ZEMs we have the game way to figured out. With that being said, I'm one of those people with five level 60's, lots of plat and gear and I'd LOVE to see a server wipe and start over fresh.

[Lemonhead]

I'm altruistic in all my endeavors, and I'm very successful. Below is a picture of my house and the computer I use to run P99.

Have you ever thought the homeless are the true altruists and the rest of us are just a gluttons?

[AkashicRecord]

The real "classic" experience was running the game on Windows 98 with a low-end Pentium and a 3dfx Voodoo card, a 40lb CRT displaying at 640x480, and a dialup connection that would rarely connect at anything higher than 24,000bps.

[Geomance22]

i quit during live velious because I disliked it so much and already felt the deviation from the original game, I feel you OP I really prefer classic/kunark but alas as a collective EQ players are niche enough we gotta make some compromises you feel

[Izmael]

The real "classic" experience was running the game on Windows 98 with a low-end Pentium and a 3dfx Voodoo card, a 40lb CRT displaying at 640x480, and a dialup connection that would rarely connect at anything higher than 24,000bps.

Very accurate except resolution should be 800x600 and modem speed 14400.

[Grubbz]

Honestly i would play a vanilla only server, would actually prefer playing the base game and only the base game. Kunark and Velious were really shit expansions.

[aaezil]

tldr: did anyone find out what rusty armor or full rusty armor is?

[Canelek]

During 1999-2000, 33/56K modems were already losing the battle to cable/DSL if I remember correctly. Broadband wasn't terribly impressive, however.

Maybe some of you folks played on really old equipment, but let's not go too crazy on how fast/slow things were. Sure, if you tried to run maximum clipping and particle effects during a raid, you'd have a bad time, but I don't recall having any fundamental gaming issues with reasonable settings.

Of course, I may simply be on the other end of the spectrum; spewing imagined contrarian logic. It has been quite some time! :)

[Mblake1981]

Honestly i would play a vanilla only server, would actually prefer playing the base game and only the base game. Kunark and Velious were really shit expansions.

The original game was excellent for its day.

RIP Keith Parkinson

https://i.imgur.com/y07fzey.jpg

[SamwiseRed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sw7nqdgZLY

remember when conquest made that sleepers tomb video? shit was tite.

[Lulz~Sect]

Need original UI forced pls

[jakerees]

I do believe that if we are talking older computers/systems to bring back the true classic experience we must also talk of going back to where we were in our life when we first encountered the ever quest. I imagine many would have to go back to being in high school and anxiously awaiting that final bell so that they could go home and immerse themselves in the land of trolls, dragons, ninja looters, corpse runs, and the like and have a parent around to chide them about being up to all hours of the night when they are just trying to wait out this Hadden spawn damnit and if they look away for even a moment they might miss it and that shady looking dark elf that has swung by the pond several times might steal it from you and then when you get Hadden but no earring you know that six hours later you gotta be there and you shamefully set an alarm to interrupt your sleep and get up at 4 in the morning to log in because you know he's spawning at 4:21 and you want to be there for it for that fishbone earring stuff but of course none of this experience was mine rather I was just throwing out a hypothetical and in the end I would agree with the sentiment that the true classic experience is gone forever, but if they come out with really good mindwipe technology I wouldn't mind erasing my knowledge of everquest and start "brand new" and then I would probably mind wipe knowing how to ride a bike as well because screw it. I never liked bikes anyways and i'm honestly not sure I've ridden one in the past 20 years so it seems like a useless waste of space, much like the cat people of kerran isle are a waste of space unless I'm missing something and one of them drops like the supreme ball of yarn that has god like stats but I highly doubt that, in fact I think I might just go to kerran isle and slaughter the cat people the next time that I'm on and claim their island in the name of the peoples of Oggok as I am sure that all Ogres know it is about time we expanded our territories and gained a foothold into other areas of Norrath but ultimately classic EQ is going the way of the dodo bird, sabertooth tiger (RL), and the emperor penguins and perhaps the people getting the true classic EQ experience are those who come to p99 brand new and never played Everquest before.

[Hyperbole]

I dug out one of my old box monitors from back in the early 2000s.

I seriously forgot how small the screens were. I don't think I could even manage if I wanted to on that now.

[SamwiseRed]

I do believe that if we are talking older computers/systems to bring back the true classic experience we must also talk of going back to where we were in our life when we first encountered the ever quest. I imagine many would have to go back to being in high school and anxiously awaiting that final bell so that they could go home and immerse themselves in the land of trolls, dragons, ninja looters, corpse runs, and the like and have a parent around to chide them about being up to all hours of the night when they are just trying to wait out this Hadden spawn damnit and if they look away for even a moment they might miss it and that shady looking dark elf that has swung by the pond several times might steal it from you and then when you get Hadden but no earring you know that six hours later you gotta be there and you shamefully set an alarm to interrupt your sleep and get up at 4 in the morning to log in because you know he's spawning at 4:21 and you want to be there for it for that fishbone earring stuff but of course none of this experience was mine rather I was just throwing out a hypothetical and in the end I would agree with the sentiment that the true classic experience is gone forever, but if they come out with really good mindwipe technology I wouldn't mind erasing my knowledge of everquest and start "brand new" and then I would probably mind wipe knowing how to ride a bike as well because screw it. I never liked bikes anyways and i'm honestly not sure I've ridden one in the past 20 years so it seems like a useless waste of space, much like the cat people of kerran isle are a waste of space unless I'm missing something and one of them drops like the supreme ball of yarn that has god like stats but I highly doubt that, in fact I think I might just go to kerran isle and slaughter the cat people the next time that I'm on and claim their island in the name of the peoples of Oggok as I am sure that all Ogres know it is about time we expanded our territories and gained a foothold into other areas of Norrath but ultimately classic EQ is going the way of the dodo bird, sabertooth tiger (RL), and the emperor penguins and perhaps the people getting the true classic EQ experience are those who come to p99 brand new and never played Everquest before. I do believe that if we are talking older computers/systems to bring back the true classic experience we must also talk of going back to where we were in our life when we first encountered the ever quest. I imagine many would have to go back to being in high school and anxiously awaiting that final bell so that they could go home and immerse themselves in the land of trolls, dragons, ninja looters, corpse runs, and the like and have a parent around to chide them about being up to all hours of the night when they are just trying to wait out this Hadden spawn damnit and if they look away for even a moment they might miss it and that shady looking dark elf that has swung by the pond several times might steal it from you and then when you get Hadden but no earring you know that six hours later you gotta be there and you shamefully set an alarm to interrupt your sleep and get up at 4 in the morning to log in because you know he's spawning at 4:21 and you want to be there for it for that fishbone earring stuff but of course none of this experience was mine rather I was just throwing out a hypothetical and in the end I would agree with the sentiment that the true classic experience is gone forever, but if they come out with really good mindwipe technology I wouldn't mind erasing my knowledge of everquest and start "brand new" and then I would probably mind wipe knowing how to ride a bike as well because screw it. I never liked bikes anyways and i'm honestly not sure I've ridden one in the past 20 years so it seems like a useless waste of space, much like the cat people of kerran isle are a waste of space unless I'm missing something and one of them drops like the supreme ball of yarn that has god like stats but I highly doubt that, in fact I think I might just go to kerran isle and slaughter the cat people the next time that I'm on and claim their island in the name of the peoples of Oggok as I am sure that all Ogres know it is about time we expanded our territories and gained a foothold into other areas of Norrath but ultimately classic EQ is going the way of the dodo bird, sabertooth tiger (RL), and the emperor penguins and perhaps the people getting the true classic EQ experience are those who come to p99 brand new and never played Everquest before. I do believe that if we are talking older computers/systems to bring back the true classic experience we must also talk of going back to where we were in our life when we first encountered the ever quest. I imagine many would have to go back to being in high school and anxiously awaiting that final bell so that they could go home and immerse themselves in the land of trolls, dragons, ninja looters, corpse runs, and the like and have a parent around to chide them about being up to all hours of the night when they are just trying to wait out this Hadden spawn damnit and if they look away for even a moment they might miss it and that shady looking dark elf that has swung by the pond several times might steal it from you and then when you get Hadden but no earring you know that six hours later you gotta be there and you shamefully set an alarm to interrupt your sleep and get up at 4 in the morning to log in because you know he's spawning at 4:21 and you want to be there for it for that fishbone earring stuff but of course none of this experience was mine rather I was just throwing out a hypothetical and in the end I would agree with the sentiment that the true classic experience is gone forever, but if they come out with really good mindwipe technology I wouldn't mind erasing my knowledge of everquest and start "brand new" and then I would probably mind wipe knowing how to ride a bike as well because screw it. I never liked bikes anyways and i'm honestly not sure I've ridden one in the past 20 years so it seems like a useless waste of space, much like the cat people of kerran isle are a waste of space unless I'm missing something and one of them drops like the supreme ball of yarn that has god like stats but I highly doubt that, in fact I think I might just go to kerran isle and slaughter the cat people the next time that I'm on and claim their island in the name of the peoples of Oggok as I am sure that all Ogres know it is about time we expanded our territories and gained a foothold into other areas of Norrath but ultimately classic EQ is going the way of the dodo bird, sabertooth tiger (RL), and the emperor penguins and perhaps the people getting the true classic EQ experience are those who come to p99 brand new and never played Everquest before. I do believe that if we are talking older computers/systems to bring back the true classic experience we must also talk of going back to where we were in our life when we first encountered the ever quest. I imagine many would have to go back to being in high school and anxiously awaiting that final bell so that they could go home and immerse themselves in the land of trolls, dragons, ninja looters, corpse runs, and the like and have a parent around to chide them about being up to all hours of the night when they are just trying to wait out this Hadden spawn damnit and if they look away for even a moment they might miss it and that shady looking dark elf that has swung by the pond several times might steal it from you and then when you get Hadden but no earring you know that six hours later you gotta be there and you shamefully set an alarm to interrupt your sleep and get up at 4 in the morning to log in because you know he's spawning at 4:21 and you want to be there for it for that fishbone earring stuff but of course none of this experience was mine rather I was just throwing out a hypothetical and in the end I would agree with the sentiment that the true classic experience is gone forever, but if they come out with really good mindwipe technology I wouldn't mind erasing my knowledge of everquest and start "brand new" and then I would probably mind wipe knowing how to ride a bike as well because screw it. I never liked bikes anyways and i'm honestly not sure I've ridden one in the past 20 years so it seems like a useless waste of space, much like the cat people of kerran isle are a waste of space unless I'm missing something and one of them drops like the supreme ball of yarn that has god like stats but I highly doubt that, in fact I think I might just go to kerran isle and slaughter the cat people the next time that I'm on and claim their island in the name of the peoples of Oggok as I am sure that all Ogres know it is about time we expanded our territories and gained a foothold into other areas of Norrath but ultimately classic EQ is going the way of the dodo bird, sabertooth tiger (RL), and the emperor penguins and perhaps the people getting the true classic EQ experience are those who come to p99 brand new and never played Everquest before. I do believe that if we are talking older computers/systems to bring back the true classic experience we must also talk of going back to where we were in our life when we first encountered the ever quest. I imagine many would have to go back to being in high school and anxiously awaiting that final bell so that they could go home and immerse themselves in the land of trolls, dragons, ninja looters, corpse runs, and the like and have a parent around to chide them about being up to all hours of the night when they are just trying to wait out this Hadden spawn damnit and if they look away for even a moment they might miss it and that shady looking dark elf that has swung by the pond several times might steal it from you and then when you get Hadden but no earring you know that six hours later you gotta be there and you shamefully set an alarm to interrupt your sleep and get up at 4 in the morning to log in because you know he's spawning at 4:21 and you want to be there for it for that fishbone earring stuff but of course none of this experience was mine rather I was just throwing out a hypothetical and in the end I would agree with the sentiment that the true classic experience is gone forever, but if they come out with really good mindwipe technology I wouldn't mind erasing my knowledge of everquest and start "brand new" and then I would probably mind wipe knowing how to ride a bike as well because screw it. I never liked bikes anyways and i'm honestly not sure I've ridden one in the past 20 years so it seems like a useless waste of space, much like the cat people of kerran isle are a waste of space unless I'm missing something and one of them drops like the supreme ball of yarn that has god like stats but I highly doubt that, in fact I think I might just go to kerran isle and slaughter the cat people the next time that I'm on and claim their island in the name of the peoples of Oggok as I am sure that all Ogres know it is about time we expanded our territories and gained a foothold into other areas of Norrath but ultimately classic EQ is going the way of the dodo bird, sabertooth tiger (RL), and the emperor penguins and perhaps the people getting the true classic EQ experience are those who come to p99 brand new and never played Everquest before. I do believe that if we are talking older computers/systems to bring back the true classic experience we must also talk of going back to where we were in our life when we first encountered the ever quest. I imagine many would have to go back to being in high school and anxiously awaiting that final bell so that they could go home and immerse themselves in the land of trolls, dragons, ninja looters, corpse runs, and the like and have a parent around to chide them about being up to all hours of the night when they are just trying to wait out this Hadden spawn damnit and if they look away for even a moment they might miss it and that shady looking dark elf that has swung by the pond several times might steal it from you and then when you get Hadden but no earring you know that six hours later you gotta be there and you shamefully set an alarm to interrupt your sleep and get up at 4 in the morning to log in because you know he's spawning at 4:21 and you want to be there for it for that fishbone earring stuff but of course none of this experience was mine rather I was just throwing out a hypothetical and in the end I would agree with the sentiment that the true classic experience is gone forever, but if they come out with really good mindwipe technology I wouldn't mind erasing my knowledge of everquest and start "brand new" and then I would probably mind wipe knowing how to ride a bike as well because screw it. I never liked bikes anyways and i'm honestly not sure I've ridden one in the past 20 years so it seems like a useless waste of space, much like the cat people of kerran isle are a waste of space unless I'm missing something and one of them drops like the supreme ball of yarn that has god like stats but I highly doubt that, in fact I think I might just go to kerran isle and slaughter the cat people the next time that I'm on and claim their island in the name of the peoples of Oggok as I am sure that all Ogres know it is about time we expanded our territories and gained a foothold into other areas of Norrath but ultimately classic EQ is going the way of the dodo bird, sabertooth tiger (RL), and the emperor penguins and perhaps the people getting the true classic EQ experience are those who come to p99 brand new and never played Everquest before. I do believe that if we are talking older computers/systems to bring back the true classic experience we must also talk of going back to where we were in our life when we first encountered the ever quest. I imagine many would have to go back to being in high school and anxiously awaiting that final bell so that they could go home and immerse themselves in the land of trolls, dragons, ninja looters, corpse runs, and the like and have a parent around to chide them about being up to all hours of the night when they are just trying to wait out this Hadden spawn damnit and if they look away for even a moment they might miss it and that shady looking dark elf that has swung by the pond several times might steal it from you and then when you get Hadden but no earring you know that six hours later you gotta be there and you shamefully set an alarm to interrupt your sleep and get up at 4 in the morning to log in because you know he's spawning at 4:21 and you want to be there for it for that fishbone earring stuff but of course none of this experience was mine rather I was just throwing out a hypothetical and in the end I would agree with the sentiment that the true classic experience is gone forever, but if they come out with really good mindwipe technology I wouldn't mind erasing my knowledge of everquest and start "brand new" and then I would probably mind wipe knowing how to ride a bike as well because screw it. I never liked bikes anyways and i'm honestly not sure I've ridden one in the past 20 years so it seems like a useless waste of space, much like the cat people of kerran isle are a waste of space unless I'm missing something and one of them drops like the supreme ball of yarn that has god like stats but I highly doubt that, in fact I think I might just go to kerran isle and slaughter the cat people the next time that I'm on and claim their island in the name of the peoples of Oggok as I am sure that all Ogres know it is about time we expanded our territories and gained a foothold into other areas of Norrath but ultimately classic EQ is going the way of the dodo bird, sabertooth tiger (RL), and the emperor penguins and perhaps the people getting the true classic EQ experience are those who come to p99 brand new and never played Everquest before. I do believe that if we are talking older computers/systems to bring back the true classic experience we must also talk of going back to where we were in our life when we first encountered the ever quest. I imagine many would have to go back to being in high school and anxiously awaiting that final bell so that they could go home and immerse themselves in the land of trolls, dragons, ninja looters, corpse runs, and the like and have a parent around to chide them about being up to all hours of the night when they are just trying to wait out this Hadden spawn damnit and if they look away for even a moment they might miss it and that shady looking dark elf that has swung by the pond several times might steal it from you and then when you get Hadden but no earring you know that six hours later you gotta be there and you shamefully set an alarm to interrupt your sleep and get up at 4 in the morning to log in because you know he's spawning at 4:21 and you want to be there for it for that fishbone earring stuff but of course none of this experience was mine rather I was just throwing out a hypothetical and in the end I would agree with the sentiment that the true classic experience is gone forever, but if they come out with really good mindwipe technology I wouldn't mind erasing my knowledge of everquest and start "brand new" and then I would probably mind wipe knowing how to ride a bike as well because screw it. I never liked bikes anyways and i'm honestly not sure I've ridden one in the past 20 years so it seems like a useless waste of space, much like the cat people of kerran isle are a waste of space unless I'm missing something and one of them drops like the supreme ball of yarn that has god like stats but I highly doubt that, in fact I think I might just go to kerran isle and slaughter the cat people the next time that I'm on and claim their island in the name of the peoples of Oggok as I am sure that all Ogres know it is about time we expanded our territories and gained a foothold into other areas of Norrath but ultimately classic EQ is going the way of the dodo bird, sabertooth tiger (RL), and the emperor penguins and perhaps the people getting the true classic EQ experience are those who come to p99 brand new and never played Everquest before.

[NachtMystium]

Why do these threads still get replies

[Necrostoner]

Why do these threads still get replies

Cuz rusty armor is real bro. Its a real thing. Its so easy to get P99'ers panties in a bunch. Try it sometime.

[Lhancelot]

Cuz rusty armor is real bro.

He meant "crusty armor" I think.

[maskedmelon]

not played in a while, but OP's claims about fungies stirred my interest. will someone gimme one the extra fungies? my p99 libido has fallen to post-menopausal levels and i don't think i'll ever have the desire to pull fungi or sit in that room long enough to get one :c it's pretty sad tbh ;n;

[Lhancelot]

not played in a while, but OP's claims about fungies stirred my interest. will someone gimme one the extra fungies? my p99 libido has fallen to post-menopausal levels and i don't think i'll ever have the desire to pull fungi or sit in that room long enough to get one :c it's pretty sad tbh ;n;

WB Melon, just don't stay too long or else risk losing all sanity. Breaks are good for the brain. :p

Especially stay away from RnF, lots of anger there.

[Lulz~Sect]

Can't wait for RNF whenever P99 releases a new server.

Should also implement a one account and one character per IP limit. So that people don't just create unlimited accounts and Alts. No more shared mage boxes to CoTH you through zones and skip the glory of crawling. FV loot rules would be sweet too.

🤤

[maskedmelon]

WB Melon, just don't stay too long or else risk losing all sanity. Breaks are good for the brain. :p

Especially stay away from RnF, lots of anger there.

ty lhance ^^

[Daloon]

Ideally id want a fresh server that goes to the end of PoP, but certains Devs aren't interested.

Im all for a new PVE server, timelines dont have to be classic. ~1 year of Kunark isnt very long, at all. If timelines were classic, P99 would be on Prophecy of Ro or The Serpent's Spine right now? The good thing P99 did was give people many years to catch up..

[Necrostoner]

Ideally id want a fresh server that goes to the end of PoP, but certains Devs aren't interested.

Im all for a new PVE server, timelines dont have to be classic. ~1 year of Kunark isnt very long, at all. If timelines were classic, P99 would be on Prophecy of Ro or The Serpent's Spine right now? The good thing P99 did was give people many years to catch up..

I would actually argue that's the bad thing P99 did.

[skarlorn]

I'd be down for 2 years of Kunark. That way you can cycle your addicts. First wave of addicts are the hardcores who crush it for the first 4-6 months. Most of those burn out. Rinse and repeat and then 2 years down the line, pretty much everyone is ready to move on!

[Necrostoner]

EverQuest launched March 16, 1999
Luclin launched December 4, 2001

That's 993 days. On the next server once your character reaches day 993 of their creation you are warned and at midnight that day you are kicked off the server and your character deleted.

This is what needed to happen on P99.

Damn D! Thats a great idea! Also on live back then I think if you didnt play for what...4 months? you toon got deleted? Or was it one year?

[loramin]

They purged level 1 characters who weren't logged in several times. Dunno how many times they purged non level 1s though.

Pretty sure they never purged characters prior to me quitting (LDoN era), ie. before free to play. Honestly I don't think they even purged level 1s, except maybe completely nekid level 1s (and even then I never heard of it happening). I would start level 1 alts and then get bored and forget about them for months or years at a time, but I don't remember ever having any of them deleted.

Fiscally Verant had zero reason to purge accounts. The only way they could make more money from purging is if there were people who said "I won't give Verant my $10/month because I can't have some name (that is being taken by a level one toon)." How many gamers have you heard of who refused to play any game because they couldn't get the handle they wanted?

At the same time, how many people did you know who stopped playing, and then came back months or years later (quite possibly with a desire to play a new toon)? That describes almost everyone on this server right? If Verant purged characters they'd be flushing money down the toilet, because anyone who came back and found their toons missing was likely to cancel their subscription.

[maskedmelon]

they purged low level ones lor, liek below 10 and below 20, but announced
it beforehand.

[Llandris]

This patch note is from 8/9/2000

Time has come to do some cleanup on character data across the servers. On August 23rd (Pacific), we will be doing a system-wide cleanup of level 1 characters. All level 1 characters that have that have not been played within 30 days from the date of the purge will be deleted. As GMs will not be able to restore any characters that are deleted, please be certain to log in any level 1 characters that you wish to keep prior to the purge.

followed by this one on 8/23/2000

We've decided to postpone the previously announced purging of level 1 characters that had not been played in the past 30 days. Should we reschedule this process in the future, we will again give fair warning prior to implementing the purge.

And finally this one on 9/19/2000 and 9/28/2000

The Level 1 character purge announced several weeks ago will take place on Wednesday, September 27, 2000, at 7:00am PST (GMT-7). Any level 1 characters that haven't been played within the previous 30 days will be deleted. If you wish to keep any level 1 characters that you may have, please log in and play them between now and 9/27.

The Level 1 character purge has been completed. All level 1 characters that have not been played within the past 30 days have been deleted.

[Lulz~Sect]

EverQuest launched March 16, 1999
Luclin launched December 4, 2001

That's 993 days. On the next server once your character reaches day 993 of their creation you are warned and at midnight that day you are kicked off the server and your character deleted.

This is what needed to happen on P99.

The thought of this ever happening if a new server ever launched is just wow 😮

[EpicAdventure]

Obvious answer; Join Auld Lange. the population and stability of the server is its main asset. A reset or new server is dangerous proposition because if half the population left server would be dead and classic over.

You have to deal with "old server" problems, because the alternative is playing alone on a dead server or 20 boxxing with the rest of the eq vets.

[loramin]

And finally this one on 9/19/2000 and 9/28/2000


Ahhh, thanks for posting that Llandris. That happened pre-Velious, and I didn't start until Velious, so that explains why I never heard of the wipe.

[Jimjam]

tldr: did anyone find out what rusty armor or full rusty armor is?

Cloth? Raw-hide? Bronze?
They can't start a new server till they finish the first one. simple as that.

aka Blue/Red still have content updates to roll out.

Submit those bug reports, folks!

[vexorile]

Something that I've really become aware of as I've started playing again, that speaks to I guess OP's point, is that everywhere you are leveling up, there are people with their level 60 cleric / enchanter alts logged nearby, constantly going around buffing people and 96% ressing them.

This makes all the content leveling up infinitely easier, and eliminates any consequence to death. The danger and the risk are a huge part of what made Classic EQ what is was.

Further, there are a million people available to port you at any time, anywhere, largely eliminating your need to run anywhere or take boats. This has the effect of vastly shrinking the world and causing people to avoid a lot of the traveling that also made this game what it was.

It would be nice if there was a way to start a fresh server while still guaranteeing a similar population level. I also agree with some of what other posters said, that bringing in new players who have never played EQ before would be a huge part of recreating the experience. I wonder if P99 is allowed to advertise, or if they would have an issue with people taking out ads on their behalf?

[d3r14k]

or if they would have an issue with people taking out ads on their behalf?

I'm not sure what the Daybreak agreement entails. I'm certain there's at least a few people here who have read the entire thing who know more about it. Having said that, I don't see anything wrong with people going to Reddit or Facebook or wherever and personally advertising that they're playing the game, if you want to do that. There's no way that can be a breach of agreement, as you're not affiliated with the staff. Maybe that makes it OK to pay for advertising on a site like Zam? As long as it's coming out of your pocket? I'm honestly not sure how the legality works there.

I agree that new players are the backbone here. Whenever I replace some gear I'll run through GFay and hand out old stuff / plat / buffs to newbies that want it. I'm not sure if this helps at all with any kind of new player retention, but I know I appreciated the Wraith Bone Hammer I was given as a newbie. If I hadn't gotten it, I'd have played the hell out of this game anyway, but it was still helpful.

[plasma1010]

Really do need to limit players to a single character and account though. This is a no boxing server after all. Shouldn't be able to juggle around toons for raids or groups. Just gotta have your one toon and no guild owned Mages or Clerics or necros. Just your main and that's it. Would be great.

That's not classic though

[plasma1010]

Cloth? Raw-hide? Bronze?




Rust is iron oxide, formed when iron reacts with moisture and oxygen from it's environment.
Bronze contains no iron, it is an alloy of copper and tin (and a few other metals such as zinc, but these are usually minor additions, the major constituents do not vary) so cannot form rust.

He must be naked equipping only a Rusty Axe and considering that clothing


Really do need to limit players to a single character and account though. This is a no boxing server after all. Shouldn't be able to juggle around toons for raids or groups. Just gotta have your one toon and no guild owned Mages or Clerics or necros. Just your main and that's it. Would be great.

That's not classic though

The thought of this ever happening if a new server ever launched is just wow 😮

Yeah everyone would be so pissed theyd quit playing

[wvredskinsfan]

Obvious answer; Join Auld Lange. the population and stability of the server is its main asset. A reset or new server is dangerous proposition because if half the population left server would be dead and classic over.

I have to agree with this. I played from 1999-2002 and came back to P99 at the end of October. As a player with previous experience, I was still a newbie and overwhelmed. Instead of taking the time to really dive deep into the game, I made the mad rush to accumulate bone chips, silks, etc... to sell in EC so that I could save up and buy gear. Looking back, I spent way too much time in the EC tunnel bartering and trying to sell my crappy wares instead of questing, traveling, and earning my equipment. To me, THIS is what classic EQ is about. Not until I joined ALS a week and a half ago with a new character did I really begin to enjoy the game and slow down a lot. There's no reason to rush in order to get to end game content.

"The point of the journey is not to arrive." - Neil Peart

[Canelek]

Bonus points for quoting Neil Peart.

[Randy]

This is always something that sounds good in theory or self-serving way. But the reality is with the number of people who know about P99 at this point and speed at which lots of players can fly through this game, i doubt it would take more than a 6 months(depending expansion release schedules) to get back near this level just with different item availability/pricing.

With Everquest your best bet is to make your game within the game, which is something EQ does a great job at.

[skarlorn]

This is always something that sounds good in theory or self-serving way. But the reality is with the number of people who know about P99 at this point and speed at which lots of players can fly through this game, i doubt it would take more than a 6 months(depending expansion release schedules) to get back near this level just with different item availability/pricing.

With Everquest your best bet is to make your game within the game, which is something EQ does a great job at.

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[Lulz~Sect]

Play in our world
Fap in yours

[Foxplay]

I always said this server should progress slowly (at first, they were trying to stick to the timeline) and drop rates should have been halved.

People starving for new grind

If people are starving for a new grind then they have low goals and that's their own fault for giving up when there is more to achieve. Granted there are ppl on this server that have been here for longer than me and accomplished more. But there are 14 classes and aside from maybe snackies I know of very few ppl that have all or even close to all at 60.

However not everyone likes alts or having 1 toon I understand this I myself am much more attached to say my enc or shm than I ever could be to say a cleric (nothing against clerics I just can't stand not being able to solo things) but even only investing into 1 or 2 chars is alot of work. Setting up recharges (if your guild doesn't provide) getting clickies, plat, and better gear and with that will eventually come raid window camping If you have the stomach for it

So that's just it if your starving in eq then you've eaten only what you want to eat and whining that the rest of the food doesn't interest you

[Vibe]

If people are starving for a new grind then they have low goals and that's their own fault for giving up when there is more to achieve. Granted there are ppl on this server that have been here for longer than me and accomplished more. But there are 14 classes and aside from maybe snackies I know of very few ppl that have all or even close to all at 60.

However not everyone likes alts or having 1 toon I understand this I myself am much more attached to say my enc or shm than I ever could be to say a cleric (nothing against clerics I just can't stand not being able to solo things) but even only investing into 1 or 2 chars is alot of work. Setting up recharges (if your guild doesn't provide) getting clickies, plat, and better gear and with that will eventually come raid window camping If you have the stomach for it

So that's just it if your starving in eq then you've eaten only what you want to eat and whining that the rest of the food doesn't interest you

very true.

[Foxplay]

KC 14 times? yikes

Lol KC is for chump's

[Jazzy]

Miss those classic era fear raids on this server

Uthgaard blowing his top and not letting anyone leave Fear was memorable

[Transylvania]

KC can be a honey hole if you know what/where to camp

[Necrostoner]

1 Wiz can ae a group of mobs down in KC?

[Hrothgar]

give em all the same drops, and all the same pay. the server'd be over and done in a day.