Written Project1999 content

[Quinas]

Hi all

I'm starting a little blog (so 2000s I know) that will have some P99 content, especially given it dominates my play time.

I wrote a post and involved some new players in a 'State of Play' on P99, and wanted to talk about the new player experience. So I asked them!

http://www.wherethemonstersare.com/2019/08/03/project1999-the-view-from-2019/

Thanks Khidash, Sororos and Vsanthos.

If anyone wants to give me their thoughts on mid and end game (negative and positive), shoot me a PM.

If you've also been writing about the server somewhere, feel free to hijack the thread too.

[Muggens]

Nice lil write up, great to see about p99!

[Quinas]

Nice lil write up, great to see about p99!

Thanks, much appreciated.

I did a write up today on death penalties in old MMOs (consequence) vs newer MMOs (inconvenience), if you're interested in this kind of stuff.

[Jibartik]

Nice! Bookmarking :)

[Khaleesi]

It was written well - appreciated the use of hyphenated clauses to sentences.


And whether you intended it or not, the multiple comments about a clear lack of clarity or detail on what the image provided by Rogean means, was deafening.

Everyone is assuming this is going to be the Green server they've been asking for years. a.k.a. The launch of the 'real' classic server as it was meant to be.

And yet they forget that :

There's no name for it
There are no details
The staff said with absolute certainty there would be no additional server after Blue that aims at a classic experience to the extend Blue did. Rather there may potentially be a server with custom content - when and if they could achieve it or there was demand
It suddenly appears on the radar with less than five months till it's launch and conveniently comes around the time of Classic Warcraft launch


You are correct when you say that the power gamers will dominate hte server, and frankly it's due to three things.

1. Some twisted desire to screw others over by taking things from them
2. Items
3. Being first at something

Rogean and Nilbog and the CSR talk a big game about really disliking the top 5% of the server, and then went on to make accommodations for them and their play style allowing it to affect the other 95%.
They hid behind this "it's classic" defense, when so much of the server is nowhere near classic on various levels.


About the best we can hope for, is that Green is a custom content server, influenced by Classic EverQuest, but not limited by, where they decide to change things to avoid what happened to Blue.
They'll have the opportunity to do something about it, such as change the items and way items work(so as to not create an environment for the pixels before people crowd).

We'd all be fine if every controversial item is either not in the game at the start, or never gets removed. That cuts out such a significant amount of the item chasing by the nerds and keeps them on Blue where they belong, stroking their Manastone or Elder Beads and muttering "my precious."

[Swish2]

I like this sort of thing, keep it coming :)

[Quinas]

It was written well - appreciated the use of hyphenated clauses to sentences.


And whether you intended it or not, the multiple comments about a clear lack of clarity or detail on what the image provided by Rogean means, was deafening.

Everyone is assuming this is going to be the Green server they've been asking for years. a.k.a. The launch of the 'real' classic server as it was meant to be.

And yet they forget that :

There's no name for it
There are no details
The staff said with absolute certainty there would be no additional server after Blue that aims at a classic experience to the extend Blue did. Rather there may potentially be a server with custom content - when and if they could achieve it or there was demand
It suddenly appears on the radar with less than five months till it's launch and conveniently comes around the time of Classic Warcraft launch


You are correct when you say that the power gamers will dominate hte server, and frankly it's due to three things.

1. Some twisted desire to screw others over by taking things from them
2. Items
3. Being first at something

Rogean and Nilbog and the CSR talk a big game about really disliking the top 5% of the server, and then went on to make accommodations for them and their play style allowing it to affect the other 95%.
They hid behind this "it's classic" defense, when so much of the server is nowhere near classic on various levels.


About the best we can hope for, is that Green is a custom content server, influenced by Classic EverQuest, but not limited by, where they decide to change things to avoid what happened to Blue.
They'll have the opportunity to do something about it, such as change the items and way items work(so as to not create an environment for the pixels before people crowd).

We'd all be fine if every controversial item is either not in the game at the start, or never gets removed. That cuts out such a significant amount of the item chasing by the nerds and keeps them on Blue where they belong, stroking their Manastone or Elder Beads and muttering "my precious."

Thanks for the read and thoughtful reply. I'd like to do a bit of a 'thoughts on Green' from experienced players, would be good if I could PM you.

I'm also eager to hear views on endgame on blue - haven't heard anything yet. I suspect it won't be pretty.

[Khaleesi]

You are welcome.

A read through Rants and Flames and the Raid sub forums will give you enough content about the end game and raid scene. And if it seems too PG currently, you needn't go back far in time /thread history to find something more wanton.

Yes you can PM me.

In summary though, we all already played EverQuest classic twice, and don't need to play it again. We have multiple 60s, hundreds of thousand if not millions of platinum. We have enough items to twink every class and then some, and have experienced so much of the content that it's trivial - which says a lot when you realize there's quite a bit more to EverQuest than people know.

And I don't particularly want to relive the last decade of needless drama when we have the opportunity to do something different for once.

As I'v stated elsewhere, maybe Nilbog and Rogean can succeed where Smedley and Sony failed - keeping classic era MMORPG gaming alive and interesting without living the past.

[Quinas]

I call out the big boy in the genre in my latest post:

http://www.wherethemonstersare.com/2019/08/14/world-of-warcraft-the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-the-mmorpg-genre/

[Quinas]

I look at P99 Green and WoW Classic in the context of the ultimate fate of locked in time classic MMORPG servers/projects.

http://www.wherethemonstersare.com/2019/08/16/the-ultimate-fate-of-classic-mmorpg-servers/

[Quinas]

I talk about the brilliant but ultimately flawed studio Sony Online Entertainment.

http://www.wherethemonstersare.com/2019/08/18/developer-appreciation-verant-interactive-sony-online-entertainment/

[Quinas]

Late but my post on the P99 Green announcement:

http://www.wherethemonstersare.com/2019/09/24/project1999-green-announcement-classic-everquest/

[Quinas]

I discuss "how much classic is too much classic?"

http://www.wherethemonstersare.com/2019/10/02/how-much-classic-is-too-much-classic/

[Deathrydar]

In summary though, we all already played EverQuest classic twice, and don't need to play it again.

Speak for yourself. I can't wait to start fresh!

[Quinas]

I search for my Project1999 class - Part 1 is Ench and Shammy

http://www.wherethemonstersare.com/2019/10/08/project1999-green-classic-class-conundrum/

[Quinas]

I choose a class! I also talk about Druid and Necro class mostly for those who aren't aware of EQ classes

http://www.wherethemonstersare.com/2019/10/15/project1999-green-classic-class-conundrum-part-2/

[Kanuvan]

if you have 3 friends that you play with together blue is a fine option to play on, but if you come into blue completely fresh by yourself youre in for a bad time and will rely on handouts from strangers for most of your early life in EQ, not to mention most of the low level grouping game is dead as the server is top heavy and mudflated

any *real* new players who start completely fresh are just better off playing on green, why would you play on a server where 99% of the pop are on batphones and have all level 60s when you could play on a server where literally every character is 1-5 at the start, its a no brainer for actual new players, being scared of hardcore players on green is kind of silly as they will rush to endgame and wont even apply to your early game grouping adventures

[Quinas]

I talk about people staying on Blue and custom content:

http://www.wherethemonstersare.com/2019/10/16/project1999-the-classic-fork/

[Knivek]

Nice blog Quinas. I enjoy reading your articles!

[Quinas]

Nice blog Quinas. I enjoy reading your articles!

Thanks!