Remember when they disallowed content during classic everquest?

[Baler]

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=381458

yeah me neither. :confused:

Relive the Classic Everquest Experience as it was from 1999 to 2001.

[Baler]

INB4 beta server replies.

p99 was created to be a museum for classic eq.

ps. this isn't a hill I want to die on, I just thought it was amusing.

[Snortles Chortles]

Please refrain from disparaging the staff or I will be forced to report you :eek:
consider this a courtesy warning
THANK YOU

[Baler]

Please refrain from disparaging the staff or I will be forced to report you :eek:
consider this a courtesy warning
THANK YOU

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[Jibartik]

upboat

[Hibren]

None of the raiders seem interested in discussing their pixel time out.... Odd

[Nirgon]

You love to see the human element bleed thru the corporate face of nonchalance presented from time to time.

[indiscriminate_hater]

From what I understand it's a form of pixel welfare designed to appease the plebs (read: the guilds on this server who need more than 2 hours to kill Talendor)

[Snortles Chortles]

elf socialism

[Nirgon]

From what I understand it's a form of pixel welfare designed to appease the plebs (read: the guilds on this server who need more than 2 hours to kill Talendor)

The top raiders sort out and deal with the bleating and constant demands for changes right now by design.

When a certain threshold of ridiculousness is reached and refused, the bleaters berate the staff. This is to say when the responsibility of dealing with the idiots becomes too much for the people being loosely forced to do so, it goes back up, and what comes down is "do a better job appeasing the idiots cuz I'm mad now that I'm dealing with it again". If that starts to fail, classic content is customized with one change after another "solving" nothing and costing the community a more classic experience

The solution is obvious, but a possible lower pop count isn't gonna make a great shining case for a game article/mag interview.

Hey I love classic EQ who wants to play during cool, normal hours?

[MarauderOHHYEAH]

The top raiders sort out and deal with the bleating and constant demands for changes right now by design.

When a certain threshold of ridiculousness is reached and refused, the bleaters berate the staff. This is to say when the responsibility of dealing with the idiots becomes too much for the people being loosely forced to do so, it goes back up, and what comes down is "do a better job appeasing the idiots cuz I'm mad now that I'm dealing with it again". If that starts to fail, classic content is customized with one change after another "solving" nothing and costing the community a more classic experience

The solution is obvious, but a possible lower pop count isn't gonna make a great shining case for a game article/mag interview.

Hey I love classic EQ who wants to play during cool, normal hours?

"Top raiders" is a joke lol... we are all regurgitating strats on fights that were solved years ago... calling anyone a "top raider" on p99 is an insult to everyone who has ever had to figure out content on their own

[ClephNote]

"Top raiders" is a joke lol... we are all regurgitating strats on fights that were solved years ago... calling anyone a "top raider" on p99 is an insult to everyone who has ever had to figure out content on their own

Philosophically, yes. Practically? There is a reason that one guild consistently dominates for a period of time.

If you are a consistent winner, it’s because you are better. If you are on the losing end, it’s because they are no life neck beard cheaters that regurgitates old strats. Which one are you?

[Horza]

The top raiders sort out and deal with the bleating and constant demands for changes right now by design.

When a certain threshold of ridiculousness is reached and refused, the bleaters berate the staff. This is to say when the responsibility of dealing with the idiots becomes too much for the people being loosely forced to do so, it goes back up, and what comes down is "do a better job appeasing the idiots cuz I'm mad now that I'm dealing with it again". If that starts to fail, classic content is customized with one change after another "solving" nothing and costing the community a more classic experience

The solution is obvious, but a possible lower pop count isn't gonna make a great shining case for a game article/mag interview.

Hey I love classic EQ who wants to play during cool, normal hours?

*tips fedora*

[Cassawary]

If you are a consistent winner, it’s because you are better.

Lgs9QUtWc3M

[Naethyn]

"Top raiders" is a joke lol... we are all regurgitating strats on fights that were solved years ago... calling anyone a "top raider" on p99 is an insult to everyone who has ever had to figure out content on their own

Actually, that is what sets P99 apart. None of this is about figuring out content. It is an ever evolving strategy of beating other real players. Everquest has never been hard because of the PVE, it is hard because of the other players in your PVE.

[reznor_]

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=381458

yeah me neither. :confused:

boohoo bitch

[Tentarro]

From what I understand it's a form of pixel welfare designed to appease the plebs (read: the guilds on this server who need more than 2 hours to kill Talendor)

You have no idea bro Faydiddleydar is really hard to kill

[Wokka]

It's welfare pixels for those who want instanced zones and rotated content so they can just log in and get their handout. WoW is a much better option for those that want that. Funny how it's called a draft "week" when it goes for 8-9 days. I was always of the understanding a "week" was 7 days. Inb4 the whingers bitch and moan their way to a draft "month".

[Wokka]

"Top raiders" is a joke lol... we are all regurgitating strats on fights that were solved years ago... calling anyone a "top raider" on p99 is an insult to everyone who has ever had to figure out content on their own

You couldn't be more wrong, you obviously don't raid much / at all. If everyone was just regurgitating the same strats there would be a more even spread across the guilds right? Notice how some guilds get more kills than others? And more consistently? That ain't just from regurgitating the same strat. Yes people understand the mechanics and mob info etc, but that doesn't mean no new strats are ever developed. Sit back down in the gallery and be happy you're getting handouts.

[Bardp1999]

You couldn't be more wrong, you obviously don't raid much / at all. If everyone was just regurgitating the same strats there would be a more even spread across the guilds right? Notice how some guilds get more kills than others? And more consistently? That ain't just from regurgitating the same strat. Yes people understand the mechanics and mob info etc, but that doesn't mean no new strats are ever developed. Sit back down in the gallery and be happy you're getting handouts.

You are confusing "skill" and "the ability to track 24 hours per day" as the same thing. No one wants to "compete" against people who treat P99 like a job.

[ClephNote]

Actually, that is what sets P99 apart. None of this is about figuring out content. It is an ever evolving strategy of beating other real players. Everquest has never been hard because of the PVE, it is hard because of the other players in your PVE.

That’s what makes EQ unique. PVEVP. Nothing else like it that I know of!

[Cassawary]

That’s what makes EQ unique. PVEVP. Nothing else like it that I know of!

It's quite a bit like tapping gnolls in goldshire

[Croco]

That’s what makes EQ unique. PVEVP. Nothing else like it that I know of!

The funny thing about p99 is that the vocal minority thinks every classic server was like this but it wasn't. There were a significant number of servers where everything was rotated, or there was only 1 top guild and the next guild down was not directly competitive. Raiding and competition as it is on p99 is nothing like it was in classic. Very little about blue or green is a "classic experience".

[Wokka]

You are confusing "skill" and "the ability to track 24 hours per day" as the same thing. No one wants to "compete" against people who treat P99 like a job.

Nope, I wasn't even referring to skill or tracking. We were talking about strategies, try and stay on topic here. So what you're saying is if every guild tracked more they would win more targets? Also wrong. Being able to track doesn't mean you get the mob, tracking just gives the guild the earliest notice and thus chance to go for the mob. The guild still has to rally troops, fight to the mob and win it. There is still skill involved in that. Tracking doesnt mean you automatically win the mob. You have to have good leaders to win. You seem to think tracking 24 hours a day overrides any skill involved in getting the mob. If you're going to stand up from the gallery at least stay on topic or say something with some sense, rather than riding the coattails of the "skill and tracking" moaners.

[Bardp1999]

90% of P99 raid encounters die in 30-45 seconds and involve spinning the target in a circle so they don't cast, so I sincerely have no idea what you are talking about. Maybe rooted ToV dragons have made things more interesting, I honestly don't care.

And yes, having a 24-hour tracking force also means you have other idiots who are willing to log in from a batphone call at 2am. I have seen some pretty spectacular training and DI tactics in my time raiding but the guild who tracks the hardest gets the most mobs, its always been that way. Its really sad and pathetic

[eezl]

haha this idiot thinks dragons are still pulled to the entrance and pushed in a circle, gtfo

[Bardp1999]

Also was Seal team ever admitted to the Draft or are they being cucked by the GMs?

[Bardp1999]

haha this idiot thinks dragons are still pulled to the entrance and pushed in a circle, gtfo

Im sure its much more fascinating now - Seek help for addiction

[TripSin]

The funny thing about p99 is that the vocal minority thinks every classic server was like this but it wasn't. There were a significant number of servers where everything was rotated, or there was only 1 top guild and the next guild down was not directly competitive. Raiding and competition as it is on p99 is nothing like it was in classic. Very little about blue or green is a "classic experience".

What's actually funny is people thinking you're going to get the same experience from 2000 when you put in players from 2020 in the game.

You are the least classic thing about p99. By far.

[Wokka]

90% of P99 raid encounters die in 30-45 seconds and involve spinning the target in a circle so they don't cast, so I sincerely have no idea what you are talking about. Maybe rooted ToV dragons have made things more interesting, I honestly don't care.

And yes, having a 24-hour tracking force also means you have other idiots who are willing to log in from a batphone call at 2am. I have seen some pretty spectacular training and DI tactics in my time raiding but the guild who tracks the hardest gets the most mobs, its always been that way. Its really sad and pathetic

You've got no idea what you're talking about, regardless of whether you care ot not, don't comment if you don't have a clue. Sit back down in the peanut gallery and go play another game if you can't understand things.

[Bardp1999]

Yea I have no idea about P99 raiding LOL. Nice join date virgin

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[Wokka]

You don't, you literally just said 90% of encounters are killed in 30-45 seconds and the mobs are spun in a circle to prevent casting. Both absolutely false. You may have "known" the scene when you were playing years ago, but the encounters aren't anything like what you said nowadays. Again, shut up and sit down if you don't understand things.

[Bardp1999]

You kill trash mobs and fight dragons in their lair (only in ToV - every other raid zone is unchanged) instead of pulling them to the zone line. HOLY FUCK SO MUCH HAS CHANGED WHERE DO I SIGN UP