Are there any pixels for casual players yet?

[Rager and Quitter]

Played on TLP for the lawls (had a couple Krono from my old Bristlebane account) but getting boring since it's too easy, and I'm not spending any money on those servers but it was fun for a bit.

Not sure if the autists are still standing at the roadblocks shooing fun people away that want to raid and stuff. Is it all still wall-stare poopsocking and gearing your 20th throwaway alt in the raid scene?

Can we pay a troll toll if we wanna get in this boy'soul?

[DMN]

with 95% of your posts being in rats and lames, I take it you are asking for a friend?

[Fammaden]

No, go away.

[mycoolrausch]

On a long enough timeline yes

And p99 blues timeline is forver so

[Kohedron]

In 2022, the real game is RNF

[Bardp1999]

If you warm body long enough for Detixx he will throw you some scraps, should only take 6 months or so

[Chortles Snortles]

https://i.imgur.com/jSGlQr2.jpg

[Bardp1999]

How was the commute this morning?

*chuckles softly from home office*

[Chortles Snortles]

https://i.imgur.com/jSGlQr2.jpg

[DeathsSilkyMist]

OP Whines about how TLP is too easy, then whines P99 is too hard (it's not).

[magnetaress]

No

[magnetaress]

Bronze armor and a mino axe maybe

[Tunabros]

Stopped reading at krono

[Chortles Snortles]

https://i.imgur.com/KBGJ7tL.png

[Bardp1999]

Chortles now obsessively posting about people with full heads of hair

*googles projecting*

[Chortles Snortles]

https://i.imgur.com/7cLy3T7.png

[Bardp1999]

Almost time to clock out, hope traffic isnt too bad, oh wait you ride a bike nevermind

[Chortles Snortles]

https://i.imgur.com/7cLy3T7.png

[Terrok]

Chortles now obsessively posting about people with full heads of hair

*googles projecting*

But that head of hair looks like it was jizzed in so much that it makes Chortles drool.

[Terrok]

and someone give op a hug.

[radda]

lawl

[Reiwa]

But that head of hair looks like it was jizzed in so much that it makes Chortles drool.

Earrings on a male. 🤪

[Troxx]

Pixels favor time invested on p99. Invest the time or don’t expect pixels.

(This coming from a guy who would like a lot more pixels but is unable or unwilling to commit the time to achieve said pixels)

The good news is that no content in this game requires said pixels. Group game is relatively easy with a low bar entry to be good at it. For the raid game? You don’t need the best pixels to tackle it.

I wish it were possible to experience high end content at a casual pace but acknowledge it isn’t going to be that way.

I’m personally ok with it.

I’ve had more fun in the low levels and doing group or low end raids than I ever had high end raiding.

Licking walls in a cheal chain or being an assist monkey in a large 100 man Zerg … I’ve been there and done that. It’s not interesting or fun … just a means to an end (the pixels you want but don’t actually need to have fun).

One day I’ll raid again I suppose.

[magnetaress]

Pixels favor time invested on p99. Invest the time or don’t expect pixels.

(This coming from a guy who would like a lot more pixels but is unable or unwilling to commit the time to achieve said pixels)

The good news is that no content in this game requires said pixels. Group game is relatively easy with a low bar entry to be good at it. For the raid game? You don’t need the best pixels to tackle it.

I wish it were possible to experience high end content at a casual pace but acknowledge it isn’t going to be that way.

I’m personally ok with it.

I’ve had more fun in the low levels and doing group or low end raids than I ever had high end raiding.

Licking walls in a cheal chain or being an assist monkey in a large 100 man Zerg … I’ve been there and done that. It’s not interesting or fun … just a means to an end (the pixels you want but don’t actually need to have fun).

One day I’ll raid again I suppose.

Literally I spent like 20 years playing this game and the best pixels I have aren't even really raid drops I was given by a friend and only stuff for fun/gimmicky play on a cleric. The rest of it is still literally bronze. I think the biggest quest item I ever did was staff of temperate flux and jboots on my wizard.

[magnetaress]

Literally I spent like 20 years playing this game and the best pixels I have aren't even really raid drops I was given by a friend and only stuff for fun/gimmicky play on a cleric. The rest of it is still literally bronze. I think the biggest quest item I ever did was staff of temperate flux and jboots on my wizard.

And I got like a freeby green jade broadsword or whatever that 1h that rangers get all the time as newbies.

And I borrowed some gear once I hit 49 on red on a paladin. That was super temporary tho. Lost interest once the game got super ez.

[Tunabros]

warm body casuals doing literally nothing every raid and yet they complain

they cant get loot

go figure

[Chortles Snortles]

https://i.imgur.com/Liqro6i.jpg

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

If you warm body long enough for Detixx he will throw you some scraps, should only take 6 months or so


Sounds like a square deal to me. You have to get it while you can.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju9yFA1S7K8


Don't turn your back on love. Oh no no no.

[Rust1d?]

P1999 is not hard, it just takes time to exp unless you are bard kiting or poop sock 24/7

[adruidarkly]

dilemma: will you play your old characters you previous quit or create new characters you will eventually quit
when is time to farm the new server like the last server with the same people? casuals cannot win, because if you don't like waiting for things to spawn you're trash

[Troxx]

It would be cool if once every 3 months each active guild could spawn an instance of one zone of their choice (only one zone) and have a few days before it closed to do whatever they wanted in there. I dunno maybe cut the loot drop rate in half for said instance.

That way guilds could work on their tactics and have a guaranteed chance at something without having to lick walls and toxically race/“compete” to at least have the experience.

Before I joined Azure Guard I mostly just wanted to experience the content. Loot was secondary.

[Ripqozko]

It would be cool if once every 3 months each active guild could spawn an instance of one zone of their choice (only one zone) and have a few days before it closed to do whatever they wanted in there. I dunno maybe cut the loot drop rate in half for said instance.

That way guilds could work on their tactics and have a guaranteed chance at something without having to lick walls and toxically race/“compete” to at least have the experience.

Before I joined Azure Guard I mostly just wanted to experience the content. Loot was secondary.

You mean draft? Folks get unlimited tries then and about to get more

[Troxx]

I am not actively raiding right now so I have idea what kind of fucked up rules guilds/staff have drafted up these days.

Raiding on p99 has always been a dumpster fire.

[Superfox76]

time to get good maybe

[Allishia]

Yes they have the draft where they get all the time in the world to kill mob /nod.

But in my opinion they really need to quit begging for freebies and Learn to train up, get some quad mages, yolo it every now and then.

It is a lot more rewarding when you win the dragon verse just single pull everything and trivialize the content. A slowed dragon with zero adds to kite is just kinda meh...

I love fast engages, sure I eat a few wort pots trying to stay alive but God it is a rush and so fun when you pull it off.

I do think shorter windows would be nice though cause the 16 - 24 hour windows are just a bit much.

[magnetaress]

Still voting for bronze armor, screaming mace. Handcrafted kite shield. Player made bow. And belt pouches full of bandages.

[loramin]

Yes they have the draft where they get all the time in the world to kill mob /nod.

But in my opinion they really need to quit begging for freebies and Learn to train up, get some quad mages, yolo it every now and then.

It is a lot more rewarding when you win the dragon verse just single pull everything and trivialize the content. A slowed dragon with zero adds to kite is just kinda meh...

I love fast engages, sure I eat a few wort pots trying to stay alive but God it is a rush and so fun when you pull it off.

I do think shorter windows would be nice though cause the 16 - 24 hour windows are just a bit much.

I mean, you're basically saying the made-up P99 game is more fun than the actual game of EverQuest there.

Not making judgments (everyone should play whatever game is fun for them), but I just find it amusing that we're all ostensibly here to play the 20-plus-year old game, and you're basically like "fuck that game, it's boring."

[Allishia]

I mean, you're basically saying the made-up P99 game is more fun than the actual game of EverQuest there.

Not making judgments (everyone should play whatever game is fun for them), but I just find it amusing that we're all ostensibly here to play the 20-plus-year old game, and you're basically like "fuck that game, it's boring."

Ya I guess so, I mean the rush for the dragons and giants and doing it all under pressure is a blast.

Seriously how old would it get just waiting in soup kitchen line for a trival fight? This server would be so dead lol. Gear wouldn't matter at all, at least with instant engages that extra hp matters, have fraps of me hitting 3% and wort potting like crazy till ch landed, that is fun and heart racing!!

I really love the new meta, especially where they did away with zone pulling in kael, fighting the Giants in their own areas is awesome! Especially KT, that fight is crazy fun now :)

Just wish the casual guilds would be happy with their quartly free mobs and use that time to learn the meta, practice, have fun and compete on the next cycle /nod

Might not get everything everytime but guarantee if they actually tried, would find it's not as hard as it looks and is crazy fun / rewarding.

[Ripqozko]

Ya I guess so, I mean the rush for the dragons and giants and doing it all under pressure is a blast.

Seriously how old would it get just waiting in soup kitchen line for a trival fight? This server would be so dead lol. Gear wouldn't matter at all, at least with instant engages that extra hp matters, have fraps of me hitting 3% and wort potting like crazy till ch landed, that is fun and heart racing!!

I really love the new meta, especially where they did away with zone pulling in kael, fighting the Giants in their own areas is awesome! Especially KT, that fight is crazy fun now :)

Just wish the casual guilds would be happy with their quartly free mobs and use that time to learn the meta, practice, have fun and compete on the next cycle /nod

Might not get everything everytime but guarantee if they actually tried, would find it's not as hard as it looks and is crazy fun / rewarding.

Gear doesn't matter at all, you are right. It was done in Kunark gear. Sorry you weren't there, enjoy the welfare pixels.

[loramin]

Ya I guess so, I mean the rush for the dragons and giants and doing it all under pressure is a blast.

Seriously how old would it get just waiting in soup kitchen line for a trival fight? This server would be so dead lol. Gear wouldn't matter at all, at least with instant engages that extra hp matters, have fraps of me hitting 3% and wort potting like crazy till ch landed, that is fun and heart racing!!

I really love the new meta, especially where they did away with zone pulling in kael, fighting the Giants in their own areas is awesome! Especially KT, that fight is crazy fun now :)

Just wish the casual guilds would be happy with their quartly free mobs and use that time to learn the meta, practice, have fun and compete on the next cycle /nod

Might not get everything everytime but guarantee if they actually tried, would find it's not as hard as it looks and is crazy fun / rewarding.

I understand what you're saying: competitive raiding is a fun thing on its own. I'm in Kingdom on Green, and when we beat Seal Team to something it's definitely a rush.

And again, I think people should play whatever game is fun for them, so even if I didn't like competitive raidng, I wouldn't fault you for it!

It's just that ... just because people don't want to play that made-up game, of competitive P99 raiding, I don't think they shouldn't be faulted for still wanting to play the (classic) game of EverQuest raiding.

[Jimjam]

Still voting for bronze armor, screaming mace. Handcrafted kite shield. Player made bow. And belt pouches full of bandages.

Marry me in eq and retire to run a tannery with me in West Karana.

[magnetaress]

Marry me in eq and retire to run a tannery with me in West Karana.

Done ✔ ! Haha.

Got to pump my raider.io and ilvl tho for s1 DF !

[Allishia]

Gear doesn't matter at all, you are right. It was done in Kunark gear. Sorry you weren't there, enjoy the welfare pixels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmfrRVoXOp4

You little troll, survive that with kunark gear! Also please don't make fun of me trying to get the dragon in the right spot! :p


I understand what you're saying: competitive raiding is a fun thing on its own. I'm in Kingdom on Green, and when we beat Seal Team to something it's definitely a rush.

And again, I think people should play whatever game is fun for them, so even if I didn't like competitive raidng, I wouldn't fault you for it!

It's just that ... just because people don't want to play that made-up game, of competitive P99 raiding, I don't think they shouldn't be faulted for still wanting to play the (classic) game of EverQuest raiding.

Yes I like the draft and I think it is awesome. The quarterly draft is perfect and it is nice for casual guilds who want to raid things. I don't agree with it needing to be more frequent then that. If casual guild want more mobs, use the free time during draft week to practice / learn the meta to earn them during the normal window weeks /nod.

[Ravager]

The answer is simple. At the end of Green's life, make Blue the Carebear server, and the Green "Competition" and then what Green whither into Red.

[Arvan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmfrRVoXOp4

You little troll, survive that with kunark gear! Also please don't make fun of me trying to get the dragon in the right spot! :p




Yes I like the draft and I think it is awesome. The quarterly draft is perfect and it is nice for casual guilds who want to raid things. I don't agree with it needing to be more frequent then that. If casual guild want more mobs, use the free time during draft week to practice / learn the meta to earn them during the normal window weeks /nod.

The meta is easy - live with your parents quit your job and be able to sock ftes for 16 hours multiple times a week.

You wouldn’t win any dragons without the people in your guild who are like that
Some guilds dont have and will never have people like that.

[Ripqozko]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmfrRVoXOp4

You little troll, survive that with kunark gear! Also please don't make fun of me trying to get the dragon in the right spot! :p




Yes I like the draft and I think it is awesome. The quarterly draft is perfect and it is nice for casual guilds who want to raid things. I don't agree with it needing to be more frequent then that. If casual guild want more mobs, use the free time during draft week to practice / learn the meta to earn them during the normal window weeks /nod.

The proposed new 6 drafts is only 2 extra per year, if that’s too much reevaluate yourself . Hope that helps.

[Insaiyan]

A lot of people work from home. Just gives them the advantage now. It’s not all unemployed basement dwellers who can hop at a moments notice. They grew up, molded themselves to society and found a niche in which would let them facilitate their pixel addiction. Kudos.

[Naethyn]

Just wait until winter when the status quo no is no longer killing vulak and vq will want all of the above.

[Allishia]

The meta is easy - live with your parents quit your job and be able to sock ftes for 16 hours multiple times a week.

You wouldn’t win any dragons without the people in your guild who are like that
Some guilds dont have and will never have people like that.

That is a poor excuse to not even try. Lot of the so called unemployed people you keep referring to is false. Most just are smarter than you or I and make crazy money doing business things. Fur for example is almost always flying somewhere and sending photos of beautiful beaches etc...so ya don't hate just cause you failed at life and have a shit job like me lol :p

[Ripqozko]

Alli drinking the koolaid hard these days, yikes.

[Allishia]

Alli drinking the koolaid hard these days, yikes.

Lol I just tired of that lame excuse and trying to say everyone is unemployed, it's just stupid /nod.

[Chortles Snortles]

https://i.imgur.com/trpoTJp.gif

[Ravager]

Lol I just tired of that lame excuse and trying to say everyone is unemployed, it's just stupid /nod.

Two things can be true at the same time. Rules have exceptions.

[Croco]

That is a poor excuse to not even try. Lot of the so called unemployed people you keep referring to is false. Most just are smarter than you or I and make crazy money doing business things. Fur for example is almost always flying somewhere and sending photos of beautiful beaches etc...so ya don't hate just cause you failed at life and have a shit job like me lol :p

I love that your example of someone successful is a person that lives on mommy and daddy's money lol.

The only smart thing you've done in the last few years is jump ship to a guild with more neckbeards who aren't afraid to cheat to win.

Drinking the kool-aid indeed.

[Chortles Snortles]

https://i.imgur.com/uTF2LtS.gif

[Fammaden]

Akshully it was Flavor-Aid brand that the cultists used at Jonestown, not Kool Aid.

[Allishia]

I love that your example of someone successful is a person that lives on mommy and daddy's money lol.

The only smart thing you've done in the last few years is jump ship to a guild with more neckbeards who aren't afraid to cheat to win.

Drinking the kool-aid indeed.

Didn't know that, I just thought he bought real state and did like bnb type stuff. Anyway point I was trying to make is most everyone has a job. Just large guild with players in all time zones who want to win /nod.

I got off work and sat on a coth mage for tfa, that's what I like to do to win eq...don't have to be unemployed to play eq and win mobs is all...

And you are in riot Mr, those no job comments are directed at you too.

I'm just tired of hearing the basement living unemployed comment, that has nothing to do with why the other guilds don't get mobs.

It's because casual guilds don't even try. They just want the mobs given to them for whatever reason.

[Danth]

I'm just tired of hearing the basement living unemployed comment, that has nothing to do with why the other guilds don't get mobs.

Then stop hanging around where the shoe fits.

Probably all of us have been in those types of guild as well so the denials aren't going to get much traction around these parts. I well remember the divorcees, the forever-aloners, the unemployeds or never-employeds, drug addicts, drunkards, has-beens and never-weres. Sure it's not 100%....but they're there, and they're there in quantity. No "normal" well-adjusted adult with an ordinary life can spend the equivalent of fulltime plus overtime hours on EQ-emulator. It can't be done and the normal folks who hang out in those types of guilds usually accept and ignore the obvious reality of the folks who are online seemingly around the clock at all hours, because that's the bunch who makes stuff happen in-game.

Meanwhile in the dinky low-end casual guild it's families, lot of my groups are as many women as men, stable careers, spouses and children, home owners, mortgages, and a definite lack of ever logging in at 4 AM to FTE this or that dragon.

[Fammaden]

Nah, Allishya is right. P99 raiding is build on remote work and people playing from work. I've been around both the raid guilds on blue and also raid frequently on green. This is how its always been.

Dudes working while tracking on a second monitor. People taking shifts to track and race, the vast majority never sock a full 16 hours straight as is constantly insinuated by smaller guild members. People like Alli pop on after work and do a couple hours shift here or there.

The guilds are more defined by having people with flexible work from home, and simply having a LARGE roster so that you can cover the tracking shifts at all hours. Riot wins more mobs in off hours because they have a ton of players on Euro and Asian time zones, not because they have more unemployed people. The people running those guilds have families, incomes, mortgages, careers, but they have a lot of flexibility and spend a lot of time working at home.

[Danth]

I'll grant that the past few years, specifically, remote work is more of a thing than it previously had been thanks to covid and whatnot. But that's definitely not "always been the case."

[Croco]

Didn't know that, I just thought he bought real state and did like bnb type stuff. Anyway point I was trying to make is most everyone has a job. Just large guild with players in all time zones who want to win /nod.

I got off work and sat on a coth mage for tfa, that's what I like to do to win eq...don't have to be unemployed to play eq and win mobs is all...

And you are in riot Mr, those no job comments are directed at you too.

I'm just tired of hearing the basement living unemployed comment, that has nothing to do with why the other guilds don't get mobs.

It's because casual guilds don't even try. They just want the mobs given to them for whatever reason.

I'm not in riot and haven't played on the server in 3 months, do try to keep up. I'm just waiting for the green merge, maybe I'll decide to give this hellhole another chance but probably not.

Would be nice if the gm's purged the server of all the garbage people but that will likely never happen for *reasons*. The shit state of the project is entirely do it mismanagement.

[Jimjam]

When talking about hard bans, lets not forget that it has been a really hard time of year.

[Allishia]

I'm not in riot and haven't played on the server in 3 months, do try to keep up. I'm just waiting for the green merge, maybe I'll decide to give this hellhole another chance but probably not.

Would be nice if the gm's purged the server of all the garbage people but that will likely never happen for *reasons*. The shit state of the project is entirely do it mismanagement.

Oh sorry I mistook you for someone else.

Who are your toons on blue if you don't mind me asking?Or you trying to stay anonymous? :)

[Harvest]

Hey Ally,

How do you inspire a guild of casuals to try for mons when anytime they are in a competitive environment they see rule breaking that isn't punished?

Didn't a vanquish raid mentor post a video of himself gast switching and abusing IP exemption? Then a week later racing in kael with textures missing and clicking off lev?

Do I tell my guys to turn up to some windows and maybe the other guys will follow the rules this time?

[Allishia]

Hey Ally,

How do you inspire a guild of casuals to try for mons when anytime they are in a competitive environment they see rule breaking that isn't punished?

Didn't a vanquish raid mentor post a video of himself gast switching and abusing IP exemption? Then a week later racing in kael with textures missing and clicking off lev?

Do I tell my guys to turn up to some windows and maybe the other guys will follow the rules this time?

Note, that member doesn't even have an IP excemption and was found not guilty by GM's. Was a weird bug.

Never heard of the texture thing but I'm pretty sure after what people did in sleepers tomb to make golems appear as giant humans was turned into a server side flag that bans you if files are missing...

There are plenty of mobs that aren't Mario kart. Triples and twins in tov, coth mage + war and some clrs, then slow team = win. St is pretty easy to win also, if you have enough members with keys.

Everyone can compete on vindi with the pet spam :p

A few instances shouldn't discourage an entire guild from even trying..just go for it when windows are in your favor. If it's low window and you have enough people, just try?

Obviously inner tov takes a force and plenty of coordination you likely wouldn't find in a casual guild, but any coth to target or wtov dragon should be doable.

Heck after quake telk was up all morning on a Sunday, we left it up and even did hot mini's, no one showed up to compete..you gotta actually try if you want it :p

[Ruhtar]

Everyone can compete on vindi with the pet spam :p

Is Vindi not a target casual guilds are getting? That used to be the one "target" any guild could get.

A few instances shouldn't discourage an entire guild from even trying..just go for it when windows are in your favor. If it's low window and you have enough people, just try?

Where's the 4head emote when you need it?

Heck after quake telk was up all morning on a Sunday, we left it up and even did hot mini's, no one showed up to compete..you gotta actually try if you want it :p

Wow, the trash dragon was left up. I wonder why.

[Fammaden]

Telk has nice ass loots, especially if you don't get a lot of Velious targets.

[Ripqozko]

Telk has nice ass loots, especially if you don't get a lot of Velious targets.

specially if ya a knight, the lance is underrated.

[Ennewi]

Note, that member doesn't even have an IP excemption and was found not guilty by GM's. Was a weird bug.

Never heard of the texture thing but I'm pretty sure after what people did in sleepers tomb to make golems appear as giant humans was turned into a server side flag that bans you if files are missing...

NlqvHMxrxqE

[Allishia]

NlqvHMxrxqE

i dont see it, what part is the texture thing?

[Ennewi]

https://i.imgur.com/1ar62ub.jpg

[Croco]

https://i.imgur.com/1ar62ub.jpg

It's easier for the script to see the color change when tormax pops if there's no throne there.

https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/d6a/dc7/4a5001b7beea096457f480c8808572428b-09-roll-safe.2x.h473.w710.jpg

[xdrcfrx]

Heck after quake telk was up all morning on a Sunday, we left it up and even did hot mini's, no one showed up to compete..you gotta actually try if you want it :p

this is just everyone being smart enough to not take the bait. sorry no one wanted to wake up on a sunday and fill the roll of the washington generals for you.

[SantagarBrax]

People play in cycles based upon their lifestyle's and commitments at any given time. Players go from hard in the paint to rather casual within a raiding guild. As far as I'm aware, no raiding guild has a required minimum raid attendance % anymore to bid on items. This allows all players from all different lifestyles to be able participate in the content and win loot, regardless of your schedules. You may have to wait a little longer than normal for particular items that you want and I do recommend that you save your application date to a period where you have more time to commit during your application process.

@Casual guilds - Quakes are your best opportunity for content. Vanquish and Riot will be going for KT / Doze right away. This has allowed Kittens to go get Dain, then proceed to Yelinak. It's allowed TSS to go to triples/doubles right away and take their time. The secondary targets for raid mobs are going to be Statue/Aow and Hosh/PD in VP. Axiom got in on the last quake and pulled in Ikatiar successfully, they wiped at 21% or so but I was cheering them on the whole time. It was a positive moment for the server and I was happy it occurred.

@Cheaters - Ban the accounts and those responsible, regardless of where it may lead. No 2nd chances or any other excuses allowed. Just ban them completely.

@Drafts - There's absolutely no reason to increase the frequency at all as a Quake is an instant draft win for all guilds on the server who can gather numbers, form quick alliances, specify a target, and mobilize. You have time if you choose wisely and will find success after repetition.

I would argue Drafts need a little competition added into them to add some spice and if we're going to keep them, have it remain at quarterly: 8 hrs to kill a target on a quake/spawn or it goes FFA, outside of Vulak due to the blocking mechanic.

[Chortles Snortles]

>being this invested in elf sim in 2022
(lol)

[SantagarBrax]

>being this invested in elf sim in 2022
(lol)

No less than your investment into these forums. At least my input is helpful and beneficial :)

[Allishia]

https://i.imgur.com/1ar62ub.jpg

Oh wow I didn't even realize the throne was not there! Ok I'm sorry I guess there are stupid people trying to cheat. That's crazy though, wonder how they knew what file was there throne

[Chortles Snortles]

No less than your investment into these forums. At least my input is helpful and beneficial :)

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

[Patrece]

The Antonican pox continues to spread