nothing is better than flaunting their gear in front of them

The way you bitch and whine I feel like this can't be true. You must be a girl.

damn bards took our jerbs

True dat. I remember days not being able to play because I waited and waited until it was time for bed.

Re: bards
They don't take your mobs. They deliver them.

Classic was indeed overcrowded.
However, people here are overtwinked and know a lot about the game, making them more efficient.
1 group on p99 can easily hold what 2 groups would do on live.

If we could start by removing the silly epic MQs at level 1, leveling would feel a bit more classic.

That being said, people who complain about the server being overcrowded usually stay on the beaten path and only go to the most popular leveling spots. At 50+ there aren't many possibilities, but until 50 you have tons of opportunities to level up without anyone near you.

I disagree.

If anything I would like to see a more populous P99 server!

I agree with this to an extent. But even off the beaten path is getting rough now with 1500+ on at primetime. The outdoor zones are all being swarmed by bards 24/7 and the indoors are crowded as hell. Unrest/MM/Guk/HHK will always be crowded but even places like SolA are seeing a ton of people. The places with low pop are generally people being PL'd as well, which makes them uncampable for actual leveling groups.

There are certain zones in this game that still largely remain untouched. People are too focused on what loot drops rather than venturing to zones just for a crawl.

Najena and Befallen are generally empty
Dalnir remains primarily empty
Kaesora is often empty
The Hole is largely empty
Nobody goes to Nurga and short of SS/Ledge Droga is empty
Kedge and Perma remain generally empty
I could continue but you get the point.

Some of these places offer little/no loot, but can be a fun group crawl. In addition some of those zones have XP modifiers.

While I agree that places like Seb and KC remain packed, there are other options out there for all level ranges.

If you want to make the argument that a lot quality gear camps are perma-camped, well that's a different conversation to be had.

I think its mostly because the server is mostly top heavy and stays that way. If it was live either people at max level would just not do anything or have plenty of alts which would then fill the 1-50 game so you would have the low level dungeons filled besides just Mistmoore and Unrest(sometimes not all the time). Except theres either not enough people on the server to match live or people just don't do the "multiple alt" thing like they did on live.