Originally Posted by Knowmercy (Post 2093304)

Hello. I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to the p99 team and community for a great experience and event. I thought the lore/roleplaying behind the event was cool, and it was nice to have a quest sending me to, and witnessing a lot of players visiting, different zones in a hectic and mad dash for the NPCs and items.

I was in a group with a druid, we were helping people get around the world and complete the tasks. I felt like it was a good social thing, I made some friends, and there was some great teamwork involved.

However after getting to the Kael stage, it became apparent the quest was a real challenge, and I thought that was nice. I spent alot of time in Kael dragging corpses, and helping people get to the NPC with invis and whatnot. I wasn't expecting a great reward for the event, but just wanted the satisfaction of knowing i completed it. I figured something like this only comes around once a year so what the heck.

After de-leveling in Kael and finally getting the item with my group - i receive the server-wide message that was an apology for "bad rewards" and notifying everyone that the NPCs have been "deactivated". I thought this was curious and strange as i was on the FINAL ITEM, and the message stated there would be another event on Sunday.

I do not know why the event wasn't just continued throughout the weekend. I wasn't even upset, more just shocked that it was simply shut down. It would have been one thing for the event to end in a lore like fashion, maybe a message like "The strange ceature in Kithicor has exited to the nether realm... It shall return next halloween!. Instead it was "Im sorry the event rewards were bad we are pulling the plug". I spent hours and hours doing this quest, and had i not taken the time to help people with it, I would have completed it.

Anyway this is not a rant or a flame of any kind. I'm not even upset more in shock that it ended like it did. I'm just disappointed that all this time was invested into this event that was intended to promote a healthy community, and teamwork. That was the essence of what i was trying to cultivate when working with my group.

I'm all about the cruel punishing classic eq style of play - but this feels strange, like a big troll/inside dev joke. I remember Verant's events were pretty cool and never ended in a cruel punishing joking manner. I really enjoy p99, but this is strange.

Anyway, thanks for the great memories, I love the GMs and everyone on the server. Like I said a lot of people were complaining about the rewards - wasn't expecting anything like that - maybe a token or item i could keep in the bank to associate the memories with, but it's all good. Instead i got an apology and a "your quest has been deactivated"message.

Mad props for organizing something like this but shame on you. Shame on you. Don't be afraid to respond to this post with something real. Thanks and have a wonderful weekend! -Knowmercy XOXO

Originally Posted by Griffy (Post 2095608)

I remember the first year I played there was a large event. it would trigger in different zones. In particular i remember the Karanas full of werewolves and eyes. Lots of players /ooc'ing such and such corpse has such and such item on it come get it.

I also remember as a druid I made my very first 1K that weekend porting people from zone to zone. I remember just staring at my bank thinking. "I can't believe I actually have 1K plat !"