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Originally Posted by Bones
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I was and am after classic EQ. TLP servers are so far from classic eq they are pretty much a different game. P99 is also not perfect classic EQ, although its the best we have, but the main culprit is the part of the player base that has created a shitty raid scene and zerg meta that has existed here for the better part of a decade, and the only people who think otherwise are the people creating said environment and benefitting from it.
P99 could be so much better, unfortunately it requires everybody to be on board and that's just not something I ever see happening. I still enjoy p99 casually and play it in a way that I enjoy without having to participate in the politics of the raid scene. That doesn't mean, as someone who has been around since before blue even went live, that I dont want to see things changed for the better in a way that the more of the server can experience all the content other than just the top zerg guild.
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I think the Zerg meta is a by product of the 16 hour windows for big targets. You don’t exactly need to Zerg these mobs to take them down, but you do need to have enough players to cover the potentially full 16 hour window, for each target. That can be almost two days of beloved poop socking. There is no chance for competition from anything other then the biggest guilds. Players want a chance of loot, they have to go to a guild with a big enough player base to increase their odds. All that does is diminish chances of a smaller guild full of higher skilled players of coming around. Euro Crew, Lineage and then Sense Heading went to Seal Team. Not sure of how many went to those guilds or dispersed elsewhere, but enough to swell them up. Be curious to see how many level 50+ every guild has at the moment to compare numbers.
The first UN General chat had a guild talking about the reduction of the windows but for the most part acted like it was a demand. I think it was Gathering Might or whatever they’re called. A +/- 4 hour window would be more manageable then +/-8 hour window. Then again, wouldn’t be Everquest if you didn’t waste 15 hours or your life for 15 seconds of fighting a mob.