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Originally Posted by Danth
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Vulak is a particularly good example because in original EQ Vulak was such a wuss the encounter had to be taken out of the game completely once word got out, and he wasn't put back in until such a time as the encounter could be modified to add a semblance of difficulty. The main barrier to high-end progression in the original game was that mode of gameplay wasn't the type of draw it is on P99, most players never raided at all or very seldom, with that minority being spread out between a bunch of servers, and exceedingly few guilds could produce the kind of stable roster needed to progress at that level.
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Also remember that new expansions were expected during live, so less people probably felt the need to get all the best gear in the current expansion. They could just raid the next expansion, which would probably have better gear than the previous one anyway.
Even the non-raid gear got progreseively better over time, becoming on par or better than older raid gear. I remember getting this on my Warrior during the 5 year anneversary:
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...tml?item=27215 . People simply lined up via a list and killed the mob on my server, so it wasn't tough to get. You just needed to wait like 6-10 hours in line. It was quite a good weapon at the time considering how easy it was to get, and it's better than most P99 raid weapons.
On P99 we know no new expansions are coming, so the best you can do is get the top tier raid items in this timeline.