Why all the SOE run servers if Project 1999 is free to play?

[Dragonsblood1987]

Honestly, i think there are two main reasons live is still.. well.. alive.


Firstly, youve got people who have put the last 15 years into the game and arent willing to give up accounts theyve worked so hard on.



Secondly, and this applies to the "newer" players, WoW became massively popular. in teh first few years of its miserable existence it started to leech players from every other MMO out there; eq being no exception. WoW didnt give a shit about a challenge. it was designed to cater to an increasingly stupid and lazy populace, and it did exactly that. that game was made so terribly easy that literally anyone could play it, but it still had the option to go through the movements of raids and such for the more hardcore players coming from other games.



So in a desperate effort not to sink and die, SOE started to adapt in the most wretched of ways. they started making the game easier. after that came the swansong of every great MMO; the free to play version. MMOs go free to play only when death is imminent. The game as it exists now is nothing more than WoW with different graphics. SOE sold out.




So basically.. its alive because neckbeards who cant give up on 15 year love affairs, and lazy people who would rather be rewarded for nothing (blame the "you competed!" trophy culture we have nowadays) or just buy their accomplishments. the primary reason being that tiggles is a giant faggot and people are scared he'll give them the aids if they play here.