Patch Notes: December 3rd, 2014

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by redhorse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A big part of the attraction of playing on P99 was getting a chance to play the original trilogy, on a server that was stuck in the original trilogy. To add to that, a big part of the attraction was not reliving exactly how it was then, but how it should have been.

It’s like fantasizing about going back in time and starting your life over the freshmen year of high school. The entire concept is tantalizing because of all the things you would do to improve the experience. You could stand up to that bully, join that sports team, buy that Microsoft stock, and (now that you thoroughly understand cunnilingus) get that girl you wanted. Be forced to just relive it as it was, would be… less enjoyable.

I heard about P99 for years before I first started playing, doubting it would pan out all the time. When I first played I was really, really impressed. P99 in classic? From the start? Amazing! You get to play with “modern” resolutions, play on modern hardware, all on modern internet connections! A dream come true!

To top it all off, you benefit from a decade of less desirable things taken out of the game. In game maps, mobs con the appropriate color, UI modernizations, proper gamma implementations, item links, and many, many more. I personally found all of these (maybe minus the maps) marked improvements.

A lot of tweaks did need to be made, to swing it more to the overall feel and flavor of classic. However, steadily changes have been made that seem to be making the game less fun, just for the sake of being more “classic”. I don’t like this.

I understand that there are probably legal constraints that prevent the Devs from profiting from the server. But I would be willing to bet that many people that play here would rather incentivize forms of positive maintenance, opposed to ideological forms of regressive maintenance.

There is also the issue of “kicking away the ladder”. Many people on this server have already progressed very far, under the old lenient system. New players have to start from scratch under the new, less fun, oppressive system. I think the inability to monetize P99 probably has a lot to do with caring less about new players. But, I don’t like this either.

But thank you very much for P99’s existence! - Redhorse

Bolded part is where you are wrong. Sorry you came here thinking the wrong thing.