For me there would ideally always be 3 P99 servers up.

[Wakanda]

1 that is in Classic. 1 that is in Kunark. 1 that is in Velious. Constantly rotating every few years, with Velious hard-resetting into Classic at the end of it's life-cycle etc.

[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

IDK if the player-base could sustain this many P99 servers or game-modes, but I frequently find myself craving the feeling of true classic EQ or true classic Kunark, even fresh Velious. I still enjoy P99 as it is, but I feel like some of you know what I mean? P99 on either server doesn't really have that classic feel to it anymore. In many ways it's actually more casual than WoW because of how twinked players are, how cheap gear is, how most of the best solo spots are open 24/7, all the high level players giving out PoTG and Clarity 2 etc and who cares if we wipe, someone's epic Cleric is camped near by (not that I'm complaining).

I just miss when I was in Mistmoore and got excited that we got a Dwarf Warrior with full bronze armor and two gnoll hide lariats to join our group after several days of using an untwinked human monks as our tank. Struggling to kill all of the mobs in Fireplace with a full group before they respawned. Getting invited to groups in Permafrost. Sitting on the edge of your seat everytime a Frenzied Ghoul spawns.

I miss fresh Kunark - where players actually group in places other than Karnor's Castle. Maybe actually getting to loot Torpor or a Fungus Tunic rather than grinding gold for it.

I miss Velious - where getting an armor upgrade is exciting and rare - not just a cheap MQ you buy out of the EC tunnel.

I feel like some of yall relate to this. It feels like there's no where I can go to currently experience any of the classic EQ stuff. TLP's don't help really.