Why do you still play?

[RecondoJoe]

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

Some of us genuinely love the game itself, and even playing it in all its boring grindy form. I know this is a foreign concept to younger gamers, WoW gamers, and many raiders who are more into strats, practice, racing, BiS and hanging out on discord than actually doing the boring parts of playing EQ, but its actually true for many of us.

There's a lot of people who just relish leveling different classes, races, combinations of both, etc. All the stuff you mention is secondary to actually enjoying Everquest. At the end of the day it sounds like you realized you didn't actually like playing Everquest that much after the novelty wore off and you had your epic level 60. Now you are here trying to figure out why anyone does this but you're looking at it the wrong way because you don't have that concept of actually liking this old game, warts and all, for what it is.

You can love EverQuest and still abhor the P99 rule system and community

[bomaroast]

I enjoy suffering. All the best things in life come with some blood, sweat and tears. Effort leads to reward. Of course, my brain is broken and forgot about the reward part of the equation.

[Littul Jonn]

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

I enjoy suffering. All the best things in life come with some blood, sweat and tears. Effort leads to reward. Of course, my brain is broken and forgot about the reward part of the equation.

I think that was my biggest argument for why gear in p99 felt so much more rewarding and I could probably tell you more gear pieces on my bard than on some of my WoW toons.

But when I think about how p99 raid mobs are and the mechanics of it, it just doesn't make sense. Take Vulak for example, spawns once a week so 52 opportunities a year. Lets say your top in guild gets 40 of those 52 Vulaks. Of those 40, you're able to attend 15-20. Of that 15-20, the item you want to drop maybe drops 5 times.

I just can't commit to that level of raiding for a chance I'll get a piece of loot. Not to mention that content isn't really fun to me anymore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]