I just want to fish

[Houdiny]

I'm sure it is more than 1%. And if anything that particular player base keeps me playing. It keeps me leveling, it keeps me striving for good gear, it keeps me looking ahead towards something. When I see a guy I'm grouped with and he has all the bells and whistles I immediately think hey this guy has put in a lot of time and gotten a lot of nice things. Which is what I want eventually.

Granted I have only been playing P99 for a few weeks now but it was the same way back in original EQ. Players would come to the bank in greater faydark or hang out in the EC tunnels wearing amazing gear. And I would just run around looking at them in fascination. Knowing full well the time and dedication put into gaining those items.

These players by no means "drive away" the casual player as you are describing. The player base in this particular P99 project are very nice and very helpful. They give me buffs, have even ran into some that have given me gear.

If these players are somehow keeping you from fishing then I would see your point. But I don't see how there is any correlation between the two.