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07-06-2015, 06:17 AM
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Back in 1999 I was single sharing a house with my brother. Had all the free time in the world to play and my friends were in similar situations. Online gaming with real life friends was part of the fun. Making new friends in a new world was even better.
Fast forward to 2015, married with kids, friends in similar situations. I can't get any of them to even give this a look. "Been there, done that" is the consensus. While I still log in and play, I don't have time to camp shit for 16 hours on end. An hour here and there is just enough to remind me of how cool this game was/still is. Youtube and twitch are bringing back old heads everyday. I also see quite a few "new to EQ" threads on the forums. I wouldn't worry too much about why more people aren't playing. Winter is coming...
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07-06-2015, 06:45 AM
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My wife and I played together back in 99, but when I told her I was joining P99, she just shot me evil glares and asked, "You can't be serious? 14 years?!"
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07-07-2015, 10:40 PM
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07-06-2015, 06:51 AM
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Itap you've gotta also acknowledge that a good third of the original EQ population played to raid and werent too much interested in much else once they'd capped a few alts.
Raids in P99 do not mirror, in any way, raids on classic EQ. Cycles, classes, bans - all of these didnt exist. Or if they did, they were a lot more amicable, flexible or friendly. Although these rules have been designed to make gameplay fair on P99 they also stifle the creativity and individualism of each guild drastically. So you can reduce your initial 225,000 by at least a third straight away. Imo its not one single thing that cause people to be put off by P99, its a range of small things that eventually leave the potential pool of people who can be bothered to wade through all the crap down to about 2,500 people. And even some of those feel like quitting and often do! Plus, just because something is groundbreaking / one of the best MMOs of all time - it doesnt make it attractive. The horse and cart was pretty nifty a few hundred years ago but ask kids these days to trade their Hyundai iPad in for a carriage and you'll receive some pretty blank stares. | ||
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07-06-2015, 06:51 AM
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Not knowing this sort of thing existed was my reason. I would've joined years ago otherwise, loved the social aspect of EQ that you don't seem to get in other games where it's just a rush to complete an instance etc. Going up to Velious is perfect too, after SoV it went downhill I thought; Luclin was OK but adding the Bazaar was a mistake. I only found Project 1999 by accident, been playing 2-3 weeks now and love it, is very much like when I first played on live. Everyone's really nice and helpful too - wish I'd found out about it sooner!
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07-06-2015, 11:44 AM
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What I can't figure out and maybe because my characters aren't high enough level but people are always complaining that everything is being farmed or there is no good sites to hunt. How can everything be farmed or taken if there is only 800-1500 people on?
I remember back in the day of the server having twice as many people on and you were still able to group decent sites or get certain items. What has P99 become... A "Solo" server and it's every man or woman for themselves? | ||
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07-06-2015, 11:52 AM
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It doesn't sell the server very well, there's a thread in RNF about Snaj <BDA> doing just that.
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07-06-2015, 12:24 PM
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