Instancing & Faster Repops: Why both would be bad for P99

[fadetree]

New blue/green server needed imho. Yes, it would quickly attain the same kind of poopsockery, but at half the level it is now. P99 is too crowded at the end game.

[maskedmelon]

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

New blue/green server needed imho. Yes, it would quickly attain the same kind of poopsockery, but at half the level it is now. P99 is too crowded at the end game.

you a sock half-full or half-empty kinda guy, fadet?

[Ivah]

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

Agree but a second blue server wouldn't hurt.

Look at how shity the blue server is alrdy. Why would they put in extra man hours to try and police a second one.

[zati]

IDK if it was already suggested but, maybe they should let the community decide by creating an identical server but with different rules... for example:

Copy the entire P1999 Blue server (characters,level, equipment, etc)

Make P1999 Blue W/Instances/faster repops the whole sha-bang
**not starting from lvl 0**ALL chars are copied and transfered.**


Let the two servers stay active side-by-side for about a year. The one wit the most population stays. Lowest population gets deleted. Same process can be done for Luclin/PoP expansions.

Although... with the announcement of the new agnarr server daybreak is doing P99 a favor. Hopefully yall choose wisely

[Llodd]

"Project 1999 only continues to exist today with a strong population because of the scarcity of content and items entering the world."

I sometimes think this is perhaps how the staff view it. But it's BS, because they are enabling the high turnover rate at the top end with the raid scene mechanics. If they wanted to truly make the server classic, particulary with regards to item scarcity they would remove all the training and pulling to zone ins of Dragons and force raids to tackle the content how it's is suposed to be - clearing of trash/cothing + clearing. Added bonus of this would be no need for the ridiculously non classic fte races.

[zodium]

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

"Project 1999 only continues to exist today with a strong population because of the scarcity of content and items entering the world."

I sometimes think this is perhaps how the staff view it. But it's BS, because they are enabling the high turnover rate at the top end with the raid scene mechanics. If they wanted to truly make the server classic, particulary with regards to item scarcity they would remove all the training and pulling to zone ins of Dragons and force raids to tackle the content how it's is suposed to be - clearing of trash/cothing + clearing. Added bonus of this would be no need for the ridiculously non classic fte races.

I'm not gonna speak to how the staff does or does not view things, but as a 2.5 month P99 player, to me, the biggest thing that makes P99 feels like an emulator and not like actual classic gameplay is definitely the raid pulling.

I was never high end elite when I played Xegony on Live (to the release of Luclin), but I did raid up to some TOV, and I never once saw all the frankly obscure pulling work that's common here on P99. People would clear trash to raid mobs and kill them there, which meant a fairly significant time investment per raid mob for the whole force. It was also pretty chill.

I'm honestly not sure what's changed between Live and P99 since the mechanics should be relatively identical, yet the gameplay decidedly isn't, and it's not a change for the better for anyone involved, IMO. With that said, I'm not having much trouble accessing content and don't necessarily this needs to be changed urgently, and I'm sure it's trickier to do than it seems from my relatively ignorant perspective, just my two cents I guess.

Definitely keep scarcity the way it is and don't Trammel up the server or reboot it, just make us clear to the targets and fight there instead of COTHing or pulling to zoneline or whatever dumb stuff we do now. It'd be both more fun and more ~classic~, everyone wins.

[86753o9]

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

I agree with the OP, and this is coming from a very casual player that has been around since day one and can count on 2 hands the amount of raid target kills I've been a part of. Instancing is not classic, doesn't fit within the frame of velious era everquest, and should never be implemented on this server.

That being said, if you really want change in the raid scene here you need to get into politics and advocate/lobby for welfare reform so the poopsockers have to actually leave their houses and get jobs to inhibit their ability to log 100+ hours of play time on a weekly basis. I understand there will always be people like this, but it seems like there's a disturbing amount of them on p99 compared to classic retail.
I think a higher percentage of EQ'ers actually worked and had jobs back in 1999-2001 before obamacarewelfarestate went into full swing, and when the economy was in much better shape.
I remember pick up groups for Naggy/Vox being formed in EC on a consistent basis during late kunark all the way into luclin era. How many times has Naggy or Vox been PUG'd on p99? Have they ever been PUG'd even once? I would be shocked if they aren't on permafarm by a single 4-5 man group of overgeared de-leveled lvl 52 alts of some top end raiding guild that don't even need the loot just selling it in EC tunnel.

The meth/adderal epidemic wasn't as extensive back in 1999 either.

[Damn]

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

Instance it all. I want VP all to myself.

Just play red if you want instanced raiding

The only time you'll be bothered is when a bunch of rednecks decide to zone in scream yall and odoyle rules a few times and then you do what you want