The problem with "classic" is it isn't classic. As much as we might try to re-create the experience, this isn't 1999 and we aren't naive about the Everquest experience. We know *every* class, quest, statistic, and expansion that is to come.
In 1999, although we knew there was some kind of penalty for hybrids - people were fine inviting them to the group as a tank. People were naive enough to think that these classes were offset with sufficient bonuses so the penalty wasn't a big deal. And as tanks these classes were fine, it wasn't until Kunark that warriors really came into there own.
The real "stigma" these classes started to carry later on for the experience penalty became part of a larger internal debate about class balance within the community and Everquest developers to re balance the classes - and remove penalties which eventually happened.
That's the real problem. As much as we strive for the "classic" experience. We aren't going to get it anymore - because of the knowledge we have of the game and that attitudes that generates. When I said that there was real *hate* about my Troll/SK in groups - I'm not kidding. But that *hate* isn't classic. That *hate* is about a penalty and a stigma that didn't exist in 1999 (or 2000 for that matter).
Anyways, I'm not going to really argue for the removal of the penalty until the "correct" time on the timeline. But I will argue that the penalty and the attitudes have regarding it at this point are not classic at all.
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11-01-2019, 02:37 PM
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