GLOBAL ooc/auction. Poll time.

[Tocs]

I think losing globals will hinder the community that have already been used to it thus far. The thing that was so terrible about it was the spammer(s), now that they have been silenced, I see no problems.

As far as it not being classic, thats fine because we dont have the popularity that existed in those days. EC tunnel was great and all, but the thing that made EQ so great was the ability to 2-box and game play that goes along with it. EQ had what WoW lacks, and that's the ability to contribute in a fun way with 2 classes at the same time without becoming a liability to other group members.

I agree with what Phallax said today, if we lose global channels, then we should gain the ability to 2-box. Not being able to play 2 characters at the same time takes away from what I loved about EQ just as globals take away from others' experience of EC tunnel.

[soup]

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

who are these brand new newbies who have no idea how to play eq? i find it hard to believe many people (or anyone) is playing this that hasn't played eq before. and if they are, then it's because they have a friend or family member who introduced them to it.

It's not a matter of being brand new and not knowing how to play, it's a matter of lots of details that fade away over the years. Even the best of us have used /ooc to ask something that has been lost through the years.

[girth]

Pretty sure LFG was classic.

Mixxit - who says EC will be bumping if we cut off global chats? It could be gfay or NFP, just like on live, many places were used depending on your server.

Landis - nobody is new new, but even playing a game you haven't played in 7-8 years or more - starting brand new on here not knowing anybody is still somewhat of a daunting task if you only have 1-3 other people in the newbie areas.

[eqdruid76]

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

I think losing globals will hinder the community that have already been used to it thus far. The thing that was so terrible about it was the spammer(s), now that they have been silenced, I see no problems.

As far as it not being classic, thats fine because we dont have the popularity that existed in those days. EC tunnel was great and all, but the thing that made EQ so great was the ability to 2-box and game play that goes along with it. EQ had what WoW lacks, and that's the ability to contribute in a fun way with 2 classes at the same time without becoming a liability to other group members.

I agree with what Phallax said today, if we lose global channels, then we should gain the ability to 2-box. Not being able to play 2 characters at the same time takes away from what I loved about EQ just as globals take away from others' experience of EC tunnel.

Good riddance to bad rubbish, IMO. If you require a safety net to walk across a 5 foot wide bridge, then get off the bridge.

[astarothel]

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

i think it will be good for the new players seeing EC as it was back in the day

Unfortunately the noobie that starts paineel won't be able to see it because he won't know to ask a guard for the key to leave.

[Graki]

I just wanna see sellers at tunnel, so I voted yes.

[Jayko]

Going to keep this short and not even pretend to have read all 16 pages of prior responses.

I'd prefer to keep the global channels, or at least have them replaced with some sort of regional or lfg based thing. Call me a sissy or whatever derogatory crap you want, but it's nice to be able to look for group in multiple dungeons at once or read auctions while exping instead of devoting time to them. It's convenience, plain and simple.

I don't feel the inconvenience of being limited to in game ooc/auction really changes the gameplay in a significant way and it's the gameplay that makes the game classic in my mind. If OOC (like today during the OOC argument) gets out of control and is simply a burden to police, it needs to die...but given just a clean yes/no on keeping the global ones, I'd like them to stay.

-Jayko

[Phallax]

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

I think losing globals will hinder the community that have already been used to it thus far. The thing that was so terrible about it was the spammer(s), now that they have been silenced, I see no problems.

As far as it not being classic, thats fine because we dont have the popularity that existed in those days. EC tunnel was great and all, but the thing that made EQ so great was the ability to 2-box and game play that goes along with it. EQ had what WoW lacks, and that's the ability to contribute in a fun way with 2 classes at the same time without becoming a liability to other group members.

I agree with what Phallax said today, if we lose global channels, then we should gain the ability to 2-box. Not being able to play 2 characters at the same time takes away from what I loved about EQ just as globals take away from others' experience of EC tunnel.

Im not exactly saying i want boxing, im just saying I didnt have to get an exemption from verant if I chose to box with multiple machines. Was one of my many "classic card" arguements that everyone thats voting YES seems to be hung up on.

[ribaldron]

I voted for NO, leave it global.

While I agree that KNOWING the chats are global sort of ruins the "Classic" feeling - the bulk of stuff you actually SEE, however, is definitely classic.

When the server grows in population a bit more, I think it will be time to turn them off. But not yet!

[Bones]

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

Im not exactly saying i want boxing, im just saying I didnt have to get an exemption from verant if I chose to box with multiple machines. Was one of my many "classic card" arguements that everyone thats voting YES seems to be hung up on.

Yeah but you also had to pay 2 subscriptions. Rarely anybody boxed in classic, sorry man. If they allow it here EVERYBODY will be doing it.