Noob questions from a 1999-2001 EQ player

[Rasah]

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

Is there a reason folks are so cryptic and talking about pirates and such instead of coming out and saying it clearly?

SOE is very much aware of P99, and in fact we are somewhat competing for the same demographic with their progression servers. They allow P99 to exist because nobody benefits from a "free" server, and they still profit from the sale of their software. If anyone were even to suggest that it would be possible to obtain the software through means other than purchasing it would give SOE grounds to take action against P99 if they chose.

[Messianic]

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

It's my RL pic dude.

Your hair is frightening.

[Fourthmeal]

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

Your hair is frightening.

It was a phase I went through.

[Reynard_CT]

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

It was a phase I went through.

Awkward phase of puberty where the new hair grew in the wrong place?

Its actually pretty cool to be honest... I'm just jealous.

[username17]

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

SOE is very much aware of P99, and in fact we are somewhat competing for the same demographic with their progression servers. They allow P99 to exist because nobody benefits from a "free" server, and they still profit from the sale of their software.

How is SOE profiting from the sale of their software?
Titanium is no longer available via retail.

If you buy Titanum from eBay it's from a single person, not SOE.
The seller doesn't send a check to SOE with a % of the sale.

The only way SOE could make a profit from Titanium is if it sold a digital copy on the station store. But a) The store is down b) You're buying a CD key at that point when all you need is the software itself.

[Doors]

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

I began to lose interest around the time that LoY was released, having said that it did have one of my favourite zones... "The Gulf of Gunthak" really did have a pirate feel to it, and I often went down low in the water looking for things.

On another reminiscent note, wasn't it the Fennin Ro population that were always whining about overcrowding? Was it them who planted the seeds of discontent that started new servers like Luclin/Lanys T'Vyl coming up? Did the server select screen show the amount of players on each server? Or did I dream it?

I started on Prexus because a short server name was the only way I'd remember where I was playing the last session [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] derp

I DONT GET IT