Longing for the Old Days of P1999, Yet Grateful for the Journey

[IzHaN80]

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

Some of us were adults and "had lives" when this game originally came out. We found ways to make do. It ain't going to change just because you finally grew up. It's on you to adapt to the known conditions.

P99 has had a pretty good run. It opened at about the right time, with a fair bit of pent-up demand and not a lot of good options. P99 peaked in population only around 2019, when it was already pushing 10 years old. Green's launch and splitting up the community seems to have contributed ultimately to a decline in the long term, probably in conjunction with high-quality alternatives becoming available. Even if a new server were to open, I don't think it'll hold population as long next time around. P99 always harbored many players who didn't care so much about classic EQ as they cared about free high-quality EQ, and this isn't the only stop for such folks anymore.

If you were able to sit in front of a computer for a week straight (without sleeping) as an adult, you were either not very responsible or didn’t have much of a life. That said, I’m not here to argue about that now. I apologize if what I say offends anyone; that’s not my intention. I grew up playing Original EQ and later P1999. I have several level 60 characters and have participated in various raids. I haven’t been in any top guilds because I simply don’t have the time, but I know there are many others like me. Those players eventually moved to Quarm, and I joined them because that’s where I found a community to share progress with, level up together, and explore dungeons I had never visited on my own. Both Green and Blue don’t have enough active population to maintain a steady flow of players leveling up in those areas.

For me, Everquest has always been about the journey rather than the destination. It’s always been more fun to level up, explore new places, and meet people. If you allow the server to remain in its current state, it will inevitably die sooner or later. I don’t know who suggested we give Quarm time. Quarm continues to grow, but I’ll say it again: it’s not P1999. To those who understand, words are unnecessary. If people remain stubborn with the excuse of “classic” and refuse to update the server, everything will eventually crumble. The numbers speak for themselves; I don’t need to say more.

[IzHaN80]

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

QoL improvements are the slippery slope into the current mmorpg failstate, listening to what players want was a disaster, it's like that Steve Jobs quote about customers not knowing what they want.

this place is a nostalgia simulator for a terribly designed video game in hindsight and if you don't actually have nostalgia for things you didn't get to experience of course things like Quarm and Everquest live for that matter will be enjoyable to you.

It's not even about custom features; they could simply fix the silly change that broke Damage Over Time. It used to work as intended, and now you can't even see the damage in the window, and the damage is also broken and i bet a lot of people to the date doesn't even know that as of today.

They could also make the camera much smoother than it currently is; this was one of the common complaints in Quarm, and now Quarm's camera is significantly better than P1999's. These adjustments aren't game-breaking nor are they custom features; they are just elements that used to exist and weren't broken.

For instance, being able to use the sit/stand button to interrupt your spellcasting instead of having to crouch, or standing up while sitting without needing to press the sit button. These features didn't break the game and were part of the experience here.

[IzHaN80]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Then you don't like classic EQ, and that's fine. Quarm exists for you. It's super annoying when people make posts that are essentially "I don't like classic EQ, and I get the non-classic EQ experience on another server, but for no reason P99 should mimic that experience even though I can find that experience on this other server."

We don't need that here.

Also, the only thing P99 "needs to do about it" is to launch a new server. Which the staff will do when they have the time and energy. If you want to absolutely kill P99 forever, that would be by implementing Quarm changes here.

Don’t be fooled—this isn’t exactly classic EQ either. If it were truly classic, one of the longest-running debates here would look very different: Enchanters simply wouldn’t be this dominant. Back in the day, playing a caster was a lot tougher. On Quarm, for instance, casters faces real challenges, while here you can see Enchanters soloing entire zones with little risk or spellcasters having barely any penalties, they don't get interrupt as often as they should be, etc... Channeling here is a joke.

Of course, there are many other examples I could mention, but I think the key point is that this version doesn’t really reflect how difficult classic EQ actually was for spellcasters for example.

[Danth]

Originally Posted by IzHaN80 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you were able to sit in front of a computer for a week straight (without sleeping) as an adult, you were either not very responsible or didnÂ’t have much of a life.

Of course I didn't, that's the point. Don't need to; the handful of items that require such effort are unnecessary to the point I not-so-jokingly call them a trap. I don't like all aspects of EQ and never did, but P99's admins have been fairly consistent in their goals since the start and I accept it for what it is as the cost of entry. I'm not bothered by the notion of P99 running its course and gadually fading into obscurity and eventual closure. That's its fate, with or without a new server or minor changes; that might push out the date but the end result stays the same. So what? I was here at opening in 2009 when between glitches and DDOS's the few players present weren't sure it'd even survive the year. Here we are 15+ years later. I never expected it to last forever, and in practice it has far exceeded any reasonable or even wild expectations. P99 could close tomorrow and it could be regarded as nothing except an unqualified success.

[Raj]

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

I went to an iron age village in Wales. It was nice, but they needed to install central heating, plumbing and electrical to the reconstructed houses to appeal to modern audiences.

What is this “central heating, plumbing and electrical?” that u were speaking of? I am very hip and modern but could you please share some details my friend?

[Raj]

The incredible repetitions by this poster and intense details of specific mechanics so many times….OP. If you stopped at page 1 I would not be reading at this thread like it is just a thinly veiled advertisement for that other server Quorm by someone whom is simply impersonating to be just a random nostalgic player like most of you and me my friends. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Im afraid OP I am pegging you out to be someone who indeed has a strong vested interest in the successes of Quorm and wants to be stealing players from P99 and possibly has a bone to be chewed against the operators of [I]these[I] classic EQ servers on P99.

[sajbert]

I think there's room for change but the problem with "fixing" negative aspects of a game is that it's easy to miss how they helped make the good aspects better or simply added to the flavor in a way that made it what it is. There is a slope and we've seen game devs slip before.

E.g. I don't think fixing the game camera would hurt the game in any way but instanced raids or rooted dragons could.

[loramin]

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

Im afraid OP I am pegging you out to be someone who indeed has a strong vested interest in the successes of Quorm and wants to be stealing players from P99 and possibly has a bone to be chewed against the operators of [I]these[I] classic EQ servers on P99.

While I agree with your assessment, even a broken clock ...

Originally Posted by IzHaN80 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Back in the day, playing a caster was a lot tougher. On Quarm, for instance, casters faces real challenges, while here you can see Enchanters soloing entire zones with little risk or spellcasters having barely any penalties, they don't get interrupt as often as they should be, etc... Channeling here is a joke.

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[cd288]

OP can get lost.

This entire thread is basically: "Quarm is better than P99 and I want P99 to make changes to be like Quarm."

It's the most nonsensical asinine thread on here in awhile. OP literally has a server that provides what they want. OP, you can go stay on that server and enjoy yourself there. We don't need to change this server to cater to you. The whole point of P99 is it doesn't have the things you're asking for and we're okay with that.

OP's request is like walking into a place that only serves pizza and whining about how they need to serve you a cheeseburger because you like the cheeseburgers from the restaurant down the block.

[Ghost_of_Fippy]

Originally Posted by IzHaN80 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There’s a part of me that would love to go back to the days when P1999 was my drug of choice. Exploring the Desert of Ro, one of my favorite places, watching people level up there — veterans and newcomers alike. Wandering through Karana, returning to the roots, seeing the server alive and full of people everywhere… but it’s hard now.

The only change I would like to see on P99 is instanced Raids with 7 day account lockouts. Then everyone will get the chance to see end game content, and not just two large guilds that lock down and monopolize content.

Quarm got this part right.