topic: more content, addition expansions

[paulgiamatti]

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

The pond ought to move along with their puller after every kill. But such an energetic approach to EQ seems to be an abomination for most.

Yep, "camping" is the worst thing about EQ imo - even McQuaid has admitted that's the first thing he'd change if he could do it all over. It's why I actually enjoy doing crypt in Sebilis, since at least there's some crawling involved. It's also why I love putting together clear-to-Juggs groups and The Hole spelunking expeditions - dungeon crawling is my favorite thing to do in EQ, and the main reason I often wish I were playing WoW instead.

[Vandil]

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

Yep, "camping" is the worst thing about EQ imo - even McQuaid has admitted that's the first thing he'd change if he could do it all over. It's why I actually enjoy doing crypt in Sebilis, since at least there's some crawling involved. It's also why I love putting together clear-to-Juggs groups and The Hole spelunking expeditions - dungeon crawling is my favorite thing to do in EQ, and the main reason I often wish I were playing WoW instead.

So.... play WoW?

Not being facetious. Playing on Project 1999 is deliberately playing EQ in a specific era where things were designed in such a way that certain experiences were unpleasant. Which is why modern MMORPGs like WoW wound up "fixing" and became popular.

Choosing to play on Project 1999 is to embrace EQ for all that it was, craptastic stuff included, for the nostalgia of a time where these things weren't fixed and where we had tons of free time to surmount them.

But if free time for gaming is at a premium, and Project 1999 is grating to the point where you're miserable and wishing to play another game, then why not play the other game for a while? Free time for gaming is just too precious to waste.

[paulgiamatti]

I do - there are still plenty of great vanilla WoW emulators. Wishing I were playing WoW while playing EQ isn't grating to the point of misery, it's just wishing I were playing WoW.

[Topgunben]

i think some people missed the point of my OP.

Ill use a story/anecdote to better explain.

Recently a rather infamous EQ'er has come back to the game on a new account. last night i bumped into him in EC, and after chatting for a while, noticed that he was level 18. I asked him how he got to 18 so quick and he told me he played 27 hours straight from character creation. wowzerz

im not trying to come off all high and mighty. im not jealous of the guy or anything, and i get that maybe he just had some excitement coming back into the fold after a couple years off.

But 27 hours straight?... really? thats like a weeks worth of playing in a little over a days time..... which brings me full circle to my OP. if you play a weeks worth of content in 1 day, or 3 years of content in 5 months, the problem is with you, not the amount of content in game.

[Ikon]

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

P99 with an authentic timeline. When it runs through to the end of the cycle all characters will be dumped into blue and another Green server will start up. At least, that's my understanding.

OMG that I am saving up all my accrued leave, either that or I'll have to fake a work injury that leaves me completely incapacitated.

[Vandil]

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

i think some people missed the point of my OP.

Ill use a story/anecdote to better explain.

Recently a rather infamous EQ'er has come back to the game on a new account. last night i bumped into him in EC, and after chatting for a while, noticed that he was level 18. I asked him how he got to 18 so quick and he told me he played 27 hours straight from character creation. wowzerz

im not trying to come off all high and mighty. im not jealous of the guy or anything, and i get that maybe he just had some excitement coming back into the fold after a couple years off.

But 27 hours straight?... really? thats like a weeks worth of playing in a little over a days time..... which brings me full circle to my OP. if you play a weeks worth of content in 1 day, or 3 years of content in 5 months, the problem is with you, not the amount of content in game.

Kind of reminds me of when Nintendo released the DLC track packs and the 200cc update for Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U. After months of moaning and whining for new content for MK8, the update was finally released. There were people out there that immediately updated and jammed through the new content in one day, and maxing out everything that could be done within 2 days. Proudly posting their max-star 200cc gold trophies with everything unlocked.....

....and then they had NO NEW CONTENT again... for what may be forever... and started whining again.

For me, I'm lucky if I get to sit down with my 3DS for more than 15 minutes per week, let alone find the time to play Project 1999 any more. When the time comes, I'm going to have fun, but not go-go-go-go-go-go to consume content rapidly.

If you savor it just right, P99-locked-at-Velious has content you could enjoy for several years to come.

[renordw]

I think everybody would agree that the best content is going to use the zones that currently exist (Luclin is fuck ugly).

My idea is always to revamp Kerra Isle or Guk, or something

[elwing]

Veksar is also some great material for custom new zones...