Rules Decent Players should abide by...

[Troxx]

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

I wasn't demanding... man you left out 99% of what I said and made one blanket comment to make me look bad. I was talking about one rogue who wouldn't let ANYONE in their group unless they were a cleric or twinked melee. Get it right and don't leave out so many details buddy.

At the end of the day that's their right to do so. If a twinked out character only wants to xp with other twinks to maximize their time - that's their decision. This isn't to say I agree with that decision, but you see soloing characters do this all the time. Why would that fear kiting necro invite you to xp with him if doing so does nothing but slow down his progress.

For myself? I prefer to meet and hang out with people - even if it slows down my acquisition of pixels.

If that rog was not twinked and as the leader only invited twinks and or necessary classes, my hope is that the twinks and necessary classes gave him the boot for riding their coat tails.

I wouldn't want to be lord and master of eq, but even if I were I wouldn't insist that others play by the set of principles that guide me.

So Zenren ... live and adapt ... but do not enforce your ideals on others. For the most part, p99 has been a great community and place to play. Bad eggs and sour grapes can be found everywhere.

A lot of what you describe = bad eggs.
The way you're behaving = sour grapes.

People don't like to be around either.

[Deadmantis]

Zenren, I feel your pain, really I do. But I think you just need to give up this fight and accept the fact that this server is what it is, and it's not going to change.

Decent players don't need rules to abide by. You're preaching to the choir. These people group with anyone regardless of class or gear. They call out their trains. They buff or bind without blinking an eye. We like to think they make up the majority. These are the people you need to gravitate to and spend most of your time with.

The asshats who shit on other players just because they can, with very little consequences? They don't and they won't play by the rules. They bounce from guild to guild, laugh at the forums, take bans in stride, and blame whatever shit they're trying to pull on Aspergers or the server being stuck in Kunark for too long. Avoid them as much as possible.

[Wfrench1234]

Aside from nbg decent players on this server already do all of the above. /thread

[Llodd]

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

This is extremely rare on P99, and was pretty rare during classic era as well, at least in my experience on Xegony and Fennin Ro from 1999-2002.

As a former Xegony player I found the opposite to be true. I was euro scum so the different time of playing may have had something to do with it.

read into that what you will.

[Llodd]

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

Unless expressly discussed before time and UNANIMOUSLY agreed upon by all group members (including the new guy that just joined) ...

Hate to say it but the only FAIR way to handle loot is to have everyone random. Everyone contributed in the work - everyone gets a chance to benefit from the drops.

Yeah you might lose out on a good piece of loot or two that you could have really used or upgraded, but at the same time you might also win that Tstaff from KC in the future to re-tool your entire gear set. If it's tradable, anyone capable of benefiting from it (either directly by wearing or indirectly by selling to buy what they DO need) should be allowed to roll on it without getting hated on.

The exception to this imo are epic pieces that drop. If a monk needs KC pipe, don't be a jerk and roll on it to sell the MQ.

Nah you cant have exceptions if you don't want/like NBG. If it's mqable then there's no reason for all to roll.

[Clark]

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

Maybe if you live in soviet russia. /ran 0 1000 is fair.

[Clark]

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

2) If you were power leveling someone and additional people showed up, you either let the other people join the PL group or you moved somewhere else so they could use that spot.

o.O

[myriverse]

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

Can't tell me how to live my life. Why do you hate America and freedom?

Can't have freedom without telling people how to live their lives.
And it's what America was founded upon. About 80% wanted to stay with England.

And it's been the "American Way" ever since...

[Tiewon Shu]

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

Never understood this idea in EQ


most items are droppable which means if a 1k item drops everyone could use that money to get value from the drop they were there for.

Because it wasn't about money, it was about helping others succeed in the game. Back in 1999, most of the community shared a bond of brotherhood/sisterhood as gamers where by we simply enjoyed being with each other and made friendships. In game currency had no real value, but the friendships we made did. So when we saw a tranquil staff drop, we didn't look at the item as a 20K in our banks, we looked at it as a weapon that would help our monk friend do more damage when we faced bigger monsters.

Today, there are people like you who cannot grasp the concept of why we play MMORPGs. They place value on an intangible form of currency instead of the friend they may make by following the social aspect of the game design. Hence, need before greed.

[slowpoke68]

Played on Brell from 99-01. NBG was the standard. If someone needed on something they couldn't use that was an upgrade for another member of the group....they would not be invited to any groups by any members of that party again. Also, it is something that would have been mentioned in each member's guild chat, like don't group with this guy, he just did X.