"Fair and legitimate chance at a target" (cont)

[arsenalpow]

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

Fact of the matter is that the server has vastly improved since BDA decided to go somewhere else.

You're absolutely correct, and that's likely why CSG holds out. They think eventually they'll get to clear ToV because someday there won't be Awakened or Aftermath or another entity standing in their way.

[Leiker]

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

You're absolutely correct, and that's likely why CSG holds out. They think eventually they'll get to clear ToV because someday there won't be Awakened or Aftermath or another entity standing in their way.

Nah nobody has such delusions. I dont think anyone in CSG even wants to be toptier raiders, those who do just join A/A. A lot of us regular members were actually quite burned out with the recent pixelfest. I cant imagine going through that week after week. We just want to kill some stuff here and there.

When you suffered through this server during Kunark, Velious seems easymode. We're actually killing mobs now. Though its very discouraging (but not suprising) to find out that some guilds are actually cheating to get ahead in footraces.

Personally, if I wanted to leave the server I would have done it back in Kunark when you couldnt even get an epic without being TMO. Though some of the newer players who have put less time into P99 might be tempted to make the switch.

[Swish]

I think that is the key to enjoying P99. Having encounters that dont feel so textbook and trivial, and enjoying them at your own pace - and trying not to get involved in the politics of the raid discussion forum particularly.

[Gimp]

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

Because apparently Sirken can't do them and Rogean isn't around enough to stay on top of it.

The solution to this issue seems rather obvious. Why is there still only one person capable of doing quakes, especially if he's hardly ever around? Nothing against the guy, just doesn't make much sense.

[raato]

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

For almost all of my P99 life I have been in the guild that was #1. Now that I'm not playing P99, It seems silly how the end-game raid rules are structured currently. If I was in A/A currently, id be happy with the current rules, because no casual fucks are going to throw away their real lives like A/A do and therefore they won't secure any pixels.

Right now the raid rules benefit the 2 top guilds, that aint even debatable. The 1 Hour to FTE made raiding a lot more boring. You literally log in now just to collect free pixels. Beforehand, logging in, grouping up, setting up rotations, all while the dragon was INCOMING was what made raiding so thrilling. Now you're hard pressed to wipe on 96% of the mobs.

So the current raid rules made A/A raiding boring to the extend that a ton of veterans just don't even play this game now, and smaller guilds are still getting next to nothing. But it's a damn good server to level some alts on.

The person that dedicates more time should get to see more pixels, thats the point of video games. But we are here to experience Classic Everquest, so a line should be drawn.

There are a lot of better ways to go about this than the current rules. Bag limits, C/R/FFA rotations, whatever, something has to be better than this.

This. I'd also rather take coth-ducking or no-csr train wars instead of current system any day, atleast it would make raiding top end more interesting for those who its designed for on this server while maintaining certain level of mental illness thats supported by P99 staff. I know we wouldn't most likely get much done, but we aren't supposed to and I'm fine with that.

The real problem is over population and only way to fix it is new server(s) and movelog, reduce spawn times (or more earthquakes) or adjust raid targets harder and more rewarding pixel wise to match the current population, one way is classic another two aren't. I guess one way to fix this is also Sirken telling 90% of the server population to gtfo like he just did.

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Also 2 questions about TAKP. 1.) Does prenerf CoS still drop? and 2.) How about holgresh elder beads?

[khanable]

I don't know enough about the server to answer that raato. You can ask on their forums. They're a nice bunch.

[arsenalpow]

Mistle is pretty active on TAKP I think. He could likely answer some questions.

[Daldaen]

TAKP has almost 0 legacy items.

0 prenerfed CoFs and Holgresh beads. Also no prenerf Fungi staves, Manastones, etc.

The intent of the server is to emulate Al'Kabor as it existed and on AK there were about 2-3 of those legacy items handed out at GM events. The GMs over there realize that it would be very unfair to hand out items of such power at a GM event so they didn't.

A few guises exist I think from people who did lots of beta testing for the server as those were pretty commonly rewarded at GM events on AK. Also their anniversary custom quest they did this year awarded some Rubicite armor, again an item with almost no impact on balance or unfairness. Just fashionquest.

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The biggest limiting factor for TAK for most players will be the limited QoL features you've come to expect using the nonclassic Titanium client here. Specifically no scroll wheel to 3rd person, no mana shown in inventory, no DoT damage shown and no hidecorpses looted.

They do have a lot of custom user account features that are incredible though. You can pull up your game account tab and it will show you all 10 of your accounts, where every character is camped out (zone and location), and their stats. You can also click on a link under each character to see a complete list of their inventory and bank, alphabetized. Furthermore you can easily move a character from one of your accounts to another account you have. So for example you can move your Cleric off its account onto another account to Rez a character on the clerics account. Or a wizard to port, etc. This account moving tool only takes about 15 seconds to process the move. It's great.

[arsenalpow]

The Phinny QOL features are what really hooked me. After living in the wilderness that was p99, finally having a guild window and raid window made life soooooo much easier.

[khanable]

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

The Phinny QOL features are what really hooked me. After living in the wilderness that was p99, finally having a guild window and raid window made life soooooo much easier.

NOT CLASSIC FEEL BAD ABOUT YOUR ENJOYMENT