P99 is a custom easy mode server

[magnetaress]

same mobs same mob names and stuff tho so it feels pretty much like eq and ppl know basically where to find stuffs

0-0000 this would tie in real gud with the dwarves vs elves server cuz tho cool zone connections its going to have between solba -and like crushbone or something

[magnetaress]

i forgot the custom zone connections already butt they where the biggest selling point of that server for me as a pvp server !

[Dolalin]

It's harder to change client code than it is to change content. P99 has several content developers, and it has fewer people who can untangle messy C++ stuff. This imbalance in skillsets plus needing to work around Rogean's availability to do patches and complex client stuff explains pretty much everything about how fast P99 can release changes. At least this is what I have gathered from my own observations over the years. It's not some crazy conspiracy, it's lots of people with other things to do in their lives making time for this stuff as and when they can.

[Seducio]

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

It's harder to change client code than it is to change content. P99 has several content developers, and it has fewer people who can untangle messy C++ stuff. This imbalance in skillsets plus needing to work around Rogean's availability to do patches and complex client stuff explains pretty much everything about how fast P99 can release changes. At least this is what I have gathered from my own observations over the years. It's not some crazy conspiracy, it's lots of people with other things to do in their lives making time for this stuff as and when they can.

P99 chooses not to leverage open source developers who have this knowledge. It's a choice the devs here have made. If competing servers become popular they might have to reconsider.

TAKP devs made a different choice by releasing their code as open source already.

The scene currently is being moved forward by TAKP's open source release.

Assuming Project Quarm is the first of many iterations of the EQEmu scene becoming more mature, it may lead to P99 eventually having to evolve how it competes. Not yet though.

Perfect competition is good for the consumer and would be good for the player base as a whole over time.

[Ooloo]

Servers that aren't p99 aren't really in competition with p99 unless you're talking about another vanilla-velious server.

The vast majority of people who play here want to specifically play vanilla-velious content, and not luclin\pop content.

[loramin]

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

The vast majority of people who play here want to specifically play vanilla-velious content, and not luclin\pop content.

I don't think that's true. Of course, that's just my opinion, and you'd need a poll to get an objective answer, but I strongly suspect the majority are here not because of the expansion limits, but because P99 is the best emulated EQ server.

No other server offers single-boxing, and our population levels, and our quality GM staff, and our anti-cheat code, and our (relatively) bug-free game code, and our wiki, and ... in short, no one else offers the high quality EQ experience that P99 does.

If you did make a poll, I truly think "overall high quality" would win out massively over "Velious-limited". And in fact other polls that have been conducted, like this one, suggest as much: even back in 2011 there was more support for "Luclin"/"Other" (combined) than there was for "Velious".

[Seducio]

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

in short, no one else offers the high quality EQ experience that P99 does

I find TAKP offers a consistent high quality EQ experience. My hope is PQ will do so as well. Having three amazing servers would be better than only having to be stuck with p99 or TAKP alone. Any kind of success PQ experiences would probably have a positive impact here. The devs are elf pals.

[Lune]

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

I find TAKP offers a consistent high quality EQ experience. My hope is PQ will do so as well. Having three amazing servers would be better than only having to be stuck with p99 or TAKP alone. Any kind of success PQ experiences would probably have a positive impact here. The devs are elf pals.

Gonna be a shitshow unless they change their stance and find a way to effectively police ShowEQ and MQ

[Seducio]

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

Servers that aren't p99 aren't really in competition with p99 unless you're talking about another vanilla-velious server.

The vast majority of people who play here want to specifically play vanilla-velious content, and not luclin\pop content.

I agree the competition isn't really there yet. That could change is what I'm getting at. The tools exist to actually compete and some jump starts are going to give it ago. P99 seems light years ahead with regard to CSR and that is actually the biggest difference I find between it and other servers besides TAKP.

To your second point, my feeling in connecting with many players over the years on Green is that the Velious end point isn't as charming or interesting as it was back when P99 began in '08 and '09.

After years and years of Blue and Green many have had their fill of Velious. Many still love it of course. Others are ready for something new. Everquest kept evolving so we'll see if p99 continues to evolve.

Green is most popular server currently no doubt about that.

[Trexller]

It's the single box rules.

Yeah P99 is a great place to play classic EQ, and they more or less work hard to police the players, and the anti-cheat stuff is good, but mechanics wise it's guess work and make believe

The vast majority of people play P99 because it's single box, this is like reasons 1 thru 5 on why P99 has 10x the population of TAKP.

People want single box EQ.

I don't understand it personally, multi-boxing is extremely entertaining. You wanna socialize in your elf sim? play with other boxers then

over the years anytime I'd bring up another server there's always a bunch of folks who are like, "Yeah that is pretty great, but it allows boxing"

If I made an emu server, it would have a 2 box + bazaar trader limit... somehow...

let people duo in peace by themselves or get 2 others for a full group