why do you play on a 17 year old private elf sim with no additional content?

[derpcake]

so i can reply to similar-minded people such as OP

also go fuck yourself

try red

[urbanbo]

Because it reminds me of that irreplaceable slice of gaming time and internet high speed time (shortly after) that completely blew me away and had me speeding to get home after work every day. There is a part of me that wants to hang onto that nostalgia as long as I can. Quake 2 CTF falls into this category for me as well. When I could not find a group that is where I was at.

[Mead]

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

curious as to your actual answers/excuses. especially, considering some people on here still play 12+ hours a day. i can understand an hour or two once a month just for nostalgia but how do people commit to this like it's a second job?

You're so silly assuming they have a first job.

[Gumbo]

It's an old-timers game... I would bet that most of the people playing P99 are here because they played EQ when it was first released in 1999. I know I am since I played from 1999-2001 and playing this game again brings back better times and the game itself is better than 99% of the online games out now.

[Tankdan]

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

You're so silly assuming they have a first job.

C'mon my dude the 73 people from each guild responding to a Tuesday 10A.M. batphone are gainfully employed.

[Rygar]

I'm big on the nostalgia factor no doubt, I was a Day 1 EQ player and played up to PoP. The reason I originally quit is I didn't want to have to keep grinding for new gear / new levels as expansions made most of my stuff obsolete.

It's kind of how I used to play Magic: The Gathering. An awesome card / strategy game, but if you don't buy the new expansions you get left behind and can't compete. Was all an incentive to keep you buying new cards and keep that money flowing in.

With a time locked server, if I want a particular piece of gear as my 'end set' I don't ever have to worry about it becoming obsolete. If I take a break for 6 months and come back, I won't have been left behind in terms of gear / advancement.

Free to play is awesome as is the online community, feels good to donate some time to update a wiki or help a guildie or whatever.

I like doing challenges in the game too, I duo'd in fear with another monk, and another time with a Druid. It was scary as hell and I wound up eating 3 deaths, but damn it was fun as hell!

[kjs86z]

I had never played EQ before.

RL bud convinced me to try it.

Game is still pretty new to me despite hitting 60 on my first character.

Fun stuff.

[kotton05]

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

It's an old-timers game... I would bet that most of the people playing P99 are here because they played EQ when it was first released in 1999. I know I am since I played from 1999-2001 and playing this game again brings back better times and the game itself is better than 99% of the online games out now.

This and overall I'm tired of buying into pre release / alpha games that never get touched shortly thereafter. All the mmo's I've encountered either lacked personality (community player base) or once I reached the end game I just faded away( prolly was too easy to get max). Only mmo that held me for a decent time was arena combat wow had during the BC era. I even grinded mob after mob in wow like the EQ grind, those tedious quests never appealed to me, prolly why I'm here.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

I like doing challenges in the game too, I duo'd in fear with another monk, and another time with a Druid. It was scary as hell and I wound up eating 3 deaths, but damn it was fun as hell!

Yeah, EQ leaves a lot of room for players to make their own fun. Newer MMOs stuff every thing into neat little boxes. There's little room for players to experiment or do unconventional things; and when someone DOES find something to do that's outside of the box, it gets patched out as an exploit or unintended mechanic or whatever.

[Whirled]

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