TAK project.

[Mblake1981]

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

P99 forums are the Jersey Shore of the EQ internet scape.

It's fun to stop by and laugh at regularly. This RNF about the guy in Permafrost bear pits is great. Reminds me of quite a few encounters I had on P99 about camp stealing accusations, and just generic hatred before I'd even said a word.

I'd sometimes AFK my 60 Druid in Unrest in the hedges transferring items to Alts and whatnot and without fail I'd always receive some angry tells about Druids powerleveling taking 2 hags or ghouls from their camp. P99 players are very prickly about the camps they own, and it makes for some great reads.

Has two 60's in sig but refers to P99'ers as "they"

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Has two 60's in sig but refers to P99'ers as "they"

Daldaen was "one of us" (and honestly one of the better posters on this forum) for a long time. But then he left for ... I think it was the last live progression server? So the "they" is legitimate.

But even though he isn't "one of us" anymore, he still hangs around these forums, and when he's not talking about Luclin and PoP stuff he still makes good posts.

[MagpieRockyl]

daldaen is a really sick person but has a good heart

[Savok]

First of all /high five Loramin - I get what your saying and am glad your inputting your opinion in this thread. Second I never said I had BiS, I said I had better gear there in 3 months than I had in 8 years on p99.

My enjoyment is killing a mob, be it normal or raid, without feeling like I'm a dick who has to lawerquest up just to have fun. P99, for me, just wasn't fun anymore. The only fun I was having raiding was Sky simply because I didn't have to deal with /ooc crap about training and or conceding mobs. I like the fact that a raid is called at 9pm and I can plan my day around that with my wife and kids or work. I still log in here from time to time to help out but that is more out of respect of my guild than anything else.

To me p99 caters for the 2% raiders which is fine for those who want that competition, it wasn't me. If I wanted to be the best I would of just stayed on Live.

My character link in my sig links to my bard's profile on TAKP if your interested in what I have.

[Erati]

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

daldaen is a really slick person but has a gouda heart

[Wonkie]

dald played ak and is therefore more expert on classic than loramin

change my mind

[loramin]

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

First of all /high five Loramin - I get what your saying and am glad your inputting your opinion in this thread. Second I never said I had BiS, I said I had better gear there in 3 months than I had in 8 years on p99.

My enjoyment is killing a mob, be it normal or raid, without feeling like I'm a dick who has to lawerquest up just to have fun. P99, for me, just wasn't fun anymore. The only fun I was having raiding was Sky simply because I didn't have to deal with /ooc crap about training and or conceding mobs. I like the fact that a raid is called at 9pm and I can plan my day around that with my wife and kids or work. I still log in here from time to time to help out but that is more out of respect of my guild than anything else.

To me p99 caters for the 2% raiders which is fine for those who want that competition, it wasn't me. If I wanted to be the best I would of just stayed on Live.

My character link in my sig links to my bard's profile on TAKP if your interested in what I have.

First off, thank you for your positive response to my post, especially since mine was so negative.

The thing is, I was making assumptions, and I definitely could have worded things better to make that clearer.

I assumed that in 8 years here you must have gotten pretty close to BIS, because 8 years, even if you play a bunch of alts, is a long time.
I then assumed you were even closer to BIS on TakP than you were on P99, because you said your gear was better. I also assumed you played a "normal amount of time" (ie. a few hours each day or night), because 8 years of playing crazy amounts of time sounded ... crazy.

Now imagine you said to someone back on live EQ during Velious "In only three months, playing a normal amount, I've gotten to level 60, killed almost every mob possible, and gotten gear that's almost the best possible, gear that's better than the gear of that guy who somehow magically has been playing here for 8 years." They'd laugh at you right?

So all I was trying to say was: I like classic speed, and what you described as faster and better sounded worse to me. Particularly to the degree I saw based on my (very possibly incorrect) assumptions.

But just as with boxing, I am all for people playing EQ however they prefer. I just like the P99 style, and wish we could get some of the pluses from other servers (more expansions/content and a more friendly raid scene) while not getting fast mode with triple-boxing.

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

dald played ak and is therefore more expert on classic than loramin

change my mind

Depends on your definition of "classic" I suppose.

But even if we ignore that weirdness about AK (live > AK), Dald still likely has me beat on classic knowledge, by any definition.

[Quinas]

We also need to recall that AK /= 'Classic', at least in the way it's described here. AK was its own beast, and TAK is looking to recreate AK at the point it was discontinued years ago, not necessarily 'Classic' 1999-2001, despite the numerous crossovers.

[Quinas]

In your rush to defend TAK, you missed the part where I wasn't criticising it.

I'm actually going to give it a try.

[Quinas]

My point was simply that the two projects are trying to recreate two different things - P99 trying to recreate EQ as it was immediately prior to Luclin launch in 2001 (ie. the Classic era), and TAK trying to recreate the Al'Kabor server at the point at which Sony pulled the plug.

Which one is more classic either now or if/when they reach their different stated objectives, wasn't my point at all.