Why do you play 1999 instead of EQ free?

[Paleman]

because its not the game I started playing in the first place. also SOE devs make alot of promises and never follow through.

[Tankdan]

Because on Test server they stopped giving expansions for free. Im not going to shell out 3 figures to play EQ Live.

[Spud]

Because this is classic

[kaev]

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

I started here for nostalgia, I stayed for friends. and pixels.

Yeah. Not only are the pixels here are far higher quality than those crummy mass-market SOE pixels, but they're friendlier too. I simply can't imaging living without my p99 pixel pals. I get by with a little help from my friends.

[Skillslam]

cause live and WoW are too hard for me

[korzek]

P99:
-Cons: 1 button for most classes, huge death penalties, long run and down times.
-Pros: Nostalgia, get to do the things you never did in classic like get wear a fungy or use a manastone. Easy to find a group (Love that part).

Live:
-Cons: Very hard to find a group, mostly soloing/moloing till last 10-15 levels. All old school content pretty much a ghost town except last 2-3 expansions. Have to pay $ to see end game.
-Pros: Melee classes have evolved to have a lot more abilities and utility. A lot of AAs, augs, and achievement to keep progressing your character that'll keep you having something to do for months even at end game.

In the end EQ is really about community which you'll need in both versions of EQ to keep having fun. P99 to relive the old days of gaming or Live to pay money and play with more things to click on.

[kunarking]

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

I started here for nostalgia, I stayed for friends. and pixels.

^^nailed it

[myriverse]

Live EQ has mercs, boxing, power bloat or whatever you want to call it (seriously, I look at the stats of even some mid-range items and my mind melts), and lot of other things that just seem unappealing to me.

EQ had become less desirable to me by 2004. I probably would have continued to play, but City of Heroes came along. I'd probably stay here if they decided to progress into even GoD... unless that City of Titans thing ever launches.

[Confit]

When I started playing in 1999 I was 13 years old with the attention span of a fork. I did some raiding here and there but didn't seriously stick with one character until around Luclin/PoP. So it's nice to do this content again with a set main and one alt.

Plus the nostalgia factor. This is the game I fell in love with as a kid and love it even more as an adult.

[Swish]

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