Why do you still play?

[Hotel]

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

Some of us genuinely love the game itself, and even playing it in all its boring grindy form. I know this is a foreign concept to younger gamers, WoW gamers, and many raiders who are more into strats, practice, racing, BiS and hanging out on discord than actually doing the boring parts of playing EQ, but its actually true for many of us.

There's a lot of people who just relish leveling different classes, races, combinations of both, etc. All the stuff you mention is secondary to actually enjoying Everquest. At the end of the day it sounds like you realized you didn't actually like playing Everquest that much after the novelty wore off and you had your epic level 60. Now you are here trying to figure out why anyone does this but you're looking at it the wrong way because you don't have that concept of actually liking this old game, warts and all, for what it is.

These are not good points.

So from your first paragraph I gather the "grind" is what makes it special to you? I hope that is the case because I strongly agree.

However, your comment is laced with ill will for people like me, "into strats, practice, racing, BiS" this is just as much as Everquest as "grinding" is to Everquest.

In what other mmo do you grind on your ass for hours *waiting* for a raid mob to spawn for a *chance* at killing that raid mob for a *chance* of it dropping a piece of loot you want.

Reconsider how you think about things

[Tunabros]

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

You must be a real noob at WoW. Ragnaros has been a raid boss in WoW at least 6 times. Felt like the Ragnaros fight in Firelands was shockingly easy for an end-game boss.

he never even stated he played wow a lot at all

what are you on

he also stated "my first time experiencing classic wow"

[RecondoJoe]

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

he never even stated he played wow a lot at all

what are you on

he also stated "my first time experiencing classic wow"

im sorry that u are too poor to play WOW fam, i really am
should be f2p for ppl living in third world countries

[Pulgasari]

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

im sorry that u are too poor to play WOW fam, i really am
should be f2p for ppl living in third world countries

SIR EXCUSE ME, but Taiwan is 2nd world. Harumph. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Tunabros]

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

im sorry that u are too poor to play WOW fam, i really am
should be f2p for ppl living in third world countries

mad

[Littul Jonn]

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

im sorry that u are too poor to play WOW fam, i really am
should be f2p for ppl living in third world countries

Too poor to play? Maybe you could lend me some of those phat stacks of cash of sweaty 20s you got at the strip club?

In 2004 I went off to college so I had other priorities during that time. After college I went off to Ranger School and deployed to Afghanistan and lead paratroopers in combat. Classic WoW had passed me by by the time I had more play time 2012ish.

I don't think you've read any of the things I've actually posted in this thread. For someone named recondojoe you do a really shitty job of recon

[greasemonk]

[QUOTE=Littul For someone named recondojoe you do a really shitty job of recon[/QUOTE]

Finally some flaming!

[Shawk]

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

Some of us genuinely love the game itself, and even playing it in all its boring grindy form. I know this is a foreign concept to younger gamers, WoW gamers, and many raiders who are more into strats, practice, racing, BiS and hanging out on discord than actually doing the boring parts of playing EQ, but its actually true for many of us.

There's a lot of people who just relish leveling different classes, races, combinations of both, etc. All the stuff you mention is secondary to actually enjoying Everquest. At the end of the day it sounds like you realized you didn't actually like playing Everquest that much after the novelty wore off and you had your epic level 60. Now you are here trying to figure out why anyone does this but you're looking at it the wrong way because you don't have that concept of actually liking this old game, warts and all, for what it is.

qft

[karadin]

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

I left p99 for classic WoW when it launched and have been loving it ever since. I don't miss elf jail for fighting the wrong mobs or staring at walls. I login twice a week to raid at the same time and pvp or lvl alts whenever I want. I've enjoyed reading these boards but the quality (including this post) have gone downhill significantly since the dragons got rooted. I think this is tied to the state of the game and am curious what any of my homies who are still around, or anyone, think.

So I ask you this, why do you still play? Is it to spend the mountain of DKP you've been hoarding for some NToV or Tunare loot? Is it for your guildmates/community? Is it for the feels of nostalgia?

About the only thing I'm interested in seeing happen is the warders (never got warder loot when I played) and when the sleeper is inevitably woken. Although, knowing how this server works, the sleeper will probably get woken at 4am on Tuesday or like Thanksgiving day or something hahaha.

Anyway, genuinely curious what people are enjoying here still. Hope all is well [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I also left for WoW classic when it came out. The content was just too easy and the only reason to get better gear was to flex on my guild mates. We rolled through all of the content even as a semi casual guild. It all felt like an MMO with training wheels. The PvE in WoW live is far more difficult at the mythic raiding level than classic can offer.

So that why I left WoW, but why p99? The PvE is challenging because mistakes are costly and the real challenge is the guild you’re lining up against. Mob scarcity means item scarcity which means loot holds its value. The mechanics in this game are actually pretty complex compared to any other MMO I have played. Sure, there are many classes that can just spam one or two buttons to do their job, but under the hood there is a ton to learn.

[Littul Jonn]

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

I also left for WoW classic when it came out. The content was just too easy and the only reason to get better gear was to flex on my guild mates. We rolled through all of the content even as a semi casual guild. It all felt like an MMO with training wheels. The PvE in WoW live is far more difficult at the mythic raiding level than classic can offer.

So that why I left WoW, but why p99? The PvE is challenging because mistakes are costly and the real challenge is the guild you’re lining up against. Mob scarcity means item scarcity which means loot holds its value. The mechanics in this game are actually pretty complex compared to any other MMO I have played. Sure, there are many classes that can just spam one or two buttons to do their job, but under the hood there is a ton to learn.

I would argue the content in p99 is just as easy if not more so since almost all fights are tank and spank. You definitely have a point on the death consequences being higher in p99 than in WoW and I think overall I agree with the point you're making.

I hope the end game is competitive again, it's really a fun part of the game and what used to set project 1999 apart from TAKP or w/e other EQ emulators are out there. When I left the content required an excessive amount of raiders which killed all the small guilds unfortunately.