Poor and Rich, no middle?!

[KwwBall]

I have been playing on p99 now for a few weeks, and loving it. It has had its up and downs. It appears that there is a vast different in wealth on this server though.

In essence, it seems like your either poor, or rich. When decent starting weapons for anyone are around 100-300pp, but that is what you pretty much have until 1) you get lucky with a good drop in a group or 2) you save up for MONTHS to get one piece of equipment.

I don't remember it being like that in original EQ. There were decent priced upgrades all the way to 60. Currently as it is, I'm 23rd level, and I think that these weapons I have will pretty much be what I have until 60. Then at that point why would I want some of these other weapons that would have served me good from 30-60 when I will most likely get a weapon that is basically for a level 60 character.

Anyone else notice this? Is it because of the uniqueness of this server? Is it because Kunark has been out for so long and no Velious?

I think that some of these level 60 players who are holding on to decent weapons to sell but will not give anyone who is a new player leveling a decent deal need to rethink the value of what they have.