/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.5167881]

For me, it's EverQuest

[Anonymous No.5167890]

>>5167881
Me too friend, me too : )

[Anonymous No.5168142]

When the did the "for me, it's X" thing start?

[Anonymous No.5168150]

Is this game still good if I don't have friends to play with? I've never played EQ but I've heard it has like over 1000 PvE areas which is pretty enticing.

[Anonymous No.5168162]

>>5168142
blame /ck/

[Anonymous No.5168930]

>>5168150
90% of the game is fighting one goblin or kobold at a time

[Anonymous No.5169232]

am i suppoosed to play regular EQ or the P99 thing?

[Anonymous No.5170017]

>>5168150
Yeah man you'll easily make friends especially as you are forced to group as you level unless you pick one of those anti-social classes.
>>5168930
not sure why you say that, what type of bad groups have you been in?
>>5169232
P99 is much comfier and harder.

[Anonymous No.5170167]

Really enjoyable game but everything takes forever. You can easily lose a quarter or half of a day and not get much done. I actually wouldn't change the game at all but I just can't sink the time in anymore.

[Anonymous No.5170197]

>>5170167
This is actually pretty true later in the game, which is why its good to make friends that are always down to do something.

[Anonymous No.5170234]

>>5170167
yeah i love P99 - came back as a necro main, and a monk twink. I play chars until about 50s and then want the freshness of the early level game in different areas that I had never seen on live. It's a surprisingly huge game and incredibly difficult on P99 just like the old days.

[Anonymous No.5170257]

the virgin EverQuest
the chad Asheron's Call

[Anonymous No.5171859]

>>5170257
Based

[Anonymous No.5171864]

>>5171859
>Asheron's Call
>>5170257
*checks out gameplay videos*
looks like fucking shit. gonna try out p99.

[Anonymous No.5171972]

>>5171864
What race/class

[Anonymous No.5172094]

>>5168930
Play a druid or wiz and solo 4 kobolds at a time

[Anonymous No.5173381]

>>5172094
>soloing kobolds

[𓆏 No.5173729]

Was gona finish my epic piece today after having the quest items ready for more than a year but my daughter seem to have ruined my mouse, so I can't do it...
I play on project 1999, really nice population!
I hope more people join in the fun, without new people I think player base would dwindle, but there seems to be a great flow of both returning players and new ones filling the ranks...

[𓆏 No.5173730]

>>5172094
quickest way 1-8 is in steamfont getting druid shield, regen and damage shield from visiting druids just pulling all the kobold camps letting them DS themselves out...

[Anonymous No.5173947]

>>5173730
Well yeah obviously with strong buffs you can fight things way stronger than you and level like crazy. I liked buffing in newbie zones I was passing through as a druid.

[Anonymous No.5173951]

>>5173947
Although another time in the ec tunnel, I charmed a lion and dueled a newbie. I told the guy I wouldn't use any spells on him and let the lion do all the fighting. Then I buffed the hell out of the lion and watched the show

[Anonymous No.5174009]

For me too, shame I rolled a Warrior as a first character. I know they are guaranteed a spot in raids later but holy shit dude, I am playing a druid right now and the game seems much easier with binds, camouflages and the gate I have. Also I do much more damage without having good gear at all. I got my 14 Druid to Kurns and the journey to Kunark would've been impossible if I was a Warrior even though my War is 27 and has a Crusty set. Btw Kurns is fucking sick

[Anonymous No.5175931]

>>5174009
EQ is balanced like that, a warrior lacks the all round skills of a druid to get around and is gear dependent, but he's got an indispensable role in raids once he's set. It may not be the best class to get to know the game, perhaps Druid is better and for making frens along as well.

[Anonymous No.5176347]

>>5175931
I really liked the thrill of going through Dagnors and Lfay on my Warrior not gonna lie. The thrill is still there with my druid but it's kinda gone when I can invis myself against everything cept Undead and certain mobs, can bind myself at the entrance, have a SoW at my disposal and a root if things are looking grim. I know Warriors are top tier raiders but I dunno if it's worth it levelling a Warrior at all since the scene is dead on P99 so I've heard. Good part about levelling a Warrior is how durable I seem even at 27 compared to others. Rogues and casters take several hits without getting heals and they are dropped to 60-70% max hp while I can juat turn off my brain and tank everything as long as it's not an overpull. I may play him more since Mistmoore is always so populated and I really like it and want to explore it. Kurns is also cool and the xp for my Druid is mental though. I think I got to 15-16 in just over an hour. I really wish I levelled in Kurns with some lizardbros on my Warrior instead of soulessly grinding sashes but how was I supposed to dodge the drolvargs and the iksar who are highly agressive and con red at mid teens? Besides if I die in Kurns it's a fucking GG I don't know where is tge the closest bind point to Kurns for non-iksar even.

[Anonymous No.5176478]

>>5173951
if she is supposed to be a paladin why does she look like a mage?

[Anonymous No.5176479]

>>5176347
You would have been ported in through emerald jungle, gotten a bind outside of Kaesora and boom kurns you go

[Anonymous No.5176568]

>>5176478
Don't be racist.

[Anonymous No.5176583]

>>5167881
worst games ever made thread?

[Anonymous No.5176920]

>>5176583
>my corpse rotted at the bottom of an ocean

[Anonymous No.5178678]

b..bump

[Anonymous No.5178731]

>>5176920
Almost happened once. Right after Kunark released I was swimming around Timorous Deep exploring and got eaten by a dragon in the middle of the ocean. Luckily I was able to find it by exploiting that bug that seemed to affect all games prior to the advent of shaders - positioning the camera right at water level allowing you to see through the water as if it were air.

[Anonymous No.5178831]

>>5178731
And I think the game didn't consider z-axis when dragging your corpse, which made it easier.

[Anonymous No.5179532]

>>5167881
Best place for a level 18 necromancer in antonica?

[Anonymous No.5179878]

>>5167881
Never played it
Is this shit good?
Which are the more solo classes up in this shit?

[Anonymous No.5180346]

>>5168150
Play on p99, man. Friends are something that just happen to you there.

[Anonymous No.5181205]

That loading screen song, then the sound you make when spawning... Take me back to East Commons, when life was simple

[Anonymous No.5181685]

>>5168150
>>5180346
So much this. I still can't believe how nice people are on P99. Maybe it has to do with people being more mature there plus being based boomers(not kidding a lot of people left my groups because of their kids and stuff like that it's kinda strange for a 18 year old virgin nerd like me that has so much disposable time lulz).

[Anonymous No.5182016]

>>5181685
this is a 30+ boomer game because most ADHD kids these days do not have the patience and dedication required to play

[Anonymous No.5182047]

>>5182016
There is no such thing as a "30+ boomer" faggot. Imagine someone over 30 using memes created by children.

[Anonymous No.5182147]

>>5182016
Can you imagine how many nerds blew a load for her?

[Anonymous No.5182428]

>>5182147
Well deserved, imo. Firiona is the true sex symbol of PC gaming of her time.

[Anonymous No.5182450]

>>5169232
>>5170234
>>5171864
p99 is fun from 1-59 but the raiding scene is just pure ass cancer

[Anonymous No.5182479]

>>5176478
She's an enchanter. They just gave her armor in newer versions for no reason

[Anonymous No.5182480]

>>5178831
It considered it, iirc, it just teleported it to you and dropped it everytime you summoned it

[Anonymous No.5183995]

>>5181685
I absolutely agree, people are nice on p99 than. The amount of free stuff and buffs I have thrown at me just for looking like a noob..

[Anonymous No.5184084]

I have a newbie question. On p99, it says there are about 500 people online. So I get into the server, but using one of the most common classes, there isn't a single person near me. I'm just in the starting area, but really, where is everyone? Just spread out all over, far away from me? It's hard to believe there's not a single other newbie near me. Is there any way to see where the most players are in the server without needing to go to that region and doing /who to see how many players are nearby?

[Anonymous No.5184110]

>>5184084
Most people hang out wherever the trading action is, since it's an excuse to congregate and sit around bullshitting when they're bored.
In classic, that was basically the EC tunnels and Kelethin.
I think P99 is up to Velious, so I'm not sure where it would be if they're hanging out on that continent, but EC and Kelethin should be at least relatively easy to get to (by EQ standards, anyway).
Bear in mind that you can just make a throwaway toon starting in Freeport RQ to check pretty easily.

[Anonymous No.5184242]

>>5184084
you can get some idea using /who all, which will return a partial list of all players in all zones.

[Anonymous No.5184508]

>>5170257
>the chad Asheron's Call
Playing Darktide as a Life mage was some fun times.

[Anonymous No.5185514]

I started playing in 2016, I have a megaboner for that old 3D aesthetic

literally one of the comfiest games I've ever fucking played

[Anonymous No.5186645]

>>5184084
Which starting area were you in? Some areas were less populated on live and of course it's the same on p99 with a lower total population count. There's always someone in Greater Faydark, however.

[Anonymous No.5186975]

>>5167881
>You will never again go on a perilous journey with your level 6 erudite mage from erudin across the world to kelethen to run that repeatable crushbond quest with your buddies.

Because there were no maps other than poorly made fan maps on obscure sites and loading between zones took 5 mins + 22 minute boat ride it turned into a harrowing nightlong journey across the world including one nice level 40 wizzard who eventually ported me to the commonlands so I didn’t have to try to get through high pass.

Goddamn that first night on EQ got me hooked on Mmo’s, it really felt like I have gone on a journey by the time I got all the way to kelethin.

Nothing will ever beat those feels, kids today can never understand

[Anonymous No.5187729]

>>5184084
You picked the dwarfs didn't you it's always a ghost town,kaladim only seems empty the surrounding mountains are jam packed with players

[Anonymous No.5187828]

>>5186975
first character was an iksar, decided i wanted to play with my brother in qeynos.. travel there using literal road signs from the karanas, didn't know about binding.. man that was a really bad time.

[Anonymous No.5188865]

>>5168142
For me, it's the McChicken. The best fast food sandwich. I even ask for extra McChicken sauce packets and the staff is so friendly and more than willing to oblige.

One time I asked for McChicken sauce packets and they gave me three. I said, "Wow, three for free!" and the nice friendly McDonald's worker laughed and said, "I'm going to call you 3-for-free!".

Now the staff greets me with "hey it's 3-for-free!" and ALWAYS give me three packets. It's such a fun and cool atmosphere at my local McDonald's restaurant, I go there at least 3 times a week for lunch and a large iced coffee with milk instead of cream, 1-2 times for breakfast on the weekend, and maybe once for dinner when I'm in a rush but want a great meal that is affordable, fast, and can match my daily nutritional needs.

I even dip my fries in McChicken sauce, it's delicious! What a great restaurant.

[Anonymous No.5190613]

>>5187828
Welcome to EQ, we've all been there! I didn't know you could get your corpse back before I was lvl 10 or so..

[Anonymous No.5191471]

>>5190613
Rough as a child but man there were so many fond memories

[Anonymous No.5192190]

>make char on p99
>grind solo to level 5 in gfay
>never see a single lfg or lfm call
>check out orc hill
>one excessively twinked guy getting blatantly PLed by his own alt
>head into CB
>a couple more massive twinks with bots on autofollow

Server is shit. Good luck doing anything there at this point without paying real life money.

[Anonymous No.5193927]

>>5192190
Perhaps the server population has gone down? I leveled up in GFay last year and it seemed ok; there were Orc Hill groups as was as groups in Crushbone later on.

[Anonymous No.5194058]

>>5192190
even 10 years into the servers lifespan this isnt representative of the typical experience. always groups of shitter noobs at orc hill and in cb. i played TONIGHT and there were 22 appropriately leveled ppl in cb and none i saw were twinked above a couple hp rings or a sword from com or whatever. expect to bribe and hustle if you want to do all the raid targets but you are full of shit otherwise

[Anonymous No.5195775]

>>5193927
>>5194058
>>5192190
Those twinks don't mind grouping either usually.

[Anonymous No.5197049]

>>5194058
Perhaps it's a good idea to bring or make some friends that are on the same schedule. On classic, friends for life were made on orc hill.. good times.

[Anonymous No.5197930]

>>5188865
OK, that explains alot.

[Anonymous No.5198264]

>>5179878
The more solo classes are Necromancer and Druid. Enchanters and Shamans can solo quite well, but perhaps those are not good recommendation for beginners.

[Anonymous No.5198348]

>>5186975
>there were no maps other than poorly made fan maps on obscure sites
Muse's eqatlas maps were fucking beautiful.
Both aesthetic and useful.

[Anonymous No.5198353]

>>5198264
Mages can also solo. Although they have a less varied toolset for it compared to necromancers, but their pets are stronger so long as you find the right spots you can solo quite well.

[Anonymous No.5198412]

>>5198353
How could I forget! My best friend played a mage back then and I couldn't even solo his pet at lvl 50 as a paladin. The earth pet is a solid tank.

[Anonymous No.5198421]

>>5198353
How could I forget the mage! My best friend played one and he could solo just fine, his pet was stronger than my necro's. I couldn't win a duel against his pet at lvl 50..

[Anonymous No.5199714]

>>5169232
p99 is kinda pointless
1) all the raiding guilds fight for raids
2) they poopsock raid mobs you'll never raid unless you join them and they will only ALLOW you
3) the raiding guilds, when not raiding, control all the cash drops on the server like fungi tunic, Zlandicar's Heart, etc and Western Wastes twink items. That leaves the peasants fighting over WL geonids and gems in Siren's Grotto
4) Since inflation is so bad you can't afford the higher end twinking items without farming 3-4x what they were worth on live during velious, sometimes it can be 7x depending on item.
5) Velious factions are literally the end game besides plane of mischief unless you join a raiding guild.
6) You can be banned for any reason and believe the raiding guilds have direct connection to the server operators. You cross the raiding guilds and your account is banned.
7) monks are OP as fuck and the p99 patches are stopping at chardok 2.0 and monk triple attack patch making them able to out dps rogues making any other dps completely redundant and any ideas of twinking a non-monk completely stupid.
8) many of the pet class changes and balances and helping that were patched later in just aren't in making pet classes trash and necros are terrible in velious.
9) shamans are gods
10) everybody has got a pocket epic cleric
11) many of the shittier classes didn't get brought up to a balanced level till PoP or even after
12) basically this server is stuck on fellatio of shamans / monks / enchanters / bards / warriors and these classes are so much more powerful than the other classes on p99 if you roll something else you're a fool

TL;DR its shit

[Anonymous No.5199737]

Me? I'll have the crabcakes.

[Anonymous No.5199828]

>>5199714
I never really liked the idea of classic servers. It's not classic when it has a set and forever unchanging endgame. Part of classic was that balance could shift every single patch and new zones and gear were always being added. It's harder to min/max when you don't know what the state of the game will be in a year. But on something like P99, the game is nothing but min/maxing. Basically, here's your list of viable class/race combos and a spreadsheet of BiS gear, no room for deviation.

[Anonymous No.5199831]

>>5199828
every game is min maxing

you can play official classic servers, which is a better experience than p99, but every game is min/maxing
think about it, people want to be good. And good people want to play with other good people.
Being stuck in crushbone for a month is for shitters, it's not fun.

[Anonymous No.5200348]

>>5199714
Most of your arguments are either about raiding or things that do not affect you. You can make a paladin and have the exact same tormenting road to 50 as you had back in '99. That's how it was when I left off during Velious.

It's good for the 1-50 experience. But I'm biased, I didn't have much of a positive raiding experience back then. It's not what I look for on P99.

[Anonymous No.5200623]

>>5167881
tfw used to watch my brother play cause was too young to play on my own.

RIP Ted

[Anonymous No.5203238]

Been watching this dude sussypoo play this, game is old as dirt

[Anonymous No.5203257]

>>5182479
>for no reason
you know what the reason is

[Anonymous No.5203297]

>>5200348
too bad. Even though I never got to face Vulak and only saw Sleepers tomb on an emulator, raiding NToV felt more epic than any content in any other game I've played. I also loved the higher end Velious zones like Skyshrine and Kael Drakkal.

[Anonymous No.5205068]

>>5167881
is there a good/decent place to level in classic when you hit 30?

[Anonymous No.5205169]

>>5205068
upper guk (will trash faction)
solusek a
mistmoore
splitpaw
Cazic-Thule
Runneye?

As I recall the cheese outdoor area for that range is South Karana bu it's been awhile.

[Anonymous No.5206281]

>>5192190
>Server is shit. Good luck doing anything there at this point without paying real life money.
That's a lie. Everyone on p99 knows you can't RMT or two-box.

[Anonymous No.5206369]

p99 or EQR?

[Anonymous No.5207472]

>>5203238
yet still has massive amounts of charm and actual atmosphere that somehow manages to ooze through it's "dated" graphics.if fact once you get used to them I'd even go as far to say it adds to the charm of the game

[Anonymous No.5207482]

>>5206281
i mean that's the official rules
but if you were deep into p99 you'd find out the truth real fast

gm's are still generating new fucking manastones for their egfs

[Anonymous No.5209145]

>>5205169
Runnyeye can still be quite deadly to a lvl 30 warrior if your going solo

[Anonymous No.5211406]

>>5205169
Unrest might be nice as well in that lvl range.
Also see
>http://wiki.project1999.com/Per-Level_Hunting_Guide

[Anonymous No.5211832]

>>5211406
thanks anon as an aside what would be the best way to raise faction with freeport?

I know the orcs can give you great boost for the halflings but what about getting into the port city?

[Anonymous No.5213709]

>>5211832
I think it depends on your starting faction. I found this guide
>https://wiki.project1999.com/Faction_Guide
But that doesn't show how to raise the guard faction, which is important for the port. If you are evil you could probably travel there by tunnel, though that may not be without danger as well.

[Anonymous No.5214515]

Is there a particular reason why the PVP server seems dead compared to the blue server?

[Anonymous No.5216195]

>>5213709
>But that doesn't show how to raise the guard faction, which is important for the port.
>https://wiki.project1999.com/Freeport_Militia
Note that some, if not all, quests will lower rep with other factions such as the paladins in North FP.

[Anonymous No.5216228]

>>5214515
Because PVP is fucking shit in EQ.

[Anonymous No.5216802]

I'm from P99.

Detoxx is a faggot, all AM are faggots, I hope to go Monrezz reads this, you're a faggot nigger too.

Fuck Core for getting Sirken bannu'd and they should reinstate Sirken 100% and just let these little #metoo EQ thots kick and scream themselves to sleep.

[Anonymous No.5217190]

>>5216802
Monrezz here, fuck you buddy you'll never get into ToV or experience end game.

[Anonymous No.5217198]

>>5216802
Also fuck you again. Sirken has been like this for years.

[Anonymous No.5218509]

>>5182479
im pretty sure she is a paladin, i was shocked when i found out that she was because she always looks like a mage (or enchanter)

[Anonymous No.5219090]

Is it just me or does it seem like some cities have better drops from random mobs then others?

seems like qeynos the skeletons drop rusty weapons that you can sell for decent coin,meanwhile places like neriak have nothing but spiders along with the occasional wolf for tanners & silk armor?

[Anonymous No.5220072]

>>5219090
This is true. Neriak is closer to the selling hub though. Spider silk sells to players for plats per stack. You'll find collecting high quality pelts, bone chips, and spider silk is going to be your itty bitty level money maker

[Anonymous No.5220131]

>>5206281
>That's a lie. Everyone on p99 knows you can't RMT or two-box.

To be young and naive again.

[Anonymous No.5221237]

>>5217190
>end game

everquest is more about the journey through it's world then getting to 50 as fast as you can compared to many if not all of the post WOW MMOs though,you could spend your entire year just messing around the lower levels around 25/30 & still have enough to tide you over on the main continents without ever leaving towards kunark

[Anonymous No.5222196]

>>5186975
Heh, I remember lvling up to lvl 16 in High Pass, then running all the way back to Ak'anon, because I didn't understand how shit worked, bought spells, tried them out, used my new Point blank AE spell that aggroed all the Class GMs that killed me, losing my lvl and spawning back in high hold.
Had to run all the way back naked...
Life was hard being a dumb 14 year old.

[Anonymous No.5222214]

>>5200623
How did he die?

[Anonymous No.5223513]

>mfw too slow to catch the gnome who gives the Jboots quest

[Anonymous No.5223752]

>>5216802
Which Guilds are the most fun & non-stressful if all you can about is grouping up for fun & occasional phat loot?

[DaoC No.5224789]

Playing it right now

[Anonymous No.5225784]

how much is too much copper to carry?

[Anonymous No.5225845]

>>5224789
Is that daoc?

[Anonymous No.5225936]

Yo can i get some wallpapes? I love the vintage vibe of the ones on here.

[Anonymous No.5226006]

>>5224789
Private server?

[Anonymous No.5226598]

>>5167881
Best game.

[Anonymous No.5227180]

>>5225845
>>5226006
Yes, Uthgard, 1.65 version with shrouded isles classes

[Anonymous No.5229218]

>>5227180
how's pop?

[Anonymous No.5229672]

>>5229218
up to 350 people, lots of americans but also europeans

[Anonymous No.5230473]

>>5199714
Reminds me of EQ in 99-01 desu

[Anonymous No.5231738]

Alright who's been leaving all these townguard's shields in qeynos & leaving a literal trail of moonstones to the front gates again?

[Anonymous No.5233021]

>>5184084
Did you try the East Common lands tunnel?

[Anonymous No.5233368]

>>5167881
I mean, when I was 14, I liked the cover art. Other than that...

[Anonymous No.5233736]

>>5233368
Didn't we all?

[Anonymous No.5233934]

DBG is probably going under within the next year. I wonder who'll pick up the rights to EQ. Would be nice if it was a person/group actually interested in revitalizing the IP.

[Anonymous No.5235280]

>>5233934
>going under

didn't they just say the servers were actually booming with a steady playerbase?

[Anonymous No.5235495]

>>5235280
yea but they also fired 70 people just before Christmas

[Anonymous No.5237379]

>>5168150
Solo can be brutal if you don't know what your doing

[Anonymous No.5237447]

>>5235280

They keep bleeding staff. They've already got EQ on a skeleton crew and their only salvation for a "growth" game is well... pic related.

[Anonymous No.5238675]

bump

[Anonymous No.5239686]

>>5233934
>goes bankrupt
>releases full source code and database for EQ

[Anonymous No.5241978]

>>5239686
What would that allow?