so I finally tired The Rage Fire Server.....Follow

SOE was never able to make a legitimate classic server, no reason to assume the new bosses would have. Which is why it's always called a "progression" server instead of a classic server. You always wind up with the drop tables changed from years past, AA, trade skills changed, etc. Station store is how they make money off the free-to-play options so obviously they're going to keep it. Likewise, some of the classic stuff was terrible like being forced to stare at your book to meditate or hybrid xp penalties. If you want to feel like it's actually 1999-2001 then you need to find an emulated server or a time machine.

Even if you could have a server playing by the old rules, the knowledge genie is out of the bottle. People know the best xp or loot spots and how to apply basic principles like aggro and damage ratios. We have detailed information about what spells do versus the old days of people wondering what the heck Taper Enchantment does. Some people have always tried to swiftly grind through the levels (and there's always been people multi-boxing), we're just better at it now. You can't go home again.

And isn't that the story of life summed up in a short sentence! It will never, ever be the experience you had your first week. A friend got me to play in 2001. I created a High Elf Paladin and he ported me to West Commonlands, showed me to East Commonlands and told me to level up there as the "Bazaar" of the time was the East Commonlands tunnel and I would be able to purchase gear. I had no plat, so how could I purchase gear. I died after running over a hill straight into an Orc camp and was "Ranger ported" back to GFay and had no clue as to how to get back to my corpse. Those were the "real" days, lol.

I do daily 99% no thank been there done that or I want good gear not crap gear. So I just play by myself and have fun. Empty zones no one to train you, kill steal your mob, be a loot hog and causing stress and cussing like a sailor so it does have its perks and benefits of solo play.

Edited, May 23rd 2015 3:14pm by BeenAway

Well, there is <Moonlight Marauders>, my older brother's guild of which there are currently, like, six of us.

No boxing, no marketplace, etc.

I got this at level 3 and I am stoked!

Amazing. I wonder how long that took to happen when the game first came out. Probably months?

You Can't Go Home Again, Thomas Wolfe

Also: http://giftofdarkness.yuku.com/reply/665/Looking-for-EQ-Expats#reply-665

I made a Felicite on Ragefire - I'm not sure if I'll stick with it or not.

It's just so... different. When I first started EQ back in 2005, most of my friends had played for a few years and were raiding and close to max levels (this is DoN era). Newbie zones dead, but I could spend hours in a Hot Zone trying to xp or find a low level grinding group... but people don't seem to be as concerned about LFG now, because 1) there are just boxers everywhere, 2) they know what to do already with their characters, so there isn't as much of a need to experiment with your spells/abilities. Everythings been done before and everyone knows that.

This is the first time I've ever tried a progression server though, so we'll see if I like it.

*Necropimp

There aren't any new bosses. DayBreak is run by Smed, just like SOE was run by Smed. They are just not part of Sony anymore but part of a different company.

I find it sad... the first main problem is the Progression server vote was only for those who were playing in game. People who no longer play but would.. did not get a vote. They should have had a vote on website.. with links in game for people to go to vote and on Facebook/Twitter so that players who no loner play can voice what they want. Next they allowed Mages to keep their super powered pets.. this has made the game so impossible for everyone else... you have large groups of Mage bots being controlled by people Botting their little armies running all over the place taking out camps. Other day in Lower Guk.. A guy running 18 man box group of mages.. claimed all of Live side. So this is a major flaw. There are 20 mages for every 1 class. This is ridiculous and the raid and boss mobs are already being farmed. People in small guilds.. will never get their epics.. because of this.. they are not going to get the gear they need.. because these farmers are selling all their loot for Kronos... which they in turn are selling on websites for real cash. Its become a nightmare. They failed!! again.

A guy running 18 man box group

People are frak'n idiots, good grief.