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Originally Posted by Traul
You really have no idea what you're talking about.
Please tell me how a small change (NPC porters) that will promote grouping and player interaction will somehow kill grouping and player interaction. Please tell me how the world will feel alive if the only way to find another player is to travel for an hour just to find them.
Seriously, how many times does it need to be repeated? EQ is not EQ if the server population is 1/20th - 1/100th of what it should be. No amount of nostalgia laden bullshit will change that fact.
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I understand where you are coming from with your concerns. Locale will be a key part of the game and if you are in a lowly populated area, that will force you to have to travel in order to group. I think an aspect you are completely missing is the ability to make friends. It will be important to find people that you work well with, and group with often. Find regulars that play similar times to you and you can group with them very frequently. I don't know about you guys but I grouped with the same core of people all the time and that was the way I liked it. It was important to stick near those people and get used to their playing times.
I don't think that NPC Translocators will ever be an option for Project 1999. If that is enough to drive you away then I am sorry for the inconvenience it just is not part of our vision. I still say that part of the problem with translocators is that it removes a lot of racial penalties. Starting as a Troll and being hated by everyone would be null because you can just instantly travel back home to sell, buy spells, train skills or whatever. You could be hunting in Permafrost which would be certain doom for a Troll in classic since there is no friendly areas anywhere. With a translocator you would only have to travel back to North Karana to go back home whenever you need which would be a short run. Wheras without a translocator, that is part of your penalty for playing an evil race, you lose convenience.
We appreciate everyone's concerns but this is an issue I just don't see being budged at all. We would be customizing classic for the sake of convenience and let's be honest. Classic was anything BUT convenient.
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