I think you missed the point he was trying to make.
A lot of EQ players, for whatever reason, are not high enough level yet to
go on a dragon raid. As it stands right now on most servers, you have to be
45+ to get invited on a dragon raid. By the time you get to that level a
few months down the road, the expansion will likely be out. Lets say in the
expansion Verant raises the level cap to 75. So by the time us non 45+
people get to 45th level, the current level 50s will be fastly approaching
75. You have to assume that a lot of these 75 people will still go on
dragon raids. If it takes 24 level 45+ players now to kill a dragon, how
many level 75s will it take? Once again you have to assume Verant will
upgrade the dragons because out of X people on a dragon raid, Y people
should die.
I think what Matt was implying is this is what he thinks will happen. So
what does that mean for us currently below 45th level? By the time we get to
45th, people organizing raids will increase the minimum level to attend a
dragon raid raid, i.e. new minimum level is 55th. End result is now that we
are 45th level, we're still to low to go on a dragon raid.
I think the best way Verant can solve this problem for those of us currently
not high enough to go on a dragon raid (if they even consider it a problem),
is that once the expansion comes out, put a maximum level limit to zone into
Permafrost or Sol B. Kind of like a reverse Plane level limit. If they
limit entering those zones to level 50s and below , then they don't have to
worry about level 75s coming in and easily killing a dragon. They also
don't have to worry about continually making dragons tougher.
Galtin of E'ci
> "Don't worry, be happy!"
>
> Seriously, do what I do when you see posts that disturb you: delete them.
>
> Right now, you have a lot of monsters to fight that are close to your
> level.
> Deal with them now. Play the game 'one level at a time' and enjoy. There
> is nothing to be gained by worrying about stuff that is far away and
> unknown. The dragon's you fight will be different from the ones that we
> fight today just as they are different from the first ones that were
> fought
> on all of the servers. By the time you get there, there will be new
> weapons, new spells and a history of tips, tricks, and tales from those
> who
> have gone before.
>
> Verant _knows_ that they are in the entertainment business. My take is
> that
> they _will_ keep "raising the bar" on certain zones/monsters to prevent
> them
> from being "farmed" and provide challenge to the high levels. Sometimes
> they may "road block" a zone or mob for one reason or another. Sometimes
> they will make mistakes. But any time there is a change in the status quo
> -
> you will hear complaints.
>
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> > some of what you said was my point, Naggy is upgraded, Vox is upgraded,
> > Innoruk (he's the one with DT, right?) is upgraded. They did this
> > because they were dying too easily. This is all fine and good for
> > people who have been there before, and have plane/dragon equipment and
> > plane/dragon experience. (Actually its not, but at least you had a shot
> > at it) By the time we get there, there will be no chance. We will not
> > be lvl 50 before expansion, I cant imagine what Verant is going to do to
> > all those guys then...
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