Unfortunately the answer to your problem is not going to make you happy.
Abashi responded to a similar question today. In a nutshell, if you
don't play 12 hours a day, the high end stuff isnt for you, and that's
they way they planned it.
http://boards.station.sony.com/everquest/Forum4/HTML/018990.html
On Tue, Feb 08/00, "Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4" <g4mntofcr@...> wrote:
> From: "Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4" <g4mntofcr@...>
>
> 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.
> >
> >
> > > 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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