I read some of the posts on that thread. Will read some of the others when
I get a chance.
Still don't agree with it though. I think Abashi totally missed the point
in regards to his casual gamer comment. I have no problem with the fact
that people who have more time to play than me will level faster and have
time to camp for good items. Abashi stated they should get rewarded (i.e.
really nice items) for the time they invest. Agreed. But when the
expansion comes out, the new zones will/should contain the new high level
mobs/items (geared toward the 50+ player). Vox/Nagafen and plane loot
should remain geared towards the 45-50 level players (of course they can add
new dragons in the expansion geared towards the 50+ players). However, if
Verant increases the toughness of Vox/Nagafen/Fear/Hate to where 45-50
players are too low to survive, then players like me get hosed. Those of
you currently 45+ are getting to have fun on dragon/planes raids now. When
the expansion comes out, the players currently 45- should get the same
opportunity.
I've continued to play EQ ever since April because one of my goals was to be
a part of a successful dragon raid (i.e. one where I don't die). Its not
the loot so much but the opportunity to do something in the game I've never
done before that gives me enjoyment. Thats the reason I've been going on
Kedge raids recently with a bunch of high level players. I had never gone
to Kedge before until last week. I happened to get lucky and get some nice
loot while there but if I had never gotten one piece of loot I still would
have had a lot of fun. If Verant makes changes to dragons after the
expansion to where level 45-50 players are not capable of defeating a
dragon, then I will most likely hang up my spurs.
Galtin of E'ci
34 bard
> 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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