Well, this is interesting because its an issue that almost tore our guild
apart - in fact it incapacitated us for a few weeks. Some people had
emotional attachments to certain races, as one guildmate said, "EQ is about
killing giants and dragons."
The hunt leader wanted one thing (emulate FoH) and the majority of the guild
wanted another. In the end he convinced us that faction was fixable and we
are off on a Dain killing frenzy (well, ok we haven't actually offed him yet
- was at 2% last night =/).
Most importantly though, I have to agree that while its fun owning new big
Velious baddies, the risk/reward is WAY off, the mobs hit too hard and seem
to just require throwing more people at a challenge than actually using
tactics and strategy. The drops are good but really, out of an 80 person
guild, how many are actually going to GET them?
Halana, 58th Shaman
Tani, 40th Bard
Paradigm
Solusek Ro
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reece Tom R CPT 25 ID L G4 [mailto:g4mntofcr@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:08 PM
> To: eqbards@egroups.com
> Subject: [eqbards] Velious faction imbalance (was Avoiding
> faction hits
> in PoG when pulling)
>
>
> On a related note since we were talking about risk/reward in Velious:
>
> I think the entire Velious faction/loot setup is all out of
> balance. Seems
> to me that allying with the giants is far and away the best
> choice. The
> giants give the most quests (not counting class armor quests
> which all three
> factions have) and you have more places to hunt since you
> don't have to
> worry about screwing up Coldain/dragon faction. The Coldain
> don't appear to
> give any decent quests other than the Garadain series and the
> Phenocryst
> Focus series (BTW I really like how those quest series are
> set up. Wish
> there were a lot more like them in the game). If you want to maintain
> dragon faction, your limited in the places you can go beyond
> Kael Drakkal.
> Dragons appear to be the worst faction to ally with. Seems
> like all the
> best items/hardest zones in Velious will ruin dragon faction.
> So if you
> ally with them, you are really limiting your options on
> places you can hunt.
> Not really certain how good the quests are that you can get from the
> dragons.
>
> Would like to hear from those of you who have explored a lot
> of Velious to
> see what you think.
>
> Galtin of E'ci
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Schuldes [mailto:jgs@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 6:12 AM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Re: Avoiding faction hits in PoG when pulling
>
>
> What I dont understand is: why is our loot dropping there?
>
> Yes, there are quests that offer very similar rewards but
> have you tried to
> get them? PoG drops the items, Giants simply do not drop the
> items (needed
> for questing) at a rate anywhere close to PoG *and* some gems
> are still not
> found yet.
>
> I would guess that Verant made a mistake in PoG - I am
> guessing that they
> thought it would be uber-hard - or at least as hard as the
> "other ways" to
> get the similar items.
>
> They continue to fail to understand what motivates the
> players. On top of
> that, they do not structure the "reward system" to support
> the "content"
> (role play, history, lore, etc) or background story. In some
> ways, it is
> interesting that players can "choose" who to side with but it
> is a joke for
> them to ignore the fact that the majority of players will
> follow the course
> of least resistence toward the path of the most loot.
>
> Sylly
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reeves, Patrick W [mailto:pwr3@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 9:42 AM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Re: Avoiding faction hits in PoG when pulling
>
>
> True. Of course the simpliest way to avoid faction hits in
> PoG is to NOT
> HUNT THERE :) As Rokenn follows Tunare he certainly will not
> be, and shame
> on you wood elves that go there to kill your godess'
> creations. What are
> you Teir'dal or something? haha
>
> My monk on the other hand is only 2 levels a way from smackin around
> Tunare's creations, hehe. Must get a silver moon bracer.
>
> Rokenn
>
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