>From: John Kim <kim@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Offtopic: Asheron's Call vs. Everquest
>Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 12:51:37 -0400 (EDT)
>
>From: John Kim <kim@...>
>
>On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Naeeldar wrote:
> >
> > Some things do need fixing though like the rogue skills, druids at high
> > levels ( they can't go to any dungeons because of high fire resist ),
>and in
> > my opinion Necro research. The problem with necro research is that the
>words
> > are impossible to find. Currently on E'ci two people on the whole server
> > have the level 34 Necro pet spell, the first research spell! Nobody
>levels
>
>Bear in mind that the druid and necro are probably the easiest
>classes to play at the early and mid levels. It makes sense
>that they should become difficult at the end. I don't
>particularly like it when games are designed like that, since
>it means a choice you make based on your first few weeks of
>play can have negative repurcussions several months later.
>Ideally all classes should be roughly equivalent to each other
>all the way through their advancement, but that's not the
>paradigm EQ chose.
>
>And I thought we had a couple high level songs which lowered
>monster resists?
>
>--
>John H. Kim
>kim@...
Well, this is were the grouping aspects of EQ take over. Yes we have songs
that lower fire resist, also enchanters can lower resists as well (which is
why my bard loves grouping with enchanters, but that is another thread
<grin>). This is not a solo'ist game in the long run, esp if you want to go
into the dungeon depths. The thing with Druids and Necros is that they are
so easy to solo up to high levels (30+) that the people who play them do not
get a chance to build grouped tactics. So it is not so much that they are
difficult to play at higher levels, they are just suddenly forced to group
in the 30's and it can ge a bit harsh making the change that late in the
game.
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