I guess I really don't understand this. Maybe I'm incorrect in assuming
that the whole point of EverQuest is the experience of getting to level 50.
There may be a few challenges left at level 50, but that's not really what
the game is all about. Once you reach 50, I don't really see the point.
You've won, essentially. You've become a demi-god, or whatever. If it was
a single player game, it would be over. Why should Verant have to generate
content for those that have maximized their characters, beyond the few
really tough encounters that should be the ultimate victories for said
characters? Once you've killed Nafagen, or Lady Vox, or other Uber-mob,
shouldn't it be time to retire? Obviously this stance would cause the
level 50 people to stop playing, and move on to other games, but I think
that this is how it should be (unless they want to play as a different
character). The VAST majority of players still haven't reached 50, and
most aren't even close. Verant can't make the game revolve around
powergamers, because they would never be able to keep up. In fact, I'm for
putting level 50 characters into forced retirement until the expansion
pack. That way we could get rid of all this farming for guilds, and for
other twinked characters. Plus we'd stop distracting the developers from
fixing the real problems with the game. In my opinion, lack of things for
level 50 players to do is not an important problem in the game.

Just my 2 cents.

At 01:19 PM 9/9/99 -0400, you wrote:

>From: "Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)" <Michael.Garramone@...>
>
>very true. its all lower guk, sol B, or twinking characters like you said.
>had a lot of fun with Fire Giants a few nights one week though, all the way
>up to and including warlord skarlon. got me the first mithril arms on the
>server =) and then the Nagafen kill. but pretty slow since then,
>definitely need a Fear repatch and Hate to open. i know a lot of people not
>yet 50 are upset about fear too, as the 50s are crowding their space now =)
>
>Shada
>
>
>> Woohoo. Congrats. Since I started a full time job again recently I
>> haven't been able to play long enough to be able to organise
>> a party to
>> even try. Also, when I do log in, seems like most of my friends are
>> either playing second characters or out hunting lower level mobs to
>> twink said characters. Since the last fear plane nerfing the amount of
>> things for L50 chars to do is pretty dismal.
>
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