Interesting insight. As someone who played melee during that original period, and has not played a caster on a TLP during that era, I've always wondered if it was just people over exaggerating (pretty common) that stretch of EQ.
I can't imagine Darkpaw putting that much effort into fixing...
Given your split from the system heavily advertised as a GDKP first system, I assume you are going back to the more traditional DKP style of play. Can you give us all a general idea of what you are trying to build and how? Rough goals, so to speak.
So what is your thoughts on the health of TLPs? Not disagreeing with you, just curious on your take of things as you seem very rational at first glance.
I view TLPs have having a certain finite pool of players. There are only so many in that pool, and while new players do jump in now and...
There you go, using "facts" again that aren't really much of a fact. And if people are treating their characters like their own children, well that's their prerogative and not something that I said. Hopefully they balance their life well.
Keep trying to make a mountain out of this, though...
Hell no. Would be nice if I did. I just live in my normal middle-class house with my middle-class income, and I don't make a dime from Everquest. Kudos to those that have more, keep on trucking for those that don't.
Whoever buys/bought that cares more about their characters having BiS than I probably ever will. Then again, whoever sold/sells it for that amount doubled or tripled their plat, so it would be hard to blame them for trying to do so.
I was actually angling for more of a "it's funny people like to discredit someone's post and say it has no fact to it, meanwhile they don't really have any supporting evidence either" than of a defending what I said. Some gets lots in translation of typing.
And yeah, I hope I am right and that...
Don't you know? Every single EQ player is pulling down a $500k job, has a hot smoking wife/husband, lives in a mansion, and makes unlimited cash from playing EQ?
See, the fun part about my original statement was that it was clearly posed as opinion. I didn't call it fact. Sorry you missed that part and felt the need to get involved.
Meanwhile, the person who you are backing up/defending/or whatever and yourself used a "100%" statement, even though...
You don't think that more people played more because they were home more, and therefore might have more of an attachment to their characters?
OK.........
Aradune might surprise people, I'm not sure yet. It has some disadvantages in long-term because of the supposed "box" limit, but they have a big advantage in launching when thousands of people were home for the pandemic. Those people invested a lot of time in their characters.
I still think bard is the way to go. "Hey guys, I'm new to the class and a terrible puller and will probably just get you killed. Is it OK if I just sing songs and do a little damage for you guys?"
Bard for sure if you can get away with not pulling or doing any crowd control. I've had bards in my group before that we just left, even though they were clearly AFK for extended periods, because they were at least playing the songs we wanted.
I think its the ones who brag the most about how bad ass they are that get shit on the most, when everyone knows its old content and most of being the "elite" guild is just being the one to get the numbers first.
Nah, not saying there aren't good players in the game, or at least players who know more tricks at performing better than others. Just referencing that everyone on the forums are EQ experts that make beating up 3 seals at once seem like child's play with how good their EQing is.