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I had very little experience playing EQ but I found the barrier to entry was mostly overcome via RTFM. I think it depends if you take a resistant approach or an investigatory approach. The darkness of night really surprised me, but instead of giving up and complaining about it, I tried using...

You can break into the Enchanter's guild as a non-Enchanter to buy the book and train the skill, too. It does require some parkour.

I'm not sure. I do know that there are plans for content tied to phases of the moon (for example, the brightness levels in outdoor zones) so I assume astronomy will tie into that somehow. I agree with you. Anything we can do keep players from alt-tabbing increases immersion. I can understand...

Astronomy and brewing aren't implemented yet. Many tradeskills have trainers available but don't actually do anything yet. Tin has been hard to find. I've only found a decent supply of tin in the Glass Flats. From the zone line to Sungreet Strand, head left (west, I think) past the hostile...

5 AC on a ranged slot is pretty good...

Wyrmsbane is absolutely the most XP-efficient location at that level, and it does have some good loot, but you need to to pretty deep for the loot and it's not exactly game-changing. The reward is "extremely efficient XP" but the risk comes from the 5 adds you're grouped with.

The dungeon is mostly one long hallway. In order to be safe from trains, you need to set up your camp in one of the side passageways. Failure to do this means you will get run over by trains at some point. Mob density is very high, so groups that don't know how to pull (or don't use designated...

Wyrmsbane is 100% a tard filter. I've died so much in there due to people just not being careful.

We already destroyed our society once with slave labor. We shouldn't do it again!

I'm hoping we'll get a "map folio" item that basically works like a spellbook, but for maps, allowing you to combine all of your maps into one item.

Regarding maps: a month ago, Shawn did confirm via the Discord that maps will be in the game. It seems that rather than being a UI element you pull up with a hotkey, they will be discrete items, and different maps will show different things. One merchant in Night Harbor could sell a normal map...

Hiring locally is more important than AI protections. I lost my last career due to outsourcing. That is already a problem. AI won't be a problem for a little while still at least... and even then, it seems likely that we will still need human operators in AI-integrated industries. We can learn...

The problem with WoW quests is that waaaaay too much development time is spent on them. I appreciate M&M quest design because (outside of the class quests) they are efficiently implemented but still offer a reasonable reward without being monotonous. No NPC monologuing, no cutscenes, no "kill 10...

Outward did this (although with slightly more detail). It worked super well because the world was designed with big landmarks in mind that you could use to navigate around. Your position was never shown on the map, but if you could figure out what direction the giant purple mountain was from...

I think there's a framework for a "cartography" skill in-game, but I'm not sure what the plans are for it. Personally, I'm neutral on whether or not to include maps inside the game. There are obvious benefits to including them, but I think it's also worth mentioning that not having access to a...

For comparison, this was what it looked like before the slider.

This is what night time looks like with the gamma slider cranked all the way up. Darkness is no longer a threat. The chuds have won.

Of course they want a deal. DBG's MO is "do as little work as possible."

I think Secrets spoke about this a long time ago and one of the problems is that they can't afford him.

Regardless, I think it does a lot to help with the immersion of the world. I think MMORPGs need to be much more immersive today than they did yesterday because of all of the out-of-game connectivity tools (like Discord) that ruin immersion. Without enough systems in place that make the players...

I do not mind increased travel/preparation mechanics as long as the game's economy supports it. I sympathize with people like you who only have 3-4 hours to play and don't want to spend it doing prep work. If there are systems in place to outsource that prep work to poopsockers that play for 10+...

That logic is what attracts me, but since I don't know the particulars yet, I don't know how replaceable it will be.

My previous career has been eliminated due to outsourcing/AI so I'm pivoting to IT. Starting with support and hoping to move into databases as fast as I can. It sounds like I picked the wrong field if I'm trying to avoid getting replaced by outsourcing/AI again.

A second spellbook itself is only 1 silver, but I'm not sure how copying spells into it works. I don't play a spellcaster so I don't know if you need to rebuy all of your spells and put them in your new spellbook or if you can copy spells from an old spellbook into a new one.

I encountered this during the last playtest. I wanted to work on Jewelcrafting, which requires being able to enchant metal. Enchanters have spells that allow them to do that, but as a rogue, I need to use the "Enchanting" tradeskill... which can only be learned from an NPC in the Enchanter's...

Originally, Deep Elves and Deep Gnomes were not going to be a part of EA, but it looks like they've re-prioritized to include them.

Seriously, Daybreak has 99 cents to their name and they're going to spend it on suing an emulator team that also has 99 cents to their name? Genius strategy.

The point is to add complexity to low levels, which are typically devoid of complexity and boring while also encouraging more group play. At low levels, the amount of complexity you can add to the game is limited because players lack the tools to combat complexity. You can't have meaningfully...

The team hopes to introduce a brightness/gamma slider for the next test to help out you losers who are too good for equipping a torch. Personally, I love the darkness. I carry mats for torches and campfires on my toon so I have access to them whenever it gets dark. The tank in my play group took...

Prodigal is pretty good. It's kind of like the old 2D Zelda games (specifically Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages) but has lots of modern design goodies like non-linear progression, challenge modes, and tons of postgame content (mostly in the form of new dungeons). The sequel, Veritus, comes...

Orcs have been redesigned as seasonal strawberry pickers who need hawks to hunt for them.

I got absolutely annihilated at nats. 0-4 in CC, 2-1 in draft. I was completely under prepared for CC this season compared to last season and it showed up in a big way. Gonna play side events the rest of the weekend because there's no way I'm registering for the Calling with this deck.

Escape key should always close UI windows before clearing target. Here's my ideal priority: Close most recently-opened window. In the case of a shop where bags are automatically opened alongside the merchant window, close the merchant window first. Cancel cast/channel of ability. Clear target...

I've resolved to take Nuu to US Nationals. She's having a good weekend at Vegas right now but I think that as more people learn how to play against her, she won't do so well. Still, I'm pretty comfortable with her and I think with a little luck, I can do well. I opened a lot of Part the...

If you use the same action twice, you get disadvantage. This discourages pumping all of your action points into attacks and you'll probably end up having one left over.

Things have been extremely slow. I've been lucky to keep working but most people I know have not been. Things should pick up somewhat once IATSE is done negotiating contracts this summer but I don't think we're going back to the insane amount of work we had during the pandemic.

Valve making a new version of Monday Night Combat was absolutely not on my radar.

The golden packs are a box topper for 1 in 20 boxes. They contain two alternate art Spectral Shields (they look like the normal Mistveil Spectral Shield tokens, but can come in different colors like red or green) as well as a rainbow foil version of Enigma, New Moon. However... there are...