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They are saying you dont have to multiclass, and it's probably true. With no vertical advancment your starting class fills all your ability slots just fine, you just arent as flexible as others in your ability choice. I doubt there is an advantage beyond the obvious fact that you havent dabbled...

Nothing against you but I sure hope you cannot do that. That's the attitude that is driving this genre isnt the ground right there. Must Have Now, skip as much of the game as possible, invalidate as much content as possible. Without trying to be offensive but you're asking for the equivalent...

Unfortunately, that logic applies to any game. Hell even EVE is certainly getting easier and removing tedium to become more accessible. So I guess, imagine SOE's point of view in say 5 years, when they have a running EQN production cycle and are actually just then releasing EQ3 and billing it as...

Exactly. You can do progression without linear +gooder. Preferably, you at first progress you starter class while learning the ropes, then branch out into your prefered roles with some additional classes, and finally fine-tune your available ability selection to suit your prefered playstyle...

I guess (and in a sad way hope) we have to suck up to the hobbits in general to get allowed into their town despite coming from the haunted forest, then suck up to the mayor so he reveals where the ancient buried dark elf tunnels are so we can dig in there to discover some old tome that teaches...

I was wondering about the EQHD thing, so honest question: Assuming a different company makes a new game with a fresh background that captures classic EQ gameplay well, would you rather have that game or have SOE make EQ3 with the EQ1 lore and get it only mostly right but with some concession...

Boots of the zephyr were mentioned by name as making you float/glide, kinda like levitate. Beyond that the whole itemization focus seems to be on items modding skills instead +gooder, so it might have similar effects to clickies or outright take the EQ1 clicky system. Alternatively, they can...

Thanks for mentioning that, it triggered a nostalgic smile. Surprise afk check on the blobs before Aten = zone pop drops to half.

This is conjecture, but if you play EQN and enjoy rangers so after some time your class list is ranger/beastmaster/warden/archer/hunter/duelist, I'm sure it plays different from my zealot/priest/cleric/warlord/paladin 'holy warrior' type. You could say it is a different game basically...

I have no idea how EQN will turn out, but did you play EQ as a melee? Because from a caster point of view 8 spells available at a time has been standard fare in EQ, the hotbar madness only started years later (and good riddance if they remove it). There are several questionable things we know...

You are adressing two different things here: How the character abilities are fleshed out, and the general workings of combat and difficulty. About the latter we have idea really. So to adress the first part, the multiclassing with regards to ability selection isnt far off from old EQ, and with...

I've been throwing money at the screen since friday and nothing happens =( Seriously though yes I would, no questions asked. But then again the only part I'm missing in what we have so far are the EVE aspects that hopefully follow with the PVP/Crafting info. The only big negative I see is the...

That's an interesting description, it sounds like what I had envisioned from the info bits we got so far. One unknown for me at this point are the weapons, moreso then the class abilities. I think each class gets two different weapons? I am wondering about the fact that those first 4 skills are...

Speak for yourself. If this game didnt have the EQ name, I would like it even more. They talk a good talk, and assuming they can realize their potentials and go the right direction on the points that are undecided, I'll play the hell out of this. Now granted they might fail to implement what...

I share that concern. I'm not an alt person and I disliked how current gen advocates having a stable of alts and putting alot of things like bank space, achievements or currency on the account level. Call it old-fashioned but I would prefer each character if I play several to have be their own...

Might have been answered enough because I'm like a day behind, but I doubt we need a subforum. This thread will slow down once the tears dry up and there really isnt much to talk about except carrying on with out theorycraft, now with more LoL and MTG influence and less WoW comparisons. Actively...

Well I hope you're right, you were there to talk to people after all. If my 4 weapon-based skills can be a mix of damage spells and crowd control that's actually useful then I'm happy. Same for the healer types I guess. I doubt they will make any class pure heals, but if you slot...

Tbh I think "not ruling it out in the future" means "no plans at all, I'll eat my hat if that becomes a thing". They were in a pleasant social conversation with players that obviously treasure the EQ experience, so they vaguely denied it without going full Itzena.

Paid-for race (class?) changes come to mind as a contender.

Is that based on any snippets of information you coerced out of SOE employees or just your personal opinion?

Depends on how they set up the day/night cycle and how exactly dealing with the shady types works. I like me some immersion so npcs actually going home and stuff has me intrigued (might piss me off once I have to deal with it though). I was ok with it in Skyrim.

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How would a chaotic evil community work? Isnt that the code for "the moment you turn your back I cut you"?

We really dont know if Blizzard couldnt have done it - they didnt want to. I think they could have done it tbh, but they chose money hats and hookers over re-investing their gains into the game. Not that I blame them, probably would've done the same. But sometimes I wonder where the genre could...

It always does. 3 warriors, guardian, mesmer with gear linking to prove your full berserker for the most commonly run dungeon in GW2 for example. Even for super-easy faceroll content people are being pricks to their fellow players in order to get their gold piece 40 seconds faster.

I disagree with this pretty much. Blizzard currently isnt seeing my dollars. I would have checked out what they have to offer more often through the last 7 or so years since I quit if they were free to play, and I would have at times spend money on expansions and gimmicks and possibly resubbed...

Hilarious moments in EQ: group in lguk gets trained to the max, tank and chanter hold down the fort as well as possible but everyone is running out of mana quickly and we decide to evac. The wizard sits down and everyone groans. Sounds like late EQ went overboard with the AA spells though, if...

Here is my take on your concerns: - The industry found out that letting people get a foot into the game for free and then charging them once they are invested in the product yields more money. Dont ask me why but thats how it is, and it comes from customer behaviour. - SOE lost its touch...

Wizards in a raid setting kept infravisions memd... you needed your two nukes, two mana-recovery spells, had infravision and selfbuff loaded because why not and left the last spot empty because "meh". =) But yea I doubt other casters used the same spells all the time, as an enchanter you...

I like the restriction to a set amount of abilities. Eight is reminiscent of EQ but I feel 10-12 would probably be better. Either way its a good solution and preferable to 40 skills on 5 hotbars. I also like the mix'n'match approach, although I hope storybricks throws in a big wrench into plans...

I am positive storybricks will be good. The reason for that faith is that SB comes from a bunch of people that set out to make a system like that and make it work well, instead of someone at SOE thinking it up as a marketing gimmick like project M and half-assing it into the game. People making...

Most old EQ people probably cant handle EVE, considering they prefered to play on their blue servers despite the option of playing (later on) several PVP-enabled rulesets. Unless you stick to Ehigh sec PVE, and then do yourself a favor and just go to EQMac, because EVE for high sec PVE is only...

The comment about TBC is spot as far as the actual encounters in dungeons. Doing heroic tbc half in blues was just as difficult as keeping ahead of the spawn in seb at lvl 46 (a respawning krup knight at a bad time fucked you up). But keep in mind the dungeon themselves was already reduced to a...

How are you going to recreate Everquest if you give it modern touches? Pretty much every modern touch you include will take away from the vintage EQ experience and be a negative to your target audience. AH? We walked to the tunnel on foot because we couldnt afford wizard alts to port us and we...

Just to comment on GW2, it doesnt have multiclassing. That was GW1. I they had release GW2 as is (which is mediocre and rushed) but had a character abilitiy concept like GW1 it would have been MUCH better. If anything the lack of multiclassing and skill hunting shortens the time GW2 keeps the...

You might find it funny but yea - If I want to play an assassin because I find it fun, I would appreciate that being ok. It was ok in EQ1 when I played that game. Depending on the year we are talking about or the relevant content, certain classes were entirely pointless, just needed as buff bots...

Pretty much this. The only reason they dont do it I guess is that EQ1/2 are actually still running and supported and making EQ1HD would probably collapse them. Anyway, I'm in favor of a EQ1HD project, no matter if its SOE or some fresh team on a kickstarter - but I would prefer SOE. Just as long...

Is this a fact from the panels or just your assumption based on the info bits we have? Sounds kinda like Card Hunter if it's true (that's a good thing). It has been said here and in the GW2 thread at times, but the difference between a group of 5 players that know each other and their...

This is the first news I really consider bad. As someone so eloquently put it, "fuck this". Rebooting the IP to put some new angles on familiar faces is ok to a degree, but you twist it 180 degrees you have to present a damn good reason for not just making it something entirely new. I'm...

You copied that from the Arenanet website didnt you? In case it is for EQN and overrules the previous info about trinity, I'm cautiously indifferent. I feel GW2 combat with more emphasis on roles then GW2 itself shows would be fine though. I'm not for straight up tank/heal/dps trinity, but...