EQ TLP - Mischief (Free Trade / Random Loot)

Zapan said:

I tried to look into EG7’s 10k and financial reports. It’s hard to tell whether Mischief specifically drove a lot of the margin or growth given it’s still in the pandemic. One thing was clear though which is they consider EQ to be a “long term value driver” for their business when compared to other titles in the bag.

Layer in the tail end of pandemic, a stock that has shrunk (recently grown in last month), economic pressure to perform, looming recession with layoffs everywhere impacting discretionary spending, and we may have a recipe for more creative TLP investments taking the best from Mischief.

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Evernothing said:

Let's be real. Cybering with some wood elf druid in the huts at Inn 1 in Commonlands is a whole new level of dopamine.

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Zaide said:

I still remember my first cyber Elf Sim experience. It was 1999 and I was hanging out in Nektulous Forest at the Neriak gate. I spotted this high level Dark Elf Mage chick and decided to inspect her. She had an inspect message that said “raise your hand if you’re a player” and thinking nothing much of it I did a “/emote raises his hand”. What followed was an emote of her bending over and some lewd /tells which blew my 9 year old mind.

Those were the days.

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your_mum said:

Mischiefs greatest success is the random loot imo. FV ruleset was a huge factor but the random loot (and the bonus loot, which should be considered the 3rd major difference) is the real reason. Here me out... FV rules is new to most, now you can trade no drop and that introduces some cool strategies, twinking, and easier catch-up mechanics.

But lets be real, the best part about EQ is doing cool shit with your circle. Being able to do lower-end tier raids with your circle outside of the guild raids and to get chances at some good loot was awesome. I'm confident in saying that most long term, even non-casual, EQers most fun activity is doing content with lower than expected numbers. That aspect of killing something and potentially getting loot from a mob you know your group couldn't do was the best part. It's a whole new level of dopamine. Add the thrill of a new expansion and the potential bugged tiers and well you have magic.

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Xeris said:

This is one of the best parts about Vaniki. It's actually a perfectly viable strat to play that server entirely as a non raider. Doing group content is insanely fun. Did some mpg group trials last night and it was the most fun I've had in EQ in years.

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