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EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)
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An article was talking about using an AI to come up with the concept for Everquest 3..... We Asked ChatGPT and Midjourney to Design EverQuest 3 Since Daybreak Games Won't Do It
The eyes.... the eyes get me.
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Korzax Stonehammer
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Zaide
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Looks like the test patch yesterday fixed many of the issues with EL/FTE. The big outstanding issue is that casting beneficial spells on someone can give you access to attack their mobs (if you heal a puller you can effectively jack their FTE) and the second issue is that with /yell you can give people access to a mob based on which mob you are targeting when you do the emote. This means you can get a massive train, target the named, /yell and then your pals can freely pull it out of the train basically risk free.
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Tuco
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Feels like a FTE being a training wheels server with easy pull splitting might be totally OK. The /yell prompt is zone wide, right? Might be entertaining for a group to be exposed as being little bitches by constantly exploiting it in front of everyone.
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If there was actual competition it might be funny to play, just to grief. As it stands, DZs with char lockouts will provide so much more loot than OW, there is no real reason for OW competition.
Yell, for example, is able to be unlocked by anyone in the group. You can buff any character in the group to get on the mobs hatelist and then nuke yourself to low health to 100% pull threat and break the encounter, etc.
They want to shift the meta and it just leads to 'more arcane rules' which means the knowledge gap will grow between the casuals and the people who know how to manipulate the client in their advantage. The funny part is that all of their 'fixes' never changes anything for the 'professional degenerate', but only shits on casuals. Enchanter stun 'fix'? Great, so now a normal person can't chain stuns or participate in AE groups. Meanwhile, a professional AEer will just stack more enchanters oog and continue to sell PLs. FTE locking? Great, we can break their encounter and take what we want, while they have no idea how to do it and just watch as we kill their named.
The worst part is, KSing is such a boogeyman issue. It rarely happens, but it's such an emotional thing, people always remember it. If they're willing to change the fundamental feeling of the game and strangle it to death for a non-issue, they're welcome to. The ruleset is fucking stupid whether there is FTE or not and the only reason to play on the server is to grief.
Yell, for example, is able to be unlocked by anyone in the group. You can buff any character in the group to get on the mobs hatelist and then nuke yourself to low health to 100% pull threat and break the encounter, etc.
They want to shift the meta and it just leads to 'more arcane rules' which means the knowledge gap will grow between the casuals and the people who know how to manipulate the client in their advantage. The funny part is that all of their 'fixes' never changes anything for the 'professional degenerate', but only shits on casuals. Enchanter stun 'fix'? Great, so now a normal person can't chain stuns or participate in AE groups. Meanwhile, a professional AEer will just stack more enchanters oog and continue to sell PLs. FTE locking? Great, we can break their encounter and take what we want, while they have no idea how to do it and just watch as we kill their named.
The worst part is, KSing is such a boogeyman issue. It rarely happens, but it's such an emotional thing, people always remember it. If they're willing to change the fundamental feeling of the game and strangle it to death for a non-issue, they're welcome to. The ruleset is fucking stupid whether there is FTE or not and the only reason to play on the server is to grief.
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Ambiturner
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This isn't high school. "Being exposed as little bitches" has never mattered to anyone
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Tuco
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That's how EQ2's locking works - you can only train if you don't engage the NPC.
This is technically an upgrade from EQ2's system. The lock on spawn and lock on ANY form of engage should be backported to EQ2 for contesting targets there; that'd be a solid QOL change.
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Zog
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Honestly sounds like a pretty chill server with a pretty neat way to Twink, almost as good as mischief was.
Skipping trash and easy splits will make running a few lockouts a night doable, which means if you don't have alts you'll be at a disadvantage.
On the flip side though you can get some real sweet alt groups going pretty easily.
Leveling up with your mains raid gear will be super fast. You might actually see people not buying a race change in kunark.
Bonus points if epics are included.
I'm real curious if the faction adjustment for encounter locked mobs stays in effect, I feel that is an oversight and a huge deal but I won't mind at all if it stays in.
As usual though, it all depends on who plays oakwynd, fte raiding is real p99 shitbaggery and I can see a lot of people getting pissed having their shit sniped. Instance raiding should be better than ever, never made sense why lockouts were account wide.
Skipping trash and easy splits will make running a few lockouts a night doable, which means if you don't have alts you'll be at a disadvantage.
On the flip side though you can get some real sweet alt groups going pretty easily.
Leveling up with your mains raid gear will be super fast. You might actually see people not buying a race change in kunark.
Bonus points if epics are included.
I'm real curious if the faction adjustment for encounter locked mobs stays in effect, I feel that is an oversight and a huge deal but I won't mind at all if it stays in.
As usual though, it all depends on who plays oakwynd, fte raiding is real p99 shitbaggery and I can see a lot of people getting pissed having their shit sniped. Instance raiding should be better than ever, never made sense why lockouts were account wide.
