EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

They will have to change alot to get me to ditch chainbreaker. Havin way too much fun.

A week without a response isn’t surprising at all.

Longer the wait, the more likely a radical shift which would have required a bunch of exec approvals and meetings which don’t just happen overnight.

Zapan said:

A week without a response isn’t surprising at all.

Longer the wait, the more likely a radical shift which would have required a bunch of exec approvals and meetings which don’t just happen overnight.

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Generally execs won't be making approvals for something like FTE in a game.

There's been no media takes on this issue besides in-community players (ie; massivelyOP hasn't covered it, kotaku hasn't covered it, etc) so it's unlikely to require exec approval, just likely producer/lead approval, then scheduled for the next sprint once finalized.

If the team is already in a 2 or 3 week sprint, it'll likely be changed and shipped by mid-May - their next patch day in the monthly cadence. So you haven't likely heard the changes as they aren't ready to announce them, and they're unlikely to publicly state any changes made, either, until they're dev complete. With a team this small, QA isn't likely to address them until the day of, especially if the changes were just made and also, QA is likely shared among the entire game.

In EQ2's case, they added pay-to-reroll-raid-loot items in lootboxes, and that was picked up by PCGamer, Kotaku, Massively, etc after players went to those outlets. Lootbox content drives clicks, being upset about a first-to-engage mechanic likely wouldn't drive clicks. So there's no investor panic because to them, unless JChan or another lead flags up the issue, they simply will assume revenue will come in with the next TLP cycle, and haven't read about any issues as investors generally won't have time to read up on all the properties they bought beyond "Is this giving us money still?"

I don't hate that they let the thread cook but I'd like to hear something early next week. We really need a proper FAQ with a full explanation of the mechanics of what is being proposed. Skimming through there's a lot of different ideas on exactly how things will work.

God I hope they're forced to do a pvp tlp for eq 1

Kharzette said:

They will have to change alot to get me to ditch chainbreaker. Havin way too much fun.

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What's that? is that where you ride around on a dragon saving the downtrodden by burning them to a crisp only to get stabbed by your toyboy at the end?

Greyman said:

What's that? is that where you ride around on a dragon saving the downtrodden by burning them to a crisp only to get stabbed by your toyboy at the end?

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It is a crazy fun alts-as-mercs plunder festival. See the emulators forum.

Secrets said:

In EQ2's case, they added pay-to-reroll-raid-loot items in lootboxes, and that was picked up by PCGamer, Kotaku, Massively, etc after players went to those outlets. Lootbox content drives clicks, being upset about a first-to-engage mechanic likely wouldn't drive clicks. So there's no investor panic because to them, unless JChan or another lead flags up the issue, they simply will assume revenue will come in with the next TLP cycle, and haven't read about any issues as investors generally won't have time to read up on all the properties they bought beyond "Is this giving us money still?"

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To be fair EQ1 isn't going to drive very many clicks unless a player divulges military secrets in Commons.

RonTheDude said:

To be fair EQ1 isn't going to drive very many clicks unless a player divulges military secrets in Commons.

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I always laugh when people try and stream EQ1 on twitch and get maybe 100 viewers on a good night.

Arbitrary said:

Not yet.

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Impressive when you consider the current live Forums are like the same 30 people posting 20 times a day each.

Also not really remotely close to true.
EQ TLP - Mischief (Free Trade / Random Loot)
Some of the old class forums had insanely long threads on them.
You can sort the forums by replies and like 7 of the top 10 TLP threads are bitching for Instances/Rotation during the RF/LJ era

Mrniceguy said:

Impressive when you consider the current live Forums are like the same 30 people posting 20 times a day each.

Also not really remotely close to true.
EQ TLP - Mischief (Free Trade / Random Loot)
Some of the old class forums had insanely long threads on them.
You can sort the forums by replies and like 7 of the top 10 TLP threads are bitching for Instances/Rotation during the RF/LJ era

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That guy probably just did this



and for the TLP subforum Oakwynd was in the lead.

edit - looks ahead in the Vet's Lounge also

Tuco said:

Classic leveling strat as a rogue: find someone to carry you.

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A low tier class like a rogue isn't typically detrimental to the success of a premade as you're probably all in the backpack of the Enchanter and Cleric anyway.