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Log Wizard
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I saw the access quest for it and cancelled. They are going to wind up with 2 servers if they don't close down completely.
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Everquest Legends
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That was kind of my beef with it, I ended up stopping at 46 because I hate sky and looked like Kunark wasn't coming out anytime soon. I will probably end up resubbing for a month or two when end of Kunark/start of Velious.
The first mistake they made was not adding EQL to the normal EQ sub. They knew there wasn't enough content the least they could of done is had it with EQ live/TLP so people have something to do while waiting for more content. As it is now, I bet most of the people that haven't renewed sub aren't even playing EQ.
They had a blueprint of something great, they could of just did a straight THJ port. Should of had kunark and honestly velious ready or close to it before even going live to stick to a quick expansion release schedule. Could of just did whatever optional content on top of that, while working on luclin and pop as it wouldn't be as much of a hurry.
EDIT: Also I want to add the whole mote grinding for +better kind of ruined the fun of even getting gear. Didn't feel as good getting a piece of gear because you still have to + it.
Drakurii
Aten Ha Ra Slayer
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Using sick kids.....
The money is probably going to some kids who have been convinced they no longer need a cock or balls.
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Downhammer
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Well they are partnering with a hospital that's literally named chop...
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Drakurii
Aten Ha Ra Slayer
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I'm all for helping kids...
Using sick kids.....
The money is probably going to some kids who have been convinced they no longer need a cock or balls.
But there's an irony in the lead dev being Transgender... the main controversy for Transgender is them always going for children...
Now I assume this wasn't decided by secrets but...
EQL lead dev is trans, EQL partners with childrens hospital, Childrens hospital is literally abbreviated "CHOP". The fucking shit writes it self...
Also the Karren guise...
Fucking why not partner up with Idk a fucking animal shelter or something like fuck at least the guise would make sense then... And it wouldn't make conspiracy theorist go wild.
Xevy
Log Wizard
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Apparently buncha of EQ autists doxxed him and threatened him and his family or such. Just classic EQ Autist community stuff.
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Mrniceguy
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Jysin
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
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I am not against this in principle. This was a hugely popular EQ2 zone that was quite different than the standard crawl experience.
But from what I have read in this thread, the loot is borderline useless, so you can't expect any longevity to the zone. It is a massive waste of dev resources porting this over into EQL only to not itemize loot correctly.
Disclaimer: I have been unsubbed to EQL for a while now and haven't seen the EQL version.
Djay
Trakanon Raider
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From what I've seen, there are at least 1-2 loot upgrades. If all of the best loot was there, people would be complaining that now they have to go there to get the best loot...or that it erased all of the time they spent on their current gear or something.
I haven't resubscribed yet to check any of it out, but it's funny...they'd get flamed if the loot was too good or not good enough. If the experience was too good or not good enough. If the event was too hard or not hard enough. I get it when people wish they'd spent the time on Kunark instead, but a lot of the complaints about the new zone are laughable.
I haven't resubscribed yet to check any of it out, but it's funny...they'd get flamed if the loot was too good or not good enough. If the experience was too good or not good enough. If the event was too hard or not hard enough. I get it when people wish they'd spent the time on Kunark instead, but a lot of the complaints about the new zone are laughable.
hats
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Downhammer
Vyemm Raider
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They kind of backed themselves into a corner with PoSky. If they add any pre-Kunark loot that is better than Sky it would feel completely off on the effort-reward scale unless they make it a rare drop like Bloodmoon or put placeholders back in like Quillmane. Even then, they might have to slow down named respawns to planar levels (effectively one loot chance per run).
If they actually came out and said, "We're unhappy with needing to farm Sky for BiS drops but will continue to keep primary class unlocks there. We're moving Sky drops to other new and existing 50'ish zones." people would probably understand and actually like that change. It's too late to do that though.
The other alternative would have been to make the new zone ideal for previously non-meta play styles. Something like uncharmable, non-aoe, single pulls that give non-DDD builds a path to fast AA and/or motes.
If they actually came out and said, "We're unhappy with needing to farm Sky for BiS drops but will continue to keep primary class unlocks there. We're moving Sky drops to other new and existing 50'ish zones." people would probably understand and actually like that change. It's too late to do that though.
The other alternative would have been to make the new zone ideal for previously non-meta play styles. Something like uncharmable, non-aoe, single pulls that give non-DDD builds a path to fast AA and/or motes.
Haast
Blackwing Lair Raider
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I watched a video that reviewed the loot. There were a few really nice pieces, a number of situational/utility pieces, and some that didn't look very useful.
The itemization wasn't the issue, from what I gather. It's that they sunk a month into making a single zone when they could have been churning on what the vast majority of people want: Kunark, followed by Velious.
While Nektropos was under development, the devs haughtily said that making it was easy and wouldn't delay any other content. They are their own worst enemies every time they talk. Not only was it a slow release for content people didn't ask for, it also severely calls into question their ambitious plan (that has been widely panned) to "re-imagine" and significantly modify Kunark.
If it took them a month to make one "easy" (their words) zone, making fanfic Kunark could take ages. And judging by the dwindling player base that barely registered an increase for the Nektropos release, they don't have ages to get people interested again.
Unless there really is a steady stream of income from retarded neckbeard Redditors that keep their sub while not playing, and DBG & the devs don't care about engagement, they only care that money is coming in right now. Which is a very stupid, short-sighted view, but look at who we're dealing with. I wouldn't put anything past them.
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