Yeah man, they should ditch auctions, they should make your spellbook fill up your whole damn screen when you memorize spells, corpses should vanish forever flushing hours of your life down the crapper, and health and power regen should be nerfed back down to where most of your playtime is spent resting. That would be totally sweet . . .
My honest take is that the only reason EQ was able to get away with such a 'nad smashing game design is that they were the only game in town. Well, besides UO. Which was hardly much of an alternative.
That said, I have to admit the current game lacks a bit of the charm that the old game did (not that I'd ever go back, even if i could). I've never understood why they haven't erected a classic server so that folks that want to can get their hardcore on.
I don't want to write this, and you don't want to read it. But now it's too late for both of us.
Tons of things have changed. No, you don't have to do CR anymore, either. At least for a tiny chunk of change, anyways. Your corpse can be summoned into the Guild Hall by an NPC. Lots of potions have been added that make soloing up to 60 quite easy. My favorite was the flame shield. Buffs can last for multiple hours now.
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Yeah man, they should ditch auctions, they should make your spellbook fill up your whole damn screen when you memorize spells, corpses should vanish forever flushing hours of your life down the crapper, and health and power regen should be nerfed back down to where most of your playtime is spent resting. That would be totally sweet . . .
My honest take is that the only reason EQ was able to get away with such a 'nad smashing game design is that they were the only game in town. Well, besides UO. Which was hardly much of an alternative.
That said, I have to admit the current game lacks a bit of the charm that the old game did (not that I'd ever go back, even if i could). I've never understood why they haven't erected a classic server so that folks that want to can get their hardcore on.
I don't want to write this, and you don't want to read it. But now it's too late for both of us.
Tons of things have changed. No, you don't have to do CR anymore, either. At least for a tiny chunk of change, anyways. Your corpse can be summoned into the Guild Hall by an NPC. Lots of potions have been added that make soloing up to 60 quite easy. My favorite was the flame shield. Buffs can last for multiple hours now.
EQ R.I.P