I personaly didnt like PoK expansion it killed alot of the exploration for me, luclin expansion with the nexus was fine for traveling (atleast for me) and it also acted as gathering hub. Still played the game after PoK though but i still prefered the game before PoK came out, i think to me thats the start of SoE making the game easier.
Still my fav game hoping they can make EQ next (3) a great game aswell and leaving out the realy fast travel system of PoK and having something like the Nexus again.
Honestly the peak of EQ's difficulty was Plane of Fear. That was the most brutal experience in all of EQ history.
The actual gameplay of PoP though was still very difficult. The group content was quite tough for the average people, and for the raiders, well it took them forever to get through that progression.
Im in the camp that preferred PoK travel, but I think they should have made you unlock each stone by visiting first. Every expansion post PoP only had one entry point to it via PoK so travel still was very much a part of EQ IMO.
I did not like the corpse summoners at all. that they added eyars later. But again, very big community request for that.
But the challenge remained, the real challenge. Where getting a second mob in camp without an enchanter would often mean a wipe. Where pulling was an art form. They did a better job of keeping the actual *content* challenging than they are given credit for.
No one that started in the WoW era will evr know that rush of traveling through dangerous territory unsure if your invisibility would hold.
Yes the challenged from the other zones that came out with PoK was great i still wish they didnt have PoK i think it would of been better to add maybe 2 more Nexus spires so they might of been a little close to remote zones, i would of had a extra spire in velious and kurnark cause they had a bunch of remote zones, didnt like a PoK book being outside every city in the game.
I also realy hated the corpse summon they added in PoK just removed the need for Necro corpse summons, alot of the necros would of been happy to help you out in getting your body back if they payed for the coffin a tip usualy helps aswell if the travel time a little on the longer side.
PoK made travel easier 2 or so expasion later made lvling easier think it was the expansion that came out after WoW, cause i went to play WoW for a bit to see what it was like and when i came back to EQ it was alot easier to lvl kinda made me cry a bit, then they added a achemy potion for every single buff thorn potions and so on that were realy cheap to make so everyone used them instead. I remember having a thron pot at lvl 10 and pulling 30 or so mobs and kill them all in 30 seconds or so just hit each one once then switch target and let the thorn finish them off.
Mojang Ive been waiting for a patch to fix the pure blockiness of the game... Seriously why do people hate EA so much? I can understand the hate for Activision.
Anyone else I will at least give a good look at but, SOE I won't do more than glance at to see what game they are ruining next. Besides that, I just don't feel they deserve to be trusted with my personal information anymore.
"If half of what you tell me is a lie, how can I believe any of it?"
Anyone else I will at least give a good look at but, SOE I won't do more than glance at to see what game they are ruining next. Besides that, I just don't feel they deserve to be trusted with my personal information anymore.
Trion and blizzard has also had personaly info leaked aswell btw only email address that i know been leaked so far, but if somone can get that what else can they get is the real question.
PoK made travel easier 2 or so expasion later made lvling easier think it was the expansion that came out after WoW, cause i went to play WoW for a bit to see what it was like and when i came back to EQ it was alot easier to lvl kinda made me cry a bit, then they added a achemy potion for every single buff thorn potions and so on that were realy cheap to make so everyone used them instead. I remember having a thron pot at lvl 10 and pulling 30 or so mobs and kill them all in 30 seconds or so just hit each one once then switch target and let the thorn finish them off.
See this they had zero choice and they would have eben stupid not to do this. EQ's influx of new people stopped at the the time WoW came out. So 7 year old game with very little true newbies? Where to be caught up not only did you need 70+ levels but also 1000+ AA? So they made hotzones. Also those potions really only cut into people selling PLs, because now you didnt need a druid to help you (although a person PLing was still more efficient due to heals).
Then about 2-3 years ago they added mercs, which, again, was a needed change. SoE has done with EQ1 a good job of adapting to the game's edge.
We agree 100% on the corpse summoning thing (which wasnt PoK but 2-3 years after). That was one time they should NOT have listened to their customers.
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Yes the challenged from the other zones that came out with PoK was great i still wish they didnt have PoK i think it would of been better to add maybe 2 more Nexus spires so they might of been a little close to remote zones, i would of had a extra spire in velious and kurnark cause they had a bunch of remote zones, didnt like a PoK book being outside every city in the game.
I also realy hated the corpse summon they added in PoK just removed the need for Necro corpse summons, alot of the necros would of been happy to help you out in getting your body back if they payed for the coffin a tip usualy helps aswell if the travel time a little on the longer side.
PoK made travel easier 2 or so expasion later made lvling easier think it was the expansion that came out after WoW, cause i went to play WoW for a bit to see what it was like and when i came back to EQ it was alot easier to lvl kinda made me cry a bit, then they added a achemy potion for every single buff thorn potions and so on that were realy cheap to make so everyone used them instead. I remember having a thron pot at lvl 10 and pulling 30 or so mobs and kill them all in 30 seconds or so just hit each one once then switch target and let the thorn finish them off.
Mojang Ive been waiting for a patch to fix the pure blockiness of the game... Seriously why do people hate EA so much? I can understand the hate for Activision.
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Anyone else I will at least give a good look at but, SOE I won't do more than glance at to see what game they are ruining next. Besides that, I just don't feel they deserve to be trusted with my personal information anymore.
"If half of what you tell me is a lie, how can I believe any of it?"
Trion and blizzard has also had personaly info leaked aswell btw only email address that i know been leaked so far, but if somone can get that what else can they get is the real question.
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See this they had zero choice and they would have eben stupid not to do this. EQ's influx of new people stopped at the the time WoW came out. So 7 year old game with very little true newbies? Where to be caught up not only did you need 70+ levels but also 1000+ AA? So they made hotzones. Also those potions really only cut into people selling PLs, because now you didnt need a druid to help you (although a person PLing was still more efficient due to heals).
Then about 2-3 years ago they added mercs, which, again, was a needed change. SoE has done with EQ1 a good job of adapting to the game's edge.
We agree 100% on the corpse summoning thing (which wasnt PoK but 2-3 years after). That was one time they should NOT have listened to their customers.
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