why ratmen

Dark_Mage54 · August 2004

why'd they pick rat people as the new race?

they should of done orcs or undead!

who wouldnt want to play those 2

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Kunarick · August 2004

Orcs and undead would be actually stupid, orcs don't get along with anyone as they have always been fighting with everyone, including themselves. And undead are just servents of their masters....definently not race matierial. If you have been to the ruins of old painell you would find many ratman, ancestors of the ratonga i belive. They came out of the plane of underfoot before the wall of living stone was created to stop the forces of Brell from taking over all of Odus. The ratonga must have gotten out enough (or the door was reopened) to make a race. Many things about the ratonga are currently unknown. It will be intresting to find some of this out once game is release.

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ramadin · August 2004

Undead would be too much like the necro, and orcs would be too much like trolls.

Lying in bed, looking up at the stars, a single thought passed through my head. Where the fuc|{ is my roof.

Kunarick · August 2004

WoW has undead, but in Eq2 undead have never played an important role in lore....to be accurate....they have never played a role in lore.

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~Sparrow~ · August 2004

Yeah I know rat is a stupid race but i am going to have fun playing as them with stupid names, just like the froglok. I love the cheezy races because rats like cheeze. ........................(ok that made no sense)

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Kunarick · August 2004

I think saranrk would make a cool race.....wait a sec....too much like iksar....nevermind.

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ramadin · August 2004

Necros are similar do undead, they can be skeletons and do many undead things.

Lying in bed, looking up at the stars, a single thought passed through my head. Where the fuc|{ is my roof.

Dark_Mage54 · August 2004

enchanter can look like alot of races

having undead would own in eq2!

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Dark_Mage54 · August 2004

i realy dont read the lore, its just boring

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Kunarick · August 2004

Having undead in Eq2 is possible (no offense of course

) the stupidest idea ever! It is too much like WoW, i really don't see the point of playing an undead, they are dead.....which means they can't think normaly, act normaly, and they obey only their masters. So i doubt anyone would have fun playing a race which you have to follow a guy around all day.

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dsorrent · August 2004

Is there a Cliff Notes Version of EQ Lore out there?

Also, does anyone know what the latest "official" statement on the Froglok are? Are they in or out at release? Thought the last thing I read was they were out at release but will be implemented shortly thereafter.

Ken`Shiero · August 2004

They chose ratmen to be diffrent and for all I know that was a good move as they said they are making huge leaps in mmogs you people should be proud to play as a rat or a frog, who knows they may have some kind of special abilties no other race can do besides who said you had to play as a rat or frog they're like 12 other races to choose from you friggin whiners!!!!

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Kunarick · August 2004

Originally posted by dsorrent

Is there a Cliff Notes Version of EQ Lore out there?

Also, does anyone know what the latest "official" statement on the Froglok are? Are they in or out at release? Thought the last thing I read was they were out at release but will be implemented shortly thereafter.

Frogloks will be ready for release. But the ability to play one will be only accesable after completion of an in-game quest. SOE has said that this isn't a tedious quest that is just a bore (howling stones type

), but rather to immerse the player in more lore.

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Zaizas · September 2004

If you ask me so are the ratonga a great idea lige the froglok ... but here is a list of these race i really wanna see in everquest

Half-Orgre
Drow elf
Orc

I hope that some of these race will come later in the game but i don´t think so

Zaizas

evanaryon · September 2004

Sony is really building up the Good versus Evil concept in EQ2. Since there are 2 cities, Qeynos and Freeport, and each city will have it's specific races, they needed a new evil race to be the evil reflection of the frogs found in the good city (Qeynos). This way, players will have an equal amount of options available to them, regardless of the city they choose.

Ever faithful,
Evan

Vineyard · September 2004

Zaizas, how could you justify wanting Drow in EQ2 when there is already Dark Elves. Save the name, it is basicaly the same race. I am not trying to be difficult, I am just curious how you se enough dissimilarities between the two to abide having both in game.

MegaWolf · September 2004

well, does anyone that plays EQ notice how rats seem to be a big problem in all of the major towns? just think about that ::::39::

MegaWolf · September 2004

Originally posted by ramadin
Undead would be too much like the necro, and orcs would be too much like trolls.

Lying in bed, looking up at the stars, a single thought passed through my head. Where the fuc|{ is my roof.

Undead is a race... necro is a class... Undead necro? Undead is not similar to anything but in EQ2 they are more like pets... they dont play a big role in EQ lore.

dhettinger · September 2004

I rememebr fighting huminoid rats in EQLive, they where in the Hole, PoJ, as well as a few other zones, I think they are just saying that in the last 500 years the rats have come into their own.

Overall I'm really happy with them being added in, back in the day I remmember SoE doing a startup poll on what the next playable race should be and the ratmen were one of them, maybe they went from that?!

DeathBlade · September 2004

Apparently in beta atm... ratmen are right up there in population with humans, so i guess they aren't as ugly as most of us think :P

aeric67 · September 2004

I would have done Gnolls instead of Ratonga. Gnolls are doglike, so no similarities with existing races. They are also evil, so would still fit within the good/evil race structure. To me, the Ratonga just seemed like they were really struggling to fill in race slots... grasping for straws.

Then I thought, maybe Ratongas were put in as a playable race because we all had to kill so many rats when leveling up in EQ1. Sort of a funny joke around the SOE offices or something.

Anofalye · October 2004

The reason behind ratmen is prolly the following(if my link dont work, go to Gucomics.com and check on the 16th of august 2000 and post the picture to show you have more skill then I hehe).

http: //www.gucomics.com/archives/view.php?cdate=20000816

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Mischief · October 2004

Im gonna play a rat. I think it was a great idea, what other game has playable rodents!!

iceseraph · October 2004

Originally posted by Dark_Mage54

why'd they pick rat people as the new race?
they should of done orcs or undead!

Because Rats look cooler in sunglasses - of course!! Undead cant wear em..their ears are rotted and orcs heads are too big!! hehehe

Vineyard · October 2004

But arent orcs and undead in WOW? If you want to play them....um...maybe...play WOW.

Effect · October 2004

I wasn't sure if the rats would have been a good idea but they get to wear shades which is just plain cool. I just wish they were neutral race though. I might have to break down, start one and then do the betrayel quest but they say it isn't easy.

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