Next expansion speculationFollow

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Edited, Thu Nov 24 10:20:45 2005 by dracoboars

Edited, Thu Nov 24 10:11:08 2005 by dracoboars

The Monster missions are in no way over nerferd. Why can't you understand this? Getting 70% AA XP for 15 mins of work, with NO RISK of losing any regular XP is STILL INSANLEY GOOD!!!!

Over nerfing would have been what they did to LDoN...that's over nerfing. At level 65, I only get 6 - 7% regular XP, and maybe 60% AA XP, and they are hard and there is a lot of risk of dieing multiple times. That's an overnerf.

Monster Missions are still great XP. They have made EQ very easy, which is great for casual players who just want to log on for an hour and do something, but overall (IMHO) will do more harm than good.

A new race or classwould be kinda nice. The possibilities for races are limitless. AS far as classes I can really only think of one thing they should add and that would be some form of melee soloable class. Healers, dps, and tanks all are somewhat cluttered but there is only one melee soloable class.

3 months?

OOW - Sep '04
DON - Feb '05
DOD - Sep '05


Yep that's definitely 3 months. Learn to count.



My dates might be off a month give or take a few. It was based on my memory.

If there is a new race, I wonder how they will incorporate the new race into EQ2.

I vote for something in-game already like a gnoll or orc. maybe even a drolvarg.

Possibly start a new city zone near blackburrow or crushbone.

SOE definately is going to raise the level limit. When GoD came out, there were spells and focus effects that lost a % of effectiveness over level 67, that's when the level cap was 65. Now, there are spells out there that lose effectiveness over level 72.

I'm guessing he means "pure melee", and again, I'm guessing he means Monks.

Something small I'd like to see added is something like /invite <name> horseback.

It would be so cool to have a person join you on your horse. They could /jumpoff whenever they wanted.

I also want visible cloaks like in DAoC that you can /hood on/off.

EQ needs cloaks.

I am a level 70 Monk and do not agree we are the "only soloable melee class." Equally geared and AAed melee classes fare the same.

If that is posted on the Monkly Business forums my bretheren there will be less polite in their responses to be certain.



Structures as in houses, stables, castles, shops, etc.

Wow. What a great thread thurvok. I haven't seen so many posts I wanted to respond to in a very long time. (big fat rate up for you)

Hmmm...where to start?

thurvok:

I don't think we'll see the level cap rise just yet. I know it follows the pattern, but for some reason I strongly doubt it. I'm sure it will come eventually, but I predict it for the expansion after next. And, I compliment you on an absolutely awesome guild name. I love the Riftwar Saga.

fronglo:

I don't think you're an idiot for not liking the changes to the monster missions, I just disagree, and feel the changes had to be made. The ridiculous amount of experience dolled out to AFK players was a disgrace.

At least I agree with your irritation that they had to be tweaked so much. As a casual player, I have a level 55 paladin with about 10 AAs after a year of play. I really enjoyed getting half an AA or so on a fairy mission. I was okay getting a fifth of one, but now it looks like it takes over 5 MMs to get a single AA. I can do better than that by soloing. (Yes, even as a paladin, I can do better soloing.) I'm not really complaining. I accept the changes, but respectfully submit that I think the last patch might have been a "little" excessive. I would rather they retool the mission to make it last longer, than lower the XP again. But, I understand that the way the missions scale, what is acceptable xp for me, is ridiculous, unbalancing xp for a level 70.

Maybe.

I'll still do MMs, because I like them. They're kind of like a "mini-game" in EQ. But, the thing I liked best about them, was the chance to get group like XP, with absolutely no need to recruit a group. I would get in after a long day at work. I could do a MM or two, feel like I made some progress, and log off. I never had to wait for a group, as people were lining up outside shadowed grove.

Oh well. I enjoyed EQ prior to MM, and I still enjoy doing MMs, so I really can't complain too much. I just wish SOE would catch stuff like this in Beta. I think the bait-and-switch routine insults their client base. I'm glad they fixed the problem, but wish it had never been a problem to begin with - people will always be upset when you don't live up to the false expectations you have set.

Reyla:

I don't think they'll raise the level cap yet, but I wouldn't be suprised.

I'd love to see a new race. Preferably something that can be a bard or a druid.

I absolutely DON'T want to see Kunark raid target restrictions like Vox and Naggy. I think every casual player of a Paladin, someday hoping to obtain a book of scale, will agree with me on this. (But I could be wrong, lol)

Epic armor quests would be awesome, even though that's content I'll probably never see as a casual player.

Nohk:

The horseback idea is one of the coolest things I've heard in awhile. Take heed SOE, people like me keep playing because of the little "coolness factor" things you add.

I love the shrouds because I can get a taste of what it's like to play another class. Is it the same thing as playing that class? No, but I enjoy the variety just the same. If they had made the shrouds as powerfull as the actual classes, there would have been no point in having alts, lol. I do appreciate the variety they added, however.

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I'd really like to see a new race. I know this isn't likely, but I'd like to dream for a second here.

In the next expansion I would like to see:

A new race, with a new, keyed home city.
The new race doesn't unlock until a character on your account is keyed for the new home city zone.

The quest for the key doesn't necessarily require a high level, but instead has many steps, possibly mirroring the complexity of an epic. (Think the general firiona vie quests leading up to DoN)

Of course such a race would have to fit into the underlying story line of EQ, but I'd like to see something that can be both a druid and a bard, and not another elf.

Making the home city remote explains why the race isn't prevalent in Norrath, and the quest could have the theme of a detective mission, tracking down rumors of this mysterious race.

I don't expect that to happen, but it would be pretty cool.

Edited, Tue Nov 29 14:35:16 2005 by BellamDreamguard

.... ok i though the "or so it seems" part of my post would denote the sarcasm intended. My fault for stealth sarcasm.







... actually meant beastlords. Yes monks and sk can solo some at certain levels but not effeciently and not across the entire level spectrum. What I would like to see is a melee class (not neccesarily pure melee but one that actually kills the mob through melee combat) that can solo effectively across all levels. I think we missed a huge opportunity with the zerker class.

Edited, Tue Nov 29 16:13:47 2005 by dracoboars