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#1 Jun 16 2006 at 9:31 AM Rating: Excellent
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* Throne of Heroes is an AA rewarded to players who have had active accounts for eight years.
It is a self-port to the Guild Lobby throne, and was added with the patch on June 13, 2006.

What do you think of the 8th year veteran reward, Throne of Heroes?
Excellent addition!:120 (11.0%)
It's decent:113 (10.4%)
Hmm, I am on the fence on this one:62 (5.7%)
I am not impressed with it:236 (21.7%)
Utterly ridiculous!:361 (33.2%)
Who cares? It will be ages before I am able to use it anyway:194 (17.9%)
Total:1086


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#2 Jun 16 2006 at 9:36 AM Rating: Good
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First! Its unanimous!
#3 Jun 16 2006 at 11:22 AM Rating: Default
It sounds very useless except for those classes that can't gate. Then again, there's always the OT hammer.
#4 Jun 16 2006 at 11:45 AM Rating: Good
It'll be a nice bonus for the 17 people that will qualify. Personally, I'd be pissed if that's all they gave me after 8 years.
#5 Jun 16 2006 at 12:00 PM Rating: Default
Year 10 better be "DA but you can attack and cast." That, at least, would get some use.
#6 Jun 16 2006 at 1:14 PM Rating: Decent
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If I was a caster who had played for 8 years I wouldn't be too pleased. Great for the non gaters though, Of course if you have been playing this game for 8 years you prob have plenty of money for gate potions and don't really need it.
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#7 Jun 16 2006 at 2:33 PM Rating: Decent
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Kind of makes the Origin AA (I think that's what it's called) useless.
#8 Jun 16 2006 at 2:56 PM Rating: Decent
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My druid has year 7, not sure when 8 will kick in but it will go completely unused unless it instantly gates you, gives you full health/mana 4 free AAs for using it and gives you double xp for the next 42 hours on all of your characters... otherwise I'll just be pushing gate with a minute at the most recast, instead of some 20 hours. IMO only useful ones are year 7 (resolute) year 1 (double xp) year 2 for those must resist named fights and year 5 (expediate recovery I think). I don't even remember what 6 is at this moment, tried to search using the forum search but it never gives me anything back, just searches excessively long then says done with no returns /shrug. Oh well, I'm off on vacation for the rest of the month, maybe I'll dig this back up when I get back and the gurus will have enlightened me.
#9 Jun 16 2006 at 3:08 PM Rating: Good
its amazingly bad.

not many people have played for 8 years and can't selfgate yet.
#10 Jun 16 2006 at 6:49 PM Rating: Decent
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its amazingly bad.

not many people have played for 8 years and can't selfgate yet.


Exactly.

People who have stuck with EQ for 8 years have already bought the Origin AA.


I voted Utterly Ridiculous.

Edited, Jun 16th 2006 at 7:50pm EDT by Reyla
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#11 Jun 16 2006 at 10:10 PM Rating: Decent
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it's not compeltely useless... there are a few events i know of where the casters are asked to bind outside the event zone in. it would be nice for them to be able to get back to GL and rebind instead of getting a tl/port to pok and hopin there's enough porters to handle it all. also handy for non gate classes to get back to GH without potions on a roaming raid target night, ie epic 2.0 hits. i'm sure wizards would love it be like having a third bind point.
#12 Jun 17 2006 at 1:16 AM Rating: Good
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i'm sure wizards would love it be like having a third bind point.

I'm a wizard and I think it's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
#13 Jun 17 2006 at 3:21 AM Rating: Default
Rates right up there along side the stupid jester, yea gods how I hate that thing.

But seriously if someone sticks with you virtually since day 1 all you give them is the ability to go to the throne room? Come on folks reward their loyalty with something they can really use, like maybe a exclusive weapon or armor not dropped in game. Now that would be something they and the rest of us would really like to get I bet not the ability to go to the lobby near the throne.
#14 Jun 17 2006 at 8:36 AM Rating: Default
Throne of Heroes has a cast time around 10 seconds and carries a 72min recast timer. For some reason, it seems to use spell haste effects, no idea why.

As a wizard with all the veteran AA's, I can safely say I'll be leaving my secondary bind in the lobby, and using Throne of Heroes if Secondary Recall collapses. It is halfway handy for my paladin alt, however.
#15 Jun 17 2006 at 8:38 AM Rating: Decent
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Melees without OT Hammer, Origin and Gate Potions rejoice!

-But how many 8 year Veterans are going to have a Melee without one of the three above? /half-assed "oops 8th year vet AA, we need an idea, we need an idea! Johnson! Whats your take?" "Hold on, lemme just gate to the Guild Hall, be right with you" "Brilliant!"

I mean Jester is quite possibly the most retarded thing ever. You summon it. It tags along and spams you with horrible jokes. Shoots off fireworks and lags the **** out of those in the area. Summons useless Food/Wine that are poisoned i'd say 75% of the time. The ONLY useful things you get from the Jester, (on a seriously rare occasion), are
a) Shrinks. Some people need shrinks on raids. But half the time you'll be shrunken, and then be grown to max height within the same minute.
b) Illusions. I personally pop Jester at the end of a raid to hopefully catch an illusion of a nearby, cool looking mob. Muramite illusion was cool....the one and only time I got it...
c) Free Mana. I mean...YOU SUMMON the Jester, and he gives a full bar of mana TO THE RANGER! I mean, holy **** you cant even kill the Jester!
#16 Jun 17 2006 at 8:46 AM Rating: Decent
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Well, every melee and hybrid on Test Server is enjoying it. :)
#17 Jun 17 2006 at 1:14 PM Rating: Decent
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Excellent idea for non-gaters...will save on gate potions and they can direct their well-earned AA's to something they could really utilize for battle...but, what kind of 'reward' is that for gaters?? I'm feeling a bit insulted here!

P.S. If the 'powers that be' are reading this, why not give the 8-year vets something they would really enjoy and use, such as 10 free AA points or something?? :-D

Edited, Jun 17th 2006 at 2:21pm EDT by staarlite
#18 Jun 17 2006 at 1:51 PM Rating: Decent
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i wonder how often you can use it? if its like every 3 hrs great if its once a week its pretty useless
#19 Jun 17 2006 at 3:46 PM Rating: Decent
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Melees without OT Hammer, Origin and Gate Potions rejoice!

-But how many 8 year Veterans are going to have a Melee without one of the three above? /half-assed "oops 8th year vet AA, we need an idea, we need an idea! Johnson! Whats your take?" "Hold on, lemme just gate to the Guild Hall, be right with you" "Brilliant!"


lmao, Guiness anyone?

I think it's kind of a sad addition. Sounds like a good idea until you start thinking about how can someone playing for 8 years not have a way to gate already, like everyone else said. I've only been on for 2, but have had the OT gate hammer on my main for awhile now.
#20 Jun 17 2006 at 4:33 PM Rating: Decent
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Sigh, will be 5 years before I see this one, hope they upgrade it a lil before then.

However, to gate into guild lobby, saves my 66 druid umm.. one zone across.. what an uber spell. Maybe they could make it a spell to sell on a vendor and make a real reward, now that I think about it.
#21 Jun 17 2006 at 5:24 PM Rating: Decent
in Macland Norrath we just want Ykesha....
#22 Jun 17 2006 at 7:12 PM Rating: Decent
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I actually like the AA... I just don't like it as a Vet AA. Its what origin should of been to begin with.
#23 Jun 17 2006 at 9:02 PM Rating: Decent
yeah this kind of pisses me off i better get a refund for my orgin i wasted my aa on
#24 Jun 17 2006 at 9:37 PM Rating: Decent
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Melees without OT Hammer, Origin and Gate Potions rejoice!


There are a dozen or more items in game that gate you to various safe places. Sure, many of them are from raids and raid involved quests but 8 year veterans have many of those. The PoP Bin Laden necklace comes to mind and the Circle of Smoke from Vyzdra. Oh and the one with Gate charges from Nurgs (Droga?).

Also, the pottery made race specific Faithstones and such.

The point is, a "gate" ability is underwhelming.
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#25 Jun 17 2006 at 9:57 PM Rating: Default
Heh....it would be much better if they made a buff with HP/Mana regen for the 8 year reward....at least that would be useful to all,especially if it stacked with existing buffs/gear....
But,I suppose SOE doesn't think people who've been with the game through all the hardships deserve anything that good . oh well. Maybe a year from now it'll be different LOL
#26 Jun 17 2006 at 11:30 PM Rating: Decent
*sigh* Its a sad day when all they can think of is a "gate to lobby" for being
a 8 year customer.
Discusted 8 year vet !!!
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