I think the time has come for Shadows of Lucin

[magnetaress]

no one remembers the whole new in game language and all the cool lore from luclin tho

also the short lil pigmies are fun as fuck to kill

[Pulgasari]

Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

no one remembers the whole new in game language and all the cool lore from luclin tho

also the short lil pigmies are fun as fuck to kill

Tekar Ans Sivuelaeus!

[magnetaress]

Luclin only server when plz

[Wakanda]

Originally Posted by Mugi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I started playing this game late and was caught between the latest months of Velious before Luclin, so things went from bad to very easy in some ways, because I could evolve my character faster, even without gear, through AAs.

I didn't hate Luclin too much, because it opened up a lot of opportunities, but it also had some real issues for me, such as:

1) New player models looked so terrible, I considered quitting until I found out you could toggle them off.

2) The theme jumping into a blend of sci-fi and fantasy was not ideal. There was more lore to be explored in Norrath. There was no need to move to the moon yet. The themes didn't transition well because of that.

3) New class, new race and so on, while most classes needed to be tweaked before introducing the spaghetti linguini that was beastlord.

Why have a cat brace btw? Was it not enough to have lizards? I guess they went from exotic pet to a normal pet theme here. Not a playable race still.

4) The Bazaar and Spires were good QOL tools. It could be implemented in the existing world just by waving some technicalities and introducing some more evolved humans who can teleport and buy/sell fast through a network.

In the end, Luclin tried to introduce some much needed things, such as AAs, Bazaar and Spires, but made everyone look ugly and created a new race that was not needed, while also introducing a new class when there were many classes that needed to be fixed.

It was a way to keep people subbed, but hell, not the best way to do it.

I feel like people didn't really digest content that fast. I remember questioning why I even bought Velious because for the first year or so it was out, I never even went there [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I don't think I started getting Skyshrine gear until a few months AFTER Luclin launched [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I don't think the average player was raiding in Luclin zones when it launched, but I could be wrong or misremembering things.

Also a developer said in an interview that the reason they made Luclin a space expansion is because SOE was also developing Star Wars Galaxies at the time and was inspired by that, but also because the same devs were working on SWG, Luclin ended up being a more low quality expansion in terms of actual content.

I remember when the new models came out, I actually had to upgrade my graphics card. I think I got a Geforce 2 but it's kind of hazy now.

[Ranndom]

Originally Posted by imahos [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I would love it. But not going to happen. We might not even have the needed firepower to merge the servers atm.

Luckily, for people who need Luclin, there are options. Personally I'm going to wait a while to a) see if Quarm still exists after a year and b) wait until better twink gear is in-era so I don't have to do a classic 1-50 leveling experience.

quarm is alive and somewhat well. the server admin refuses to release kunark early so for the past 3 months like 70% of people are just raid logging.

[Secrets]

Originally Posted by Ranndom [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

quarm is alive and somewhat well. the server admin refuses to release kunark early so for the past 3 months like 70% of people are just raid logging.

god i hope they take a break

it's awful to watch people do sky every day D:

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by Secrets [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

god i hope they take a break

it's awful to watch people do sky every day D:

why is it so bad to watch ppl do sky every day? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

and you really watch them, every day? kinda weird...

maybe they need some more custom content or free manastones, gotta make sure everyone is a winner and life is fair!

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[spoil]

Originally Posted by Ranndom [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

quarm is alive and somewhat well. the server admin refuses to release kunark early so for the past 3 months like 70% of people are just raid logging.

Isn't that what people do on servers with instanced raiding?

[spoil]

Originally Posted by Trexller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

maybe they need some more custom content or free manastones, gotta make sure everyone is a winner and life is fair!

I actually liked the free legacy loot. But somehow that wasn't enough for some people and then things got a bit too goofy even for me.

[Hakubi]

Originally Posted by Trexller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

why is it so bad to watch ppl do sky every day? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
maybe they need some more custom content or free manastones, gotta make sure everyone is a winner and life is fair!
[/IMG]

instancing and legacy loot changes months in are great custom content ideas, even better when they are a spooky surprise so we could login at Halloween to really get that permanent raid logged ghost town atmosphere.