Luclin

[loramin]

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

AAs fixed the balance of several classes. Keep it in. Rangers, Druids and Wizards all became much more valuable raid members once AAs went in. Also it gives you a purpose to play your main instead of alt #276

To me, those are two different things:

1) new class features which balanced the classes
2) endless grinding

I'm all in favor of #1, but I see no reason why they have to be tied to #2. I think the way proposed by Nilbog (ie. you have to complete some sort of epic quest-like experience to get your formerly-AA-based class-defining powers) would be awesome.

[Tewaz]

I completely agree with Daldaen on this one. Great points.

I like:

Adding Luclin, leave the Nexus at 15 minute timers, keep or add the bazaar, I don't care.

Add a portal somewhere to Plane of Tranquility or whatever it was called that had all of the other planes linked to it. Skip the books and other junk and we are good to go.

[Uuruk]

5 years for velious you gonna wait another 5?

[iruinedyourday]

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

5 years for velious you gonna wait another 5?

maybe in 5 years I could warm up to the idea of RUINING P99 GUYS

:P

[Xorekle]

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

5 years for velious you gonna wait another 5?

Where's the bottleneck? :P I'll help close it

[myriverse]

Eh. Quests would just become bottle-necked excuses to poopsock and dramatize. Grinding is better.

[Uuruk]

Beastlords

[myriverse]

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

5 years for velious you gonna wait another 5?

It's been 15, so...

And I'm doubtful there will be a suitable replacement for EQ in 5 years.

[loramin]

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

Where's the bottleneck? :P I'll help close it

The bottleneck is IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN ON THIS SERVER. NEVER.

Sorry for shouting, but I just wanted to make this point clear. The developers of this server have said in no uncertain terms that Project 1999 will get cats on the moon only over their dead bodies. If you don't believe me just do a little forum searching.

So while this conversation is fun in academic sense, if you seriously want to play Luclin you're going to have to go to a different server (which I personally think is a shame, but hey it's their server and they get to make the rules).

[Daldaen]

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

To me, those are two different things:

1) new class features which balanced the classes
2) endless grinding

I'm all in favor of #1, but I see no reason why they have to be tied to #2. I think the way proposed by Nilbog (ie. you have to complete some sort of epic quest-like experience to get your formerly-AA-based class-defining powers) would be awesome.

Epic quests would just be bottle necks with poopsocks unless it's instanced.

Whereas a grind you can get exp while doing other things. Which is nice. When I played on Mac server the AAs I gained weren't because I decided "I want to farm some AAs". It was "I want to do this quest for this alt, so I'm going to kill these mobs for a few hours to get some uncommon drops" or "I want a stack of this resist food, so I'm going to farm these mobs for meats, claws, etc." Or "I want to get this key for my main cause science, so I'll clear these placeholders for a few hours".

Whenever I had a goal that involved any of the relevant zones, I was actively working towards that goal AND gaining exp as I do it. When I work towards a goal on this server any exp I'm getting on my Druid basically is getting wasted, cause I'm already at max. Which is sadface.