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Originally Posted by yaeger
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I doubt that was intentional. With a new release like Kunark they were probably too busy to immediately address this issue. There were a lot of over-the-top bugs when Kunark was released and this probably had a lower priority. Plus it probably took a while for the problem to become recognized, decisions made, and a plan implemented/tested.
That shouldn't be the case in P1999.
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Well on P99 2 months = roughly 8-9 spawns so it really isn't a big deal.
And honestly, I don't think anything will change even after the cap is implemented. The guilds that want the drops from Naggy/Vox have plenty of alts that they can keep level 52 if they wanted to.
As far as it not being intentional I'm not sure what you mean:
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Over the past couple of weeks, we've received more and more reports of these dragons being bested by smaller and smaller groups of higher- level (high 50s) adventurers. As we've always felt that Dragons should be special encounters that require a large number of people, we were left with some choices.
One choice available to us was to increase the power of the dragons to a level where the level 60 folks would find them challenging. This would have the disadvantage of forever placing them out-of-reach for those who did not buy Kunark, and place them further out-of-reach for those who did, but are just now approaching the levels where they could go on Dragon raids. Another possible solution was to make the dragons flee (depop) when engaged by a more powerful group of people. This would have the undesired effect of allowing some people to deny others the experience of fighting a dragon.
Instead of raising the bar as mentioned above, we've instead decided that dragons, or at least these two dragons, should have the magical ability to pick their own fights. Players of level 53 or above will now encounter some difficulty when attempting to assist in combat with these dragons. This should help 40s and low 50-level characters with their chances to encounter a dragon without worry of getting forced out by much higher level players. In addition, it also has the added effect of creating a natural progression from the younger dragons of Antonica to the elder and more formidable dragons of Kunark.
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They
intentionally left things the way they were when Kunark was released and then eventually changed their minds. It's no different then when they decided to change CT, PoH, PoF, etcetera, or when they decided that manastones were "too powerful".
We are following the natural progression of the classic EQ timeline. The level cap on dragons should be treated no differently then things like Lustrous Russet and Rubicite drop nerfs.