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Originally Posted by t0lkien
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Removing it in Luclin/PoP was the beginning of the end IMO. It was fantastic design, and changing it once Sony took over showed that they didn't understand the original EQ.
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/agree. I'll admit that I loved Velious. Despite the fact that I was such an alt-oholic when it launched that none of my characters were high level enough to take full advantage of it. I saw the game change with Luclin, though. As a matter of fact, that was about the time that the guys who introduced me to the game (high level guildies all, who had been playing since the beginning of the game) started to walk away.
Despite the changes, many of which I didn't like, I kept coming back. My best story to date was when I started playing again after buying the Anniversary Edition in...I guess about 2007? I took my -new- rogue to level 50 in a couple of weeks, solo'd the hell out of the game, and got my Ragebringer. Which was my first epic weapon after playing since 1999 lol. I somehow managed to never get lucky in the loot rolls for epic components, and the cleric was my only real raiding character and she was low on the totem pole for epic assistance.
Now that I think about it, EQ started the slow spin down the toilet when I noticed people stopped calling their characters characters and started calling them "toons" lol.