Things That Should Not Be

[Braveguard]

Hybrid exp penalties. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Bubbles]

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

Hybrid exp penalties. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

^^

winner.

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[meat221]

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

Thank God Im not the only one that was bothered with the armor dyes. I must admit I used them though. I dyed my warrs armor blue and yellow and told people I was captain Sweden. I was brought down to earth again with this comment though: "Captain Sweden huh? I think you look more like big-bird" :|

If you were blue and yellow, im thinking u looked like an X men :P

[Slade_the_Slide]

I was actually kind of excited when dyes first came out...then I saw a troll wearing pink, yellow, lime green, and blue mixed armor and instantly disdained the implementation of it.

I really enjoyed the Velious armor textures, and was saddened when the Luclin models ruined those [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Solarie-EQ]

I LOVED the Luclin character graphics! I had a new hairstyle every day!

The bazaar should have "never been seen"!


Solari

[Slade_the_Slide]

I guess different tastes for folks. I played a halfling and the halfling Luclin models were atrocious. At least the clunky original models had a certain "spirit" to them....character if you will. The Luclin models to me just seemed like lifeless puppets. But to each their own I suppose :\

I agree, the bazaar was horrid. I missed the sense of community of the old barter zone system (on Drinal it was North Freeport, not EC Tunnel) all the evils would hide in the sewers or sell behind the Jade Tiger. All the good races would have set up near the bank.

Once the Nexus/Bazaar hit....the sense of community seemed to disappear.

[Taluvill]

Some of the Luclin character models were alright. Dark Elf Females, Human Females, and High Elf Females were good. Wood Elf Girls seemed a bit off to me, idk why.

Most male models seemed awful. The Ogre models were just godawful. They COMPLETELY ruined iksars.

[valorborn]

I really enjoyed the luclin expac. I thought the models where a pretty neat upgrade but sometime in PoP I wanted my old original face back. So I pretty much agree with everyone else. Below is just me rambling on about it.

I also really liked how armor looked on the old models. One of the most enchanting moments in EQ I had was stumbling on a group of players in Everfrost just a bit away from the Halas ramp chillin. One of the warriors was wearing a 'horned helm' that made me gush just looking at it. That model was forever ruined with luclin graphics.

The bazaar was all right but I don't think it was the right direction to go. I like something a little more organic, the EC tunnel is easily one of the staples of what made EQ awesome. I was certainly not alone when I would run into the tunnel and ask someone if I could barter, beg, or plea with them for some buffs. Trading and leveling alts was awesome.

[PunkrawkBbob]

Talking with a buddy we decided that Bazaar was an awesome concept (having a central zone of neutral faction, complete with banks, crafting vendors, crafting stations, and no weight encumbrance). The big downside of Bazaar was the vendor mode. If they removed AFK'ing to sell stuff in vendor mode, it would have been a helluva zone for bartering IMO. Not just searching the listings, undercutting the cheapest by 3% and AFK'ing for the night for sales.

[Casualties]

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

Player opinions should not be in project 1999.

Everquest was far, far better as a game before the development team started listening to what players wanted.

The purpose of this thread is not to demonstrate what the players want. It is here simply to reflect on EQ with 20/20 hindsight and determine what factors, in your opinion, derailed the classic EQ experience. The purpose of this thread is to determine what players do not want; Information that could be much for valuable than knowing what they do want, when developing future mmorpgs