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[guineapig]

So much for following the timeline...

Maybe we'll see Solro soon?

[Jify]

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

Yes kithicor battle signaled opening of hate, read story [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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The forces of good led by Carson MaCabe and Lord Tethys sent out recruiters to find whatever assistance they could to help defend Highkeep from the coming dark elf attack. Carson sent a party of adventurers to meet renowned champions in Freeport and escort them back to Highkeep to prepare for the fortresses defense. Both good and evil sent provisioners throughout the world buying the items they would need to equip an army. The dark elves sent emissarys to the trolls and to the orcs of Crushbone to ask assistance in their coming attack on Highkeep. The dark elf ambassador to the Splitpaw clan was called home to act as one of the dark elf generals in the coming battle. Many small skirmishes erupted as forces from both sides came into conflict with each other and tried to find as much information of the other side's plans as they could. Both sides sought as many allies as they could find and the armies of good and the armies of dark swelled as adventurers were found to aid in the coming conflict. The dark elves were finally prepared for their war. Lanys T`vyl, Laarthik and the dark elf army set out from Nektulos on the march for Highkeep. Hearing that the dark elf army was on the march, Carson MaCabe and his allies formed their army. Carson stayed in Highkeep to lead the forces that would defend the keep itself while Galeth Verdeth, Firiona Vie, and Lord Tethys along with the dwarf Tubr Broadaxe set forth with the army of good and entered the Kithicor Woods to hold off the dark army and keep them in the low lands. As they marched to Highkeep the dark elves left portions of their army behind them to guard the path back to Neriak should the battle go badly. The dark elf army entered the Kithicor woods and as they marched on Highkeep the army of the defenders came forth to meet them. As the two armies met in a clash of steel and fury the cries of the dying could be heard for miles. At the peak of the battle Lanys T`Vyl and Lord Tethys met in battle. After a long and fierce combat, the valiant Lord Tethys fell to Lanys's sword. Seeing Lord Tethys fall, the army of good renewed their attack with vicious fervor. Galeth Verdeth engaged Laarthik and his pupil Firiona Vie engaged Lanys. As these four fought, the armies themselves engaged around the combatants in a chaotic ballet of singing steel and magic. The battle raged on with neither side able to turn the tide. But as the battle raged, Lanys slowly began to fail, Firiona Vie pressed her attack, enraged at the death of the gentle Lord Tethys. Lanys faltered and fell wounded. Laarthik seeing Lanys fall made a furious attack on Galeth and the beat the paladin of Tunare back. Laarthik then took out the powerful goblin stone. He held it high, and channeling the power of the stone called upon Innoruuk, Prince of Hate and father of the dark elves. Laarthik was consumed in flame as the energies of the stone cascaded around him and his screams of agony and rage became loud enough for the God of Hate to hear in his far away plane. The ground began to tremble and the clouds gathered in angry darkness over the woodds. A portal of swirling darkness appeared and plunged the woods into an inky blackness. Innoruuk, stepped out of the portal and set foot on Norrath. He found the body of his only daughter sorely wounded and crippled. He was so enraged that mortals would dare to harm his only child that he called down a curse on the woods that had seen Lanys's defeat. Innoruuk took up the limp form of Lanys and called forth his servant Hate. Hate, abeast of pure, unadulterated anger and vile purpose stepped from the shadowy portal and bowed before it's master. Innoruuk ordered it to kill all he could find. Innoruuk, with Lanys in his arms, returned to his plane of hate with his daughter's crippled body, but the energies of the stone that had called him forth had opened the door to that plane forever. The shadows of hate would fill the Kithicor woods and curse it for eternity. The undead of Innoruuk's plane would wander the woods at darkness when the portal was strongest as the door to the plane of Hate would stand open allowing passage between the plane of hate and the world of Norrath forever.

Nuh uh dude! I was there! That's not how it happened!

Lanys spawned along with Laarthik and they walked across the zone to Lord Tethys. 4 mobs spawned, and died, and then another 4 spawned as everyone in the zone crashed. Lanys kept walking though. And then Lord Tethys was like, STOP, you don't go any further.

Then Lanys glitched out and walked back to WC, PoHate opened, and we all went there.

End of story.

God dude. Brush up on your lore. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Ghesta]

I disagree with the idea of speeding things up.

One of my greatest beefs with EQ is how I never got a prenerf mask of the deceiver. I played EQ from bluebox on, for close to seven years. I understand the desire to speed things along when you've gotten to the end, but why penalize the newer players who won't have a chance at such things as rubis, masks, and manastones just because they heard about the server later than you did?

[guineapig]

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

I disagree with the idea of speeding things up.

One of my greatest beefs with EQ is how I never got a prenerf mask of the deceiver. I played EQ from bluebox on, for close to seven years. I understand the desire to speed things along when you've gotten to the end, but why penalize the newer players who won't have a chance at such things as rubis, masks, and manastones just because they heard about the server later than you did?

I am in agreement with you but sadly it's too late now.
They opened Hate over 2 months early and skipped over SolRo for whatever reason.

I really do feel sorry for the newer people who just got to the server who really are the future of the playing population. It's the opinions that you take back to your friends that will effect what the population looks like a year from now.

SolRo would have benefited the vast majority of the population where as opening Hate early has only benefited a few guilds. Even though I am in one of those guilds I still disagree with this decision.

And to be clear I am not trying to be disrespectful to those that run the server, I will always appreciate all the hard work you guys have done and will do. But I do think that this decision was at least in some part made due to pressure from a very vocal minority. In the future I hope that they will not bend to the will of the few.

This is of course just my opinion and I could be wrong. But the fact remains that unlocking Hate at this time goes against both the chronological order of things as well as the relative time span taken between releases of EQClassic and no other explanation has been given as to why. So I am left to assume....

[Dabamf]

Opening hate harms no one. Shut up. Jesus

[Malrubius]

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

I am in agreement with you but sadly it's too late now.
They opened Hate over 2 months early and skipped over SolRo for whatever reason.

I really do feel sorry for the newer people who just got to the server who really are the future of the playing population. It's the opinions that you take back to your friends that will effect what the population looks like a year from now.

SolRo would have benefited the vast majority of the population where as opening Hate early has only benefited a few guilds. Even though I am in one of those guilds I still disagree with this decision.

And to be clear I am not trying to be disrespectful to those that run the server, I will always appreciate all the hard work you guys have done and will do. But I do think that this decision was at least in some part made due to pressure from a very vocal minority. In the future I hope that they will not bend to the will of the few.

This is of course just my opinion and I could be wrong. But the fact remains that unlocking Hate at this time goes against both the chronological order of things as well as the relative time span taken between releases of EQClassic and no other explanation has been given as to why. So I am left to assume....

/agree

Hopefully they'll slow this train down before we get to the end of the line!

[Spud]

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

I am in agreement with you but sadly it's too late now.
They opened Hate over 2 months early and skipped over SolRo for whatever reason.

I really do feel sorry for the newer people who just got to the server who really are the future of the playing population. It's the opinions that you take back to your friends that will effect what the population looks like a year from now.

SolRo would have benefited the vast majority of the population where as opening Hate early has only benefited a few guilds. Even though I am in one of those guilds I still disagree with this decision.

And to be clear I am not trying to be disrespectful to those that run the server, I will always appreciate all the hard work you guys have done and will do. But I do think that this decision was at least in some part made due to pressure from a very vocal minority. In the future I hope that they will not bend to the will of the few.

This is of course just my opinion and I could be wrong. But the fact remains that unlocking Hate at this time goes against both the chronological order of things as well as the relative time span taken between releases of EQClassic and no other explanation has been given as to why. So I am left to assume....

Yea I agree Chic.

The big thing is that DE mask/Rubi and that stuff is still dropping. This may still help attract players like Ghesta who want a DE mask (I always wanted one on live too).

[Aaron]

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

Opening hate harms no one. Shut up. Jesus

Opening Kunark and Velious would harm no one. What's your point? I can see Chicanery's.

[Dabamf]

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

Opening Kunark and Velious would harm no one. What's your point? I can see Chicanery's.

Um...opening kunark harms everyone who wants to enjoy vanilla eq, because it negates a lot of important zones and items. Hate does nothing but add benefit for those with nothing left to do.

[guineapig]

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

Opening hate harms no one. Shut up. Jesus

You didn't listen to anything I was saying.
It wasn't about opening Hate...[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
It was about speeding things up.

Hate opens early, Air opens early, guess what will be asked for next? You guessed it, raise the level cap to 60. There's only 1 way to do that.
And let's not forget the fact that by unlocking Hate before Solro it basically said that pleasing raid guilds was more important than pleasing the general populous (SolRo).
It's not Hate that ruins things, it's the precedent.