What did people dislike most about luclin?

[thufir]

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

I don't get the clinging to low levels and Paludal Caverns hate.

The first 20-25 levels of EQ are a joke. In any game, the beginning leveling up process is an already-live tutorial where you're figuring out the basics.

Are you REALLY having a huge amount of fun on a ranger at level 8 before it has any spells? Most classes suck at low levels until they get more spells and abilities that give them definition. Before this point everyone is basically the same. They've got a weapon and they can auto attack. Neat.

PC added an avenue for people to congregate, fly through those crappy levels until classes are actually fleshed out. Clerics get their 0% res, Enchanter's get their charm and AE mez, Hybrids picked up their pets, warriors/rogues get dual wield, monks get FD, Wizards/Druids get their self ports, etc.

That's when the game actually starts to get good. The novelty of Blackburrow and Crushbone is nice for a bit, and people still grouped there (and they still are actively on Phinigel even with PC out). But I just don't see the love of the extremely low level game.

I don't get your raiding love. 40+ people sitting around for hours doing what the officers tell them to do. Spend the better part of a day grinding through trash or killing a single boss for no xp in the desperate hopes of getting some slight upgrade that you'll do what with exactly? Increase your DPS by some tiny number so you can brag about it to your parser?

If you are a warrior, I kinda get it; you need stuff. If you are any other class, well, to each their own. You like to raid, so you love Luclin. I don't, so I hated it. Neither of us is going to understand the other any time soon.

I have a lot of fun with the 1-30 game and still do. It's not about the class mechanics so much as it is about exploring things people rarely see.

[big_ole_jpn]

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

Forgot - obviously Bazaar was a terrible thing to add to EQ.

Not really. I was nostalgic about EC tunnel once too but as it turns out, Bazaar is far preferable.

[Izmael]

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

Not really. I was nostalgic about EC tunnel once too but as it turns out, Bazaar is far preferable.

Talk about taking human interaction out of the game.

[skarlorn]

the art is fucking garbage

[Lhancelot]

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

I don't get your raiding love. 40+ people sitting around for hours doing what the officers tell them to do. Spend the better part of a day grinding through trash or killing a single boss for no xp in the desperate hopes of getting some slight upgrade that you'll do what with exactly? Increase your DPS by some tiny number so you can brag about it to your parser?

If you are a warrior, I kinda get it; you need stuff. If you are any other class, well, to each their own. You like to raid, so you love Luclin. I don't, so I hated it. Neither of us is going to understand the other any time soon.

I have a lot of fun with the 1-30 game and still do. It's not about the class mechanics so much as it is about exploring things people rarely see.

It's interesting because at least you understand that although you don't share his enthusiasm for raiding, you do recognize that he enjoys it just as you enjoy lowbie stuffs and that it's really just a matter of different perspectives.

What seems to be the trend though are the hardcore raiding types tend to look down on others who don't share their grand scheme of raiding mobs that require a zerg force following the screaming commands of pixel fiending neckbeards.

It's as if those who don't enjoy the raiding scene are lesser beings or something, lacking intellect and complexity because they enjoy lower level activities.

I too prefer the ambience of when I am leveling a character, from 1-59 basically.

What I have experienced in the raid scene here has only left me with disappointment and it has nothing to do with having trouble grasping how to play a higher lvl toon.

Lower level activities are easier to do solo or with a small group and lack the toxicity the raiding scene brings.

That's been my personal experience, anyway.

[big_ole_jpn]

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

Talk about taking human interaction out of the game.

yet redacted is way more social of a server than p99 with bazaar (and it even has limited boxing) because it isn't a claustrophobic mouse colony that only paranoid sicko autists are willing to suffer playing.

the mechanics aren't everything, EQ is about what emerges from those mechanics

[surron]

yea you luclin/pop lovers need to try out redacted cause its the better server even with pok books. people still need ports to kunark/velious/luclin and people still auction shit all the time

[maskedmelon]

Have to agree that EC tunnel in 2016 sucks ass because of things like p99auctions. By normalizing prices it constricts liquidity and and sours people's attitudes making them feel like someone is trying to swindle them for offering to sell/but at a price deviating from the value advertised on the site by some nerd cycling wtb/wts /auctions across 10 different characters.

[Odann]

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

yea you luclin/pop lovers need to try out redacted cause its the better server even with pok books. people still need ports to kunark/velious/luclin and people still auction shit all the time

IIRC there was a book that ported you right to the Overthere.

[Jimjam]

The starting levels are great fun if you don't twink; earning that full set of cloth, filling up on back packs, finding a two hander to sharpen up and get those 1 hit kills on xp mobs. Getting strong enough to fight animals and turn them into armour. Awesomes! Lots of meaningful upgrades and progressing through content at a nice pace.