Buffs & level requirements

[Harrison1]

If 2001 is way later than kunark release, isn't it safe to assume the restriction was added much later?

April 24, 2000 (kunark release)

[Ambrotos]

Shadows of Luclin Release date(s) December 4, 2001

[Slave]

Darn, looks like we'll only get to buff everyone up to +5 months after Velious release. Yet another artificial block in place to keep people grinding and spending their money. And they wonder why it all went to hell.

[fadetree]

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Not everything they nerfed was to 'keep us grinding'. Maybe they actually thought it was bad from a game perspective to have newbies uber buffed? Isn't that ( ie., overpowered players via gear and buffs ) one of the very things that ruined the game for most of us? I think this is a GOOD idea, one of the few they had from then on.

[Slave]

Not at all. Twinking was one of the most fun things you could do in Classic Everquest and it is one of the only games you could actually do it in. It slowed down greatly after Luclin with things like rec. and req. level items and buffs. Major bummer and many began to look for the next big thing. Because it is obviously meant to do just that, slow down leveling in order to keep you grinding away with the same old crappy gear, even though you have earned the right to make it a little easier and more fun, supposedly having been through it before, having earned the items in question. One of the worst things about WoW and the games that came after is easily the level-specific itemization, making everything a clone of the last thing you had. BO-ring!

[Harrison1]

They tried to control mudflation, which is commendable.

You're mad at the outcome for the wrong reason.

[Slave]

Originally Posted by Harrison1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They tried to control mudflation, which is commendable.

You're mad at the outcome for the wrong reason.

You're ascribing motive to them when you cannot know for sure one way or the other. The only way we can judge it 10 years down the road is through the result. And it did indeed take away from the uniqueness and wonder that was EverQuest itemization.

[nilbog]

I'm sure some better research can be obtained. The link i found was from googling

aegolism "level 1" 45 2001

I think focusing searches on the most popular PLing buffs from the time would yield the best results.

[Brimacombe]

Defiant Gear

-Brimacombe

[Lagaidh]

Originally Posted by douglas1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You definitely could NOT cast lvl 50+ buffs on anyone under level 46, beginning as soon as there were lvl 50+ spells (which was Kunark release). I remember because when Kunark came out I was only level 35, and was seriously bummed that I couldn't get any fancy new buffs cast on me by the 50+ crowd.

I remember proudly wearing KEI on a L35 dwarven cleric... then it being overwritten by some L20's Breeze about 15 minutes later.

Pissed. Dwarf.