The "What were they thinking?" thread

[Lickum]

Dev1 : Snakes aren't doing enough damage!
Dev 2 : Give them the ability to kick!
Dev 1 : Nerfing monks.

[Djinn]

Racial Exp penalties.

Seriously, wtf were they thinking? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Dr4z3r]

Ravenscale Head.

The already-linked Indolicite Boots.

The Totemic armor piece with INT.

The Agility stat.

Etc...

[azeth]

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

Items that have both int and wis. WTF?

WTF moments:

Vermiculated Armor
Vah Shir instead of Kerrans
end.

[guineapig]

I always felt that they screwed up the continent of Odus by not adding any true mid-high level content at launch.

By the time the Hole was released everyone was already set in their ways on where to level up on classic content and Kunark was already out too. That continent is so underused it's kind of sad.

(Yes they tried to make it right again years later and I guess they somewhat succeeded with still more zones and more zone connections to newer content. But that just proves my point that it was a huge mistake in the first place that needed to be remedied.)

[Lanvaren]

Did you ever stop to think that the way from High Pass to Freeport is flat, yet the way from High Pass to Qeynos is not (you go down that long gorge)

WTF is up with the ocean?

Two different levels in two different places.

[guineapig]

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

Did you ever stop to think that the way from High Pass to Freeport is flat, yet the way from High Pass to Qeynos is not (you go down that long gorge)

WTF is up with the ocean?

Two different levels in two different places.

I always figured that the Karanas were in a valley, possibly below sea level.
There is also a very gradual incline in Kithicor. (not enough to account for the change in elevation of course). But yes, you are correct, the continents are not exactly "anatomically correct". [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Darklake]

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

Did you ever stop to think that the way from High Pass to Freeport is flat, yet the way from High Pass to Qeynos is not (you go down that long gorge)

Never thought of that :-)

If you go Kithicor - RV - Misty - Runneyeye - Gorge of King Xorbb - EK I'm sure it's still flat - next time I do the Stein run I'll take a look at the Z readings :-)

[Lyrik]

Doesn't Kithicor slowly incline a bit and then some more at the end? It's certainly not as dramatic as EK.

[hedbonker]

Runneyeye is actually a fair bit higher than RV in MT. Also when you enter the gorge from EK, you go way down the ramp - Makes little sense overall.