Why SOE and Daybreak Ruined a perfecly good Ideal

Zellgoddess · #1 10-10-2019, 12:51 PM

ok for starters you all have to realize the game you are playing is only 40% of the content that it was meant to be, you can thank SoE for this. varrant the people who made this game never intended for there to be a Expansion it was meant to be a one time purchase of a game and a subscription. All new content after that was meant to be a Addition that your subscription payed for.

now they F'd the game up in several ways starters there was never suppose to be luclin content as the continent of Obulus or Odus was meant to be the home of the Kat like beast race the Kerren (they were not suppose to be named Vah Shir). why is that well Kunark is actually the continent of Kylong and Jarsath was never added to the game.

Lets Backpedal for a bit to the original game, did you know that naggy and vox are not the end bosses of the classic game. Nope, That was supose to be The Shadow King in a zone called Shadowrest, ill explain the shadow king is the leader of the shadowmen they are actually an invading force that are weakening the people of norrath for a full on invasion. Some of the NPC mostly some of the ones who do nothing in the current game are actually shadowmen in disguise causing all knowns of trouble in the area they are at.

The quest that was never added, the Ruby Amber Lens and the Emerald Jade Lens, these are several quests actually you needed to collect a few items and make each part of the gnome made spectacles that i dont know the name of as they were never coded or added to game. first was the Ruby Amber Lens, second was the Emerald Jade Lens, and third was the magical frames for the lenses made of some material ill never know. after the construction of these lens you could then see content that you didnt see before (i know you prolly hear that rumor or heard them say that over 1000 or so items from the original game have yet to be found in everquest, yea thats why they are not in game). Furthermore the most important part is these specs let you see the true form of the Shadowmen as well as the entrance to Shadowrest. However shadowrest was left out of launch of the original game, and SoE came up with the bright ideal that they could make more money if they simple added it later as what they would call an Expansion Pack for the game ( i hope you can see were this is going). after its run and the time for the next expansion pack was due they decided that adding shadowrest was not enough content and went ahead with kunark, and then Velious, and then later decided never to add it to the game as lower level content was not needed to keep people playing. When Pop Came out they scraped the ideal of it altogether and used the shadowrest zone as a corpse retrieval zone.

So much more was left out there are actually many beast races that were ment to be playable races the starting 3 would be the slaves of the Shissar the Iksar or the lizardman race, the Kerren or the catman race, and the Aviak the Birdman race (o wait what ?). yea the Aviak are actually the inhabitants of the Continent of Jarsath that was never added. (ill also note that later something was added that was intended to be this but they well they SoEed the hell out of it and now its a pile of crap "Taelosia", i believe this to be so as there culture was Aztec looking and that was how the aviak was intended to be) Now after these 3 were suppose to then be the monster races froglok, Gnoll, Kobold, Orc, and Goblin. how many or if any were to be added will remain a mystery.

Ok lets move on to Kunark, no Veeshan serously no Veeshan. it was intended that the gods were to have a zone of there own. VP was intended to have Veeshan as the Final Boss. Velious later added the Planes Hate, Fear, and Sky as well as the Planes of Growth and Mischief. each one of these planes was intended to house a kill-able god. they later added the disaster of a expansion PoP which added many of the other gods however they did it all wrong. each plane was to be singular from the other planes. each god was to be kill-able or not and house quests for those who worshiped them. many of which would require you to hunt quest parts in other god zones.

and its probably time for the server to be back up so ima stop ranting and go play, if anyone has anything to add pls do so.

Mblake81 · #2 10-11-2019, 11:29 AM

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Dunno about this but I do remember reading that many quests were never fully implemented in original era. Kraddok found a hidden area by the Dark Elf camp near Mistmoore. You can see the entrance through the zone wall.

(makes me wonder if opal darkbriar who appears in different places is really a shadowman in disguise.)

But as far as playable aviaks birdmen, the enchanter in freeport that is below the guild. Figured it was an illusion we would get at some point.

*Note: Also would like to point out that Veeshan herself would never be in game. Perhaps and Avatar of Veeshan but not her. Recall the games original intro movie.. Veeshan is as big as Norrath itself. Her claw marks are the great divide and the wastes zones. An entire raid force could chip the tip of a claw perhaps..

Danth · #3 10-11-2019, 02:17 PM

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Kraddok found a hidden area by the Dark Elf camp near Mistmoore. You can see the entrance through the zone wall.

I'd like to know more about this. I don't see anything unusual in EQZoneViewer. That program is usually quite good for finding things like unused areas, cat rooms, etc.

Danth

Mblake81 · #4 10-11-2019, 08:03 PM

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I'd like to know more about this. I don't see anything unusual in EQZoneViewer. That program is usually quite good for finding things like unused areas, cat rooms, etc.

Danth

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Jimjam · #5 10-11-2019, 12:27 PM

Veeshan would make an amazing boss fight.

She'd be the entire expansion's land. You'd travel over her scales like lice, looking for a way in. You'd then fight your way through her internal passages, fighting her antibodies, until finally making your way to her heart where you'd have to battle with her inner identity.

PieOats · #6 10-11-2019, 12:39 PM

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

Veeshan would make an amazing boss fight.

She'd be the entire expansion's land. You'd travel over her scales like lice, looking for a way in. You'd then fight your way through her internal passages, fighting her antibodies, until finally making your way to her heart where you'd have to battle with her inner identity.

DEEP