Velious is great [Archive]

sktank

08-03-2015, 01:03 AM

Lots more zones to farm/ xp in... Awesome upgrades that aren't too hard to get.. Huge zones= prob less likely to be griefed. Zones like kc/seb will be open more often.. Better resist gear, higher hp gear for longer fights. Need I go on? What are some people crying about lol. Have fun

Bazia

08-03-2015, 02:49 AM

yeah 1 player per zone average is tite

reminds me of the last days of classic

yyrkoon

08-03-2015, 04:00 AM

That wind sound is so annoying though.

LostCause

08-03-2015, 06:54 AM

give it 6months - 1 year and server will be dead :P

Tassador

08-03-2015, 07:14 AM

give it 6months - 1 year and server will be dead :P

So another 6-12 months of playing free Everquest. I'll take that and won't even be mad or sad about it.

Koota

08-03-2015, 09:44 AM

So another 6-12 months of playing free Everquest. I'll take that and won't even be mad or sad about it.

Bazia

08-03-2015, 07:44 PM

i think u can play free everquest as long as you want

Stasis01

08-03-2015, 08:30 PM

magician

08-04-2015, 07:38 AM

velketor the sorcerer is all yours bros

krazyGlue

08-04-2015, 08:15 AM

Empire has their hands full with Kael/Dane/TOV - lots of shit for another guild once they accept they gotta be #2 and take Kunark shit.

I bet pop will go over 400 eventually even though nightly it's over 300 now.

So your trying to grief tmo off the server ? What's left after that ?

Doors

08-04-2015, 08:22 AM

Uncontested pixels. Why you so dumb bro.

Samsung

08-04-2015, 08:29 AM

velketor the sorcerer is all yours bros

Thanks pal! :)

bubur

08-04-2015, 01:00 PM

mmmm uncontested kunark pixels

who wants to start a guild w me and tap dat

hatelore

08-04-2015, 01:41 PM

So your trying to grief tmo off the server ? What's left after that ?

Its a red server moran. We arent trying to grief them off, just reminding them that its a red server. You sound anti pvp. You would rather pvp with petitions right?

SamwiseRed

08-04-2015, 01:47 PM

Its a red server moran. We arent trying to grief them off, just reminding them that its a red server. You sound anti pvp. You would rather pvp with petitions right?

Sad thing is, without the players from blue there would literally be no one on the box but Empire. It is almost as if blue was reminding us that this is a pvp server :)

Alarti0001

08-04-2015, 01:49 PM

Its a red server moran. We arent trying to grief them off, just reminding them that its a red server. You sound anti pvp. You would rather pvp with petitions right?

Rushing 90 players against 30.. isn't really pvp. Its more blue than blue.

magician

08-04-2015, 01:51 PM

hehe we win you lose !!!

gosh I'm always on the winning team.. feels good U kno??

edited: also rich

Uton

08-04-2015, 01:52 PM

rushing vindi with 30 players and binding in Kael isn't intelligent pve or pvp

SamwiseRed

08-04-2015, 01:56 PM

What strat did you use when you were fighting the winning guild?

Uton

08-04-2015, 01:57 PM

Hokuten sniped and skirmished. and we didn't bind in a fucking raid zone

Pikrib

08-04-2015, 01:57 PM

hehe we win you lose !!!

gosh I'm always on the winning team.. feels good U kno??

edited: also rich

http://i.imgur.com/2FAzwWj.jpg

SamwiseRed

08-04-2015, 02:01 PM

And look how that worked out for ya. You joined the opposing guild.

Uton

08-04-2015, 02:16 PM

Actually I joined Holocaust - and i couldnt be more happy with guild leadership

SamwiseRed

08-04-2015, 02:24 PM

So your winning strat is to not compete but to join the competition. Fair enough.

Malevz

08-04-2015, 02:24 PM

http://i.imgur.com/2FAzwWj.jpg

Hookers/prostitutes/escorts far superior to dating/marriage.

Spreading of the seed for the purpose of carrying on our species is the biological imperative, it is natural. Who cares if you pay money for it.

Going to Bed, Bath and Beyond to shop for dust ruffles during a Saturday afternoon on your day off, going out with other 'couple friends' and vacations with in-laws are man made concepts.

Uton

08-04-2015, 02:33 PM

So your winning strat is to not compete but to join the competition. Fair enough.

grinds a troll war to 60 and retires > FQs all day - win?

SamwiseRed

08-04-2015, 02:49 PM

grinds a troll war to 60 and retires > FQs all day - win?

FQing from work is a win in my books

It was during this grind where I realized nothing has changed. The same people running the server want zero competition (people with high play times, no life, no job, ect) and the only ones wanting to compete were from blue. Once Velious was confirmed I was out as I knew the server was gonna spiral down the toilet shortly after. I am just happy I only lost a couple of weeks of sleep before coming to this realization. Deep down, most of the player base don't want pvp which is the only reason I would consider playing here. Killing dragons with AI dumber than the computer you face in pong doesn't appeal to me.

LulzSect

08-04-2015, 02:51 PM

good post rexx

i mean sam

Malevz

08-04-2015, 02:52 PM

FQing from work is a win in my books

Recruit and contest.

SamwiseRed

08-04-2015, 02:55 PM

Recruit and contest.

Wanna work with me?

Uton

08-04-2015, 02:56 PM

Alarti may need employment once TMO crumbles - check with him if your hiring

Pikrib

08-04-2015, 03:01 PM

Alarti may need employment once TMO crumbles - check with him if your hiring

Should they check with you if they need a job as a walmart greeter?

Uton

08-04-2015, 03:03 PM

why do you guys feel the need to insult eachother constantly

not sure where pkirib is coming from.

Malevz

08-04-2015, 03:16 PM

These boards are so repetitive. The toxic 'me first' players/ex azrael can't hold together a guild, they come to the boards, and whine, complain about the game, the players, the guilds, the GM's the leadership... Meanwhile they post so much toxic garbage no new player would ever want to come to the server, or join them...

They (good guys) field 130 on their fear raid the first night, dozens more than Empire ever has. Says it's not a zerg it's 'competing'. Claims to be PvP first but can never field these numbers for PvP. Even when they have more numbers it's gear, or training, or GM favoritism, it's never "good fight we'll come back stronger next time". Instead their 'red' guild is busy breaking up over the distribution of a cloak of flames, RMTing azure sky robe to new members like sektorz who have been banned countless times for RMT, and I'm guessing that robe is on a banned char as well.

Then joins TMO and raids kunark while their new guildies are trying to do something in velious because they are more interested in droppable RMT loots. I could go on but... ya

Total mystery why these people don't succeed.

SamwiseRed

08-04-2015, 03:28 PM

stuff

I don't remember you doing anything before joining Nilly. You also didn't do anything before joining Holo/Empire. It's a mystery as to how some players can talk so much shit while having done nothing but join the winning side and FQ. I can't even say I've seen you in-game ever. Who are you?

Malevz

08-04-2015, 03:50 PM

I did nothing but run around on a cleric and pvp for most of old world. Was in a guild called <Piranhas on Land>. Ranged from 3-5 people. Once the others stopped playing I mostly did solo pvp, until Supreme, Nihilum officer said I should join.

Perhaps you are just too invested in being angry at the #1 guild you can't notice the world around you.

After I left Nihilum, and took a long break I went Red Dawn, Hokuten, then Smoke Break/Blaze. Even tried to go Azrael when I thought Holo was Team Nizzar being remade.

Blaze was absorbed into Holo so there I went. I'm not a big guild hopper, the people make a big diff for me, so I stuck with Nihilum for a long time. When it pissed me off I just took breaks.

Holocaust/Empire have been the best thing I've done on the server though. It's a good mix a small number of old Nihilum, players that joined the server in kunark, and new players. Great leadership, lots of laughing and people not taking the game too seriously. I took a few months here and there during Nihilum, but if they'd have been more like Empire, wouldn't have had to. Just good fun.

I've been on the server since day 2 and I have to say Empire is by far the most enjoyable thing I've done.

Also talking shit would imply what I said was speculation, instead of mostly just stating facts.

I appreciate your interest in my history/novel.

Uton

08-04-2015, 03:52 PM

Perhaps you are just too invested in being angry at the #1 guild you can't notice the world around you.

funny cuz its true. Pikrib has literally spent years bitching at the #1 guilds

Malevz

08-04-2015, 03:53 PM

When you're a sexy ginger beast like Pikrib you can get away with saying what you want, then gliding by on your looks.

Pikrib

08-04-2015, 04:06 PM

I just come here to make fun of people.

SamwiseRed

08-04-2015, 04:11 PM

Was in a guild called <Piranhas on Land>

After I left Nihilum

I went Red Dawn

Hokuten, then

Smoke Break/Blaze.

Even tried to go Azrael

Blaze was absorbed into Holo so there I went.

Empire is by far the most enjoyable thing I've done.

I'm not a big guild hopper

http://33.media.tumblr.com/4e5ee44e8cc7289626fe933128b97541/tumblr_mk51hiufcE1s9857zo1_250.jpg

Malevz

08-04-2015, 04:55 PM

After I left Nihilum (was booted because someone started a rumor I was in Red Dawn while I was off for a few months)
I went Red Dawn (Broke up)
Hokuten (Jibekenn sold it to Azrael)
Smoke Break/Blaze (Absorbed by Holo)
Holocaust > Empire
I'm not a big guild hopper

I responded to your original statement about always being on the winning side, and now I'm a guild hopper? Nice. I stick by for better or for worse. No complaints, I ended up in Empire. I'd be upset too if I was in the toxic Azrael run of guilds, and finally had to jump ship to the first blue thing that would take me. Oh well. Those recent posts of your hugging tight onto TMO's balls would have riled me too if I had to do the same as you. Frankly I'd probably just quit too.

sktank

08-05-2015, 01:26 AM

Velious is great bros

Zuranthium

08-05-2015, 06:03 PM

velious is a pve expansion. it does nothing for pvp

Well, it does do 'something' - melee become even more powerful and casters become weaker. :(

Fear those Wizards and their Ice Spear of the Soloist, the 2% of the time it lands (partially) on you!

The resist system needs a big change for damage spells or else everything is just boringly centered on melee with bard speed. Damage spells should never be getting fully resisted, the resist level should just determine a set damage reduction: 1% for every 3 points of resist a player has up through a resist value of 90, then 1% for every 4 points from 91-150, and then 1% for every 5 points after that up to the max of 225.

That sliding scale of values would allow lower geared/buffed players to be more competitive while still rewarding the people who have the higher resists. Someone with a resist of 90 would take 30% less damage from a given spell of that type, 150 would be 45% less, and 225 would be 60% less. Then, after doing that, the inherent damage reduction on spells for PvP should also be tuned: 80% for regular Wizard nukes and 85% for Lures feels about right (instead of 66% as it is now) and it should be a case-by-case examination for the other classes and their spell lines. Things like Bane of Nife have to be kept in check since it potentially does the most damage for time spent and comes on a class with a lot of tools at their disposal.

At the same time, melee damage also needs to be decreased on a sliding scale depending on the strength of the weapon. It's way too much right now; a fully hasted top-geared Monk does more damage than a Wizard spamming Lure of Ice on recharge, even with that proposed increase for spell damage. Everyone should be able to understand how problematic that is, when considering how much easier it is to dodge spell damage, how it can be interrupted, and how it is more finite (Wizards run out of mana, Monks can just keep attacking without ever stopping).

I'd think it would be pretty easy to code as well, so that's my first wish to make PvP way more interesting. If it doesn't happen, I should probably just roll a SK/Ranger/Pally and join the melee train. Have those classes received all of their Velious-era buffs yet, btw?

grannock

08-06-2015, 02:21 AM

Been in and every zone and i'm immersed as fuck, great expansion.

Smedy

08-06-2015, 03:56 AM

I don't remember you doing anything before joining Nilly. You also didn't do anything before joining Holo/Empire. It's a mystery as to how some players can talk so much shit while having done nothing but join the winning side and FQ. I can't even say I've seen you in-game ever. Who are you?

they are parasites living off the efforts of a group of people leading a top guild, once that guild falls these parasite dwellers disappear into other guild doing absolutely nothing until they once more appear in the new top guild and start posting shit on the forum again

circle of eqlife

grannock

08-06-2015, 05:07 AM

And your the guy still farming kunark mad?

Tradesonred

08-06-2015, 08:57 AM

Empire has their hands full with Kael/Dane/TOV - lots of shit for another guild once they accept they gotta be #2 and take Kunark shit.

I bet pop will go over 400 eventually even though nightly it's over 300 now.

Nah itll go down the shitter like the Nihilum fear era once they realize how table is set and its pve in the zerg to see velious content you never saw on live or quit.

Swish

08-06-2015, 09:09 AM