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Originally Posted by Xer0
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Im going to have to disagree with the itemization; There are very few uniquely modeled items in EQ and those are usually very specifically geared to a particular class, or only usable by a select few.
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I disagree with your disagreement.
Somehow, EverQuest made items more recognizable than any other MMO even with extremely limited resources.
How many armor sets can you recognize with just one plate texture? Crafted, Indicolite, Cobalt, Singing Steel, Lambent, Totemic, Jaundiced Bone, Ethereal Mist, Rubicite, Valorium, Mrylokar's, Woven Shadow, Ro, Cleric Sol Ro, Thorny Vine, Blood Ember, and a few dozen more. And that's not counting all the highly recognizable single pieces like Mithril. You can usually even figure stuff out if it's undyed. Leather pants on a priest class are probably Gatorscale, plain chain chest is usually a fungi depending on class and the rest of their gear, etc.
I often compare EQ to DAoC since it came out a couple years after EQ, and marks the point where a lot of things started going wrong with MMOs (even though I still love DAoC).
DAoC had some really beautiful armor textures for the era (2001):
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But could you recognize what any of that stuff was? Nope. Only if it was class specific:
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That guy's a Warrior. The problem with this class specific "epic" armor was even though it looked amazing, it was inferior to high end crafted sets, which you needed if you wanted to max your stats for pvp. And the crafted sets all had the "generic" textures like the ones above. Plus you could dye anything any color.