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Originally Posted by Brontus
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The OP is right. The people who disagree with the OP are part of the dysfunction on P1999. They have been wallowing in their greed and avarice for so long that they've lost their sense of propriety and look with contempt on anyone that dares to tell them the truth. Most are farmers themselves laughing all the way to the Freeport bank as they save up money for another fungi tunic for another one of their twinks.
The truth is that the professional poop-socking farmers and the EC tunnel rats have this server locked up completely. Every named that drops any gear worth having is farmed 24/7. This is a serious flaw in the design of EverQuest which is a MMO that Brad McQuaid recently admitted they thought most players would actually play for only 2-4 months.
Every item of loot on my characters has been purchased in the EC tunnel except for one item I got in Mistmoore. The lack of itemization for levels 1-40 is a disgrace in EverQuest. Most of the gear people have right now is impossible for them to obtain legitimately via adventuring unless you are 50+. The EC tunnel is really a symptom of this problem.
So in a way the farmers are filing in a void caused by the stupidity of the original EQ designers responsible for itemization, which is akin to how the mafia and the black market fills the void in supplying services to people that are not available legally. Bootleggers who provided the public with alcohol during Prohibition is a good example of this. Bad public policy creates unintended consequences that are often worse than the problem they are trying to solve; the same is true of MMO design.
The design of EQ is so flawed that many players have to resort to killing guards just to make money to be able to afford items that they should have access to via normal adventuring.
At least Blizzard had the smarts to remove the farming and the camping from the equation with WoW. Sure, instancing has many serious flaws and I don't recommend it as a design solution but at least players had a fighting chance at getting gear from actually PLAYING the MMO instead of having to kill green trash or guards for plat.
To the OP, keep on posting truth to power. This jaded community needs to hear voices like yours more often.
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Itemisation is great 1-40. 'Green farmers' and MQs exist; because of people that would rather pay plat to save their own effort and time. If you truly don't like the EC tunnel mart, then don't take part.
I levelled a warrior into his 50s without buying anything from EC and instead gearing myself along the way. Hell, on red I had a warrior that was soloing blues wearing only raw-hide armour into his 40s. Even on the most gear dependant class everquest is very easy for the first fourty levels. After that it kinda gets easier, just more time consuming, as most places you'll be levelling you'll be able to find a rez in minutes, easily port to, etc.