[loramin]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Except it's not CLEARLY working differently. That's the point. You're applying some arbitrary argument of because fewer people did it back then it must mean that things worked differently.

Way more people played Warriors back then because they didn't realize how much better SKs and Pallys were as group tanks, so that must mean Warriors are operating differently than on P99 right?

Way more people played Wizards back then because people didn't completely realize/appreciate how a high Wizard downtime meant overall DPS went down, thereby making Wizards not as valuable to a group, so that must mean that Wizards operated differently than on P99 where no one wants them in groups that much right?

There were fewer Iksar back then because people didn't truly realize how OP the regen and AC boost were for min/maxing certain classes, so that must mean Iksars operated differently right?

There were more Rogues back then because people didn't realize exactly how gear dependent they were, so Rogues must have operate differently than on P99 right?

There were fewer instances of Shamans tanking back then because people didn't realize that a Shammy in banded could operate as an efficient tank, so Shamans must've operated differently back then than on P99 right?


It's just such a ridiculous argument that I can't believe you've spent so much time and writing repeatedly trying to make it lol

So, we can yell at each other about how we're right, or we can try and walk in another man's moccasins.

I've set the scene already. It's 1999: we've got class message boards, and literally hundreds of members of every class is playing the game, casting spells, trying things out, and posting about what they've done so hundreds of other players can do the same.

In this environment every class is figuring out how to use their tools. Rogues are learning what they can pickpocket and how to use sneak cleverly, Shaman are cann-dancing, and so on.

Now, imagine in this environment you play an Enchanter. You have a spell list, and you know every spell on it and what it does (even if you didn't have the manual and Prima guides and such, you had Caster's Realm and other sites back then that listed them all).

So what is your argument?

That Enchanters didn't look at Charm on their list?

That every Enchanter on the server cast it once, and decided, this is crap?

How can you honestly imagine every one of the hundreds of forum-posting Enchanters NOT realizing that they could do more damage than any other class in the entire game?

I'd say, you can't. You can't honestly wave all this away as "every last one of them was" dumb. Something HAD to be different back then.