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Originally Posted by cd288
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None of those things in your first paragraph were done because of monthly subscriptions. Hybrid exp penalties were implemented because on paper SOE thought hybrids would be more powerful than other classes (kind of right with Bards, but otherwise ended up being incorrect which is why they ended up removing). Pets taking 50% exp was done for balance purposes because otherwise no one would play any other class nor would there be any benefit to a pet class grouping. DoT damage while moving is also for balance purposes because it would be cheap/cheesy to allow someone like a Druid to just easily kite mobs without any risk because they get full DoT damage while moving. Nothing has anything to do with subscriber money.
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I do not think everyone would play a pet class simply because it did not take 50% of the exp. I think people would play them because they like to solo or just like the play style. DoT damage makes no sense because if you are moving you are not medding. So the time you lose while just running and not medding seems to be worse than just rooting.
I do think a decent amount the logistics around things in the game took the sub $$ into consideration. Now that it is FTP, they added in a bunch of things you can buy like exp pots. The goal of EQ was for them to make $$ off of subs because things like micro transactions did not exist at the time. If micro transactions were a thing I would guarantee EQ would have been a different game.