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Originally Posted by stormlord
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Too bad that kind of thing couldn't have been used more ... push was only something I payed attention to when I didn't want the opponent to fall off a ledge
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Classic EQ was a game of position. Success and failure hinged on knowing where to stand and when to stand there. The lesson of Velious was that you had to have leaders who understood those rules, and melee who could anticipate and execute the changes necessary to satisfy those rules.
Anecdote: Years ago when Vex Thal was new, we engaged one of the midlevel mobs by pushing him into a wall. However, too many of our melee stood directly behind the mob, so it was pushed into and through the corner, falling to the lower level. The boss then proceeded to run back to the raid from the lower level, building up a train of ~80 spawns plus at least one more boss. Somewhere I have an epic screenshot of that horde running through the door at the far end of the room.
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Originally Posted by stormlord
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I really wish games would make me think more about the environment when I'm playing ... I think the reason these kinds of things always interest me is because i'm an engineer (software). I look at systems as things to overcome.
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Try out EVE Online sometime. Hidden beneath the gorgeous graphics is a bunch of math equations, and the secret to success is to balance the equation faster than the other guy. Aside from Everquest, it is the only other game I've seen that will actually cause a heart attack.