[mmiles8]

I don't know if most of the posters in this thread, either weren't there for classic or don't remember, but this is how it was!

Casters blasted people dead in a couple spells regardless of level, meleed like warriors, and resists didn't make all that big of a difference. Just about every complaint in this thread can be matched to a similar one from 10 years ago.

Take a look:

Desert Madman were a tough nut to crack in the old days. Many a player died from them. They used to sneak up on you and as soon as you heard their casting, you knew you were in trouble. They were undercons for sure, but then again, most caster mobs were undercons in the old days.

We talked our strategy out, knowing that casters are always an undercon ... and these blasted half-elves would land every cast, even with a fire resist buff.

these guys kicked me and my friend's ass bigtime both druids 27 and 25! he charmed me and made me use my lightning (99DD) and wind spell(122DD!) twice on him.

didn't see it, but sure as hell felt it. This casts like a festering hag, and took my 41 druid down in 4 blasts. I now have a lvl 40 druid once more (

These are standard necro mobs -- beware if they are 34, they hurt twice as much as 33!! These babes cast inspirefear2 (the stun version where you don't run) as well as appropriate necromancers DoT's, and Shock of poison. Though mobs, keep your eye on your group's hp when fighting one, Clerics.

And here's a recent post regarding the underwhelming effect of resists in classic, even today:

Posted: Jul 14 2009

My wife and I just took down vox last night (5/13/09). 52 Monk / Shaman w/ Healer + tank mercs. She didn't complete heal herself. We pulled the entire room, and took down the giants one at a time while they were all beating on the tank merc. Shaman used mana mainly for recasting haste on monk and tank merc. Over 270 cold resist and 265+ magic resist didn't help too much. Was still getting hit with cold blast for 488 dmg.

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I could go on like this until I ran out of casting mobs. I picked the first handful of caster mobs that I could think of, and on every page, you see the same disbelief you see here, except with a decade old timestamp.

Granted they're valid complaints, just as they were back then, but you can't say they aren't true to classic! It's like complaining that the vengeful soloist running around the newbie area of Everfrost is a bug. Does it add a completely unnecessary level of difficulty to the game? Of course it does, and that's one of the defining attributes of Classic EverQuest: Becoming a better player, and overcoming the odds with the help of your friends.

You could kvetch and rage at the devs until they changed it, but then it would just be WoW in an EverQuest Tshirt.