Was level 20 the original planned max level for EQ?

[Dolalin]

I say this because, in the UI, skills turn to 'master' at 100 and you reach this at level 20. There are no further skill levels (i.e., Very Bad, Bad, Average, Good, Very Good, Master).

I've always suspected they envisioned a level 20 cap and changed it to 50 in alpha/beta, but never updated the UI or skills to reflect it.

[Jimjam]

There is a lot more quest content for 1-20.

It's like they either thought those quests would stretch the duration of levelling or they would back patch in extra quest content 20-50 as people progressed through the game... But then they went the expansion route instead.

[Dugface]

It was originally intended that the exp grind in crushbone would take 2000 real life hours and The Emperor was the final game boss.

[fortior]

that's guild wars 1, OP

[Ravager]

Someone should make a max level 20 guild and see how much game content they can beat. Bet it'd be quite fun.

[Topgunben]

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

Someone should make a max level 20 guild and see how much game content they can beat. Bet it'd be quite fun.

Thats a sweet idea. would definitely be willing to delevel my monk for this kind of adventure.

[Dugface]

Good idea. What's the best gear that a bunch of level 20s can get?

If you get to level 21, instant guild removal.

[kaizersoze]

Could 100 level 20s even kill naggy, vox, or phinny?

[Ravager]

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

Could 100 level 20s even kill naggy, vox, or phinny?

No. They'd die instantly. But that's not where the fun would be had at those levels. Mid level dungeons would be the thing to raid. Such a thing would only be a novelty though and wouldn't hold as a guild. Though it might be cool to organize a level 20 "Pick-Up" raid/dungeon crawl sometime as an event.

[Atmas]

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

Could 100 level 20s even kill naggy, vox, or phinny?

Not a chance. 1000 would be not a chance for the dragons.