Blue vs. Red

[Galacticus]

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

You ever played any other pvp games? EQ is completely unbalanced. Doesn't have gear based around pvp. Is basically all RNG. No real system for interrupts. So more RNG. Horribly long cast times. Stealth classes get negated by 1 item. Zoning. Resists. You're fighting essentially to fuck over the other person's day. Corpse runs. Jousting...lol...jousting. Melees get like 2 abilities. Plus a million other reasons I can't think of off the top of my head. Not to mention the fact that r99 is a cesspool.

I''m kinda all over the place, I know. It's hard to really get into it, as there's SO many reason why it's terrible. I played VZ and SZ back in the day and had a blast...but then again, I was a teenager and didn't know any better. Then I played other pvp games and realized how terrible EQ was. Now I prefer to play pvp games with proper balance,
that involve real skill, and most importantly, are fun.


P.S. - Damn, Lune. 10/10.

The balance isn't one player vs another, its group based. Making every class balanced to every other class gives no class a unique role. It makes a bland game like wow where all the classes basically do the same thing its just called a different name.

Range plays a big part in spell casting but so do other things like stacking buffs and counteracting spells with dispells and cures, and that is only one aspect to combat.

It isn't a twitch fest that rewards the player with the fastest isp who spams their cool down quicker. A long fight is funner and gives more oppertunity for things to happen. Creates room for innovation and timing becomes much more important.

Levitate is huge in pvp and basically lets you fight anywhere in the world if you can be creative.

Resists are pvp gear depending on who you are fighting. It changes and so can your gear.

Melee get two abilities? Do you know what disciplines are?

Jousting is a whole other ball game. It is something that you have to actually get good at. Its about timing, its tactical, it takes into account the environment, you can fake people out. Your positioning actually matters.



Playing games that are super balanced is like playing checkers.

All the pieces are the same, they all do the same thing. They all move the same way. It gets boring.


Playing a game like eq where each piece has its unique role is like playing chess.

Most of the pieces are different and have unique abilities that are used in an almost infinite amount of combinations.