Classic vs. Challenge

[Raev]

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Originally Posted by Logs for molten breath with 255FR

[Thu Mar 19 19:23:09 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 623 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 19:23:21 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 650 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 19:23:34 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 330 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 19:23:46 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 623 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 19:23:59 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 427 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 19:24:23 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 650 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 20:10:44 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 31 points of
[Thu Mar 19 20:10:56 2015] You resist the Molten Breath spell!
[Thu Mar 19 20:11:08 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 352 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 20:11:20 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 646 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 20:11:33 2015] You resist the Molten Breath spell!
[Thu Mar 19 20:11:45 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 469 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 20:11:58 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 650 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 20:12:11 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 347 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 20:12:25 2015] Your body combusts as the lava hits you. You have taken 650 points of damage.
[Thu Mar 19 20:12:37 2015] You resist the Molten Breath spell!

Sontalak HP: http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=185968

My preference is straight up classic: the sign on the door says "Classic EQ". Contrary to nostalgia-blinded oldschoolers like Treats, true classic = 60 people with Kunark gear smoke everything day 1.

If the devs want to make things more challenging, I'm fine with that. I'm all about strategies and planning over poopsocking and FTE.

But right now it feels to me like the devs are trying to have their cake and eat it to: pretending to be classic while in reality sneaking in as many adjustments as they can to things that aren't well documented. I feel like this is the worst of both worlds. Most importantly, we lose out on a true classic server. It's one thing to say 'hey, we have the code/data to make a true classic server, but we're choosing to dial up the difficulty'. But right now we don't have that. And secondly, it means that the relative difficulty of mobs is hugely skewed. Tormax is *way* easier than Klandicar right now.