An open letter to GM staff regarding MQs

[Champion_Standing]

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

Around the time of promoting Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen... I think SamwiseRed (or someone who has been around a long time) actually asked Brad McQuad if getting rogue/cleric/shaman/etc epics at level 1 was intended by the original EQ developers.

The answer? No.


Hard to stop it now of course, but it is sad to see cleric epics on people leveling in Mistmoore.

Quest your own epics, get that sense of achievement.

Yeah i remember that.

The forced raid rotation system isn't classic either, but it was done because they determined that the raid scene was unacceptable and not in the spirit of what they were trying to accomplish here. I think you could pretty easily argue that the current epic MQ market is certainty not in the spirit of classic EQ nor of what they are trying to accomplish here either. It isn't quite as cut and dry however, because as OP stated there are some occasions where MQs actually benefit the non-basement dwelling crowd. But i think that those instances are far and few between.

I think the only legit argument for it is that it may allow players that aren't part of a large guild or any guild at all who don't have much play time to spend a few hours a day tunnel questing to eventually get an epic. But seriously, we need LESS reasons for people to tunnel quest...not more.