Holgresh Elder Beads

[Rygar]

The issue is always a slippery slope argument, you can't erase knowledge from people's minds. However there were some tricks from back in the day that weren't widespread knowledge (my stance on Midnight Mallets, Reapers, Soulfires, and other clicky agro control items have been pretty well documented).

P99 is a nice throwback to the harder days where you needed to pay attention and listen to raid instruction. Now you can dump a mallet, prayers, or bladestopper and watch netflix.

They nerfed Ivandyr's Hoops because they made insta zapping down some dragons too easy. Why isn't anyone still crying about that?! Oh... right... because that was sooo dumb and not how this shit was meant to be. Given enough time, everyone would have hoops and could insta kill or significantly damage a velious raid mob (imagine draining even the last 20-30% or more of a mob instantly, preventing gating / enrage, etc.). Follow up with a quick vendor trip to Sally McMuffins who knows how to somehow re-instill the magical charges on your mystical earring for a few plats so you are ready to spam click during the next twitter alert.

Anyone remember their classic experience being like that? Sometimes you nerf classic for a reason, sometimes you don't.

Conclusion: Screw Beads. Screw Mallets. Screw Recharging. Screw Easy Mode EQ. Embrace a slightly more challenging Norrath.