WoW so followed EQ

[UrsusMajor]

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

^ #1 reason why EQ is >

In your opinion, in mine AC > EQ but there are no AC EMU servers so I'm playing here.

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

Specs? Really? "There's X amount of ways you can play your character, but dont you dare Spec any differently than me!" This is why I stopped playing Allods Online actually. I played a Scout (2nd beta -> live), had my own completely made up way to play it. Unfortunately I decided to post my thoughts on the forum under a thread from some noob looking for some tips and you really wouldn't believe the flaming that went on.

"lol wtf you do XYZ??? nub that sux! spec ABC"

"really? because turns out i kill efficiently and can't remember the last time I died... but i guess if you're gaining .01xp/per minute more than me then yea I'm so sorry I went this route"

edit: absolutely no offense to the person I've quoted

Sorry but I forgot to mention that one of the main reasons why Suppression was the only way to go was because Bone Army was gimped and Suppression provided much more defensive ability and the ability to stay alive than Darkness. The ability to stay alive and self heal in PvP is a huge advantage to a class.

I also stated that the poster was ignorant about his class. He said BD’s were like Necro’s but with no life tap. Which is incorrect. The most powerful spec when BD’s were introduced was the Suppression spec, because of it’s instant lifetap and healing pets.

Personally I don’t care whatever game you want to play but I happen to prefer games like UO, AC and to a certain extent DAoC where you allocate your skill points over games like EQ where each class gets the same basic abilities. Allocating your skills and developing your character makes you care more for that actual character than in say games like WoW.

[azeth]

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

Personally I don’t care whatever game you want to play but I personally prefer games like UO, AC and to a certain extent DAoC where you allocate your skill points over games like EQ where each class gets the same basic abilities.

Yet, you care so much about how someone else played their character. Why? Who cares if it was better? Sounds like he raped with his spec. Regardless, I did not post to argue/flame whatsoever, I really just wanted to illustrate how rediculous spec systems are currently.

[Overcast]

When everyone uses the same spec - is there a point of 'specs' existing?

[azeth]

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

The inherent flaw in the spec system is.... the spec system.

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

When everyone uses the same spec - is there a point of 'specs' existing?

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

No I cared about the fact he was ignorant about how to play his class. It's like rolling an Enchanter in EQ and never using it to CC anything because he didn't know Enchanters could CC.

^ This is exactly why i tried to identify I was not flaming. I know nothing of this game, I really, again, was commenting on the spec system.

[UrsusMajor]

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

When everyone uses the same spec - is there a point of 'specs' existing?

I think one of the things I really liked about AC was not that everyone used the same spec but that because you were able to choose your spec you could create much different characters by combining spec's in different ways.

Like in AC, there were four schools of magic, War, Item, Creature and Life and every mage used all four and pretty much every melee used three. The question was, how do you spec them and what other skills do you take?

Some Mages, specialized in War and Life and only trained Creature and Item. These were basically the DPS mages. Then there were others who would specialize in Creature and Magic Resist, so they could resist other mages and debuff their opponents into oblivion.

[UrsusMajor]

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

Yet, you care so much about how someone else played their character. Why? Who cares if it was better? Sounds like he raped with his spec.

No I cared about the fact he was ignorant about how to play his class. It's like rolling an Enchanter in EQ and never using it to CC anything because he didn't know Enchanters could CC.