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[Tecmos Deception]

Originally Posted by joejccva71 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm brand new to P99 and it seems like alot of stuff is very expensive, even for just low gear. My options are either get a lucky drop or farm bone chips for quite a while to be able to afford just 1 item that's sold at EC. lol

This isn't WoW. In EQ, you level up and then you get better gear; you don't need/get better gear so that you can manage to level.

[joejccva71]

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

This isn't WoW. In EQ, you level up and then you get better gear; you don't need/get better gear so that you can manage to level.

No one compared it to WoW. I played EQ when it first released, I know how it works. I was just responding to the OP.

[Tecmos Deception]

Originally Posted by joejccva71 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No one compared it to WoW. I played EQ when it first released, I know how it works. I was just responding to the OP.

Maybe you didn't mean to, but you really were.

Modern MMOs require you to have a certain quality of gear to play the game, because gear is like 3/4 or more of what makes your character effective. But that's not how it works in EQ, which is why it is silly when new players complain about how they can't afford to buy gear in EC unless they spend hours farming pelts or bone chips or whatever.

I die a little bit inside every time I see some level 25 caster spending hours in EC trying to find a deal on a spirit tome or some shit instead of being out there playing the game.

[joejccva71]

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

Maybe you didn't mean to, but you really were.

Modern MMOs require you to have a certain quality of gear to play the game, because gear is like 3/4 or more of what makes your character effective. But that's not how it works in EQ

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What? Twinking IS effective in EQ. Please explain your response.

[Tecmos Deception]

Originally Posted by joejccva71 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

????

What? Twinking IS effective in EQ. Please explain your response.

I didn't say twinking wasn't effective in EQ. I said that gearing up is REQUIRED in modern MMOs, and people seem to forget that is not the case in EQ.

It's silly to be hung up over the price of gear in EC because you don't need any of the gear from EC to play the game.

[Portasaurus]

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

It's silly to be hung up over the price of gear in EC because you don't need any of the gear from EC to play the game.

I can attest to this fact. I wear an intestine necklace (because intestines LOL) and a scarab hat (because it looks badass) and I'm pretty sure I have 5-6 completely empty slots (because FUCKIT).

But I can still roam around and kill things and have as much fun as the next guy. I'm admittedly not very good at the game compared to a lot of you, but I'm enjoying myself regardless of how fucked up the economy is.

In all seriousness, cheating/duping/RMTing/monopolization (whatever you think is behind the mega-inflation) is not too dissimilar from the activities of RL stock brokers, banks, insurance companies and large corporations in our own capitalistic economies. Humanity has pretty much proven that if we can cheat and monopolize something, we will cheat and monopolize said something.

In other words: shit's way fucked in the real life economy, which is run by humans. Why is anybody surprised that this virtual economy (also run by humans) is just as fucked? Life is full of unfair bullshit. Those who got there first typically win (old-money) and it's REALLY tough to break the white-knuckle hold on that kind of power.

Welcome to Earth.

[koros]

This is dumb. When a server is new you can spend 400pp buying an 8/28 from guk, vs spending 150pp now and getting a 10/22. Inflation exists, be happy you can get top notch Kunark gear for a pittance. The differences between pretty good gear and top end gear is tiny (except for maybe fungii)

[Xelris]

My enchanter on live wore a (donated) green silken drape until 53 when I wrestled a Siren Scale robe off some jackass mob in Charasis.

I had epic at 55. I would have looked pretty ridiculous if that hadn't dropped.

[Sgt1stClassPerkerwood]

This is a great thread. I agree 100%. All my level 12 chars dont have fungis and thats just wrong. Server wipe should take care of that

[Daysprung]

Originally Posted by Sgt1stClassPerkerwood [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is a great thread. I agree 100%. All my level 12 chars dont have fungis and thats just wrong. Server wipe should take care of that

If you think about it...at a rate of 1.5 Fungi drops a day on average, there should be nearly 700-1000 fungi's out there...and I think that's being on the conservative side.