The Future?

[Daldaen]

PoP was hands down the best expansion.

Druids, Rangers and Wizards all filled way more crucial raid roles once their AAs and Focus effects allowed them to.

PoK books are so minor and so limited. Teleports are still favorable mode of travel and their most valuable aspect was moving people out of a remote location not ferrying them to it.

Can't click a PoK book in the bottom of Sebilis. You can get a TL or Group Port though.

[Duncon]

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

PoP was hands down the best expansion.
Can't click a PoK book in the bottom of Sebilis. You can get a TL or Group Port though.

This is true, however you are also no longer one of the few classes that can go where you want when want anytime. Everyone is given that.

[Daldaen]

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

This is true, however you are also no longer one of the few classes that can go where you want when want anytime. Everyone is given that.

Feel free to run from PoK to North Karana, or Emerald Jungle, or Skyfire, or Iceclad, or Cobalt Scar, or Dawnshroud, or Surefall, or Lavastorm, etc etc etc

It's dimes to dollars. Those extra 1-2 zones you have to traverse add up in those 5-10 extra minute journeys. Over the course of a month of play you will notice as a Druid or Wizard the porting utility is still huge. Especially if you're running around doing quests. If you're a guy who sits in the same zone for 20 levels and doesn't leave though, it's not going to matter, not that it matter before for you anyways.

People love to point out how everyone has access to books... Yes, but from one central location. They don't go to every port location, and the ones that go to places porters didn't have ports already can use them as well to augment their travel ability.

[Jaleth]

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

PoP was hands down the best expansion.

Druids, Rangers and Wizards all filled way more crucial raid roles once their AAs and Focus effects allowed them to.

PoK books are so minor and so limited. Teleports are still favorable mode of travel and their most valuable aspect was moving people out of a remote location not ferrying them to it.

Can't click a PoK book in the bottom of Sebilis. You can get a TL or Group Port though.

Not disagreeing with what you said, but the interaction aspect and the need of wizards and druids is what inspired me to create one on this server. If we started in Luclin or PoP, I would have just re-rolled a paladin or shadow knight exclusively (hey I love knight classes) and would never have contemplated a port class for porting myself and others. However because we do not have books, porting classes became vital to our community. Imagine if nobody rolled a druid or wizard, how large a scale this world would be, plus no plane of sky access. (But of course this opens a can of worms, i.e. what if no one rolled a cleric or warrior).

Although like you mentioned the utility and usefulness of druids and wizards in groups expands profoundly, but so do SK's and paladins as well as every other class.