Patch Notes: Sunday, June 1st, 2025

[Potus]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nah I believe the devs have said they envisioned that kiting might be a strategy with snare, which was why DoT damage being reduced if not snared was quickly added in the classic era when the devs realized that yes kiting was being used, which was expected, but that people weren't actually using snare to help do it because they could just outrun with SoW etc.

That's not what happened at all. Shaman and Druids were casting dots on red con NPCS and running around the zone until they died. So they put the 2/3 DoT dmg nerf on NPCs moving towards you, snared or not. If you rooted or feared the mob you didn't get dinged with the dmg reduction.

Almost every nerf that happened during classic EQ was the result of players being super jealous/mad/envious of a class playing the game in a way seen as gaining an advantage and going on the Sony Station/Verant forums and griping -- it's still the way it is here which is ironically the most accurate part of classic EQ.

[Goregasmic]

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

If I had to take a guess, they probably thought people would focus more on adventuring instead of camping. Like dungeon crawling through a dungeon without stopping to camp a mob.

Everquest came from MUDDs and DnD. In those games you do an adventure (like a dungeon crawl) and you simply get whatever items you happen to find along the way. You didn't run a very specific part of the adventure over and over until you got the item you want.

Yeah I totally understand but I don't see how this would work out if there's more than 2-3 parties in the zone already. Seems like their play testing was rather limited.

That and it was obvious people would want the more interesting items. You can't put 9int/wis on GEBs in classic and not expect most casters/healers will want it. Or SSOY or FBSS or whatever.

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

Almost every nerf that happened during classic EQ was the result of players being super jealous/mad/envious of a class playing the game in a way seen as gaining an advantage and going on the Sony Station/Verant forums and griping -- it's still the way it is here which is ironically the most accurate part of classic EQ.

I mained a wiz back then and I remember being mad at druids because they had every type of spell under the sun and you couldn't throw a stone without hitting a druid. They sure were a whiny bunch and it seemed to me verant cattered to them back then.