Remove Hybrid Penalty

[Nirgon]

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

Verant admitted it was a mistake and corrected it. And yes, in the beta you had evidence that hybrids were more powerful than the classes they were based upon and thus there was the penalty. Of course that changed very, very quickly.

I was shocked the server launched with race/class penalties because they didn't make much sense, and besides staring at the book were probably the most unpopular thing about "classic" EQ.

Show me where they admitted it was a mistake?

There are posts by Brad and company saying they always thought the PvP servers were the most interesting, those can be found I'm sure.

I knew a wide range of play styles on RZ, some casual, some hardcore... some hardcore pvp, some hardcore pve. At no point was any one wishing item loot was removed, and I shook a lot of hands and kissed a lot of babies to move up that guild ladder. Not one complaint.

Now... the blue server on the other hand.. they wish this server never existed, wish EQ PvP never existed.. well fine.


It was in an email to Searyx:

Thank you for the email and kind words- Bacon is the food of gods (I always wanted to make bacon be a rare drop off of Cazic).

We're well on our way in crafting our next big gaming project, but we should have a quiet and relaxing holiday season.

-- Red99 sounds fun, I always loved the PvP servers the best. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
-Brad

You will not insult that man and what he created btw.

HE WROTE A FUCKING SMILEY FACE TOO, K?

[heartbrand]

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

Show me where they admitted it was a mistake?

There are posts by Brad and company saying they always thought the PvP servers were the most interesting, those can be found I'm sure.

I knew a wide range of play styles on RZ, some casual, some hardcore... some hardcore pvp, some hardcore pve. At no point was any one wishing item loot was removed, and I shook a lot of hands and kissed a lot of babies to move up that guild ladder. Not one complaint.

Now... the blue server on the other hand.. they wish this server never existed, wish EQ PvP never existed.. well fine.


It was in an email to Searyx:


You will not insult that man and what he created btw.

HE WROTE A FUCKING SMILEY FACE TOO, K?

Brad and his Vision were fucking lame. Guy lucked into something and had no clue what to do with it. I know some of the people here are retarded and like to praise some of the fucking terrible features of classic EQ as amazing and what not, such as this the Hybrid Penalty, but the vast majority of us recognize them for what they were/are, dumb.

[nilbog]

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

Brad and his Vision were fucking lame.

had no clue what to do with it.

I know some of the people here are retarded

fucking terrible features of classic EQ

majority of us recognize them for what they were/are, dumb.

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[heartbrand]

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

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Ya the thousands of people in classic who rallied against Hybrid Penalties and eventually got it changed and the hundreds here on the forums who keep saying over and over again how dumb they are, are all apparently wrong.

[nilbog]

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

Ya the thousands of people in classic who rallied against Hybrid Penalties and eventually got it changed and the hundreds here on the forums who keep saying over and over again how dumb they are, are all apparently wrong.

Wrong is irrelevant. Every single eq server from 1999 until 2001 had hybrid experience penalties, so they exist here. In Velious, they go away. Nothing more, nothing less.

I played a half elf paladin to level 60.

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[Graahle]

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

Wrong is irrelevant. Every single eq server from 1999 until 2001 had hybrid experience penalties, so they exist here. In Velious, they go away. Nothing more, nothing less.

I played a half elf paladin to level 60.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyftjT_SJfA

[heartbrand]

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

Wrong is irrelevant. Every single eq server from 1999 until 2001 had hybrid experience penalties, so they exist here. In Velious, they go away. Nothing more, nothing less.

I played a half elf paladin to level 60.

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And again, per my prior post, if that is the reasoning, that despite Verant admitting they fucked up later on we keep it here to "honor the timeline" then we should do the same with bugged quests / encounters that weren't functional as well so that everything mirrors the 1999 -2001 timeline identically as close as possible.

[nilbog]

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

And again, per my prior post, if that is the reasoning, that despite Verant admitting they fucked up later on we keep it here to "honor the timeline" then we should do the same with bugged quests / encounters that weren't functional as well so that everything mirrors the 1999 -2001 timeline identically as close as possible.

I kinda strive to do that. List what you got. If you have fixable issues, I'm down for looking into them.

I assume people will add a few choice things and not a realistic list. Egg shaped pumice, Ivandyr's hoop etc. But quests and encounters? I do want to know.