Fact: EQ was meant to be a PvP game

[raitheon]

Well if he was looking for south; I hear red is good this time of year.

[myriverse]

MMORPG.com: Ultima Online launched within 2 years of EverQuest – did Origin’s release influence your design choices, and conversely did it give you any cues as not what to do?

Brad McQuaid: Absolutely. First, it gave us confidence that an MMORPG could be commercially viable. It also reinforced our belief that unrestricted PvP was a bad thing. We’d played PvP MUDs in the past and were not fans of them. The wanton PvP in UO confirmed for us that we wanted to make a primarily PvE game.

Heck, originally, EverQuest was to be nothing but an exploration game. Even tradeskills weren't much of a forethought.

[Stormhowl]

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

Heck, originally, EverQuest was to be nothing but an exploration game. Even tradeskills weren't much of a forethought.

I don't know why people get so bent out of shape about needing PvP in a game where random chance and a difference of gear rather than skill can make or break an encounter.

PvP belongs in games like shooters where everyone is on equal footing and skill is the deciding factor.

[Essedge]

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

Why do Shamans even get Blind?

snap aggro, my beastly ogre shaman can tank better then the clothies I've grouped with.

its also fun watching a mob lag out in circles

[Aviann]

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

How many times is a Rogue going to bother with training Make Poison on a Blue server?

Really? Why the hell wouldn't they?

[tehruoh]

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

Why do Shamans even get Blind?

blind is a very useful utility for the overgeared tanking shaman. When I played on blue, i was always tanking sebilis and other high end dungeons.... This spell helped me keep aggro on a mob while using minimal mana (except for the obvious:slow).

[SamwiseRed]

ye its a good way for paladins to hold agro without mana intensive stuns

[Stinkum]

Bump because EQ is a PvP game

[Stormhowl]

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

Bump because my troll has run out of steam but I think it needs to keep going anyways

Fixed that for you.

EQ was not intended to be a PvP game. There is a quote a page or two back from Brad mother f*cking McQuaid stating it was not intended to be a PvP environment.

End of discussion.

[Rhambuk]

Intended or not, eq pvp sucks. its not balanced its not fun.

Were you just discussing the idea of eq being pvp or are you another red fool trying to recruit for their server? Because thats getting really F*cking old

I have a great idea, lets scrap red. get blues pop back up maybe 50 people and forget red was ever created...