Splorf on Everquest skill

[Splorf22]

Well for starters, its clear that you don't know what the word tautology means.

Anyway I think you are blowing my post way out of proportion - certainly there are other facets of EQ skill, and social skills are definitely one. The point I was trying to make is that FE in general and Unbrella/Sloan in particular have been trying to claim that their willingness to get up at 3AM to faceroll their keyboards to kill boss mobs in a giant zerg makes them some sort of gods of classic everquest. And reality is, the current raid scene is 95% effort and 5% skill.

P.S. Does having a thread about me in server chat mean I win forumquest?

[CodyF86]

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P.S. Does having a thread about me in server chat mean I win forumquest?

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[Pint]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

P.S. Does having a thread about me in server chat mean I win forumquest?

you win forumquest when you achieve planar protector status, sooo you already won.

[Tann]

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P.S. Does having a thread about me in server chat mean I win forumquest?

for today only, new winners announced nightly @ 7pm PST during the week and 3pm on weekends. cheers~

[Reguiy]

Skill in EQ is essentially game knowledge. "Skill" in EQ is all about preparation and and patience. So it's all about research and how many clickies you have. The mechanical skillcap in EQ is extremely low and reaction time is negligible and almost is a non-factor.

What I'm saying is EQ take no skill, essentially.

[Lojik]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

P.S. Does having a thread about me in server chat mean I win forumquest?

You can add this to your solo challenge thingy

[Pint]

also skill is eq is tied directly to winning the random number generator game!

[Byrjun]

I think the element of "skill" in EQ is quickly dismissed, mainly because I've ran into a lot of bad players. If the game requires no skill, how can so many people be bad at the game? Additionally, it can't be solely based on how long you've played to "gain knowledge" as I assume most people have been playing p99 for quite awhile at this point, plus most everyone played at least a year on live with many playing for 2-4+ years. Even so, I've seen people like Jeremy who have never played EQ before p99 quickly excel at the game.

I think the level of skill required is a bit subtle and sometimes missed. That shaman in your group is just casting spells, but in their mind they have to juggle with situations like "the myconid reaver is beating the shit out of the enchanter, do I toss a torpor on him, does he need a sup heal, or will he be fine and should I just attempt to slow it?"

The game is slow paced, but you'd be insane to suggest that reaction time doesn't matter. I saw a cleric die just a few weeks ago because he had aggro and never clicked the DA button. There are lots of other things that require snap decisions and quick reaction like picking up adds, heals, etc. I'm sure a lot of the group and raid wipes you've experienced over the years could have been avoided if 1 or more people reacted to something more quickly.

[Lammy]

Sorry to say, but I'd much rather raid Loraens way than the zerg way... unfortunately it hasn't really been an option here.

[Xerxes]

im tier 1 and im a zerg dps monk who hits 2 buttons thread 100% true