Informal Petition Against Buying Into Early Velious

[Derubael]

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

I feel like an ass since I've posted this 10 times and I'm repeating myself in every thread that mentions the $$ rewards, but apparently it's not getting read. Anyways, I'm not sure what EverQuest you played where having an opportunity to get your entire Velious geared raid force into WW an hour or more before another guild can get their Kunark geared raid force into WW isn't an advantage. And yes, getting quest armor, Kael armor, ToV armor, and ST keys will make a difference a month into Velious, that's what gear advantage is all about. That's why people raid competitively in the first place.

It's disappointing that the GMs just don't understand what a big deal this is. Advantages aside, it totally cheapens the fun of launching a new expansion.

Signed, this whole concept is still gross to me. Don't care much about exp pots or guises even though that is weird too, wish they would have just left it at that instead of marring the launch of Velious.

You're assuming that people will be able to get an entire raid force geared, keyed, and ready to go in 3-7 days. You're also assuming that guilds will have an entire raid force paid for early access, instead of a handful of people. While the may be possible, it's not likely. Even if it does happen, how does this affect the server 1 month into Velious?