Spell Timers Removed

[Buellen]

Taeoz

I really don't think of it as weird, I have done hobbies where no one else appreciate the end result but me.

It just so happens that Rogen and other devs Work on this server is a "Pass time" that we the players can enjoy through it growing pains.

PS

It helps if you think of this project as a Very Long BETA test.

[Deliverator]

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

Bring the classic stone faced UI back! It's like an old school D&D player character sheet!

You realize that velious brought a completely different UI right? So ... how exactly would it be classic to force people into a UI that was replaced during classic?

[Deliverator]

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

Taeoz

I really don't think of it as weird, I have done hobbies where no one else appreciate the end result but me.

It just so happens that Rogen and other devs Work on this server is a "Pass time" that we the players can enjoy through it growing pains.

PS

It helps if you think of this project as a Very Long BETA test.

Actually if everyone stopped playing on his server I'm 99% sure he'd stop working on it. There is no point building a multi-player game with being the only one running around Norrath.

[thraxll]

It's a shit change. not everything about classic was great. Buff timers were a quality of life change that people loved. If you DO find a way to get rid of displayed man avalues, Im gone for good.

[Buellen]

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

Actually if everyone stopped playing on his server I'm 99% sure he'd stop working on it. There is no point building a multi-player game with being the only one running around Norrath.

Notice i said some player in my provious posts not zero. It is a Pass time to the devs that they enjoy with certain goals. IF you , me , and rest accept that and just enjoy the game AS THEY have it for us then we would all be happier.

In all the changes made to this server from time i started playing I have not seen the player base disappear. Some folks don't like something they move on. From memory no thread complain about a change has cause to revert a patch.

[Erazmus]

Let's face it. Classic eq was hardcore. I played because it was fun and difficult. We just got so used to the easier aspects. I can't see any real change that would make me leave so long as its classic. I mean, that's why I play here.

[Ele]

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

You realize that velious brought a completely different UI right? So ... how exactly would it be classic to force people into a UI that was replaced during classic?

There were really only minor improvements between Classic/Kunark UI and Velious UI. You may be thinking of the window box version of the Classic UI, but you could always toggle to fullscreen as shown in the first image below.

Classic/Kunark UI -> Velious UI
Amount of available hotbuttons went from 6 -> 10
More customization of windows sizes, fonts, and layouts.
Still only one chat window.

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[Ele]

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

It's a shit change. not everything about classic was great. Buff timers were a quality of life change that people loved. If you DO find a way to get rid of displayed man avalues, Im gone for good.

Are you constantly in a situation where you have to know the exact amount of mana you have?

People got along just fine for years knowing their mana based on 1 bubble, 1.5 bubbles, 2 bubbles, etc.

[Daldaen]

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

Are you constantly in a situation where you have to know the exact amount of mana you have?

People got along just fine for years knowing their mana based on 1 bubble, 1.5 bubbles, 2 bubbles, etc.

Likewise they got along just fine with their EXP.

Getting 2 Blue Bubbles after an hour of EXP is great! However on P99, if it's anything less than 9% it's terrible! Removing the %age display of EXP and returning to bubble terminology would definitely increase my immersion.

Just like people selling a bag at Torch one that they would open a trade with you and you could look through their stuff because it's easier to do that than list out all the stats cause no item linking. Whenever someone offers to sell a bag of items in EC I always browse because of how classic that is.

[Shjade]

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

Hot buttons - We shouldn't have the ability to bring up multiple pages of hotbuttons. We should be limited to a single hotbutton page with 10 hotkeys (and you can cycle between 10 different pages with SHIFT+#). Bards are the primary beneficiary of this unclassic feature. Would be nice to see it removed and see what real bards exist in a classic EQ.

Just curious: why would this primarily benefit bards?

I only played a bard in classic EQ, so I was used to switching between hotbutton pages if needed, but usually all the songs I knew I'd be needing in a given situation were on my first hotbutton page anyway. Why would having a bunch of extra buttons benefit bards more than other classes?

(Haven't played a bard past level 6 on P99, and I've been using just one hotbutton page on my necro, so maybe I just don't understand what I'm missing here?)