Fabled?

[Daldaen]

If they are going custom content I would favor things that existed in Velious zones but post Velious

The iksar arc quests. Greenmist, Necro/Shaman/Monk/Warrior arcs to full completion.

The shawl 8th quest.

Vulak ring event.

Idol of Rallos Zek.

Shard of Hsagra's Talisman.

Focus effects added as they were in Luclin.

Flowing Thought stacking.

Basically just give me luclin, one of the EQ expansions.

Things like that, where Luclin improved hugely on Velious content after it was current.

[AzzarTheGod]

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

If they are going custom content I would favor things that existed in Velious zones but post Velious

The iksar arc quests. Greenmist, Necro/Shaman/Monk/Warrior arcs to full completion.

The shawl 8th quest.

Vulak ring event.

Idol of Rallos Zek.

Shard of Hsagra's Talisman.

Focus effects added as they were in Luclin.

Flowing Thought stacking.

Basically just give me luclin, one of the EQ expansions.

Things like that, where Luclin improved hugely on Velious content after it was current.

I agree this makes the most sense for a starting point for custom content. Design isn't taking suggestions though but its nice to put the thought out there I guess.

Doing the above would go a long way towards adding some game balance and spice to get the custom content train rolling. From there-- custom encounters and zones would make a great stack.

[AzzarTheGod]

Fabled does seem to fit in with Velious content on many mobs.

Example:

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=27203

Fits the timeline and itemization perfectly.

The difficulty is increased so perhaps that is balance enough, since these mobs would be "Raid" mobs.

The Efreeti is level 70 and hits near 2k.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=14836

[ArumTP]

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

Fabled does seem to fit in with Velious content on many mobs.

Example:

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=27203

Fits the timeline and itemization perfectly.

The difficulty is increased so perhaps that is balance enough, since these mobs would be "Raid" mobs.

Max hit was 813. Flurries and enrages. Falls in line with INT caster Skyshrine armor. And you want to dump that in solb where 40-50 characters level?

[AzzarTheGod]

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

Max hit was 813. Flurries and enrages. Falls in line with INT caster Skyshrine armor. And you want to dump that in solb where 40-50 characters level?

No not anytime soon. And I thought it was a given it would be temporary. No more than a weekend.

They could rotate Fabled zones by weekend every few months, giving people PLENTY of options and cover who aren't ready to fight the content. One weekend out of every 3-6 months would not be much of an inconvenience.

One time fabled lguk, next time fabled solb. What is the problem with that?

[Thulack]

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

Max hit was 813. Flurries and enrages. Falls in line with INT caster Skyshrine armor. And you want to dump that in solb where 40-50 characters level?

Yep. Was such glorious weeks during fabled watching all the complaining on the forums from lower levels. It adds something to a game that becomes stale. Thats the whole point.

[Smurn]

no Pokes or IRYD so thus far this thread must not be worth much...

[AzzarTheGod]

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

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=27249
drops off level 50 mob 90% as good as
http://wiki.project1999.com/Dragon's_Eye_Sage_Ring
that drops off yelinak

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=35103
would be second BiS for casters, Aaryonar would remain better

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=27248
damage better than ratio stuff, again tov stuff. off a 55 mob

You can cherry pick meh to pretty awesome stuff all you want. But for every one you find there are easily just as many if not more totally inappropriate items given the level of the mobs relative to what they drop. This stuff was added in PoP era, and wasn't always so great, here its a bit overpowered.

I see some of your point in those examples. For perspective, of course, in the cited example, I should correct you again that your Fabled Skarlon is in fact NOT a level 55 mob, but rather a level 70 raid boss. And you would only be able to kill him maybe 4-5times a year if we are using classic Fabled availability.

Pretty well-tuned when taking all of the details of that sword into account.

We did with 9, 2 clerics. Full VT gear.

Rampages, Enrages, Flurries up to 4,500 total damage confirmed per round.


But as you said, no reason to pick it apart item by item. Its obvious some of the loot is shall we say... very rewarding, but only considering Velious is freshly released.

And on the contrary I'd say that it is certainly not ludicrously rewarding-- given that Fabled does require camping, sometimes for long periods and has an extremely limited availability window with some incredibly difficult mobs. On top of that, would only see a handful of weekends available out of a year to do these camps.

It looks very feasible to slate for sometime next year 2017 without changing any of the itemization, and would be a fun start to the pseudo-custom content nilbog is talking about doing.

[Nuggie]

@OP, we don't need better gear to make things easier than what is currently available. No thanks.

[myriverse]

Lemme have fabled cats on the moon. Or else.