How is "recharging" items not an exploit?

[Bboboo]

To me half of what EQ is all about is being able to do stuff the devs didn't intend for you to do with use of 'cleaver game mechanics' Aside from it being a grind and difficult MMO what also sets it apart is the jankiness. To me it's part of the charm.

[Wilhelm]

So how do you recharge items?

[Lojik]

It actually took a good bit of work just to implement recharging, they won't take it out

[Signal]

No one is recharging a rez staff here. Too expensive.

[Pokesan]

because staff doesn't consider it an exploit

duh?

[Izmael]

It takes platinum out of the system which is a Good Thing.

[Sodors Finest Poster]

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

It takes platinum out of the system which is a Good Thing.

Imagine if the tens of thousands of plat were not spent every week by "top end" guilds. P99 platinum would have the same value as Sodor bucks.

[maskedmelon]

It is an important pp sink and is classic, but yes, there is no way to rationalize it as anything but an exploit.

[Lojik]

Honestly, I feel like eq devs leaving out [an intended] ability to recharge a lot of items was silly, and the "exploit" filled a void of a game feature that probably should have been more prevalent.

[fadetree]

Well, the point of this server is not to present a 'corrected' version of the game, but rather a 'correct' version of the game as it was in the day, which means explicitly reproducing stuff that people considered broken/exploits. It's not perfect and they do have a few variances but in general that's the idea.