Game Mechanics: AoE spells should only hit limited targets until September 1999 patch era

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

Maybe they were exaggerating for effect? I doubt there are even 45+ tadpole spawns in the swamp, doubly so with the troll/ogre newbies running around killing them. 3 pulses of damage would be 12 dead tadpoles per cast, probably spectacular enough to boast a bit for a newb. He also says "spells", plural, when he only got one at 24. Also, "at one time" is a phrase one can take some liberties with, and it even makes more sense why he would choose to use "spells", since it could mean he cast multiple.


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For those who don't want to read through, it's some old blog/diary of an EQ player, he/she writes:

5/18/99

. . . After hitting 24th I promptly purchased my new spells, and gathered together every froglok tadpole in the land into one nice big group, laughed as they tried to nibble me as they did oh so not long ago, and basked in the light of self satisfaction watching all 46 of them die at one time to the new improved area effect spells.

froglok tads are level 1 so obviously that isn't what the guy was talking about. If you read his review you can tell how he is. And 46 is a very specific number. 50, 40, 30, dozens, those are numbers you use when you exaggerate.

If you read his review and get past the way he is you'll see it's informative and the guy knew his stuff.

Not only can you see it there but you can ask ANYBODY who remembers playing Everquest when it released and we'll all tell you AoE spells had no limits.

Also this Kendrick guys comment the one dude keeps linking back to was fired and clearly had no idea how to play EQ if you take the time to read anything he posted not only that but he wasn't even part of the original crew. So basing everything on the words of someone who wasn't even part of the developer team at the time and didn't know how to play at all is just... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

5/18/99 A guy named Ron uses AoE on many mobs.

2001 AoE groups in Seb and mentions of previous Chardok groups, highly possible people were doing these much more than anybody previously thought.
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