Expansion Poll - Up to which xpac.

[Malrubius]

If there were just one server in existence that stopped at Velious, it would be soooo awesome, so I voted for that.

[webrunner5]

I just can't see this server stopping at Velious. I know nilbog has said it. But do you really think even when Velious comes out here in say 4 months from now that we will all be content to play that for the next 3 years without any kind of update. What will nilbog have to do and the devs??. They will bored to crap along with us. I think other than starting a new server this one will die like Red is doing without some new expansion or at least AA's.

[envino]

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

I voted Luclin, because the upgraded dark elf graphics were pretty boss. I didn't care much for AAs, and I especially didn't like the de-personalization of trade that came about from the bazaar... But I liked looking even more awesome in my robes. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Plus, exploring the moon was very interesting to me, and I never got to do it as I quit EQ shortly after Luclin came out for DAoC, so I'd still enjoy seeing it more.

You know you can have the upgraded graphics right now right?

[webrunner5]

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

You know you can have the upgraded graphics right now right?

I had them for awhile and went back to the original. Just didn't seem right on here. But the Armor was killer looking. Not the toons though.

But you are right. You can have them now thanks to the effort of Danyelle and others.

[Faisca]

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

you realize that you dont have to poopsock said content if you dont want to.

I'd rather have the server wiped out than move to Red. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

AAs would kill the game in the mid-levels as everyone would be loading their level 60s mains with more and more AAs, and new players coming in wouldn’t find anyone to group with.

The server would die faster with AAs than without them.

[Alarti0001]

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

Speak for yourself, slick.

I know -many- people who would love to have the bazaar over EC

Confused!

However, past polls and many threads, conversations demonstrate that many people disliked what the bazaar did to eq. This was the biggest criticism of luclin, well that and space cats. Neither of which bothered me.

[roks1]

All of them -- bring out all the challenging encounters because challenges are fun!

[Chubbler]

Why do "space cats" break the fantasy setting? Plane of Fear/Hate/Sky seem a little more "out there" to me, tbh. At least Luclin is a physical world, not some exotic plane existing in an infinite void.
People can port all over the world, and translocate into alternate dimensions, but they can't employ that same magic to get to the habitable moon? Habitable by the blessings of Luclin herself, of course.

Call it lame for the bazaar, automatic basic continental teleports, and absurdly high mob HPs, but to attack it for having "cats in space" is beyond silly. Look at the rest of the game. Frogmen, Butterfly drakes, sentient ooze pools, RAPTORS!? I honestly find it easier to go along with some Kerra being transported to the moon in an accident during an Erudian magical battle, than raptors without any other sort of dinosaur. Magic exists in EQ, teleportation exists, and even the ability to create artificial atmospheres (all those places where water is held back by an invisible force-field, like in CT or the pot room in OOT.)

D&D, arguably one of the most recognizable "brands" of fantasy fiction, has aliens and space travel. EQ is also somewhat based on D&D, or at least heavily inspired by it. Maybe they should've went with a Giant Space Hamster expansion instead . . .


All that said, though, I realize this server will probably never see Luclin and beyond. Luclin was the first expansion that attempted to truly scale spell casters, so it's naturally one of my favorites.

[Lagaidh]

I've always been in the "I hate what the bazaar" did to the game camp. I'm also willing to understand that what I and others like about face-to-face trading is excruciating to those that don't care to trade- just game.

Original EQ was a world. Worlds have conflict, resolution, an economy, and so on...

I loved the economy of face-to-face trading. I like to haggle. I understand that many don't. It's obvious when I trade all the time. Very few folks even attempt to haggle. I always list my price. Few folks haggle and make a counteroffer. When they do, it's game time!

I've never looted an item in game worth more than 2000p, but my toon and my wife's toon are fairly well geared AND I managed to purchase the pieces to a full suit of rubicite. I only ever got a bracer and boots in live, so I wanted to get that set here =)

Ah! Farming, selling, buying, selling! One stop shop! I'll cut a deal, I'll haggle! Most droppable items drop in EC!

Okay. I realize I'm silly, but I love non-bazaar trading. With the bazaar, there was almost never room for haggling. Even if there were, it was almost never instant. Leave a tell... come back later.... *sigh*

[Hitchens]

Space cats do not break the fantasy setting, but they would break the atmosphere the server strives for.

This same debate happens on UO emulators that attempt to recreate a certain atmosphere. There's always a group of people who want new housing designs and there's always a group of people who want to maintain the atmosphere they signed up for in the first place.