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

Nothing as challenging as classic eq? You should watch the video of Nihilum downing Illidan for the first time. Find something in velious era or prior EQ to match that. EQ raiding was simply about making sure half of those present were awake and doing something, anything at all.

I've tried a lot of different MMO's and eq classic remains my favorite. But this whole "challenging" idea is just bs.

If you are comparing the difficulty of WoW to EQ pre-Luclin (or Hell, pre-GoD) then you're either on crack, a moron, trolling or never played EQ classic.

EQ was so bloody hardcore that there were some thing that I have not seen in any other MMO since. Period. EQ is why mobs leash, EQ had actual death penalties, EQ had the largest raids (70 people) of any MMO I personally have played. EQ was the kind of game people play over a decade later and really only want a graphics update for.

WoW was designed to be pretty, but to be so easy anyone and their whole family could play. WoW took the basic concepts of EQ and took anything resembling difficulty out of it. I know, I played EQ pre-Kunark through GoD and WoW vanilla through Cataclysm. Anyone who could play EQ could play WoW, but the mass majority of WoW players being handed EQ classic would rage and quit or cry in frustration after three hours.