All this MQ flying around

[Oooruk]

Originally Posted by hammertime7795 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yup shaman epic is one of the easiest for casuals to do. The tear and a couple group fights is all you really need to do.

I know this. But, that is an incredibly boring and lame way to get an "epic" item. I enjoy playing the game and doing quests rather than just powering forward for items. Like I said though, my playtime is real limited and I realize that there are a lot of end game things I won't be doing because of this. That's EQ though.

/shrug

If I decide to start playing on blue again I will probably end up lame ducking it and doing the same step over and over.

[Raev]

I think there is an unfortunate cycle of "raid scene requires 500 toons camped everywhere" + "kunark out for years" -> huge demand for alts. This is satisfied by the Bard/Chardok AOE factory which pumps out hundreds of toons who then need epic MQs because people don't want to legitimately start from scratch again.

Solution: nerf AOE spells to give a chance to LD if they land on more than 30-40 mobs. Fix the raid scene to rely less on camped toons. Require L50 for epics. Fix sneak pulling. Get Velious out even if it's buggy. The people that care about server firsts here need to be taken out and beaten with a hose: it's not a server first when you can read the guidebook telling you exactly what to do. And then release a new server which isn't going to be overfarmed by Chardok AE/invis pull exploits/etc.

[zanderklocke]

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

I think there is an unfortunate cycle of "raid scene requires 500 toons camped everywhere" + "kunark out for years" -> huge demand for alts. This is satisfied by the Bard/Chardok AOE factory which pumps out hundreds of toons who then need epic MQs because people don't want to legitimately start from scratch again.

Solution: nerf AOE spells to give a chance to LD if they land on more than 30-40 mobs.

No, friend.

[Fael]

Make chardok a no csr zone. Problem solved. And fun times.

[Aviann]

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

Make chardok a no csr zone. Problem solved. And fun times.

I second this motion.

[iruinedyourday]

Still no reason to be upset about mq for any reason. It's never a problem, it makes epics avail for casuals and as I said never a problem.

[rollin5k]

Should remove mq IMO, it's so lame this isn't a job is a game.

[Messianic]

If you're casual and complaining about MQing, you're a self-hating casual. Real casuals shouldn't give a crap what more hardcore folks are doing - at all. Even if it affects your gameplay (i.e. farmers), it can't affect it enough to warrant any concern on your part.

If you're in a guild with other casuals, you can work toward earning it just as well and earn it just fine without complaining about it (in the case of most epics, and don't expect to get your epic as a mage without being hardcore).

So shut up and enjoy what you do even if it isn't as much or as leet as others - which is the point of being casual - and stop telling other people how the game must be.

Unless the mechanics of classic are incorrectly implemented, in which case you should gather facts and submit them. Which also means no one hears your whining and your words are actually productive, which is a double +.

[Mortiis]

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

If you're casual and complaining about MQing, you're a self-hating casual. Real casuals shouldn't give a crap what more hardcore folks are doing - at all.

The smartest point made in this thread. Period. I don't give a bats ass what they do. If that is how they want to spend their weeks/weekends then by all means epeen away with the magical EQ pixel pill. Check EC.. I don't see the mid-level auctions getting any less frequent so obviously people are still enjoying the game. I still enjoy the hell out of the game rolling casually. I guarantee there are still zones and places in zones everyone has yet to explore and discover.

-And don't forget to look outside your window, tons of actual life shit goes on. Give it a whirl.

[Speaker]

"MQs aren't bad for casuals. I'm fairly casual, and I wouldn't have gotten jboots without one."
Then perhaps you shouldn't have jboots if you don't want to put in the effort to earn them.

On the other side of the equation, those who are unwilling to earn their epic and other gear many times are unwilling to farm and look to buy plat thus supporting those who farm for real life cash.