why do we still have soul fires being broadcasted?

[Ikonoclastia]

I was just reading Tiggles thread from 2010 about them lol. Lots of "classic" fans angry about the suggestion they be nerfed.

On live they were nerfed after 2 years for a very good reason, on here its going on 5 or more.

if you have a 20 man raid, each with the P1999 mandatory soulfire, that's 20 x 4k x 5 = 400,000hp worth of instant free heals

If your clerics were casting 10 CH on the main on live during an encounter that's the equivalent of having 10 clerics worth of healing just from soulfires if everyone has one in a 20 man raid.

about as classic as my asshole.

Edit; math

[Daldaen]

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

about as classic as my asshole.

You make some compelling points. However, I just wanted to quote this gem.

[indiscriminate_hater]

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

I was just reading Tiggles thread from 2010 about them lol. Lots of "classic" fans angry about the suggestion they be nerfed.

On live they were nerfed after 2 years for a very good reason, on here its going on 5 or more.

if you have a 20 man raid, each with the P1999 mandatory soulfire, that's 20 x 4k x 5 = 400,000hp worth of instant free heals

If your clerics were casting 10 CH on the main on live during an encounter that's the equivalent of having 10 clerics worth of healing just from soulfires if everyone has one in a 20 man raid.

about as classic as my asshole.

Edit; math

how long's it gonna take you to get 20 soulfires? do that math

[Byrjun]

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

how long's it gonna take you to get 20 soulfires? do that math

Not long, depending on your class. It's a great utility item, especially for classes like shamans and enchanters. Those classes are known to be kinda useless for the majority of raids, so it's nice that they can solo this quest for a bit of utility. A shaman healing for 500 isn't going to do shit on a mob like Hoshkar, trust me.

Honestly, the raid atmosphere here balances it a bit. It's not like you can leave VP to go turn in another SoulFire, so you have a max of 5 clicks for a weekend.

And there's no rogue CH chain. The fights where SoulFire is useful (like Hoshkar and Nexona) are too hectic for a rogue to casually click tanks and stuff to see if they could use a CH. It's really just the job of bench classes like shaman, and even then most don't even bother with the quest.

And just because you didn't know about SoulFire on live doesn't mean that people didn't use them. Can't even begin to count how many bugs/exploits were discussed daily in the crucible, stuff that will never exist here. P99 is much more hardcore, but at the same time it's a lot more fair than live ever was.

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[t0lkien]

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

about as classic as my asshole.

We have very different memories of live, as asshole is totally classic.

[Ikonoclastia]

Originally Posted by t0lkien [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We have very different memories of live, as asshole is totally classic.

Yeah absolutely.

Must have been in different dimensions though.

Yours the one where the rogues, wars and wizzies where in the CH rotation, enchanters were Main and MA's and clerics were in EC LFG.

[webrunner5]

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

I was just reading Tiggles thread from 2010 about them lol. Lots of "classic" fans angry about the suggestion they be nerfed.

On live they were nerfed after 2 years for a very good reason, on here its going on 5 or more.

if you have a 20 man raid, each with the P1999 mandatory soulfire, that's 20 x 4k x 5 = 400,000hp worth of instant free heals

If your clerics were casting 10 CH on the main on live during an encounter that's the equivalent of having 10 clerics worth of healing just from soulfires if everyone has one in a 20 man raid.

about as classic as my asshole.

Edit; math

This man knows his stuff. I play less and less on here because I am so sick of "oh its classic" shit. This server is not "classic" and never will be. I will give the Devs credit for trying to make it classic. But the timeline is screwed, the people that play on here know every trick in the book, and a few of them cheat like hell on top of it. So it will never ever be classic like it was in the beginning. We have all lost our virginity long ago. Its just a game now. A old game at that, that was very special at one time.

If you have never played EQ before in your life this server is pretty cool. But if you have played it for years and years like I have this server is really not classic.

[Ahldagor]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We have all lost our virginity long ago. Its just a game now. A old game at that, that was very special at one time.

If you have never played EQ before in your life this server is pretty cool. But if you have played it for years and years like I have this server is really not classic.

i'm hitting that boredom wall with the box because of your points. the nostalgia wore off after a couple of months when i started, but now it's just me running around kunark zones on my shaman just because i can run around the zones. it's like a silent goodbye (depressing, realistic epiphany).

[Tecmos Deception]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But if you have played it for years and years like I have this server is really not classic.

The server is classic. The players are not.