Hybrids, what happens?

[Daldaen]

Race based penalties are NO LONGER SHARED WITH GROUP?

Isn't this how it currently operates on P99, which would therefore be unclassic?

[Feanol]

Excellent finds. Will link to this thread when I see the question inevitably asked again four weeks from now. A+

[fiveeauxfour]

- Rangers have their Double Attack skill cap raised to 245. They have
also gained an innate offensive bonus that starts at level 55 and
increases until level 60. Ranger's Defense skill cap has been raised to
220, and their Riposte skill cap has been raised to 185.

- Paladins and Shadowknights, besides the benefits they gain from the
two-handed weapons change mentioned above, have also been moved to the
same combat tables as warriors. In the future we intend to examine the
existing one-handed weapons useable by knights for possible upgrades.
We are also increasing the Taunt skill cap for these two classes to
220.

- Bards have had their 1h blunt and 1h slash skill caps increased to
250. Their piercing skill cap has been increased to 240. Their Offense
skill cap has been raised to 252. Bards are also being moved to the
same combat table with all the other melee and hybrid classes (save
monks who have separate tables after level 55). Bards Parry skill cap
has been raised to 185 as well. Finally, the Singing Shortsword can now
be equipped in the off hand and still give full song enhancing
benefits.

From the October 2001 patch. This bad boy is only 2 months prior to Luclin.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/hist...es-2001-2.html

[wormed]

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

From the October 2001 patch. This bad boy is only 2 months prior to Luclin.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/hist...es-2001-2.html

Ugggggggggggggggggh, so seriously, the devs are going to make Knights wait for almost a year before we're put on Warrior tables?

Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kin hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllll

EDIT: And the 2h changes won't exist until almost a year into Velious? Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[Ezalor]

does -40% xp get completely removed completely? or is it just that the penalty is no longer shared in groups?

link was unclear

[Duncon]

Effectively gone as I understand it.

[fadetree]

It doesn't get removed, it gets compensated for. But yeah, due to the mechanics changes across the board, the 'grouping penalty' is effectively gone.

[Duncon]

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

It doesn't get removed, it gets compensated for. But yeah, due to the mechanics changes across the board, the 'grouping penalty' is effectively gone.

Not just the grouping side of things. The penalty is completely removed in a round about way.

[Erydan Ouragan]

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

Ugggggggggggggggggh, so seriously, the devs are going to make Knights wait for almost a year before we're put on Warrior tables?

Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kin hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllll

EDIT: And the 2h changes won't exist until almost a year into Velious? Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Eventually we will reach that point, so don't lose hope. By that time, Luclin models will be disabled too, and everyone will be forced to play on an old CRT monitor and prove they do by sending timestamped pictures to GMs during random checks.

They will also code something that will randomly throttle the bandwith on the server to create artificial lag, along with graphic bugs that make the client freeze and/or crash.

Because p99 is a truly classic experience.

[Itap]

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

From the October 2001 patch. This bad boy is only 2 months prior to Luclin.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/hist...es-2001-2.html

Those ranger changes make me wet